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My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by jbiggley »

seanwilson wrote: post #28
ukuina wrote: post #4

> 1.1221 Sometimes the primary tool is not available. An “always-on” secondary should take its place. > 1.1222 Sometimes log from different tools or locations need to be “merged”, “persisted”. These two are the main reasons I've stuck with Google Docs: It's available everywhere, and everything's always in-sync. Google already has all my info of value, so the incremental trust necessary to the threshold of log visibil…

What about using Visual Studio Code with your notes in multiple Markdown files with automatic syncing to Google Drive via the desktop Google Drive app? Searching multiple files, editing and organising files is quick and simple on desktop, and you can fallback to Google Doc on mobile when needed (Google Drive app lets you view .md files, there's no way to edit?). You can install extensions as well (like for doing inli…

+1 for Obsidian or other platforms that support Markdown format natively. Being platform locked is terrible for knowledge management and Markdown has made me less concerned with future knowledge access in a post-Obsidian world. (Yes, I said it! There will be a post-Obsidian world.)

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by falseAss »

wharvle wrote: post #18
ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's clearly a nice and simple way to write data, but what about the other way around? How do you manage to find information when you need it?

I use Apple Notes and don’t bother to organize anything unless it’s a whole bunch of related material that I’m going to use together—notes for an rpg session, say. All the rest, I just make sure that I give it a title that I’ll recognize when I see it, and include words that I’ll likely use if I go looking for it with search. Been doing this for years, haven’t lost anything yet. It works so well that time organizing…

i've been doing the exactly same thing. Some risk is the data safety - years of log is attached to the icloud account is concerning.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by hnthrowaway0328 »

toddmorey wrote: post #25
hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #15

I had a revelation that my ideas are worthless and the notes I took are also going to be worthless once I get familiar with X. So I completely stopped taking notes. A to-do list plus a Google Drive for my son and our stuffs are good enough. The only problem is that we are not comfortable to put sensitive information on GD so probably build a NAS for that.

My experience has been the opposite. I used to envy people with amazing memories like it was a super power. Then I realized if I got into the habit of just writing stuff down, I'd effectively have that same superpower. It's the one thing that I can honestly say has changed my life. I use obsidian.md for notes, which I have on phone and desktop. Nothing fancy. You just need something that's always with you, has great…

I don't really have amazing memories. I just found out most of my stuffs are worthless and do not worth being preserved.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by MonaroVXR »

jbiggley wrote: post #31
seanwilson wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about using Visual Studio Code with your notes in multiple Markdown files with automatic syncing to Google Drive via the desktop Google Drive app? Searching multiple files, editing and organising files is quick and simple on desktop, and you can fallback to Google Doc on mobile when needed (Google Drive app lets you view .md files, there's no way to edit?). You can install extensions as well (like for doing inli…

+1 for Obsidian or other platforms that support Markdown format natively. Being platform locked is terrible for knowledge management and Markdown has made me less concerned with future knowledge access in a post-Obsidian world. (Yes, I said it! There will be a post-Obsidian world.)

I'm using it and syncing my notes to GitHub, these are technical notes

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by wfhBrian »

jbiggley wrote: post #31
seanwilson wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about using Visual Studio Code with your notes in multiple Markdown files with automatic syncing to Google Drive via the desktop Google Drive app? Searching multiple files, editing and organising files is quick and simple on desktop, and you can fallback to Google Doc on mobile when needed (Google Drive app lets you view .md files, there's no way to edit?). You can install extensions as well (like for doing inli…

+1 for Obsidian or other platforms that support Markdown format natively. Being platform locked is terrible for knowledge management and Markdown has made me less concerned with future knowledge access in a post-Obsidian world. (Yes, I said it! There will be a post-Obsidian world.)

A couple years ago I switched from Google Docs to Obsidian.

Unfortunately, as other have mentioned, Google Docs omits some seriously impactful features.

All it would've taken, at the time, was collapsible/foldable headings for me to stick with Docs.

But since then, I've grown to appreciate the millions other things Obsidian has to offer, like the ease of developing plugins which, to me, make Obsidian feel like it's an OS within my OS.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by sureglymop »

canadiantim wrote: post #24
sureglymop wrote: post #14

I just create one markdown file per day. I wrote a custom obsidian plugin that displays the "timeline" as if it was one open file and creates the files in year/month/week subfolders. But I don't use linking and all the other complexity. But if I ever needed it I could. Then it's synced with next cloud and also available on my phone. I like this the most because just as explained, the time line is the most accurate re…

Why next cloud for sync?

Because I already use it for everything else such as contacts (CardDAV), calendar events and tasks (CalDAV) which syncs nicely with my android phone. It's not that hard to host if not many people use the instance, has always worked well for me.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by sureglymop »

Zetobal wrote: post #29
sureglymop wrote: post #14

I just create one markdown file per day. I wrote a custom obsidian plugin that displays the "timeline" as if it was one open file and creates the files in year/month/week subfolders. But I don't use linking and all the other complexity. But if I ever needed it I could. Then it's synced with next cloud and also available on my phone. I like this the most because just as explained, the time line is the most accurate re…

Reads a lot like logseq.

That was actually the inspiration for the journal view but I like obsidian more. One thing I do miss from logseq is also its PDF annotation feature. Although that also comes with quite a bit of complexity.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by sureglymop »

philips wrote: post #20
sureglymop wrote: post #14

I just create one markdown file per day. I wrote a custom obsidian plugin that displays the "timeline" as if it was one open file and creates the files in year/month/week subfolders. But I don't use linking and all the other complexity. But if I ever needed it I could. Then it's synced with next cloud and also available on my phone. I like this the most because just as explained, the time line is the most accurate re…

Can you explain the timeline further? I don’t understand- just a list of links?

The idea is to create one markdown file per day but to be able to open them all in one editor view. Then one can scroll through all the days conveniently like a timeline. Something like this [0] plugin although I did create my own (more hacky) version for myself.

[0]: https://github.com/Quorafind/Obsidian-Daily-Notes-Editor

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by sureglymop »

toddmorey wrote: post #26
sureglymop wrote: post #14

I just create one markdown file per day. I wrote a custom obsidian plugin that displays the "timeline" as if it was one open file and creates the files in year/month/week subfolders. But I don't use linking and all the other complexity. But if I ever needed it I could. Then it's synced with next cloud and also available on my phone. I like this the most because just as explained, the time line is the most accurate re…

I love the approach. Have you published the "timeline" plugin or is code available?

I haven't yet because its hacky at the moment and I want to clean it up first (once I have some spare time). But there are somewhat similar plugins already published, e.g.: https://github.com/Quorafind/Obsidian-Daily-Notes-Editor

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by tomcam »

wharvle wrote: post #18
ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's clearly a nice and simple way to write data, but what about the other way around? How do you manage to find information when you need it?

I use Apple Notes and don’t bother to organize anything unless it’s a whole bunch of related material that I’m going to use together—notes for an rpg session, say. All the rest, I just make sure that I give it a title that I’ll recognize when I see it, and include words that I’ll likely use if I go looking for it with search. Been doing this for years, haven’t lost anything yet. It works so well that time organizing…

Having trouble with Apple notes syncing too slowly. Wife can update the shopping list but I won’t see it for 24+ hours. Unfortunately my life runs on it. Problem may be that my Notes file has become a 15G monstrosity?
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