Making your first post is always a big deal. Should it be an introduction to who we are, proving our expertise on learning and memory? Should it be an attempt to be ranked in Google, full of search terms and keywords? There is plenty of time for all of that. For now, lets go with why we are starting Memory Deck in the first place.
Whether you want to learn a new language, SAT vocabulary, Algebra, or Organic Chemistry, learning anything new requires some aspect of memorizing new words or information. Flash cards are the most common tool that people use to memorize new things. Technology exists now, that makes it possible to create a learning tool that is like flash cards on steroids. We are creating a tool that allows you to use your eyes, your ears and your brain, to memorize anything quicker and actually retain what you memorize.
There is a difference between memorizing and learning. It takes the same amount of time and effort to memorize something long enough to regurgitate it the next day for a test, as it does to the actually learn new things so that you can recall the information not days or weeks later, but forever. The difference is the process you use to learn the information.
Memory Deck leverages new technology like iPhone Apps, and established technology like the internet and RSS feeds, but we are more than just a fancy new media version of the flash card. We have done extensive research on the best processes to memorize and learn new information. The research of Robert A. Bjork and Hermann Ebbinghaus and concepts like the Forgetting Curve and Spacing Effect have all influenced the way we build our tools.
In future posts we will go into more detail about the learning process and the best and fastest way to learn new things. We want this blog to be a resource you can use to learn how to learn. For now though, we just wanted to briefly introduce ourselves. So, Hi! We're Memory Deck. We're here to make it easier for you to learn new things and remember what you learn. Nice to meet you.
