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I like having a collection. So far it's been a steam game collection, it was just so nice to have this list of games, achievements, hours played etc... But it's become unhealthy for me and I want to quit gaming, don't enjoy it much either. So I need another virtual collection. What could I collect?

Pinboard Obsidian.md nvALT Anki
  1. Pinboard is a personal archive for things you find online and don't want to forget.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    On the theme of saving stuff from the internet for later, there's also, like, bookmarks. Your browser already has a bookmarking feature I'm sure, and it probably has organisation and tagging for them too (at least, Firefox does). If you get really into bookmarks there are paid services like Pinboard and Are.na (technically paid-ish) - haven't tried them myself, but I hear they're good.

    #Bookmarks #Bookmark Manager #Favorites 67 social mentions

  2. A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
    Could also just take notes as a form of collection! Obsidian seems cool (though I haven't used it yet either), and Notational Velocity is mac-only but pretty fun. Anything interesting or useful that you might want to remember can be a note, and then it's fun to look over all the stuff you put down... If you really want to get meta, remembering stuff is a kind of collecting too, so you might like spaced repetition with Anki. I wish you good luck on finding something worthwhile :).

    #Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1453 social mentions

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    A fork of the original Notational Velocity with some additional features and interface modifications
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Could also just take notes as a form of collection! Obsidian seems cool (though I haven't used it yet either), and Notational Velocity is mac-only but pretty fun. Anything interesting or useful that you might want to remember can be a note, and then it's fun to look over all the stuff you put down... If you really want to get meta, remembering stuff is a kind of collecting too, so you might like spaced repetition with Anki. I wish you good luck on finding something worthwhile :).

    #Note Taking #Todos #Personal Notes 10 social mentions

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    Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it's a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Could also just take notes as a form of collection! Obsidian seems cool (though I haven't used it yet either), and Notational Velocity is mac-only but pretty fun. Anything interesting or useful that you might want to remember can be a note, and then it's fun to look over all the stuff you put down... If you really want to get meta, remembering stuff is a kind of collecting too, so you might like spaced repetition with Anki. I wish you good luck on finding something worthwhile :).

    #Studying #Flash Cards #Spaced Repetition 844 social mentions

Discuss: I like having a collection. So far it's been a steam game collection, it was just so nice to have this list of games, achievements, hours played etc... But it's become unhealthy for me and I want to quit gaming, don't enjoy it much either. So I need another virtual collection. What could I collect?

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