Interview with the new Obsidian CEO, Stephan Ango
This week's video is going to be a livestream! My friend Andy Polaine (whom I met when we did this Obsidian...
2023-03-07 13:49:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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Writing a book in Obsidian, about Obsidian
Hey everyone! This week's video is about the very beginning of another goal for me: writing a book. It's something I've wanted to do for a while, but never got around to doing. Well, I've decided it's time for that to change. And I'm hoping a publ...
2023-03-02 13:37:29 +0000 UTC View PostMy full TTRPG setup for 2023
This one's for the TTRPG players/GMs! I've gotten a few questions about the TTRPG vault, in particular regarding the "Add a new session" button that hasn't been working...
2023-02-02 20:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAI for PKM and Obsidian
This week's video shows some of the artificial intelligence tools that I've been experimenting with and have impressed me enough to include them in my workflows, specifically:
Top 10 core plugins for Obsidian + Patreon Q&A
Hey folks! This week's video is about how I think Obsidian core plugins are overlooked in favour of "shinier" community plugins, when actually they're more futureproof, secure, and plenty flexible enough to support most use cases. I also go over m...
2023-01-19 23:16:37 +0000 UTC View PostObsidian for Everyone: a beginners' course for Obsidian
I made a thing. A really scary thing to start off the new year: I made my first course ever.
Obsidian for Everyone is a true beginners' course: it's everything you needed to get started with Obsidian and more-- all without getting into commu...
2023-01-12 00:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostMy 2023 planning setup + Etherpad + #TIL
Happy 2023, folks!
🎥 My time management setup in Obsidian
This week's video is about all the plugins and apps I use to get stuff done and make sure my priorities are aligned. The goal-setting is mostly the same as last year, but I...
2023-01-04 00:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostNotes on YouTube videos
This week's video: YouTube videos in Obsidian
This week's video is about different ways to take notes from YouTube videos that I've tried, including a recent release I'm pretty excited by. I am on YouTube A LOT, for learning and for pure e...
2022-12-29 19:44:52 +0000 UTC View PostVisual atomic note taking + 20k
Visual atomic note taking with Obsidian Excalidraw
This week's video addresses the gap between taking notes textually and taking notes visually. I talk about how to bridge the gap by showing how to link/backlink to images, t...
2022-12-20 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTop 10 tips for reading on a Kindle
Hey folks! I love to close out the year with some type of readathon, and this year I'm doing the Reindeer Readathon for some holiday-themed prompts to help me catch u...
2022-12-05 17:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's in my tech bag for working remotely?
I've been a remote worker for years (even before the pandemic), and I've found I work best that way. Here's what I bring with me to coworking spaces or while travelling and working away from home for months at a time. This is a roundup of all the ...
2022-11-28 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMaking notes actually useful + TTRPG stuff
This week's video is about my process for turning a raw note into something that enriches my day-to-day life and career. I also talk about some other plugins I've been using but haven't talked about before: Note Refactor and Strange New Worlds. 2022-11-22 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Obsidian Projects plugin video + PKM.social
Hey folks! This week's video is about the Obsidian Projects plugin. I had a chat with the developer of this plugin last week, and this is a summary of what the plugin is and how ...
2022-11-16 17:21:40 +0000 UTC View PostVideo preview: Should you have multiple vaults in Obsidian?
How many Obsidian vaults should you have? The short answer is that you should do what makes sense for you. I don't like to state definitively how things should be done, so instead, in this video, I'm talking about different reasons to have single ...
2022-11-07 12:51:11 +0000 UTC View PostHow to organize your notes in Obsidian // The LATCH method
In this video (out later this week for non-Patreons), I tackle one of my most frequently asked questions: How should you organize my notes in Obsidian?
I think this is a personal question, so instead of saying how someone should org...
2022-10-31 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostNew Patreon perk: Discord server
Hey folks! Some of you have noted that Patreon isn't great for two-way communication: only I can create posts to address the community, and everyone else has to comment on existing posts or message me directly.
