How would you handle work vs rest of life? .. like work note, meetings catchups work reviews…etc? A dedicated space? With periodic notes and meetings and all others?
@@PaulDickson7 Ah good one! Thanks. Using Space Folder now, with "Work" Folder in it.. and like a Mini PKM structure inside it. haha Because my Daily/Weekly or Meetings/catchup Notes in Work has totally different context and details than one for my life.. found it confusing in Daily/Weekly note to have: Top things to do today: - Clean backyard + - Close up a deal with X in work.. Both gets Distracting when reviewing them in Work or off-Work Times.
Nice one! I also keep my work and personal stuff separate for this reason. Placing all the work stuff in it's own Area or Space keeps it away from your personal stuff and you can always use Tags to make it more searchable and scalable in the future.
@@adriansrfr That’s great Adrian. The local graph works well with linked topics, ideas or related information as you can find related notes quicker. Exploring a subject or interest is also visually satisfying.
This organising is amazing. I'd love to start using Obsidian, but I am still quite sceptical about data storage. I mean, I probably don't want to have such a difficult structure and large amount of data stored locally on my laptop and also probably don't want to use online clouds/drives... Is it possible to run Obsidian from an external drive?
The best thing about Obsidian is that your files are yours. These can be stored privately on an external hard drive or usb. Files are stored as Markdown which is a universally accepted format. This is handy if you choose to move away from Obsidian. Your system/vault can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. Check out my beginner series which may spark some inspiration. ua-cam.com/play/PLJJdpQJ7fSkYEMgPf_eLSdhSFyZACsBai.html
Thanks for trying to address the note categorization and resurfacing (finding) collected, and filed, information (notes) later. This is a tough problem to solve. You gave a great example of where to store a note (YTV as a source and Topic area of the YTV, that is stored as topic). However, your solution of having two notes for the same YTV with different info in them is not a scalable nor a long term solution, IMHO. It can also be confusing, especially when (not if) you forget which note has the detailed information your trying to resurface (find). The real solution is to have overarching Topics areas and sources and specific areas covered in YAML Properties and specific tags. Then the problem becomes three fold: 1) how do you create a useful and rememberable folder structure; 2) what topics and other properties should one define and consistently reuse and consistently extend to cover more information areas; 3) How to structure you tags hierarchy (similar problems to 2). Note it is difficult to come up with a tag hierarchy that is orthogonal to a file structure hierarchy that is also orthogonal to properties (and value hierarchies for each property that is a list). Mine tend to overlap and be duplicative at some levels of the hierarchy. BTW, I don't think ANYONE has adequately solved this problem. The LYT guys defiantly think they have, but I've used that method extensively and abandoned it because I hate having to navigate a bunch of MOC layers to find a note. Conversely, having large number of notes in a single directory is also problematic because its sorted alphabetically by note title/name and to find a note you either have to read all the titles/names in the directory or remember exactly the first couple of letters/words in the title/name.
@@deserthorsedude Thank you for watching and your feedback. Definitely a tough problem to solve. Showcasing the challenge of having two folders with a similar note can be a regular problem. I try keep one distilled note in the most obvious folder for easier recall but sometimes there are double ups. By using a combination of folders, tags and links it easier to flush out notes. You have made some very good points. I spent a lot of time trying to perfect the perfect system in the start but realised it doesn’t exist. Finding a system that worker for me was more important. Now its my hobby to showcase the good and bad and everything in between.
Hi Pablo, on my KoFi Page at ko-fi.com/s/690bfcd447 I have added this feature to Obsidian UA-cam Notes Vault PRO. Will update some screenshots so you can see it. In the future I can dedicate a video to setting QuickAdd commands up
notion's key note yesterday was pretty good, and offline mode will be in the works, hopefully rolling out by 2025. as for now, hopefully balancing the use of notion and obsidian will be a good choice
I have spent hours over the past two weeks learning Obsidian and setting up vales files and plugins - today it all disappeared and I have no idea how to get support to recover everything. The files are local on my Mac but inaccessible no matter how many times I restart Obsidian. Do you have any thoughts or suggestions?
Hi Dale, I'm working on a Debugging Obsidian Bugs video at the moment which may be helpful. In the meantime though do you know where your Obsidian Vault files are located? If so copy everything but the .obsidian folder into a new Vault. This will load only the core plugins. Alternately go into .obsidian/plugins and change the name of the plugin folder until you identify which one is causing the issue.
