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    Thread: Wasting Time
Post: Wasting Time

I must admit I do spend a lot of time reading different threads and keeping up with conversations probably more than I should some days its surprising how much of your time it takes up when you look a...
tibul Off topic 20 4,218 2009-03-19, 4:39 am
    Thread: Final Countdown
Post: Final Countdown

keep it up! almost there :D
tibul Remembering the Kanji 71 23,830 2009-03-18, 3:56 am
    Thread: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星
Post: Hey Guys I made it on Japanese TV! 会社の星

Great video saizen so lucky to get on TV and your Japanese is great in comparison to mine :D bookmarked the video so i can do some sentence mining :)
tibul General discussion 76 16,368 2009-03-11, 7:10 pm
    Thread: The Most You've Failed a Single Kanji?
Post: The Most You've Failed a Single Kanji?

The most I've failed a card so far is 9 times and I'm sure it will end up being much higher although I have the majority of the 2000 cards in the 4th pile or above now but I've noticed a pattern that ...
tibul General discussion 30 4,921 2009-03-05, 5:30 am
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

The layout looks nicer yet to see if there has been any other noticeable improvements will give it a try tonight.
tibul Learning resources 599 116,998 2009-03-05, 5:26 am
    Thread: Writing&Listening=Up but....Speaking=Down
Post: Writing&Listening=Up but....Speaking=Down

I still have a ways to go before I catch up with you guys but I already know what you mean my recognition and understanding far outpace my speaking ability I'll often get friends and family asking me ...
tibul Learning resources 30 4,334 2009-03-04, 7:21 am
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

Just when I'm in the mood to do more iknow its down lol cries :'( oh well gives me chance to reinforce the vocab I've learned so far from iknow
tibul Learning resources 599 116,998 2009-03-04, 6:46 am
    Thread: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club
Post: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club

I cant imagine the horror of seeing so many expired cards I missed a day of sentence reviews once and even that was a shock. Best thing to do to avoid slipping is make it a daily routine like brushin...
tibul General discussion 48 12,421 2009-03-03, 6:18 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

Woah, I'm pretty surprised at the amount of people here that say they studied grammar in there native language, I'm a native English speaker and don't remember ever really studying grammar, I just rem...
tibul General discussion 1,517 595,135 2009-02-03, 5:42 am
    Thread: Reading question for Alyks/others
Post: Reading question for Alyks/others

Interesting thread as I'm pretty much in a similar situation, I keep hearing people like alyks saying to just read but at the moment its extremely difficult as I still need much more vocab, so from wh...
tibul General discussion 15 2,331 2009-01-30, 9:46 am
    Thread: Let's be friends on iKnow
Post: Let's be friends on iKnow

I think I've added most of the people from here to my iknow friends list I use the same name there Tibul
tibul Learning resources 28 4,499 2009-01-29, 3:43 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

rich_f Wrote:Interesting article: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/new...wslabel=hn See? Listening to all of that Japanese helps, even if you don't get it! (lol) Dunno about going so far as to d...
tibul General discussion 1,517 595,135 2009-01-28, 3:58 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

@Burby I think all Khatzu is trying to show is that if you really want to learn the language at a very fast pace to fluency then you have to be a bit extreme you can't expect to learn a language at a...
tibul General discussion 1,517 595,135 2009-01-27, 4:09 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

siljeal Wrote:I just managed to finish RTK1 as well. Started in May 2008 using the German version ("Die Kanji lernen und behalten") by Robert Rauther, who did an excellent job. I have been using Anki ...
tibul Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,650 2009-01-25, 8:32 am
    Thread: 'Reviewing the Kanji' Twitter users
Post: 'Reviewing the Kanji' Twitter users

Burritolingus Wrote:Never thought I'd see the day, but look what you guys made me do. http://twitter.com/burritolingus Actually, now that I'm actually able to use this thing, I'm able to see through...
tibul Off topic 97 52,851 2009-01-23, 6:36 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Dustin_Calgary Wrote:Just finished adding my last Kanji this morning, what a great feeling. I'd like to thank the great primitives I came across on this site, was good for making some memorable stori...
tibul Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,650 2009-01-20, 7:08 pm
    Thread: Other Things to do along with RTK.
Post: Other Things to do along with RTK.

