Blog for LearnObit

Sungho Yahng

For Nerds and Geeks

After 3 years of working on the Note Garden, I got to work with my friends and co-founders, Young-mok Kwon and Ji-hyeon Heo, who most insisted on a complete overhaul of the design. While I can do it, but should I do it? That was a strong question insid...

LearnObit isn't a substitute for Angry Birds

Many spaced repetition tools recommend their users to log on during sporadic moments of downtime, like when they're in public transport or waiting for someone. As if spaced repetition was just another simple, brain-numbing game to play for a few mi...

Subjects you can use LearnObit for

Since LO is a learning tool, you might think that our target audience is students. Actually, that's not quite true — LO works far better for outside-the-classroom learning. That's because what we learn at school isn’t true learning. We're told to m...

Don't check the answers

One of the key differences between LearnObit and other spaced repetition tools is that it only shows you a limited portion of your answers. I understand that you might want to find out if you recalled information correctly when you're rating notes ...

Differences between LearnObit and other spaced repetition tools in logic

1) It organizes learning material into chunks depending on your original notes' structure and the topic you're learning. Instead of giving you random flashcards that bear no relation with each other, LearnObit uses your structured notes to present y...

Why I don't use LearnObit on a daily basis

The most common problem in SR programs is that someday the user will neglect using it, and the amount of learning will accumulate until the user becomes overwhelmed by the amount of knowledge they need to learn. However, even if a large amount of know...

About Pricing

LearnObit is free to use — for now. I won't beat about the bush. I need to monetize the project eventually (or I'll starve). At some point, I plan to move to a subscription model. That will probably mean a free version with most features alongsid...

Frequently Said Things

1. I feel anxious leaving my data here If someone uses LO, they would be locked in, and if it is closed everything disappears. This is an important issue. What I want to say is that I want you to be locked into LO and it will not be closed. But if I ...

How to use LearnObit in practice

I'd like to share how I actually use LearnObit. First of all, I need to decide if the target contents I care about are worth LOizing. (LOize is a term I coined. It means organizing something into LO so it can be managed as knowledge rather than info...

What is SnT condition (and why it's the best condition)

Before presenting the researchers’ findings, it can already be noted that the students’ expectations of the retained material bore no correlation to the actual results, showing that the students did not experience anything in the way of a mnemonic lear...