I’d recommend going into settings/options and having a look at the “Hotkeys” tab. There’s a lot of things that aren’t currently set, or default hotkeys that might be useful to you, like:
Toggle pin - (not set by default) I set this to ctrl + shift + p which pins the current tab so it can’t be replaced with another tab
Close current tab - By default it’s set to ctrl + w
Command palette - opens the command palette. By default it’s set to ctrl + p. The command palette is amazing because it shows you everything in the “Hotkeys” tab. So you don’t even need a hotkey set to use something. Like you can open the command palette and search for “release notes” and it will show you the current release notes. If you have the emoji plugin installed, you can open the command palette and search for “emoji” and it will open the emoji toolbar.
Quick switcher - search by note title. By default it’s set to ctrl + o. But I have the Omnisearch plugin installed so I set this hotkey to that instead.
The plugin QuickAdd is really useful here as well, you can create your own hotkeys. I made one so when I press ctrl + n it creates a new note in a specific folder with today’s date and time as the file name, so I can quickly write something down.
Just mentioning to cover all the bases: you’ll want to make sure you’re using the correct multi-value YAML syntax in your front-matter when you include multiple authors (eg. single line or multi line array). I like using the Linter plugin to help me out with this.
<pre style="background-color:#ffffff;">
<span style="color:#323232;"># single-line array
</span><span style="color:#323232;">author: [Sam Jones, Mary Apple]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># multi-line array
</span><span style="color:#323232;">author:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">- Sam Jones
</span><span style="color:#323232;">- Mary Apple
</span>
Once you have something like the above, using flatten should enable returning results for either author; with one test file in my vault, this worked for me:
I think that giving too many choices to users who are already confused by the concept of federation and instances will enhance their paralysis of making choice due to cognitive overload (See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overchoice ).
I've found out kbin.social the easiest to get used to (end-user wise).
work - meeting notes, project notes, tasks, etc. I used Evernote for years for this purpose and dipped my toe in Notion for a while before realizing I really needed offline access.
personal - this is more of a mishmash of stuff. workout notes, progress on books i’ve been reading (sometimes I just write down what page number I got to that day and not anything more elaborate), trip ideas (with links to hotels, restaurants, etc. that sound interesting), a couple reference notes reminding me how to perform certain chores, etc.
Tbh, I don’t use the graph stuff at all. And the information I record in Obsidian is generally not content I’d be able to google.
I found this note combination feature request but it doesn’t look like any plugin or native solution exists? From reading the thread, possibly you could make your document with all the transclusions then export as markdown which should then pull the transcluded content in. There’s also this short thread but it seemed focused on pulling entire notes in; not sure if that’s what you want or not.
Edit: and this is why I shouldn’t research things on my phone! Obsidian doesn’t have a native markdown exporter, just to PDF… there’s “Obsidian Enhancing Export” plugin, and “Obsidian Markdown Export” plugin. and a paid plugin.
Thank you for your detailed answer. Obsidian Markdown Export makes most of what I need: it created a new note, and transcluded page are copied. So with minimal editing I get what I need. I can merge all the notes of one month in one doc, tidy-up and done. Good opportunity to review note at the same time.
I use it and find it’s perfect for my use, and is very fast to add/remove/shift tasks around in. Since it just uses markdown files in a folder i can even use external programs to modify them or use the file itself to hold additional notes etc.
that said YMMV and i’d recommend giving it a test run for a day or so to see how it handles for you
I mainly use it to record my notes and processes on photography, post processing photos and bread making. It also gets used for Linux, Ubuntu and vim tricks and tips that I find useful.
Whilst you can search Google for information, I would rather search Google once, find a good link then make my own notes that I can refer back to quicker than using Google again. I can also combine many Google links into one document as each link may have better points than the other.
Overall it’s to make my life more efficient by not having to remember everything and also “writing is learning”.
I’m with you on wanting solid calendar integration. I’ve been looking for a integration with iCal (or iCloud or whatever) but haven’t found anything yet. I would rather trust a reliable calendar option (since syncing, alerts, etc are critical). Mainly I’d love simple sync with my core scheduling calendar to add that info to Obsidian as just sort of meta data of my day.
Relatable. One of my fears is that this content that I’m devoting a lot of time towards writing and curating will never be helpful to me or read by me a second time.
I think the best way to convince people to move is to use this sub for its intended purpose of discussing Obsidian MD and how to use it. Right now the top posts on this sub are about reddit and open source philosophy, so it’s not immediately clear to people migrating that this is a great community for discussing Obsidian’s utility.
Given the open format of Obsidian I’m not really that concerned about the fact that it’s not open source. It’s just markdown files I can do whatever I want with in the future.
I use it for 3 general information displays (site updates, RSS feed updates that meet certain keyword criteria, and a weather dispaly) that i feed from terminal apps (the terminal apps print to text files, which Obsidian then displays)
I use it as a calendar/task manager that tells me everything from what i’m doing tomorrow to what i need to check in six months
I use it to organize world building stuff - everything from one-off ideas, to idea lists, to huge files full of names, places, etc even pictures.
I use it to organize true crime research stuff - both current and past cases, and larger cultural trends like the Satanic Panic.
Tags + folders make it very easy to keep stuff organized, which i like, and since i can just zip up a folder and send it to someone, it’s very portable if it needs to be.
I think of MOCs as “topics” that naturally arrise through my notes. Let’s say I had notes for Kayaking, Snowboarding, Rooftop Parkour, Sky Diving, Hiking, and Rock Climbing all written months apart. I may later realize I should create a MOC called “Physical Activities” that captures all of them.
I try to utilize folders sparingly, but it’s a tough habit to break. The problem with folders is that they’re hierchal. I don’t want an “Physical Activities” folder, because that limits things. Perhaps I’ll have another MOC called “Fear of Heights” that also has Rooftop Parkour and Skydiving. It’s about creating maximum discoverability.
Tags I use to group things so I can find them with Dataview. For example, if I create a literature note, I’ll tag it “Source” and have a sub tag for type, like “Source/Newspaper”. As with MOCs, multiple tags can be used which helps with not seeing notes as a folder hierarchy.
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