Tag: beginner
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Creating a Digital Garden in Obsidian
Today let’s talk about digital gardening in Obsidian. Have you heard the phrase “digital garden” before? The idea of digital gardening has been around since at least 1998, but it didn’t start to take off until recently. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that digital gardens used to require a certain type of expertise. […]
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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 […]
