Stiltzkin's descprition is very good. At first it seems cumbersome and requires allot of concentration but as you do it more and more it becomes second nature and starts dropping off your concious map. The key though, is to expriment with various learning processes. Refine the method.
And Raenna's statment is partially true. The real key to memory is to anchor concepts in your mind so they can be accessed easilly. I used to try to memorize names by just repeating them over and over again. The minute my mind got distracted the name is nowhere to be found. Yet your mind doesn't forget, it just drops that information into some random cabinet. That's why you gota label it, imprint it so you can find it easilly.
Here is a cool example.
I recently came up with a neat method for remembering little things during the day. What I do is take a fact I will need later and create an icon akin to one you would find on your desktop. I then place it in the top left corner of my mental screen. Thoughout the day I check up there to see if any Icons are around. For example two people called about my friend today who just moved and changed his number. To remember this and pass on the messages I put up an icon of [2 + (phonesign)] up in the corner of my mind.
The reason this works is because it creates an anchor for my memories. Just like some song may remind you of a past love. Now you gota figure out if you are a kinesthetic, visual or autditory person. If you are auditory, using notes or melodies might work better then visual icons; or use feelings/textures if you are kinesthetic.
I came up with this all by myself. I works great for me, but there are books out there with many more ideas that might work better for you.
I hope this encourages you to try.
