Learning in public, one topic at a time

Notes I wish I had found when I started. Mostly about how to study, with detours into whatever I am reading.

• September 14, 2026 A year of spaced repetition: what actually stuck

  Twelve months, 2,300 cards and a lot of deleted decks. The habits that survived and the ones that quietly died.

• June 2, 2026 How I write flashcards now

  One fact per card, questions that force retrieval, and why I stopped copying definitions from textbooks.

• March 21, 2026 Reading list for the spring

  A short list of books on statistics, history and the craft of writing that I am working through this season.