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So after griping that the page is a case of data overload, I though there should be another way to get this much information parceled out in more digestible portions.

In order to help myself (and others so interested) to improve my German vocabulary I set up a Twitter account that shoots off random German - English word definitions: @TeachMeGerman. Every hour you can learn a new word (modulo the data set size, though the repetition is actually handy).

I bet such a thing, if it does not already exist, would be good way to pick up new vim tips.

Thoughts?

Volunteers? :)




I tried registering @vimtips, but turns out it's already been done: http://twitter.com/vimtips Hasn't tweeted in while though.


Oops, that's me. I'll get that app tweeting again. Sorry.


Sweet. I don't knok if this is a practical approach for you, but for @TeachMeGerman I set up a large text file (one I had created for a "flash card" app) and a small Ruby script to grab a random entry and post it to Twitter, driven via cron.

This way I didn't have to remember to do anything. :)




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