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Thanks for the post. I do the same with most of my note taking. I rarely revisit my notes but taking them is so helpful for organizing my thoughts and understanding of the topics.

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Aug 29Liked by Sebastian Raschka, PhD

Hi Dr. Raschka,

Do you read on an ipad with an apple pencil? According to me , it is not harmful because reading on an ipad is leading to unconcentration. Reading on macbook and taking notes on a txt file is another way, which may be better than reading on an ipad. But, i still not give a decision for where should I store all my notes for reading later ? I think the best is reading on a printed paper directly

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I don't use an iPad but I often read on paper or on my MacBook. It depends a bit. If I want to read something carefully, then I almost always prefer paper. But I read most papers on my MacBook.

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Mar 8, 2023Liked by Sebastian Raschka, PhD

Hi Dr. Raschka,

Thank you for your insightful post, particularly the section on "Study & Productivity Tips: Reading a Research Paper." I have a question about your approach. Could you please explain how you use Anki to review and study papers effectively?

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Good question! Actually, I don't use Anki to study papers themselves but I use it to retain relevant knowledge from the papers. E.g., if there is an interesting general takeaway that could come in handy in other contexts, I would add that to Anki. However, I would typically not put in a lot of paper-specific info. Because in this case, I think it's not worth the time to remember it; if you need to refer back to the paper-specific information, you can always look up the paper later on. And I think it's important to be selective with information you want to retain, it's like optimizing where to best spend your time.

Btw. if it's helpful, I covered a bit more about my Anki usage in the first Ahead of AI issue here: https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/ahead-of-ai-1-a-diffusion-of-innovations

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