Tag: intermediate
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Mobile Quick Capture in Obsidian
Last week I wrote about Obsidian Quick Capture from a desktop perspective. Now let’s talk about mobile quick capture! If you need a refresher, Quick Capture refers to the ability to quickly add a note to your Obsidian Vault. Quick Capture is an important tool, because most of us aren’t working in Obsidian all the…
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Obsidian Quick Capture
I love Obsidian. But I have a problem: capturing new ideas is slow. What is the best way to do Obsidian Quick Capture? But I’m getting ahead of myself. First of all, what is Quick Capture? Quick Capture refers to the ability to capture an idea within an application quickly, without losing focus on your…
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Handling Open Loops in Obsidian
I have a problem, and you probably do to: I call it project incompletionism. A tendency to start more projects than we can finish. Seth Godin calls it The Dip. Stephen Pressfield calls it The Resistance. But it all points to one simple fact: Starting a new project is more fun than finishing one. I…
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Creating Obsidian Goals
Here we are again: the start of a new year! Happy 2024, everyone! It’s the season in which many people create (and cough typically fail at) new years resolutions. Personally I’ve never been a big resolution person. But I am a big fan of goals. I’ve seen far too many people fail their resolutions, and…
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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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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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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…