Comments on: How to Build a Memory Palace

By: Adam Rulli-Gibbs

Adam Rulli-Gibbs — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:33:24 +0000

The method might be thousands of years old but there’s now a new ( 2-3 years old) tool available for creating the Journey variation of Memory Palaces – Google Street View.

Pick a town that’s covered. Pick a suitably long road (or any other journey you fancy) and you can travel out and back along it virtually picking and learning locations along it.

By: Francis O'Reilly

Francis O'Reilly — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:49:51 +0000

I’ve found memory palaces fairly good as well, but I don’t always need to remember huge lists of things. For language, simple keyword association mnemonics are usually enough (because you’re not remembering a list, just an association.) Our website provides language mnemonics, feel free to have a look.

By: whooshdemon

whooshdemon — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:49:32 +0000

I’ve been building a memory palace (actually a bit of a street of them) for a couple of years since reading Derren Brown’s book. I must say it is the most useful thing I think I’ve ever done for myself. I still find it tricky to add in useful things (my visual memory still seems quite weak), but I find I’ve got places with great memories stuck in there – which is a nice place to imagine being when listening to an iPod or reading on the bus – why be on a bus when you can be on a beach in glorious sunshine?

By: Ms G

Ms G — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:08:48 +0000

I dont need to remember that many decks of cards … At times I remember too much (of other things, more useufll in daily life) . Yes, too much .. it’s not always a good thing to remember all things. Too little neither.

A good trick is .. remember the things you take serious …

Those people who remember that many deck of cards probably wont do good in memorizing normal things or take way too much time as they will need a system …. even for a few things … ehehe …