@@PaulDickson7 Thank you so much, Paul! It is kind of you to reply. Still a little lost. Did set up new vault and copied files and moved them over, but no plugins made the move and still none of my folders are visible / accessible from left sidebar. Bummer to me. I've spent a lot of time, had it looking great, and not very techy at all.
If you feel your main Vault .obsidian folder is corrupted. Create a brand new Vault and move your folders/md files (excluding the .obsidian) to the new Vault location (leave the .obsidian folder as this may be corrupted). Only disadvantage is you have to reset all your Obsidian Settings and Reinstall Plugins. Have you got any idea about what may have corrupted Obsidian? If you can pin point the last known time it was working. Before installing a plugin, then you could just remove that plugin from the .obsidian folder. Do you have a Backup Schedule for files on your Mac? For PC I use EaseUS Todo Backup, this automatically backs up my Vault weekly so that I can restore if needed.
@@PaulDickson7 You are unbelievably kind and generous to reply. I am not clever (tech-wise) enough to know anything specific - app just would not load any folders, notes, plugins on left sidebar. For me, the very good news is that I was so new that I was able to start over. I still did the export from Evernote and import into Obsidian. Set up my PARA folders. And I just went into the Community Plugins and recognized the many plugins I had before from watching you and a couple others on YT. My hat is off to you. Many, many thanks!
That's great news Dale. There is a slight learning curve with Obsidian but over time you'll love using the app. There are endless possibilities and you can make it as simple or as complex as you need. Check out my beginners guide for some useful tips and tricks and keep checking back for new content.
How would you handle work vs rest of life? .. like work note, meetings catchups work reviews…etc?
A dedicated space? With periodic notes and meetings and all others?
Good question Anu, you could set up a Space (Area) for your Work Life then create a Tag like "#My/Career" or "#My/WorkLife".
@@PaulDickson7 Ah good one! Thanks. Using Space Folder now, with "Work" Folder in it.. and like a Mini PKM structure inside it. haha
Because my Daily/Weekly or Meetings/catchup Notes in Work has totally different context and details than one for my life.. found it confusing in Daily/Weekly note to have: Top things to do today: - Clean backyard + - Close up a deal with X in work.. Both gets Distracting when reviewing them in Work or off-Work Times.
Nice one! I also keep my work and personal stuff separate for this reason. Placing all the work stuff in it's own Area or Space keeps it away from your personal stuff and you can always use Tags to make it more searchable and scalable in the future.
I like how you use local graph for tags. I'm inspired, ty!
@@adriansrfr That’s great Adrian. The local graph works well with linked topics, ideas or related information as you can find related notes quicker. Exploring a subject or interest is also visually satisfying.
This organising is amazing. I'd love to start using Obsidian, but I am still quite sceptical about data storage. I mean, I probably don't want to have such a difficult structure and large amount of data stored locally on my laptop and also probably don't want to use online clouds/drives... Is it possible to run Obsidian from an external drive?
The best thing about Obsidian is that your files are yours. These can be stored privately on an external hard drive or usb.
Files are stored as Markdown which is a universally accepted format. This is handy if you choose to move away from Obsidian.
Your system/vault can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be.
Check out my beginner series which may spark some inspiration.
ua-cam.com/play/PLJJdpQJ7fSkYEMgPf_eLSdhSFyZACsBai.html
Thanks for trying to address the note categorization and resurfacing (finding) collected, and filed, information (notes) later. This is a tough problem to solve. You gave a great example of where to store a note (YTV as a source and Topic area of the YTV, that is stored as topic). However, your solution of having two notes for the same YTV with different info in them is not a scalable nor a long term solution, IMHO. It can also be confusing, especially when (not if) you forget which note has the detailed information your trying to resurface (find). The real solution is to have overarching Topics areas and sources and specific areas covered in YAML Properties and specific tags. Then the problem becomes three fold: 1) how do you create a useful and rememberable folder structure; 2) what topics and other properties should one define and consistently reuse and consistently extend to cover more information areas; 3) How to structure you tags hierarchy (similar problems to 2). Note it is difficult to come up with a tag hierarchy that is orthogonal to a file structure hierarchy that is also orthogonal to properties (and value hierarchies for each property that is a list). Mine tend to overlap and be duplicative at some levels of the hierarchy. BTW, I don't think ANYONE has adequately solved this problem. The LYT guys defiantly think they have, but I've used that method extensively and abandoned it because I hate having to navigate a bunch of MOC layers to find a note. Conversely, having large number of notes in a single directory is also problematic because its sorted alphabetically by note title/name and to find a note you either have to read all the titles/names in the directory or remember exactly the first couple of letters/words in the title/name.
