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Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by hookey »

master-12 wrote: post #41
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/

I used to use Logseq with Syncthing, but I ran into a bunch of sync conflicts that were annoying to deal with and sometimes it would just stop syncing for no reason. Luckily, they've just made Logseq Sync available to all backers on OpenCollective and it works quite well. I'm very happy with the setup now. I think they're making Sync available as a paid monthly service soon.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by 0x008 »

rpastuszak wrote: post #121
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've just transitioned from Apple Notes to Obsidian and so far I'm loving it. In terms of high quality free software (not nec. OSS) it feels like the same league as Blender. It's so simple and so powerful. I use it for ad hoc notes and research (e.g. project ideas, an ML-course I'm taking now, random interesting subjects beyond tech) as well as for daily journaling. I start my day by writing in a "stream of conscious…

Its not the same - I know, but you can try these options to get a similar experience in obsidian:

- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/zen-focus-mode-with-automation/3... - https://github.com/deathau/cm-typewriter-scroll-obsidian with Zen-Mode enabled.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by [deleted] »

erreJulian wrote: post #166
rpastuszak wrote: post #121

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I've just transitioned from Apple Notes to Obsidian and so far I'm loving it. In terms of high quality free software (not nec. OSS) it feels like the same league as Blender. It's so simple and so powerful. I use it for ad hoc notes and research (e.g. project ideas, an ML-course I'm taking now, random interesting subjects beyond tech) as well as for daily journaling. I start my day by writing in a "stream of conscious…

Enso looks great, thank you for sharing.

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Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by greyman »

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.

But why, it's a free product. I used it for some time but then switched to Logseq.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by tuvi13 »

rpastuszak wrote: post #121
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've just transitioned from Apple Notes to Obsidian and so far I'm loving it. In terms of high quality free software (not nec. OSS) it feels like the same league as Blender. It's so simple and so powerful. I use it for ad hoc notes and research (e.g. project ideas, an ML-course I'm taking now, random interesting subjects beyond tech) as well as for daily journaling. I start my day by writing in a "stream of conscious…

I am going to use that serene enso thingy you built :-)

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by agentwiggles »

I have just started using Obsidian this last week or two in the hopes of eventually migrating away from Notion. There are some things I miss though, like to-do lists. I've also found that code blocks are a little unreliable about whether they render pretty or just stay markdown.

I like the idea of getting all my stuff local, but there are going to be a few things about Notion that keep me there for a while.

Also, (and this is slightly tangential since this doesn't exist for Notion) - I would _love_ a nice way to be able to write guitar tablature in my notes. If some kind of plugin exists for that it would be awesome.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by prithsr »

I know this thread seems to be Obsidian specific, but wanted to share: I've been writing down every detail of my day since January 2021 on Diarly. I pay $15 a year to have it sync across iCloud devices. I have two "journals" - one for personal, and one for work. From thoughts, to encounters during the day, to what food I ate, I write everything. It has dramatically improved my day-to-day. I've had trouble remembering my whole life, and now I can just look back and find the exact date where I did something (the search feature is pretty spot on). It's even improved my retention skills - e.g. "i don't remember what day this happened, but I am positive xyz happened because I remember writing about it". Strongly strongly recommend it to all.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by beezlewax »

belmat wrote: post #165
beezlewax wrote: post #130

How do you guys handle images in Obsidian? I can't zoom or see detail on large screen shots for example. Pretty new to the application so maybe I'm missing something

I use a plugin called Image Toolkit [0]. When you click on an image it opens an overlay that lets you zoom and do some light editing. I started including images in my notes inline, scaled down to about 50px (so they are still roughly recognizable), and clicking on them when I want to see them in detail. [0] obsidian://show-plugin?id=obsidian-image-toolkit

Nice that will do the trick for my needs. Thank you!

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by corncob15 »

d33d33 wrote: post #59

i found my love in Trilium what has everything i need and if needed, i can still change the code by myself (AGPL) + files are stored as markdown documents (so i am still able to get into my notes, even if the repo would disappear). see https://github.com/zadam/trilium TLDR; - future proof file format (markdown) - possible as local standalone + sync to simple cloud storage (like gdrive/dropbox/...) - gantt charting -…

Obsidian stores all your files as Markdown as well, and has plugins to automatically back up your vault using Git on a set interval. I'm pretty sure across my various cloud sync and disk backup setups my Obsidian vault is fully recoverable from five different independent data sources, only one of which (Obsidian Sync) has any dependency on Obsidian itself.
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