Tool for non-memorization review of old notes/emails/clippings/documents?

[Gwern Branwen]

I was wondering, has anyone here seen any programs or applications or
systems which allow the user to systematically regularly reread old
documents such as emails or clippings (eg Evernote), on a schedule in
which each item is reread at ever more distant times, thereby bounding
to a small number of total rereads?
The benefit is one of serendipity, discovering new connections, or
facts/quotes which have changed considerably in the light of
subsequent events, that sort of thing.
I've always found rereading my old emails periodically to be helpful,
and extensive clippings in my Evernote account to be useful too in
refinding references; but doing it manually is a lot of work and can
result in wasted rereads.
So a more systematic approach might be useful, which calls for a tool
to track individual items, queue them up for review, schedule a next
appearance, and penalize/upgrade items.
A more thorough discussion:
https://www.gwern.net/Statistical%20notes#program-for-non-spaced-repetition-review-of-past-written-materials-for-serendipity-rediscovery-archive-revisiter

This is semi-relevant to spaced repetition systems since it involves
review over increasing time spans of documents, but without the goal
of memorization & use of the forgetting curve, so I don't think
Mnemosyne could be used *directly* for this, even if you dumped in
snippets for everything as text...
You could try to by putting them in one category and then rating them
'5' to push them far out, but I think this would wind up showing them
too often anyway? Maybe a plugin changing the scheduling algorithm to
be more aggressive?

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gwern

[Peter Bienstman]

Hi,

Interesting idea! Creating a plugin where you tinker with the parameters of the scheduler should not be too hard. You can look at the 'example_plugins' directory to get you started. In case you need more explanation, don't hesitate to get in touch!

Cheers,

Petert

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[Gwern Branwen]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 3:09 AM, Peter Bienstman <Peter.B...@ugent.be> wrote:

Creating a plugin where you tinker with the parameters of the scheduler should not be too hard. You can look at the 'example_plugins' directory to get you started.

I might try that eventually. I need to learn Python anyway. But I'm still hoping that maybe someone somewhere implemented this or something close to it already and I can save myself the effort :)

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gwern
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