@@deserthorsedude Thank you for watching and your feedback. Definitely a tough problem to solve. Showcasing the challenge of having two folders with a similar note can be a regular problem. I try keep one distilled note in the most obvious folder for easier recall but sometimes there are double ups. By using a combination of folders, tags and links it easier to flush out notes. You have made some very good points. I spent a lot of time trying to perfect the perfect system in the start but realised it doesn’t exist. Finding a system that worker for me was more important. Now its my hobby to showcase the good and bad and everything in between.
Interesting 4:50 would you be so kind to develop this idea of integrating Quik Add with UA-cam note taking.
Hi Pablo, on my KoFi Page at ko-fi.com/s/690bfcd447 I have added this feature to Obsidian UA-cam Notes Vault PRO. Will update some screenshots so you can see it. In the future I can dedicate a video to setting QuickAdd commands up
@@PaulDickson7 Thanks Paul I'll check the video
@@PaulDickson7 Ready Paul thank you Enjoy your coffee...
Thank you Pablo, ☕🙂
notion's key note yesterday was pretty good, and offline mode will be in the works, hopefully rolling out by 2025. as for now, hopefully balancing the use of notion and obsidian will be a good choice
Flexibility is key , would be good added feature for Notion users
I have spent hours over the past two weeks learning Obsidian and setting up vales files and plugins - today it all disappeared and I have no idea how to get support to recover everything. The files are local on my Mac but inaccessible no matter how many times I restart Obsidian. Do you have any thoughts or suggestions?
Hi Dale, I'm working on a Debugging Obsidian Bugs video at the moment which may be helpful. In the meantime though do you know where your Obsidian Vault files are located? If so copy everything but the .obsidian folder into a new Vault. This will load only the core plugins. Alternately go into .obsidian/plugins and change the name of the plugin folder until you identify which one is causing the issue.
@@PaulDickson7 Thank you so much, Paul! It is kind of you to reply. Still a little lost. Did set up new vault and copied files and moved them over, but no plugins made the move and still none of my folders are visible / accessible from left sidebar. Bummer to me. I've spent a lot of time, had it looking great, and not very techy at all.
If you feel your main Vault .obsidian folder is corrupted. Create a brand new Vault and move your folders/md files (excluding the .obsidian) to the new Vault location (leave the .obsidian folder as this may be corrupted). Only disadvantage is you have to reset all your Obsidian Settings and Reinstall Plugins.
Have you got any idea about what may have corrupted Obsidian? If you can pin point the last known time it was working. Before installing a plugin, then you could just remove that plugin from the .obsidian folder.
Do you have a Backup Schedule for files on your Mac? For PC I use EaseUS Todo Backup, this automatically backs up my Vault weekly so that I can restore if needed.
@@PaulDickson7 You are unbelievably kind and generous to reply. I am not clever (tech-wise) enough to know anything specific - app just would not load any folders, notes, plugins on left sidebar. For me, the very good news is that I was so new that I was able to start over. I still did the export from Evernote and import into Obsidian. Set up my PARA folders. And I just went into the Community Plugins and recognized the many plugins I had before from watching you and a couple others on YT. My hat is off to you. Many, many thanks!
That's great news Dale. There is a slight learning curve with Obsidian but over time you'll love using the app. There are endless possibilities and you can make it as simple or as complex as you need. Check out my beginners guide for some useful tips and tricks and keep checking back for new content.
The problem of using an AI generated clone voice from text is that the result is monotonous and lacks personal touch. The content is fine.
Hey Dan, thank you for your feedback. There isn't AI generated voice in this video. That’s me at the start :)
@@PaulDickson7 This exchange was funny.
I had a chuckle as well. Sometimes when our brains are cooked from too much dopamine we can sound like robots ;)