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My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by dmje »

Obsidian. Total game changer. Obsidian sync is completely worth paying for as well - firstly it helps support the project but also its slick, so well made, and easier than all the hacked together GitHub / s3 / whatever workarounds.

From a content point of view I personally find having structure but not too much structure is the way to go. A bit of yaml if needed but just a gentle “daily notes = meeting notes” (on my work obsidian) and “daily notes = journal” (on my personal one), a few tags but nothing too rigid or cumbersome.

Omnisearch is the dogs nuts plugin too, and a couple of others but again, keeping it quite minimal has really worked for me.

Just so nice knowing that everything is under my control, using just markdown but with this fantastically powerful framework underneath it. Huge fan.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

#53

Post by balder1991 »

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…

It’s not only about keeping memories but structuring them. Even journaling (about your thoughts and feelings) helps with making sense of what’s on your mind: https://youtu.be/FNJO1pZV-I8?si=Efqm5uAOSp9MSeOq

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by tensor »

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.

I use notes because my memory is only so good, and they can be useful to me to refer back to. I just use Apple Notes. Good enough for me. That said, I don't think any of my ideas are somehow worthy of being "archived" or the like for others. They are simply helpful to me.

I don't know when ideas without execution become thought of as so valuable. Ideas are a dime a dozen, the hard part is testing those ideas to see if they actually work.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

#55

Post by bravura »

dmje wrote: post #51

Obsidian. Total game changer. Obsidian sync is completely worth paying for as well - firstly it helps support the project but also its slick, so well made, and easier than all the hacked together GitHub / s3 / whatever workarounds. From a content point of view I personally find having structure but not too much structure is the way to go. A bit of yaml if needed but just a gentle “daily notes = meeting notes” (on my…

I haven't checked Obsidian in a while, can you explain why you love it so much? I hear it being discussed a lot.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by tensor »

tomcam wrote: post #40
wharvle wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I use reminders for shopping lists. They can also be shared. Hopefully they are not the same database as notes!

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by balder1991 »

tomcam wrote: post #40
wharvle wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Have you tried using Notion?

For things that are mostly lists I prefer using Microsoft To Do though (I use it ever since it was called Wanderlist)

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by wharvle »

tomcam wrote: post #40
wharvle wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

“Reminders” is better for things like shared shopping lists (not to say Notes shouldn’t be working better for you for this use case, but Reminders is another option that’s specifically for that kind of use case)

[edit] in the latest version it’ll even organize your grocery lists by category, for easier shopping.

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by rtpg »

dmje wrote: post #51

Obsidian. Total game changer. Obsidian sync is completely worth paying for as well - firstly it helps support the project but also its slick, so well made, and easier than all the hacked together GitHub / s3 / whatever workarounds. From a content point of view I personally find having structure but not too much structure is the way to go. A bit of yaml if needed but just a gentle “daily notes = meeting notes” (on my…

I really wish that Obsidian Sync had like... 5 megs for free or something. I can't justify paying $8/month for a thing I haven't even started using, and without sync I have a hard time saying "OK let's try this" compared to Joplin or Notion.

There's a bunch of cool looking stuff though

Re: My Knowledge Lakehouse

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Post by balder1991 »

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…

Over the years I realized that the best tool for that is the one that’s easy to do it both on my phone and computer. That’s why I’ve stuck with Apple Notes for more temporary stuff or unorganized stuff and Notion for more structured concepts.

Idk how long these tools will exist but at least Notion allows exporting to markdown or PDF.

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