flashcards

i'd never used flashcards before, i'd always just thought it was a waste of time and that 'i didn't learn that way', but on friday i gave it a shot anyway. wrote just about twenty cards in german, a mix of sorts.
some with just the noun, and the gender on the other side.
some with an adjective and the english on the other side.
some with an irregular verb, and its various forms on the other side.
etc

and fucking hell, it worked so well. i did more, and have managed to memorise about 100 new words in two days. does anybody else use flashcards? any suggestions for different ways to do them?

When I make an index card with a noun on it I put the article in front of the German word.

Ex.
[side 1] (die) Straße
[side 2] Road