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by dstorrs 5672 days ago
1] Set up a reminder saying "Read EmacsWiki" in gCal for a specific time every day. Have it send you an SMS.

2] When you get the reminder, spend 10 minutes reading http://www.emacswiki.org/ Find just one thing that interests you.

3] Make a point of using that one thing at least a couple of times over the course of the day.

If you want to learn all the keyboard commands, spend your first few days (re-(re-(re-)))reading the basic keylists.

It will start to stick in less time than you think, and you'll have fun doing it.

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I used to do something similar to this (less intense), however I seem to have hit my limit for number of remembered features.

ie I'll find something new now, use it for a few hours or a day, then suddenly it will be 3 months later and I'll suddenly remember that I could be using that feature right now, if I could still remember how to use it.

Any tips?