a flash card app for programmers
Details matter.
You've been there. Maybe it's at work: you see a fellow developer write some verbose code when there's a shorter, more elegant way to achieve the same thing. You recommend the alternative, which makes the code better; you get more respect from your fellow developers, which makes you feel good.
Or maybe you're in a technical interview for a job. Never has knowing a technical nuance been more critical to acquiring happiness.
From the New Oxford American Dictionary:
quartermaster |ˈkwôrtərˌmastər| noun
- a military officer responsible for providing quarters, rations, clothing, and other supplies.
James Bond had a quartermaster and his name was Q.
I want this app to be your own personal quartermaster—equipping you with the mental supplies needed to get the job done.
I wanted to make an app that did nothing fancy, but did everything right. If you feel your feature is inline with that goal, then please email me at [email protected]—and thank you!
Neuroscientists sometimes categorize intelligence into two factors:
- fluid intelligence
- crystallized intelligence
The first one sounds pretty awesome, right? We all want lots of that. And there are plenty of apps to help with that. Crystal focuses on the second one - crystallized intelligence. It's for accumulating and then cementing volumes of knowledge. That's what we want to build here.
Human memory is unlimited. Take advantage.
- How Memory Works - HowStuffWorks.com
- Fluid and crystallized intelligence - Wikipedia.org
- New Brain Connections Are Created Every Time You Form a Memory - About.com
You've written a blog post or a book. You're trying to communicate information. You stress and struggle over making the ideas you're trying to communicate sticky. How do I present this information in a well the reader will remember?
Flashcards
Consider it part of your documentation.
Tomes of knowledge exist throughout the open source world. Reference documents.
This is marketing! Don't you want?
- Open URLs in Safari
- Syntax highlighting
- Bios built into the platform—like The Magazine
- SuperMemo
- Game Center
- Content platform (store, sell your decks)
- Dropbox
- Sidebar references
- Footnotes
- Embedding Gists
- MSDN
- MDN