So you find something useful when you go looking. — Almost 1,127 dedicated study hours in, if asked how to make a study session productive, I’d reply with something about mindset and intentions rather than technology or environment*. To be clear, the following points refer to sessions covering new material, not exam prep/revision. What mindset seems most helpful? I don’t think this is a difficult…

The second in a series in which I discover others’ learning secrets. — Welcome to part two of this series of interviews with interesting people who do a lot of active learning. This time, my questions have been kindly answered by Brendan Schlagel, who is more focused on group/social learning and teaching than I am. But what is human knowledge if not shared…

See updates from your community and set your study schedule. — Set Your Study Schedule Reminders are an important part of building a new habit, so we now have the Study Schedule feature for planning study times and getting reminders. Click the calendar icon at the top of your Study Plan to find this feature. See Updates From Your Community If you like to know what others are up to, you’re in luck: you’ll now see the study activity of those you follow in your weekly summary email.

The first in a series in which I discover others’ learning secrets. — If, like me, you’re still very curious to figure out your potential despite being a grown adult, you may also want to know what others are discovering as they grapple with similar questions. It’s not easy to fit deliberate learning and ambitious projects into a life that may now include…

As promised, new features are being released faster now. — New User Onboarding Thanks to insightful feedback from some friends, I prioritised an interactive tutorial feature for new users this sprint. Onboarding 1.0 is out now, ready for testing. I’ll also be roping more friends into feedback sessions. (If you have feedback, too, just give me a shout.) In-App Study View

A “Couch to 5K” programme for your learning goals? — It’s currently the summer of 2020, which means (for any future readers) that everyone’s routines have been messed up by a recent lockdown. However, when one routine is disrupted, and any associated anguish has passed, a better routine can be devised to take its place. For me, no longer commuting…

It’s the summer of 2020 and Curriculum 2.0 has (somehow) landed. — The Updated Dashboard You’ll notice visual updates to the Dashboard. This is an outward sign of major changes to the underlying codebase. We’re now using modern components and patterns that will speed up the release of new features. Reminder: I don’t have QA testers, just an automated test suite that is doing its…

November 2019’s updates to Curriculum, an app for creating a study plan, choosing the best learning resources & tracking your progress through them. — This month’s updates are pretty exciting. Get ready! Discover new learning resources (This is the update I’m most pleased with.) You can now browse for new learning resources by subject or type (book, article, online course, etc). The top-rated resources will show first.

900 hours in. — I passed 900 hours of tracked study time recently. What have I learned along the way? My best lessons about learning are documented in earlier posts in the series you’re reading right now. (Browse them all here.) This post is really just a statement of progress, and a mini-celebration. …