Remembering what I have read with Kindle Daily Review

Amazon has a feature for Kindle book readers called Daily Review (or Daily Refresh, or Flashcards) which brings up passages I have highlighted in my books to help me retain my memories of the book. They say:

Daily Review is a tool to help you review and remember the most significant ideas from your books. It shows you flashcards with either your highlights and notes or the Popular Highlights from one of your books.

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The periodic review of ideas makes it easier to remember them. This works better if you space the reviews over increasing time intervals, a "Spacing Effect" that was first identified by German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. Depending on how many books you have marked as "read", you will see a particular book again in the Daily Review in roughly 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and thereafter annually. ...

The only problem: I need a reminder to use this memory aid! As far as I can tell, I have to sign into my kindle account to get it. Putting in in a daily email would suit me much better.

Seattle Times: Amazon.com’s Kindle fails first college test

A negative response to Kindle by students:

If Amazon hoped for honest feedback when it started testing the Kindle DX on college campuses last fall, it certainly got its wish; students pulled no punches telling the Seattle Internet giant what they thought of its $489 e-reader. But if Amazon also hoped the Kindle DX would become the next iPhone or iPod on campuses, it failed its first test.

Complaints included slow page flipping, lack of color, and bugs in the bookmarking functions.

Full article

Student memex

In our chapter on learning, we describe how electronic textbooks will pave the way for the student memex: a device that lets them record all their learning. One example of electronic textbooks comes from DynamicBooks, a subsidiary of Macmillan. These e-textbooks are interactive and customizable; The New York Times calls them "a kind of Wikipedia of textbooks."

The iPad and the Kindle seem like attractive platforms for e-textbooks. Over time, as the e-textbook evolves into the student memex, look for features like pen input.