Tag: Obsidian

  • 1 Obsidian Mobile Tip You Need

    1 Obsidian Mobile Tip You Need

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    A while ago I showed off a few plugins that helped improve the mobile experience of Obsidian, today we’re going to show off one more. Customizable Page Header Buttons does exactly what you’d expect from the name of the plugin. It allows you to add buttons to the headings of your notes. To use this…

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  • Simplify Obsidian Search with Vantage

    Simplify Obsidian Search with Vantage

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    Yes, Obsidian has a great search syntax, and yes you should absolutely turn on the feature that has Obsidian explain what the search syntax you’re currently using is doing. But I still find myself struggling with search as it gets more complex, and this is where Vantage can step in and help you build better…

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  • Craft vs Obsidian: Which is the right tool for you?

    Craft vs Obsidian: Which is the right tool for you?

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    I use two main tools for my note-taking systems. First, I use Obsidian for my own notes on books and research. Second, I use Craft for taking notes on home projects or bike parts, or other things that feel more visually oriented to me. Today I’ll tell you what I like about both of them…

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  • Track Writing Progress with Obsidian

    Track Writing Progress with Obsidian

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    One of the things I always enjoy about my Github Profile is that it shows I write code regularly. No I’m not on some huge streak, but it does show I make some progress all the time. With a few plugins for Obsidian you can create something similar for your writing projects. Today we’re going…

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  • Supercharge Obsidian on Mobile Devices

    Supercharge Obsidian on Mobile Devices

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    Today we’re going to look at two plugins that have taken Obsidian on my phone from passable to amazing. Slash Command I’ve talked about the Slash Command being added to Obsidian before and mentioned that while it was great, I hoped it would be even better when you used a mobile device. Well, it came…

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  • Don’t Go Entirely Paperless

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    Jamie talks about one of the issues with buying into any system, going overboard. When I was going paperless with Evernote, my experiment was to see if I could go completely paperless, so everything went into Evernote. But I found that 80% of the paper I scanned I never looked at again, even years later.…

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  • Automated Content Entry in Obsidian on iOS

    Automated Content Entry in Obsidian on iOS

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    Shortcuts is a powerful tool to aid in your automation on iPadOS, iOS, and now macOS. Today we’re going to look at 3 different Shortcuts I use to make taking notes with Obsidian easier from my mobile devices. Wait you said macOS too. I did but macOS Shortcuts is kind of broken so we won’t…

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  • Writing Goals with Word Sprint for Obsidian

    Writing Goals with Word Sprint for Obsidian

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    Word Sprint is for those of us that write lots and need to hit some sort of daily word target. Scrivener has a feature like this that shows you the word total for a specific writing session. I used it to finish a few books because it was a motivator to just keep going. I…

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  • Obsidian Plugins to Focus On Your Writing

    Obsidian Plugins to Focus On Your Writing

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    One of the things most writers aim for while working is getting focused on the text they’re working on. In Obsidian there are a number of plugins that allow you to build a more focused experience. Let’s take a look at them. Fullscreen Focus Mode While the title of this plugin leads me to believe…

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  • Obsidian Incremental Writing Plugin

    Obsidian Incremental Writing Plugin

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    Today we’re going to look at the Incremental Writing plugin for Obsidian. At first, I had no idea why it was named as it was because it’s more a spaced repetition plugin than a writing one. Evidently, Incremental Writing is the act of cycling through your notes and doing a bit of work on them…

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