Note Taking & Obsidian
obsidian plugins
Obsidian shortcuts
TASKS
- get better at search. See this video, min 54. investigate obsidian search syntax.
- implement kanban for my todos workflow
- research how to add note collaboration, which Notion does great. Relay extension
capture
for web use Obsidian Web Clipper
for books see kindle#exporting highlights to markdown (obsidian)
readwise is prob the best solution but it is very expensive.
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- read list note + obsidian web clipper. (falls short on mobile)
- raindrop ⭐️
- matter
- saveread
readwise features
- highlight review (to not forget what you read). turns your highlights into daily thing you can read
- import for everywhere
- bookmark manager (reader app)
zettelkasten
Is another system that I haven't tried to implement in my system.
more on it here and here
I think it would be more beneficial if in the future I need to do more research or studying.
file tagging
I haven't gotten used to tagging notes all that much. Maybe I haven't found it's benefits personally.
How to take notes
(based on my 00-09 System/05 Templates/Daily note template)
file organization
I organized my vault with the PARA structure with some additions of my own.
Personal Knowledge Management System (PKMS)
granularity
atomic notes: like programming functions, it can be a good idea to atomize notes.
so If im writing about water I should write different separated/atomic notes on water: what is water? | what are the benefits? | why is it necessary? | etc... instead of writing one big note on the topic
up / parent
(I don't really do this)
think about what other note is directly related "above" the note relates to.
MOST of the time I think a note should relate to only one note above, but I'm not completely strict on this for the right occasion
- parent/child/friend note tagging method
| Relationship type | note/tag name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Parent | #Project-Ficton-Book |
Top lvl category or project |
| Child | #Project-Fiction-Book/Chapter-3-Draft |
A specific, nested element that belongs to the Parent. |
| Friend | #Inspiration |
A cross-cutting tag that provides context (the note is an inspiration source) and can link to other notes across different projects. |
| The key takeaway is: The Child belongs to only one Parent (creating a hierarchy), but it can have many Friend tags (creating lateral connections across your entire system). |
tags
try only placing a note in a folder only when it is linked correctly to other notes. this is to not have orphans.
- 📧Seed inbox: literature notes made from Readwise highlights. These notes need to eventually be processed into atomic notes. So read through these and write my own thoughts.
- 🌱Seedlings: new, unlinked notes. Fresh unfinished ideas.
- 🌿Ferns: decently fleshed out and connected but could use some more work
- 🌲Evergreen: fleshed out and deeply connected notes, foundational knowledge.
- 🗺Map of Content (MOC): summary notes that link many interrelated and connected notes
- for tasks Zsolt uses this 3 tags: #waitingFor, #discussWith and #promisedTo
- #person a person
- #series/recommendation series recommendation
- #🎨 excalidra drawing
- #person/chat conversation I had with someone
Date
when was the note created and/or last updated.
Highlighting books colors:
- Yellow = interesting point
- Pink = disagree with author
- Blue = Anecdotal passage
Resources
Link to relevant info. can be other notes, can be any link to whatever. I can link either using hyperlinks in the body or do it in a 'paper' kind of way where on the body it would list with footer and down in this section would be the link or acclaration.
Functionalities
Obsidian is a markdown editor and visualizer. see learning markdown
hyperlinks
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link another note:
[[]] -
to name hyperlink:
NoteName -
modify image size:
200px -
type
[[^to search and select a block of text on any file -
for more specific type
[[filename^]]
Tables
Type this: | header1 | header2|
can also use table extension toolbar on the side
Lists
Ctrl + L todo list item
Ctrl+Shift+L bullet point
works for multiple highlighted lines.
I probably changed some keymap settings to have it this way
tasks/todos and time
I've been using Google Tasks a lot recently bc of how well it works in my phone with Gemini, Google Calendar, etc..
Templates
All templates are in the templates dir in this vault.
I have the templater plugin to autocomplete values in the templates and move cursor around faster while filling out the templates (cmd + J jumpts to next cursor position)
automatic MOCs
Automatic Maps of Content so I don't have to link every note to their MOC.
This note views all unlinked notes in my vault Diagnostics - orphan - unlinked notes. Use it to organize my vault
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- Strictly folder based. To link notes outside of folders I would still need to do the next option:
Footers
..
Sources for this note
forgot which tutorials I watched to source this :s