augustocc, (edited ) to random Portuguese
@augustocc@social.br-linux.org avatar

OBSIDIAN, a thread

Esta thread é para ajudar quem está interessado em dar os primeiros passos no Obsidian – o aplicativo que eu uso (grátis - incluindo a sincronização entre desktop e celular) pra organizar minhas anotações e referências.

Estou publicando um pouquinho a cada dia, confira!

graphito, to random
@graphito@fosstodon.org avatar

> #obsidian works with plain .md files
No, it doesn't. Not only those files aren't following any of the stardard markdown flavours, but also obsidian doesn't even have official export to markdown.
That means, the moment this proprietary tool gets enshittified you might lose all your internal links and attachments.
Don't believe it? try to move to other note taker and prove me wrong

kepano, to random
@kepano@mastodon.social avatar

what do you wish to see for in 2024?

msemochkin, to random Russian

I'm asking for help from the community. Help me understand - if I keep my notes on a work project for myself, I don't share them with anyone, I just use them as PKM. Does this require a commercial license from #Obsidian?

CC: @kepano

smallcircles, to foss
@smallcircles@social.coop avatar

This is nice to see..

A student can't afford to pay the $8 per month for sync, so builds a alternative. Then posts to HN and says "I probably violate ToS, so will take down the repo if asked".

Then the Obsidian CEO replies. Explains they aren't VC-funded and the $8 bucks subscription keeps the light on. Applauds the work of the student, points to other open ways that content sync can be handled and gives advice "if you rename, there's no ToS problem". 👍

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37247767

ainmosni, to random
@ainmosni@berlin.social avatar

I've been trying out #Obsidian for the last 24ish hours, and it's way too early for me to say much, but one thing I have to say is:

JESUS FUCK are its fans cultish. All videos and articles act like Obsidian is the road to the salvation of your soul.

It makes reading articles about it a bit uncomfortable, and videos about it just creep me the fuck out.

Fuck, people, it's a note taking app...

ellane, to markdown
@ellane@pkm.social avatar

@dhrystone Help me out here. Trying to not need #Obsidian Sync, but I can’t find a #Markdown editor that can do ALL of the following:

  1. Read subfolders
  2. Display the complete names of files in the Library (file name on as many lines as it takes to display the name in its entirety)
  3. Allows the playing of transcluded audio files within documents
  4. iOS
  5. App takes less than 1 minute to start up (1/2) 🧵
sergio_101, to random

Every year or so, I try using #obsidian for #notetaking and such, but after a day, I always come back to #orgmode . There are just way too many extras you get being in #emacs #evil and org mode.

publicvoit, to markdown
@publicvoit@graz.social avatar

I'm writing a longer (as it seems) article on the lock-in effect of solutions like that are using open formats like for storage. The file format is not the only thing that might lock you in.

I did already start with a list of arguments but also want to collect your ideas so that I don't forget a good argument.

Please, no emotions, just facts and objective arguments.

Reply here in this thread and I'll collect ideas from it. 🙇

molly0xfff, to vim
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar

amusing confirmation prompt from #obsidian

#vim #VimMode

molly0xfff, to random
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar

been pretty delighted with #obsidian lately, but just discovered the #annotation plugin (built on #hypothes.is) and am now quite thrilled with it

bitprophet, to random
@bitprophet@social.coop avatar

Sudden realization: the new Properties feature in may let me do more Airtable-y things (eg, tab/type completion for fields/values) than I currently get by using inline-fields.

Until now I only ever used the properties for aliases, and kept it set to 'Source' view as it's faster to bang them out that way.

But assuming Dataview can query properties as well as it queries its own fields (99% sure), it seems like a no-brainer. Especially as I bet the devs will keep improving.

dhrystone, to random
@dhrystone@techhub.social avatar

Need help with Obsidian on Mac. In mac Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard shortcuts -> App Shortcuts -> All applications, I have paste mapped to ctrl-V (because I just can't get used to the command-V or whatever it is). It works for just about all other applications except in Obsidian, it jumps to the literal bottom of the note I'm writing FIRST before pasting text. As long as I'm right at the bottom the paste works, if I'm anywhere else in the doc it mysteriously jumps the cursor right to the end on the first ctrl-V and then subsequently pastes the text. I can't see any hotkey to unmap to fix this. Help! #obsidian #obsidianhelp #mac

ethanschoonover, to random
@ethanschoonover@mastodon.social avatar

Would love it if  Notes could stop adding new, cool features because it makes it very hard for me to choose a notes app.

