Tag: Obsidian

  • When to Use Multiple Obsidian Vaults

    When to Use Multiple Obsidian Vaults

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    I’ve been asked recently when I would recommend using multiple vaults in your Obsidian setup. The best way I can think to help you make a decision is to tell you why I use multiple vaults. My Other Vaults I have two other main vaults, and only one that I use regularly. The vault I…

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  • Find Orphaned Notes in Obsidian with the Dangling Links Plugin

    Find Orphaned Notes in Obsidian with the Dangling Links Plugin

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    We’ve all created notes that have no links to anything else before. Off they go into the ether rarely to be seen again. Today we’ll look at how the Dangling Links plugin can help you find those notes so you can do something with them. Setting Up Dangling Links To install the Dangling Links plugin…

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  • 4 Mistakes Beginner Note Takers Make

    4 Mistakes Beginner Note Takers Make

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    Today we’re going to look at the mistakes beginner note-takers make, though they’re not limited to beginners really. As I’ve coached more people on their note process I see many people falling into these traps in their PKM system. They learn these bad habits then never recognize them and don’t make changes to their systems.…

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  • Obsidian Student Vault

    Obsidian Student Vault

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    I’ve talked to many students about how they should set up their vaults to take notes on classes and combine them with notes on textbooks and other research material. Today I’m going to show you what a number of the students I coach are using effectively today. Don’t Get Fancy One final word before we…

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  • Live Book Note Session – On Work

    Live Book Note Session – On Work

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    This week I’m going to walk you through a live note session on the book On Work by Derek Thompson. Outside of the plugins I use, the biggest takeaway is that you need to make time to process your notes. Stop looking for shortcuts to building good notes and extensive knowledge. Put in the work.…

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  • Creating Direct Links to Zotero Documents in Obsidian

    Creating Direct Links to Zotero Documents in Obsidian

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    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…

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  • Physical vs Digital PKM

    Physical vs Digital PKM

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    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…

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  • Obsidian SNW plugin

    Obsidian SNW plugin

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    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…

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  • Obsidian Symbols Prettifier

    Obsidian Symbols Prettifier

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    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…

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  • Obsidian WordPress Plugin Updates

    Obsidian WordPress Plugin Updates

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    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,…

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