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Re: Obsidian Note Taking App Thoughts

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Post by solstice » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 2:55 PM UTC

djeiasbsbo wrote: post #17

jtsiskin wrote: post #3

| “A second brain, for you, forever” My biggest issue is no mobile app. It’s can’t really claim to be a second brain if it’s only accessible at your computer

I use Syncthing/Nextcloud to sync the notes to my phone where I use another markdown editor. It works pretty well.

Me too. I use Markor (Android) which also supports the internal links created by Obsidian.

Re: Obsidian Note Taking App Thoughts

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Post by ecf » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 3:23 PM UTC

jtsiskin wrote: post #3

| “A second brain, for you, forever” My biggest issue is no mobile app. It’s can’t really claim to be a second brain if it’s only accessible at your computer

It’s almost a meme at this point for all these latest and greatest note taking tools to forget mobile exists.

Re: Obsidian Note Taking App Thoughts

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Post by qwerty456127 » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

How do you get Obsidian 0.10.5? I only get offered 0.10.1/

Re: Obsidian Note Taking App Thoughts

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Post by ednico » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 4:53 PM UTC

qwerty456127 wrote: post #23

How do you get Obsidian 0.10.5? I only get offered 0.10.1/

I have the insider build. These are usually released a couple of weeks prior to the main app being released

Re: Obsidian Note Taking App Thoughts

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Post by baylessj » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 6:07 PM UTC

bergie wrote: post #19

jtsiskin wrote: post #3

| “A second brain, for you, forever” My biggest issue is no mobile app. It’s can’t really claim to be a second brain if it’s only accessible at your computer

https://gitjournal.io is one I'm using for mobile Markdown notes, synced via GitHub. Open Source. Not exactly Obsidian Mobile, but should be close enough. The dev is tracking Obsidian compat issues: https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal/issues?q=is%3Aissue...

This looks like a perfect fit for my use case, just downloaded it! I'm using Foam instead of Obsidian but it looks like the GitJournal author is also targeting Foam support.

Re: Obsidian Note Taking App Thoughts

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Post by LeSaucy » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 11:27 PM UTC

ecf wrote: post #22

jtsiskin wrote: post #3

| “A second brain, for you, forever” My biggest issue is no mobile app. It’s can’t really claim to be a second brain if it’s only accessible at your computer

It’s almost a meme at this point for all these latest and greatest note taking tools to forget mobile exists.

Obsidian kind of gets a pass since you can sync a directory of markdown files to anything and editors are available for iOS/android. Not idea, but not going to stop you from getting ideas down into text.