(love using #Obsidian but the sync situation is sometimes iffy, while #AppleNotes just dropped a bunch of cool stuff in the most recent beta)

bram, to random
@bram@gamedev.lgbt avatar

this has to be the most hilarious popup i've had ever

danyork, to Evernote
@danyork@mastodon.social avatar

Given all that is going on with #Evernote laying off its US and Chile staff and moving all work to Europe (see https://www.techmeme.com/230709/p7#a230709p7 ), I'm SO glad that I moved my notes over to #Obsidian back in March!

If it helps anyone, here are my notes about what I did to migrate from Evernote to Obsidian: https://www.danyork.com/2023/03/after-almost-15-years-saying-goodbye-to-evernote-and-moving-to-obsidian.html

carl, to random Swedish
@carl@heath.social avatar

Nytt på bloggen. Jag berättar om konsten att anteckna för ett livslångt lärande. Jag tar upp studieteknik, Zettelkasten och vikten av att organisera anteckningar som separata koncept. Jag berättar också om värdet av att göra anteckningar sökbara och återanvändbara.

Läs mer: https://carlheath.se/konsten-att-anteckna/

#studieteknik #anteckningar #zettelkasten #obsidian #livslångtlärande

geffrey, to Journaling
@geffrey@pkm.social avatar

I’m on my largest ‘journaling’ spree ever. Here’s what I do to keep it up:

• I only take highlights, preferably positive.
• I don’t force myself to do it every day. Some days nothing notable happens.
• I have a weekly note that aggregates the highlights. Something about that motivates me.
• I add a random “note of the day” that I tend to.

The highlights idea and code, I copied from the formidable Bryan Jenks.

The weekly note, with Dataview code, I use to gather all highlights of the week.
My daily note template.

dhrystone, to random
@dhrystone@techhub.social avatar
ellane, to macos
@ellane@pkm.social avatar

I have a question for #developer people who build things on #MacOS and #iOS.

Is it possible to make file names display in full on narrow screens, rather than being truncated? If it takes 4 lines to display the whole file name, then I want the option of a multi-line display for each file.

@ianlhayes and I aren't the only ones looking for this, and only finding it (thus far) in #Obsidian.

@ctietze @agiletortoise @reichenstein

Please boost, tagging any Apple engineers you may know, thanks.

suonoreale, to random German
@suonoreale@graz.social avatar

Anyone using a #zettelkasten tool like #obsidian, #joplin, #roamresearch etc) - do you really use the graph view and what does it help? How do you integrate it into your workflow?

I first thought I'd try it because I love mindmapping a lot, but I couldn't really make use of the graph so far.

#pim

dhrystone, (edited ) to random
@dhrystone@techhub.social avatar

(Original post edited as I learned that shared vaults ARE a part of Obsidian Sync)
—-
New #Obsidian Sync plans: bigger, better, faster, smoother

https://obsidian.md/blog/new-sync-plans/

liztai, to random
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

"Even Obsidian’s most dedicated users don’t expect it to take on Notion and other note-taking juggernauts. They see as having a different audience with different values."
What are the values? Freedom and control.
Freedom to use an org system I created, freedom from my data stored by someone else somewhere and freedom from being dependent on one company's decisions.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90960653/why-people-are-obsessed-with-obsidian-the-indie-darling-of-notetaking-apps

markmcelroy, to random
@markmcelroy@pkm.social avatar

Every time I travel, I’m reminded how powerful ’s mobile app is. All the notes I need are right there, organized exactly as I organize them on my MacBook Pro, so they’re easily found and browsed when needed. A big thank you to @kepano and team for making this mobile experience so smooth!

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liztai, to Evernote
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Hello #PKM people, what do you do to ensure that your notes will be properly processed and isn't just stuff to occupy your folders? Meaning, how do you ensure that you extract value from them?

A question I am pondering as I have hundreds of notes now, and while I have made sure to turn some of them into articles, am not sure about everything else. Am curious to know how you extract value from your notes.

#Notes #NoteTaking #Obsidian #Evernote #Notion #Studying

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