Feedback received! I'v...
2022-10-31 09:38:04 +0000 UTC View PostVideo preview: Taking better notes from books (Shortform review)
Hey friends! Here's a preview of the video I'm releasing this week-- it's about a platform called Shortform that I use for:
- pre-screening books to figure out if I want to buy them/read them
- testing my memory of a chapter by reading su...
New perk: Patreon exclusive videos - Quick look at Dataview
Hey folks! You might have seen my video preview earlier this week, about Obsidian for non-coders. Here's a part of the video that I ended up cutting from the public ver...
2022-10-19 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostVideo Preview: Obsidian for non-coders
This week's video is going to be one for non-coders or developers who have found Obsidian's Markdown syntax a little confusing. This is the companion video to the Formattin...
2022-10-17 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI'm making a course!
I've been meaning to make an Obsidian for beginners course for a while, but I'm finally at a point where I feel like I've got enough of a handle on doing YouTube part-time to tackle something new!
The course will be for complete beginners to...
2022-10-14 09:51:58 +0000 UTC View PostNew Patreon-only perk: Private online vault
Hey folks! I'm trying something new and tentatively adding a new vault to the list of perks you get from this Patreon, one that is online and password-protected.
I've been wanting to add written tutorials or "cheat sheets" for different plug...
2022-10-10 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostNew video + new in Patreon vault: Database of Stuff + Database Folder
Hey folks, I was going to release the Tabs video this week (it's one I've already previewed on Patreon), but that one is about new Obsidian features th...
2022-10-07 09:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostCheat Sheet for formatting Obsidian Notes
Hey everyone! I've gotten a lot of questions about formatting notes in Obsidian, so I thought I'd make up a quick one-pager with the most common things one might want to do in Markdown, along with some things that are specific to Obsidian, like li...
2022-10-02 22:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostVideo preview: What's in my tech EDC bag?
Time for something different! I LOVE these "what's in my EDC" type videos and I am an absolute gearhead, so I wanted to show you some of the stuff I carry around every day. It's a small package, but it's enough to entertain me and to be my little ...
2022-09-26 21:41:24 +0000 UTC View PostVideo preview: How I learn languages in Obsidian and other apps
This week's video is going to be about how I studied Swedish for 30 days using a variety of tools, including Obsidian. But those of you here get it first!
I've gotten a lot of questions about how I learn languages, and I've been a bit hesita...
2022-09-19 15:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostTabs in Obsidian (new in v0.16)
Here's what you can look forward to in the next release of Obsidian, v0.16. I've been testing it for a few weeks now, and particularly love the new tabs feature. However, this release DID initially break a few things for me, so I wanted to explain...
2022-09-12 14:53:23 +0000 UTC View PostI can finally tell you about Readwise Reader!
I WAS going to post the ExcaliBrain video this week, BUT! Last night I got an email from the Readwise team about their product Reader, which I've been privately beta testing for over a year. The email said that they were ready to bring Reader into...
2022-09-07 15:26:17 +0000 UTC View PostVideo preview: How to use the ExcaliBrain Obsidian plugin
I've been wanting to create a video of ExcaliBrain every since I made a video about its sister plugin, Excalidraw. However, the more I delved into it, the more I realised that Ex...
2022-09-06 08:04:22 +0000 UTC View PostQ&A Thread (September 2022)
Hey everyone! I didn't do Q&A last month due to some commitments, but you can always message me-- I always answer Patreon questions. :)
This month, though, I want to start this up again! Got any questions about Obsidian, PKM, or anything...
2022-09-05 21:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostVideo preview: How to take notes from a book with Obsidian - The Culture Map
Last week was a blur! I spent the full week with my work colleagues in Sweden, getting to know each other in person after years of working together online. It was fantastic but exhausting, and I'm still struggling to get things back on track now t...
2022-09-02 09:35:51 +0000 UTC View Post