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Getting Started with Canvas in Obsidian
Canvas is a relatively new feature in Obsidian. It was released in 2022, and it made some waves! Some people love it, some people ignore it. But for the right purposes, the canvas can be an incredibly useful tool, so if you want to get the most out of Obsidian, you might want to learn…
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Planning Your Day by Timeboxing in Obsidian
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of both tasks and projects. Creating simple task-lists gives me clarity and focus, and allows me to knock projects out quickly. Task-lists also allow me to front-load the thinking for any given project. When I create the project, I try to anticipate every task needed, and write that down…
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Obsidian Mobile: Five Tips for Success
Let’s talk about Obsidian Mobile. If you’re like me, you want to be able to carry your notes around and access them on the go. There are plenty of reasons why you might want this: Fortunately, if you have an Android or iOS phone, there are plenty of good ways to carry around your digital…
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Five of My Favorite Hidden Features in Obsidian
Obsidian is powerful. But a lot of its best features are “hidden”, and they are hard to discover if you aren’t looking for them. I’m here to help you get the most out of this app, and that means telling you about everything that Obsidian has to offer. With that in mind, here are five…
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Automate Your Notes with Obsidian Linter
A couple of weeks ago I talked about how to organize your properties in Obsidian using Obsidian Linter. That is one of my favorite uses for Obsidian Linter, but there is much more that this plugin can do. If you value consistency in your notes, but don’t want to have to manually keep everything consistent, then…
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Getting Started with Templates in Obsidian
If you’re new to Obsidian, the first thing I recommend is to start creating notes. There is no better way to learn how to use a tool than jumping in. It doesn’t matter what your notes contain at the moment, that will come later. First you need to figure out what you want to store in…
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Finding Old Notes in Obsidian with Dataview
The first challenge when it comes to note-taking is writing notes. Note-taking doesn’t work if all you do is collect, you also have to sit down and write. The second challenge is remembering what you write. If you write often, you’re bound to forget some of it. I know I have numerous articles (and notes)…
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For Beginners and Pros Alike: The Command Palette in Obsidian
Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, if you want to get the most out of Obsidian, you need to learn how to use the command palette. What is the command palette? It’s one of the most powerful tools that Obsidian has to offer. The command palette in Obsidian is essential for both beginners and…
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Using Callouts in Obsidian
If you’ve been using Obsidian for a while, you may be familiar with a feature called callouts. If you’re new to Obsidian, this is what a callout looks like in the Sandbox vault: Those orange and blue boxes are callouts! Pretty neat eh? Callouts give you a lot more flexibility when it comes to organizing…
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Quick Tip: Organizing Properties with Obsidian Linter
Obsidian Properties have now been out for a week. Have you had a chance to use them yet? (If not, see our introduction here) I love Properties, but they aren’t quite perfect. I have a few complaints. One pet peeve of mine is this: once you have more than a few notes, it’s hard to…
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