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Five Pro Tips for Obsidian Properties
Obsidian Properties are now released to the public! They aren’t available on mobile yet, but on desktop you can download the update and start using them today. I’ve already written an introduction to Obsidian Properties, but there are many more advanced features that I didn’t address in that article. If you’re interested in taking full…
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Clipping Articles into Obsidian
Have you ever wanted to copy a whole article into your Obsidian vault? This is referred to as “clipping”, as if you cut an article out of a newspaper and pasted it into your scrapbook. If that sounds interesting to you, then keep reading. We’ll discuss the many different ways for clipping articles into Obsidian.…
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Save Articles to Obsidian: Five Different Methods
Do you have too many tabs open? Too many interests? Me too. I used to have 100+ tabs open on both my computer and my phone. I had “Too good to close” syndrome. I would find an article and, instead of saving it to a trusted system, I would hoard it. Like a dragon on…
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An Introduction to Obsidian Properties
A recent update to Obsidian introduced a new feature: Obsidian Properties. What are Properties? In a nutshell, it’s a new tool built-in to Obsidian that makes it easier to create and maintain your metadata. To be honest, when I saw it on the Roadmap, I wasn’t very excited about it. Obsidian has always supported metadata…
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A Graph for Zettelkasten: Measuring Growth in Obsidian
In the last year, I created 1,500+ notes in my Zettelkasten. That’s an average of four notes per day, every day of the year. And these aren’t small meaningless notes. Sometimes a note will contain a single link, but I also have notes that contain thousands of words. Perhaps even more surprisingly, on most days…
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Plotting Task Completions with DataviewJS and Obsidian Charts
Have you tried plotting in Obsidian? Unfortunately, it can be challenging and technical. But not today! If you want a way to track task completions over time, then look no further. This is the easiest method I’ve found for task plotting in Obsidian, and it looks like this: Creating graphs is one of my favorite…
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Embrace Serendipity: Discovering Old Notes in Obsidian
Everyone has a different strategy when it comes to organizing their notes. Some like a chaotic Zettelkasten. Others like an orderly PARA. Folders, tags, links, tables, you name it: there are numerous ways to organize your notes in Obsidian, and every method has its own strengths and weaknesses. But no matter what organizational strategy you…
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Editing Dataview Tables with the Metadata Menu plugin
Dataview is a wonderful tool, and I recommend it to just about anyone who uses Obsidian. But it has its limitations. One of those limitations is the fact that Dataview doesn’t allow you to edit data, only to view it. This article is for intermediate Dataview users. If you’ve been using Dataview for a while…
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Streamline Your Day: Enhance Focus and Productivity with RescueTime and Obsidian
If you work for or by yourself, it can be hard to stay productive. It’s easy to get distracted, and hard to stay on track. For many years now I have used RescueTime to help keep track of what I’m doing while I’m on the computer (it’s amazing how easy it is to lose track…
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Quick Tip: Write Better Notes with the Obsidian Quick Switcher
Editor’s note: This tip is for intermediate users of Obsidian. If you’re new to Obsidian, see our article on Getting Started with Obsidian Notes. Note-taking: it’s about remembering things. Or is it? When I started taking notes, I did it for one reason: to capture things that I knew I wasn’t going to remember. Aiding…
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