Scientific research notes and project management with Obsidian: the slip-box method and beyond
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Second interview with Marly about her method of taking notes during her PhD research (slip-box / Zettelkasten method) and managing research and writing projects in Obsidian.
Since the first interview 2.5 years ago, Marly further developed her slip-box method of note-taking in Obsidian and added new elements for managing her projects. She is showing us all the advanced tricks that make her work even more efficient. She also describes how this system boosts her motivation and endurance for her PhD work.
If you are interested in the basics of the slip-box / Zettelkasten method of note taking and its implementation in Obsidian, check out our first interview: • How to take notes for ...
For links to useful advanced resources mentioned in this interview, see the accompanying blog article: writingscientist.com/slip-box2/
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro: Marly's approach to fine-tuning her note-taking system
00:04:30 Overview of Marly's note-taking system, different note types: fleeting notes, permanent notes, literature notes
00:10:09 YAML metadata (e.g. for automatized creation of overview tables)
00:15:00 Nested tags in Obsidian
00:15:17 Note templates
00:21:00 Weekly reviews
00:21:55 Dataview plugin: for automatized creation of overview tables
00:26:30 Marly's workflow for processing literature
00:29:25 Project management in Obsidian
00:29:58 Dashboard
00:30:33 Research journal
00:32:37 Yearly calendar
00:34:17 Writing garden (Kanban board)
00:38:47 Community plugins in Obsidian
00:41:41 More on Marly's project management in Obsidian: PhD plan as a Gantt chart, breakdown into projects and goals
00:47:50 Strategy for implementing an effective system of note-taking and project management
00:52:56 How does the Obsidian software work
00:54:53 Benefits of Marly's system for her writing, planning and scientific thinking
00:58:09 Canvas: How to use mindmapping in Obsidian to outline a future paper
01:04:00 Ooutlook: Marly's next step with Obsidian
01:06:40 Closing
I use Obsidian for four months now, I love getting structure ideas. Thanks!
Latest Obsidian - adds bookmarks for instance. so links as in wiki style [[ ]], tags and bookmarks - all work within one vault... and are useful to also monitor the status of the note. So the old folder of fleeting, lit and permanent notes can be dropped and if you use via the daily (journal note) and then initial 'collection' almost like Zotero can be made under DataView for the 'now' and not effected by last weeks question.
Also - like having the 'whole' in Zot as a library - so easily come back to 'old' papers for new projects and mine them for newer points for the new project, with the Obsidian memory in its summary and the old nugget needed for the old project. So the DataView plus tags managing the current stage, etc.
... and of course, your choice but the PDFs can be in Obsidian - or left in Zotero, with Zot managing the highlights and even comments, and therefore with the extra ability to manage references and citations... and the import of the highlights (quotes) and the comments and the tags with lit citation can be semi-automatic from Z to O... so less cut and paste... and as Zot now reads more than just 'paper pdf'.
tks for your sharing
So inspiring
Thank You
And gardening Kanban - the Harvested list - yes very motivating - this month maybe nothing got past, but - look all this hs been done. : ))))
Love the writing as a garden metaphor. I'd like to share that idea with others. Who should I give credit to? Thank you for this. So well done.
I have no idea about the origin of the writing garden metaphor. It's quite an obvious one though, I can imagine it was "invented" independently, again and again.
@@martinamichalikova7726 Sounds good. Thanks again for sharing.
Nice video! I love the way Mary organized every aspect of her phd project however as a newbie with obsidian it seems way too advanced for me to achieve..
Marly also started as a newbie ;) Check out our first interview where she was explaining the basics after using Obsidian for a couple of months: ua-cam.com/video/bDQn9ry22n0/v-deo.html
just use it to make simple notes you do not have to use all bells and whistles and then in a year or two you will just naturally learn more
Where can I find the templates she is using?
ask her to share or else you will just have to create your own. you can use template core plugin but i use templater as it is abit more powerful (or at least it was)
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Ha ha link the book? Where, what did I miss. : ))))))
May you share kanban board )))
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_board I recommend googling for more examples and implementations