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Where do you currently keep data you wish to see? For me, spaced repetition is critical to internalize anything. I put a lot of stuff on flashcards that magically goes to my phones, tablets, and interwebs. I still have to consciously spin through my flashcards, but that's become a habit while standing in line, waiting for a long build process, other ...

There are a lot of universities offering free online courses: Udacity MIT Berkeley Coursera Khan Academy

I think the key here is "being exposed to it so that eventually it becomes part of how I function?". If you never cull your online bookmarks or go through the things you've saved to ReadtItLater, you're in the same boat as you are with your file cabinet. Conversely, given the habit of reviewing/purging on a regular basis, you'll be exposed to it whether it's ...

Toodledo lets you attach files to tasks but only in the paid version. And they charge per month so it probably isn't a good option. One possibility is to use two tools - one for tasks/comments and one for the material. Such as dropbox and toodledo. Another possibility is to use a tool that isn't a task management tool and make it one. For example, ...

Either I use a knowledge managment software or if it is just a single lonely link and you don't want to add personal notes a bookmarks tagging software like delicious. It also shows you the bookmarks in chronological order. I explained here how I would tag references/links to find them again fast. Don't use only thematic tags like in a folder system, use ...

I highly recommend Workflowy.com. It's a web service that is essentially a single page that contains a list of text items. The thing is that the list can be of unlimited depth (it can contain tens of thousands of text items and more). So you can literally outline your whole life there, starting with big sections (projects, thoughts, knowledge base etc.) and ...

I'm a big fan of MediaWiki (a little hefty for a Wiki, but it's well-supported and open-source, plus I already have a dedicated webserver). On my personal computer, I keep track of notebooks using Basket Notepad which combines note taking with tagging, hierarchy and if so inclined, custom spatial orientation. Again, open-source, cross-platform and can be ...

I'm a native English speaker and I speak French fairly well and am learning Spanish. One nice trick I use is to change all your devices / technologies / software you use into the language you want to maintain - e.g smart phone, desktop system language, browser. This can be useful and painful depending on your level of familiarity with the device / ...

Imho, good searchable program for storing and organizing information is absolutely essential here I am using Keynote NF (freeware: tabbed notebook with RichText editor, multi-level notes, ability to paste images and more) - you can use it to organize and store information; paste screenshots from these applications etc

I would like to share my observations regarding this topic with you, I divided them into two sections: Technical side - tools that you may use You should store such information in a place that is: easily accessible - kind of online storage seems to be the best option allows you to update/modify information easily ideally - integrated with your current ...

The others have provided some solid advice. The only thing I'd like to add/stress is only implementing advice one strategy at a time. If you're a moderately fast reader, this means you'll be consuming more information than you'll be able to effectively implement. When you find advice that you'd like to practice, make it your goal for that week, or even ...

I organize a lot of information for various things, like writing continuing education programs. I almost exclusively use Word because of its OUTLINE feature. Many people don't even realize what they can do with it. It's definitely worth learning about. I like it over other outliners, in part, because 1) I can see the complete document--the outline is not ...

What's the purpose of learning in these areas? Just to learn because you're interested? To write a paper or a book? In case you need to know this information for a job? To pass one or more certification exams? Knowing and being able to clearly express your goal will often help you figure out what you need to get there. That said, I mostly use Evernote ...

I don't think you're going to find a one-magic-tool solution to what you're looking for. The information you're trying to manage is too different. I would solve the problem something like this, given my personal productivity systems: When the reading assignment is made, add an entry to my Projects list (Evernote). Attach the document to the note, or if ...

Everyone needs a reliable, safe place to store information. Different people seem to like different programs, depending on whether they're more interested in data capture, organization, presentation or search features. Evernote is popular with a lot of folks. As I understand it, its strength is capturing information on the fly. Another program available on ...

I use Evernote and the browser plugin Clearly. I use Clearly to get rid of all the advertising and navigation around the content and send this to Evernote. This is very easy. In Evernote I tag these notes with "to read" and "while waiting" and whenever I have to sit and wait and don't know what to do, I can read the stuff I have tagged this way with the ...

This is what I do 1. Collect all interesting stuff on Evernote 2. Sort by "Updated" date and see the oldest note. Read. Delete sentences in the note you have already internalized or pretty much know very well 3. Move on to the next note This way every once in a while your note will keep coming up which you will read and update as necessary

So this is what I'm doing currently with OmniFocus: Create an on-hold project called Flashcards Create subtasks per flashcard subject Create a task per question, and put the answer in the task notes Hide all task notes On my daily checklist (also an on-hold project), I have "read 3 flashcards" Pick a subject, read some questions and fold out the notes So ...

With German, I'm in the same situation. I also started to use it, because I devoted to it much time in the past and it would be reasonable to utilize this time. I started reading Wikipedia articles that are in the scope of my interest in German, I also added a few IT magazines in German to my RSS reader. I found out that I passively still remember almost ...

It's a big challenge to maintain a decent level of a previously learned language, while taking up a new one. Obviously, the problem is that the grammar and vocabulary of the new language start "rewriting" the old one. Of course, if you have the possibility to practise it actively, it's fine. But in most cases you simply start learning a new language, not ...