Anki is not a magic bullet. In fact, it requires some effort to make it work right. Here is a simple way of make Anki work for you.
The key to making good Anki flashcards it to pretend as if you were making a quote. Think about quotes for a minute. How are they made?
Imagine this crazy situation. Two men are fighting. They say exchange a lot of blows and say a lot of thing. You keep listening. Then one of them says, "I'll kill you you bastard. You killed my dog. What did my dog ever do to you? Mark my words, I'll kill you!"
In a real fight, there would be a lot more words. However, in this case, the most important thing sentence there is?
It's "Mark my words, I'll kill you!" It's something you wouldn't want to forget, just in case... The resultant quote would be:
"Mark my words, I'll kill you!" by Angry dead dog owner.
When reading articles, just do the same. Don't aim to save everything you read. Keep asking yourself, "What's really important here?"
Whenever you find a really important sentence, copy it out and keep it somewhere - Microsoft word, OneNote, a text document...
When you're ready, open Anki and throw it there.
As for how to create flashcards on Anki, I'll keep searching for decent articles. Worst case scenario, I'll write one.
Here are excellent articles you might want to check out.
http://www.supermemo.com/articles/20rules.htm
http://fluent-forever.com/create-better-flashcards/
http://www.jackkinsella.ie/2011/12/05/janki-method.html
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