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Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by master-12 »

laputan_machine wrote: post #33

Does anyone have any experience with Joplin[0] as an alternative? I'm looking into using SyncThing + Joplin to create a sort of 'networked personal brain'. I was originally looking at Obsidian, but the arguments on why they chose not to go FOSS are pretty weak[2] imo, so I'm looking at using Joplin instead. [0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ [1] https://syncthing.net/ [2] https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidia…

Doesn't Joplin store all notes in a SQLite DB?

I'd recommend looking into Logseq[0], it's free and open source and stores all notes on disk as Markdown. I version my notes with Git, but Syncthing will also work.

[0] https://logseq.com/

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by chungus »

sn41 wrote: post #9

I'm an ardent Emacs user for the past 20+ years. But I am considering writing a book, and the "throw things in anyhow, get things back" facility of Obsidian is quite useful for catching disparate thoughts to later incorporate into a flow in the final text.. Of course there is a mode in Emacs supporting obsidian-like facility, but does not feel as convenient - autocomplete never quite works as smooth as it does in Obs…

What Emacs mode might that be? And are there more reasons it falls short, besides the autocomplete?

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by ThePhantom »

scottbruin wrote: post #29
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.

When I think of productivity in this context, I am referring to the rate at which one can generate value.

Software itself has value (eg, a client-facing web service). Therefore an IDE, which may require an investment to get past the learning curve, can have a productivity benefit as it can make generating software (and thus value) more efficient.

Do notes themselves have value? I would argue not really. For the most part things like "life planners" / "task managers" I've noticed are highly intricate but require considerable upkeep to maintain. Time that can be used to actually generate value.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by stvrsxz »

laputan_machine wrote: post #33

Does anyone have any experience with Joplin[0] as an alternative? I'm looking into using SyncThing + Joplin to create a sort of 'networked personal brain'. I was originally looking at Obsidian, but the arguments on why they chose not to go FOSS are pretty weak[2] imo, so I'm looking at using Joplin instead. [0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ [1] https://syncthing.net/ [2] https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidia…

I am using Joplin for years and I am pretty satisfied with it. (This is not a comparison because I have never used Obsidian)

It is doing 99% of what I ever wanted to do with my knowledge base. Though, if I am in a hurry and I want to quickly write something down (like a quick todo or something), then I am still using google keep, because editing markdown in the Joplin mobile app and waiting for it to sync, it is ok but not as quick as google keep. (I will not be surprised if there is a solution to this and I am doing something wrong)

Sure. There are plenty of alternatives, and being open source has its negative and positive things.

Self host is a good alternative if you want to play some and want to own your data 100% and I have tried to self-host Nextcloud on a Raspberry Pi once, but I gave up after some troubleshooting when I found that Hetzner offers ready-made Nextcloud boxes with https and all. I then synchronize my encrypted notes through Nextcloud pretty easily. I have never tried the Joplin cloud solution that was created after I chose Nextcloud (as an alternative also to Dropbox).

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by osener »

sn41 wrote: post #9

I'm an ardent Emacs user for the past 20+ years. But I am considering writing a book, and the "throw things in anyhow, get things back" facility of Obsidian is quite useful for catching disparate thoughts to later incorporate into a flow in the final text.. Of course there is a mode in Emacs supporting obsidian-like facility, but does not feel as convenient - autocomplete never quite works as smooth as it does in Obs…

I went with Logseq because it can be configured to use org-mode syntax in place of Markdown, and I’m really happy with it.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

tunnuz wrote: post #39

This was like a window in an alternate dimension for me: I had no idea documenting what you do was a thing and the way the author describes it makes it sound like a well-known activity that everybody does. Have I been living under a rock?

Nah, counter-non-scientific-anecdote, very few people do it. Most of what I do is forgettable and not important. Code is in git and tasks are in jira, websites I want to remember are in my bookmarks; I never think "I wish I took minutes of my day from such-and-such date three years ago".

But to each their own; if this is your jam, by all means. It KINDA feels like justifying your day and activities though. Some people work in teams or environments where they have to justify their time or report what they did the previous day in a daily stand-up, for who it may be relevant.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by taubek »

wingerlang wrote: post #18
googlryas wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I thought it sounded like snippets for my OKRs. Could also be derived from quantified self lineage.

I think it is more the latter. Seems more like a passion (or obsession) than something they have to do for OKRs, especially with the super detailed logging and using dedicated apps, and super optimizing them on top of that.

I keep similar list so that when I we have quarterly/yearly reviews I can recall what was I doing few months ago.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by number6 »

laputan_machine wrote: post #33

Does anyone have any experience with Joplin[0] as an alternative? I'm looking into using SyncThing + Joplin to create a sort of 'networked personal brain'. I was originally looking at Obsidian, but the arguments on why they chose not to go FOSS are pretty weak[2] imo, so I'm looking at using Joplin instead. [0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ [1] https://syncthing.net/ [2] https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidia…

I use a syncthing setup with logseq which is FOSS but is also opinionated. Could be something you could use

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by wartijn_ »

laputan_machine wrote: post #33

Does anyone have any experience with Joplin[0] as an alternative? I'm looking into using SyncThing + Joplin to create a sort of 'networked personal brain'. I was originally looking at Obsidian, but the arguments on why they chose not to go FOSS are pretty weak[2] imo, so I'm looking at using Joplin instead. [0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ [1] https://syncthing.net/ [2] https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidia…

You can create a template for your daily/weekly..etc notes via the templates plugin[0]. And I don't use them myself, but it looks like there are plugins for automatic backlinks[1] and embedding other notes[2] as well

[0] https://github.com/joplin/plugin-templates

[1] https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/automatic-backlinks-with-m...

[2] https://github.com/ylc395/joplin-plugin-note-link-system

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