Creating Direct Links to Zotero Documents in Obsidian
As I’m leaving DEVONthink behind, I still need a way to reference source material I’m taking notes on in Obsidian. Today we’re going to talk about doing that in Zotero with the Obsidian plugin Zotero Link. Installing Obsidian Zotero Link Before you can install the Zotero Link plugin in Obsidian you need to install two…
Physical vs Digital PKM
The question of what type of note-taking software you should use has been hotly debated. There are proponents of every piece of software out there. But maybe you should take one step back from which piece of software you should use to ask yourself if you should be using software at all? Maybe a pen…
Obsidian SNW plugin
The point to building a personal note system is to be able to find related thoughts in your vault. That can be hard at times as you have to be intentional about opening the backlinks panel or looking at the Graph Analysis panel. This is where the Strange New Worlds (SNW) plugin for Obsidian can…
Obsidian Symbols Prettifier
Today we’re going to take a look at the Obsidian Symbols Prettifier plugin. It does one simple thing, turns symbols like -> into pretty symbols that look like this →. If you use Canvases lots and want pretty symbols inside those, this plugin isn’t going to work for you as it doesn’t work with Canvas…
Obsidian WordPress Plugin Updates
I looked at this plugin just a few weeks ago and I had two bigger issues with it. First, your passwords were not encrypted in your Obsidian vault. Yes, WordPress has it on its roadmap to allow password scoping so that we could assign an application password to only do some things on a site,…
Goodbye DEVONthink
Now that I have a Fedora Linux laptop to do my work on I’m realizing that I have some vendor lock-in I need to deal with in my note-taking system. Specifically, I’ve used DEVONthink as my storage for research materials and “other people’s thoughts” for a long time. DEVONthink is not available on Linux though…
Publish from Obsidian to WordPress
Back in early 2022 I covered an Obsidian plugin that let you publish to WordPress and at the time I wasn’t all that impressed. It felt hard to use, didn’t remember your password, and really didn’t save any time. Since then I had it on my list to write a better plugin that took advantage…
Obsidian Novel Word Count
Depending on how you have your projects organized, you may want the word count of a folder. This is where Novel Word Count for Obsidian can help you. Novel Word Count does one thing, count the words of the items in the folders in your Obsidian vault. By default it will only show you the…
Easy iFrames in Obsidian
I recently started gaming again and built a second Obsidian vault to keep track of the resources I want for various games. At this point it’s mostly a repository for Hollow Knight. This means I have lots of videos to embed and my previous method with a Templater file to start from was slower than…
One Simple Trick to Make Connections with Your Notes
I’ve helped a number of people with their note system, and almost every one of them has had the same problem. This single problem can be fixed with one trick, not an easy trick, but it’s the single biggest thing standing between you and producing something from your notes. Make Time to Work Your Notes…
