Tag: dataview
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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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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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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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Supercharge your Daily Notes in Obsidian
I love journaling. It’s a great practice to get into, and it has numurous benefits. But why journal in Obsidian? For me, it comes down to the extra systems that you can build on top of your Daily Notes in Obsidian. There’s so much you can do with Obsidian that just isn’t an option with any other…
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Super Powers for Obsidian: Nine of the Best Obsidian Plugins
If you’re looking to get the most out of your Obsidian experience, then you need to check out the incredible ecosystem of plugins available. These plugins can help you manage tasks, organize your notes automatically, visualize your notes more effectively, make your notes prettier, and so much more. In this article, we will take a…