I think Japanese in Mangaland is probably the best text book I've seen for learning Japanese especially for the grammar as its much easier to understand and follow than tae kim in IMO and its actually...
tibul Remembering the Kanji 74 14,168 2009-01-20, 4:05 am
    Thread: How Long have you been SRS-ing?
Post: How Long have you been SRS-ing?

About 6-7 months with this site and almost 2 months with anki, i did use anki about 8 months ago to learn the kana but with Heisigs remembering the kana I didn't need to use it for long.
tibul General discussion 29 7,336 2009-01-20, 3:42 am
    Thread: Anyone familiar with late iKnow study?
Post: Anyone familiar with late iKnow study?

Cracky is one of the furthest along at these forums i think, but like wccrawford says you can just click on one of the further along courses.
tibul Learning resources 4 902 2009-01-17, 7:29 pm
    Thread: time hacks
Post: time hacks

Tobberoth Wrote:I only have about 20 reviews a day, often spread out so I'm not using any techniques. Get up in the morning, do all my anki reviews in like.. 5 minutes tops. Check again in the evening...
tibul General discussion 15 7,984 2009-01-17, 7:27 pm
    Thread: time hacks
Post: time hacks

I tend to do my kanji reviews straight through in the morning usually have around 70 to do on average, sentences i timebox 10 minutes and see how many i can get done, doing this i usually have all my ...
tibul General discussion 15 7,984 2009-01-17, 7:24 pm
    Thread: Google Documents - Links to Resources
Post: Google Documents - Links to Resources

Dustin_Calgary Wrote:Nukemarine, you should twitter with us :D Agree's :D
tibul Group study 49 55,716 2009-01-16, 5:21 am
    Thread: kanji poster
Post: kanji poster

Yeah I got the one from Kanjiposter.com, It was great while I was still doing RTK as I could mark off my progress and was a real motivation booster especially as I got further down the poster. I now ...
tibul Learning resources 25 23,092 2009-01-16, 4:36 am
    Thread: Google Documents - Links to Resources
Post: Google Documents - Links to Resources

Woah that's excellent, thanks a lot nukemarine.
tibul Group study 49 55,716 2009-01-16, 3:40 am
    Thread: Increasing Workload As You Progress
Post: Increasing Workload As You Progress

I second what nest0r says some excellent articles there.
tibul Remembering the Kanji 38 10,730 2009-01-15, 7:34 pm
    Thread: Increasing Workload As You Progress
Post: Increasing Workload As You Progress

What tobberoth is saying is pretty much common sense just because you see something more often than what the SRS decides doesn't meen it will stay in your short term memory if this was the case nobody...
tibul Remembering the Kanji 38 10,730 2009-01-15, 11:37 am
    Thread: What do you think of Anki's timeboxing?
Post: What do you think of Anki's timeboxing?

resolve Wrote:what do you think it should say? perhaps 'on deck load'? Say Timeboxing? :D and keep the amount of new cards separate or maybe just make each field more obvious what there use is. rich_...
tibul General discussion 22 7,387 2009-01-12, 3:51 am
    Thread: The weirdest clock you'll ever see
Post: The weirdest clock you'll ever see

woah wasn't expecting that
tibul Off topic 59 10,596 2009-01-12, 3:20 am
    Thread: What do you think of Anki's timeboxing?
Post: What do you think of Anki's timeboxing?

I personally think its great as before when i tryed timeboxing i would often go over the amount of time set for myself which goes against the whole point of it but now that it stops you after your all...
tibul General discussion 22 7,387 2009-01-11, 11:03 am
    Thread: 'Reviewing the Kanji' Twitter users
Post: 'Reviewing the Kanji' Twitter users

to_nihon Wrote:Cool. I think I've subscribed to all of you. I'm also adding your blogs as a link to my sidebar, so if you have a blog, let me know and I'll put a link up there too: http://2nihon.wordp...
tibul Off topic 97 52,851 2009-01-10, 12:11 pm