EdTech & Study Apps

Reviews and analysis of educational technology and study applications

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Wikipedia’s Second Life as Study Infrastructure

Wikipedia went from unreliable to indispensable in academic work. What changed, and how students should actually use it to learn rather than just skim.

• 6 min read
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Grammarly After the AI Pivot: A Tool in Search of a Purpose

Grammarly built a billion-dollar business on grammar correction, then ChatGPT absorbed the category. An honest look at GrammarlyGO and what remains.

• 7 min read
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Notion for Thesis Management: Hype and Reality

Notion's linked databases look like the perfect thesis workspace. What goes wrong over four years, and the boring alternatives that hold up…

• 6 min read
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Readwise, Matter, and the Quiet Rise of the Read-It-Later Layer

Readwise Reader and Matter rebuilt read-it-later apps around highlights and sync. Whether this actually helps retention is a different question.

• 6 min read
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Obsidian’s Quiet Influence on Academic Workflows

How Obsidian's plain-text notes and linked thinking quietly became the default for grad students, and the optimization traps that come with the…

• 6 min read
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How Flashcard Apps Quietly Took Over Medical School and Language Learning

Anki and its siblings have quietly reshaped how medical students and language learners study. Why these two fields adopted them so hard,…

• 6 min read
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Note-Taking Systems Compared: Zettelkasten, Cornell, and What Actually Sticks

Luhmann's slip-box, Cornell notes, and the honest reason most note-taking fails. The system matters less than whether it forces you to rewrite…

• 5 min read