Obsidian

Introduction This article continues the series on automating Daily Notes in Obsidian. This time we explore including Dataview queries in the Daily Note template so certain information appears every time we create a Daily Note. The examples to be used here will be to create three queries. The first is a reminder for articles I …

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Benefits of a Personal User Manual This note was sparked by an email from Tim Duggan, author of Cult Status, but I have seen this concept before. A search in my Obsidian vault did not reveal any notes however, so here is an opportunity to document this concept. The creation of a Personal User Manual …

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Introduction Now that I have unfolded by Daily Note setup, I will go through the setting up of the template in its initial form. This may be very basic for those more experienced with Obsidian, but is included for people who are new to the community as the skills learned in this article and video …

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Introduction Now that the basic concept of the Daily Note in Obsidian has been covered, in this article and video I will go through the detail of what is under the folded areas. Obviously it would be quite lengthy to go through all this in an article with various screenshots, so the best way to …

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Introduction This will be the first in a series of articles and videos around the Obsidian Daily Notes core plugin. Personal Knowledge Management systems provide a very powerful way to do journalling and keep information that is detailed and extensive. Yet the ability to fold headings and use callouts in Obsidian also provides the ability …

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Introduction Maps of Content (MOCs), even notes, can potentially get quiet long. At some point in time they may evolve into two or more MOCs with another higher note above them. This happens as your MOC grows in concert with the notes it links to. Long notes can be difficult to scan so you can …

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Introduction One of the best concepts you can employ with notemaking in my view is consistency. Not only consistency in adding notes regularly to your PKM, but consistency in how they are structured. The structure of notes can certainly evolve over time as proficiency and needs change, but that is not going to happen every …

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Introduction The quickest way that we take things into our brain is through our eyes. While me might “see” a whole sentence in an article, it still doesn’t necessarily provide context to what the article is about. By contrast, an image immediately gives us an overview of what is happening. Sometimes first looks can be …

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Introduction Although Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) systems are definitely personal, it helps to have some decent hierarchical structure around your notes. For me, this started with being able to see at a glance what notes I had done in particular areas. It turns out that I mistakenly called these Maps of Content. It turns out …

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