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Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by oxff »

manbash wrote: post #19
oxff wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is imo how most people should start and use it. All these "structure first" approaches are like using someone else's preferred way of learning and memorizing, if it works its an happy accident. You'll get your structure out of your mind once you learn to know it.

I am constantly finding myself deliberating whether I should or shouldn't use folders in my Obsidian vault. Most of the times folders feel artificial. I prefer tags nowadays as the single source. The times I separate to a folder is for very-specific Dataview data-only pages, and for storing assets such as images.

I legitimately forgot to even consider folders once I had taken "enough" notes / diary entries. Just forgot they exist at all. I see everything relevant in the linked / unlinked mentions that I use to refresh the context.

Tags I barely use, except for things I can't put into "atomic notes". Like when someone mentions a book and 1-3 sentence review, I add it to today's diary entry and use #book tag on it.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by emptysands »

puchatek wrote: post #14
throwaway180118 wrote: post #8

I've seen a lot of recent posts about Obsidian in the past week. If it's a marketing tactic then it might be working on me. I hope it's a decent product and not just some PR stunt.

Gotta admit i also checked out obsidian and the top review for the app on the play store gave me pause. Seems the app cannot sync with your local server so you'd need the sync subscription if you wanted to use app and desktop together to maintain one set of notes. Can someone confirm this?

I use the sync feature, but its not required. There are several tutorials for using got with a community plugin or an alternative like syncthing.

Its just text after all. Which is the point of using Obsidian.

Paying for sync is like paying to support the software development. Which is worth doing for Obsidian. Plus I find it useful. I am on the older lower rate.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by Sakos »

puchatek wrote: post #14
throwaway180118 wrote: post #8

I've seen a lot of recent posts about Obsidian in the past week. If it's a marketing tactic then it might be working on me. I hope it's a decent product and not just some PR stunt.

Gotta admit i also checked out obsidian and the top review for the app on the play store gave me pause. Seems the app cannot sync with your local server so you'd need the sync subscription if you wanted to use app and desktop together to maintain one set of notes. Can someone confirm this?

Obsidian saves to a bunch of openly accessible markdown files. You can sync them however you want.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by eXpl0it3r »

puchatek wrote: post #14
throwaway180118 wrote: post #8

I've seen a lot of recent posts about Obsidian in the past week. If it's a marketing tactic then it might be working on me. I hope it's a decent product and not just some PR stunt.

Gotta admit i also checked out obsidian and the top review for the app on the play store gave me pause. Seems the app cannot sync with your local server so you'd need the sync subscription if you wanted to use app and desktop together to maintain one set of notes. Can someone confirm this?

Cross system / OS landscapes can make it nearly impossible without Obsidian Sync. It's okay for Android & Windows, but if you throw an iPad into the mix, you can't really find a local/cloud sync for them all. iOS especially has some limitations on how apps can access files, so your only options are iCloud or Obsidian Sync.

For more info see here: https://help.obsidian.md/Getting+started/Sync+your+notes+acr...

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by nagarjun »

tfsh wrote: post #7

There's a useful plugin called "Daily Notes" which automatically creates a note each day with your desired template, along with the calendar plugin I have a daily chronology of everything I've done which I deem noteworthy. If anyones interested in Obsidian and daily journalling keep the initial ceremony low. Some people have sections for challenges, achievements, mood, emails, to-dos, etc. That'll be far too much cog…

I use an iOS Shortcut to create a daily note in Bear. It's simple but, works surprisingly well!

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by [deleted] »

puchatek wrote: post #14
throwaway180118 wrote: post #8

I've seen a lot of recent posts about Obsidian in the past week. If it's a marketing tactic then it might be working on me. I hope it's a decent product and not just some PR stunt.

Gotta admit i also checked out obsidian and the top review for the app on the play store gave me pause. Seems the app cannot sync with your local server so you'd need the sync subscription if you wanted to use app and desktop together to maintain one set of notes. Can someone confirm this?

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Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by crucialfelix »

tfsh wrote: post #7

There's a useful plugin called "Daily Notes" which automatically creates a note each day with your desired template, along with the calendar plugin I have a daily chronology of everything I've done which I deem noteworthy. If anyones interested in Obsidian and daily journalling keep the initial ceremony low. Some people have sections for challenges, achievements, mood, emails, to-dos, etc. That'll be far too much cog…

I also use Memos which is a plugin for quick capture, short status updates. It inserts them in your Daily Notes page. Also can view and search all memos collected across all day pages.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by wellthisisgreat »

throwaway180118 wrote: post #8

I've seen a lot of recent posts about Obsidian in the past week. If it's a marketing tactic then it might be working on me. I hope it's a decent product and not just some PR stunt.

Switched to it from Bear Notes, Apple Notes.

Not affiliated with Obsidian. Can recommend it wholeheartedly.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by scottbruin »

ThePhantom wrote: post #5

I can see Obsidian being popular because it makes notetaking fun and customizable and may motivate people to do it more. But as far as actual productivity goes I can't see any benefit it adds.

That’s kind of like saying an IDE has no clear productivity benefit when authoring software. It’s an IDE for note-taking.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by Kelteseth »

puchatek wrote: post #14
throwaway180118 wrote: post #8

I've seen a lot of recent posts about Obsidian in the past week. If it's a marketing tactic then it might be working on me. I hope it's a decent product and not just some PR stunt.

Gotta admit i also checked out obsidian and the top review for the app on the play store gave me pause. Seems the app cannot sync with your local server so you'd need the sync subscription if you wanted to use app and desktop together to maintain one set of notes. Can someone confirm this?

I used the git plugin for this on my iPad. This uses a JS based git version.
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