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Getting Started with Obsidian: A Beginner’s Guide
Obsidian is a wonderful and potentially life-changing app. But it’s also a complicated app, and getting started with Obsidian can be a challenge. If you’re new to Obsidian and not sure where to start, then this is the article for you. Table of Contents What is Obsidian? Obsidian is a beautiful and versatile app created by Shida Li […]
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Maps of Content: Effortless organization for notes
One of the biggest hurdles that you must overcome in order to take good notes is organization. The more notes you take, the harder it is to find things when you need them. A good organization structure will free your mind. Creating notes will become as easy as breathing, and as a result your creativity […]
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Five ideas for naming notes in Obsidian
Do you ever have trouble naming notes? Or worse, do you struggle to find your notes after writing them? You aren’t alone. It’s a common axiom in the programming world that there are only two hard things in computer science, and one of them is naming things. Here’s a few ideas to make naming notes […]
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Dataview in Obsidian: A Beginner’s Guide
Obsidian is a great notetaking app. The built-in features are excellent and more than enough for basic notetaking purposes. However, if you want to get more out of Obsidian—if you want to give Obsidian superpowers, per se—then you have to check out Dataview. Out of all the great community plugins, Dataview is my favorite. Dataview […]
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Obsidian Search: Five Hidden Features
Both beginners and experts often have something in common when it comes to PKM: they both lean heavily on search. As your stockpile of notes grows, search becomes more and more important in your workflow. No matter how well you organize your notes, there will be times when the easiest way to find a note […]
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Creating Dynamic Graphs in Obsidian
Obsidian has an incredible plugin ecosystem. Not only are the plugins individually impressive, but sometimes they integrate with each other in unexpected and wonderful ways. One of my favorites gives us the ability to create graphs in Obsidian. This trick involves two community plugins: Dataview and Obsidian Charts. Dataview gives you ability to query almost […]
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Building Systems in Obsidian
Building systems in Obsidian is one of the best things I’ve done in the last two years. Let me explain why. If there’s one thing you can say about the 21st century that is true for everyone, it’s that life is busy. We’re all busy. Some of us are busy with school, some with work, some with […]
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How to Take Book Notes in Obsidian
Taking notes is like eating: everyone does it, but not everyone does it well. For many years, taking notes was like eating fast food for me. I only took notes when I needed to, and it never helped me. If I was afraid of my forgetfulness, I would make a note. But this didn’t cure my forgetfulness, and […]
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Obsidian and GTD
Obsidian and GTD. At first glance, it may seem like these two systems have nothing in common. One is a tool for taking notes, the other is a system for tracking and completing tasks. Two different things, right? GTD is a controversial subject in its own right. For some GTD is too complex, for others, […]
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Getting started with Zettelkasten in Obsidian
I’ve been procrastinating on writing this article for one simple reason: I don’t feel qualified. Zettelkasten is a technical topic with a long history, and many people practice it more precisely than I do. There are lots of opinions on how to do Zettelkasten in Obsidian, and they all have merit. However, I’ve learned a […]
Obsidian Rocks
Exploring knowledge management with Obsidian.
Taking notes is like eating: everyone does it, but it’s hard to do well.
In order to take good notes, you need three things:
- A desire to learn
- A trusted source to learn from
- A trusted system to grow your knowledge
We can’t help with #1, but if you have the desire to learn, we can help with the rest.
Obsidian Rocks is devoted to learning how to learn using one of the best note taking apps of the 21st century: Obsidian.
Note taking is a powerful force multiplier. No matter what you’re doing, taking great notes will make it better.
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