How many times do you really need #pkm tools on mobile? For me, I don’t feel like I need it other than capturing ideas quick. That’s probably why mobile supports are usually inferior than desktop ones..
@ctietze Nice, thanks! I would probably try #Obsidan primarily, I use #roamresearch as my daily #pkm at the moment but trying to migrate to local first.
Comparison-wise, Obsidian vs LogSeq, maybe try Roam vs Tana for a larger set of notes too. I'm more messing around than actively researching though
I would like to help this Obsidian Community/Magazine to become more active as it seems like people like looking at posts from it but not many people create posts. What's your favourite thing about the Obsidian community?
@SamXavia People in the #Obsidian community tend to be kind, helpful, and passionate. It’s a very diverse crowd, and though it skews toward tech pros and enthusiasts, they’re very welcoming and patient in assisting non-techies.
I like seeing people’s takes on things, whether related to #PKM or not, and how they make Obsidian and other tech work for them, then borrowing whatever is useful to me.
I have been trying to write out why #Tana works for me when I have been an #obsidian user for three years, and I think I have hit upon identifying why - it has to do with the different sizes of the thoughts. A description of what Tana does for me, reflections on what this means for the theory of what we are trying to solve with #pkm and #PersonalThoughManagement especially then, and what it means for #toolsForThought design...
The new #Drafts 40 update is huge. Nested/tags mean that Drafts can now be used as an organized #notes app much like #Bear, in addition to all the things that make Drafts a genuinely unique app.
And hooray! There’s now a command palette, as there should be in every app now.
EDIT: Still no attachments/images, text notes only. I see it as another blade in the Drafts Swiss Army knife. It won’t always replace a specialized tool, but it’s still handy to have in your pocket.
@EpiphanicSynchronicity Thank you for pointing this out. It's a very useful tool to have available.
I am excited about the nested tags. I think lots of people use @drafts on the go because it's snappy, reliable & good at what it does. It has lots of hidden gems of functionality and I think they should toot their own horn more.
I appreciate #pkm#tft apps on their own merit and don't need them to try to become another app. Progress should be a natural path. @pkm@pkm@pkm@obsidianmd@logseq
Update: thanks to @Colman yes there is a way with templater! #ObsidianMD question: can I create links in template? I have a folder with files that are named yyyy-mm-dd and add a new one every day using a template. Is there a way to add links to the template to the file that came before and will come after? E.g today’s page has a link to yesterday and a link to tomorrow (doesn’t exist yet) cc: @obsidianmd
knowledge notes appear to generally have well-addressable names indexing long, context-rich elaborations
whereas thoughts come in more sizes, from highly discrete single-sentence observations and ideas (seed points for future knowledge) to those fully formed essays
@spinningthoughts@obsidianmd I agree. I find Integrated Thinking Environment/ITE a better term than #PKM for software like #Obsidian, because it’s not just a repository for archiving and retrieving information, though it can be that, too.
I do find it useful to keep reference information in Obsidian, but I could easily use it exclusively as a place to record, refine, and organize my own thoughts while keeping information and ideas from other people in one or more separate apps.
@obsidianmd#ObsidianMD#PKM The satirically promotional description of the new Solve plugin for #Obsidian by the developer, Liam Riddell, the developer, reaches its apogee when it gets to the installation instructions. It’s a fun read, and the plugin (which I haven’t tried yet) looks great.
A lot of time and energy is spent on thinking about how to organize your notes into folders, and many people use Quick Switcher as the main way to both create and open notes, even to simply access some information. I started this way, too....
@gelberhut@biscotty@obsidianmd I agree with gelberhut. Folders are to organization as plaintext is to data, and are one of the keys to a files-first, future-proofing approach. #Obsidian could break and refuse to open, and I could still navigate my notes in any file manager and open and use them in any text or #markdown editor. That’s going to be a lot harder to do if you’ve dumped all of your thousands or tens of thousands of notes in root. #PKM
#Zettlr 3.0 was released today. I’m looking forward to trying it as a general-purpose markdown editor to supplement #Obsidian, because you can use .md files anywhere in your system, not just in folders designated as vaults. https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr/releases/tag/v3.0.0
Anyone else using #obsidian for notes or documentation? I've been toying with it personally and tuning up some ideas for my next term starting this week. What plugins have you found useful as an IT professional?
I'm a solo #sysadmin with a fallback #msp. Agent facing documentation in my ITSM is a process (rightfully so) to edit and update, but is slow to search if I can't find it straight away.
@Pantsu@dapprvilln I’ve never heard of #LogSeq before, having settled on #Obsidian (even though I’m not a closed-source fan) after trying a number of #Markdown#PKM apps. I’m going to try it out this morning, so glad I saw this thread!
#Logseq has a 'demo graph', where you can open your local graph in the browser. Does anyone know if there's a way to do the same, or something similar, in #Obsidian?
I'd like to be able to open certain pages, in the browser, for quick access and or editing.
Obsidian: Organize Your Info, Not Your Files (biscotty.online)
A lot of time and energy is spent on thinking about how to organize your notes into folders, and many people use Quick Switcher as the main way to both create and open notes, even to simply access some information. I started this way, too....