Tag: quick tip
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Quick Tip: Organizing Properties with Obsidian Linter
Obsidian Properties have now been out for a week. Have you had a chance to use them yet? (If not, see our introduction here) I love Properties, but they aren’t quite perfect. I have a few complaints. One pet peeve of mine is this: once you have more than a few notes, it’s hard to…
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Quick Tip: Use the Quick Switcher to create new 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 your memory is a valid reason for taking notes. But it only scratches the surface of what note-taking can do for you. Making notes…
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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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Quick Tip: Footnotes in Obsidian
For a little while now I’ve been using footnotes in Obsidian. I think they’re a bit of a “hidden feature”. They’re in the documentation, but for some reason I rarely see people use them. When writing in Obsidian, I make heavy use of internal links. I believe that links are one of Obsidian’s superpowers, so…
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How to Add Tasks to your Daily Notes in Obsidian
This article is part of a series of tips on handling tasks in Obsidian. To see the full series, see How to Manage Tasks in Obsidian. Do you use Daily Notes in Obsidian? If so, have you ever thought about adding tasks to your Daily Notes? I’ve kept a daily journal for over a decade…
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Quickly Organize Notes in Obsidian
There’s a popular concept in the Obsidian community called MOCs, or Maps of Content. What is a MOC? Pioneered by Nick Milo, MOCs are notes that primarily link to other notes, giving you an index, or a small Table of Contents that you can create for any particular topic. MOCs are one of the best…
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Pinning Notes in Obsidian
The sidebars in Obsidian are incredibly customizable. One of the easiest ways to customize your sidebars is by pinning notes to your sidebar, and in that way you can create your own views and plugin-like behavior. For example, I like to have my to-do list pinned in the sidebar. Note: I use a community plugin…
