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by lemming 2042 days ago
I'm curious, what format do you use for cards to do this? Do you use Cloze cards like: My delivery driver is ___? How do you specify in the card which co-worker you mean?
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I'm a few days late, so I don't know if you'll see this.

When adding "people cards", I do anki's forward-and-reverse card, and I build the card so I can read both sides, and generate the opposite side.

I'm just trying to build an association in my brain for their name, so I might do:

Front: "people: Neighbors to west, older couple, he likes woodworking"

Back: "people: Joe and Trish"

I only use a single Anki deck for all my cards, which span many interests, so I'll usually give myself a word to specify the topic, like "Go, Ruby, People, Mental Models"

Or if I can grab a headshot or picture from Slack, Twitter, or LinkedIn, I'll often put the picture on the front, name on the back.

When I review the card "from the back", I try to remember what the person looks like.

I have aphantasia [0] so this form of recall is effortful.

[0] https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-...

I did come back and see this, so thanks for taking the time to write it up! That's very interesting and useful.