This was so me! The first several times I tried using Obsidian I was like "HELLS NO." The app just looked so...bad. But I kept watching UA-cam videos and playing around with the app and eventually the power of it just clicked and now I'm hooked and 100% use Obsidian. For me, it was taking the time to learn how to use the app because it's just so different from other note-taking apps. I've really loved how Obsidian has forced me to learn about things like CSS and YAML and other technical programming stuff that I would never have learned about otherwise.
Really happy to know I'm not the only one who had this experience! It seemed so basic at the beginning, but now I can't stop talking about Obsidian! Haha.
@@nicolevdh do you think that if we start using it as basic at the beginning we can grow into it without having to "redo" stuff as we add more options? I hate that every time I start using an app as I learn more and develop in how I use it I have to redo a bunch of stuff to make it all fit
@@nikarose Hi Nika! Yes, you can totally do that! There's no real pressure to change things - you really only have to do it if/when you feel something is missing.
I'm still not sold on Obsidian - I use Google Sites as a digital binder. But the idea of a dataview database sounds awesome so maybe I'll go that way. I just want to tell you that your existence in this space made me smile. I'm a 50-year old Black lady and seeing nerd girls representing is inspirational for the youth, and just awesome for the rest of us.
What an awesome comment. Awww, yay nerd girls! Thank you for the encouragement! If you've found something that works for you, I'm glad for you! :) You have a great day!
i downloaded obsidian over a year ago but it’s not until this week that i have begun to watch tutorials. your video was easy to follow and informative. thanks.
As a fellow software engineer I would also highly recommend the PlantUML plugin! It’s such a joy to be able to create my diagrams in the same place where I’m already describing my thoughts and findings
Hey Niels! Cool, I hadn't heard of PlantUML. I'll check it out! I have just been using a combination of mermaidJS and Excalidraw, though between the two of them, a lot of ground is covered already.
Both this video and your “Obsidian for Beginners” video were immensely helpful to me! I appreciate your clear and concise explanations. If you can, could you please make a video on the Dataview plugin? Thank you so much!
Thank you, I will! The Dataview plugin is so useful for so many things. Need to figure out how best to tackle it, but it's definitely on the list! Glad you are finding my videos helpful. It means a lot!
@@nicolevdh You said you're not a fan of kanban boards for managing projects but then you showed your board and you're managing your projects! At least like I do. But that got me thinking, so this is not the correct way of using a kanban board? (The way you and me are using it)? Hahah
Ah, when I said I didn't like to use it for task management, I guess that depends how you define a task. Many people use Kanban boards (on services like Trello) to track very granular tasks. My main use for it is to track content. I don't put any other projects or tasks on there. I don't think there is a correct or incorrect way of using it, though-- use whatever works for you! :)
GIRL, now I'm subscribed! I've been using Obsidian for a while now, but I never dug deep because it looked too scary. Now I code, and I tend to use and understand Obsidian more, so I'm rediscovering it. This has been one of the most useful videos I've watched so far. Thank you!
Hey! I'm slowly working my way through the list of all these plugins, so here are videos I've made about each one I mentioned in this video: #1 Calendar: ua-cam.com/video/OUrOfIqvGS4/v-deo.html #2 Dataview: ua-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/v-deo.html , ua-cam.com/video/JTObSymEvWA/v-deo.html , ua-cam.com/video/ccN5vJzXwvo/v-deo.html #3 Editor Syntax Highlight #4 Kanban: ua-cam.com/video/iU60ItemuDo/v-deo.html #5 Outliner #6 Periodic Notes: ua-cam.com/video/T2Aeaq4sk7M/v-deo.html #7 Publish #8 Readwise Official (readwise.io/nicole): ua-cam.com/video/Rw1L5sxlnuU/v-deo.html #9 Sync #10 Templater: ua-cam.com/video/5j9fAvJCaig/v-deo.html THEMES: 01:25 is Sanctum, 05:06 is ITS, 08:28 is the default Obsidian theme
You're welcome! I'll add your vote to Dataview. Seems like a lot of people want that, so I think I need to start working on it! Thanks for the feedback!
@@leereed1559 Thanks! I actually have already made a few videos on it since I made this one. Databases vs Dataview: ua-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/v-deo.html How to use Dataview: ua-cam.com/video/JTObSymEvWA/v-deo.html Task management with Dataview: ua-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/v-deo.html
I know this video is kind of old, but in case of someone haven't found another solution: I use Onedrive to store my md files through all my devices, and Onesync, to automatically update/sync them. I didn't find any issues so far. I hope it's of use. Also, thank you for all the Obsidian videos, they are incredibly helpful!
This helped greatly been using Obsidian for years without getting a clear picture of what I should use. Finally getting it ready as move into a full stack role. Obsidian actually super dynamic and the best note taking app I've used up to this point.
Oh, this is great to hear! I totally agree with you, and I'm still finding out new things about it that I didn't know about and make me like it even more. :)
Very informative. I've hesitated on making the leap for awhile now but the more I'm researching it, the better it seems. Thanks for making this. It was extremely helpful!
I watched your "Obsidian for Beginners" video and loved your clear explanations. I just finished this video and would like to see how to use all of these plugins. Please make videos on each one with examples of how you use them. Great work.Thanks!
Hey Gary! (También hablo español) Glad you liked it! Happy to hear you want more details on them all. I started to go into it for this video and realised that if I did that, it would be two hours! I'll definitely make separate videos, thanks for the feedback!
You have such a pleasant way to explain things. I had a hard time to get into Obsidian at first, after watching some of your vids I'm giving it a fresh try...
You have earned yourself a subscriber, I usually don't interact with creators beyond just watching, but this is composed soo nicely and loved every second of it
I agree!! Funny that you mention migrating from Roam. My video on Wednesday is about switching. What a coincidence! I also resisted switching for a long time. I think Obsidian is especially difficult because it's so plain and, in my opinion, it would have been better to include some of these plugins so that it's more fully-featured from the beginning.
I don’t like Obsidian for beginner’s curve reasons. But it seems really good for note taking. I’ve started using it. I love that I can organise recipes there. I also organise my research on philosophy and comparative religion. I was originally making excel spreadsheets for book lists and temples, as well as Microsoft Word for chapter summaries. But I want to transition to moving everything as much as possible to Obsidian, because the linking of ideas. Also, having multiple windows open for notes is so good.
Its funny you said that because I was researching about how to take better notes. I have ADHD and I really struggle with understanding other apps like ONE NOTE or any of the Microsoft systems.. they suck.. but once I heard about OBSIDIAN? I found a good you tube video that easily helped me to understand it and it IS actually easy to jump into. You can get in over your head fast and my head hurt seeing all these users using really hard core scripting language and other stuff I was WOAH no way..but i think it is easy and fun to start using. The fact that you can just so easily mark up things fast and simply instead of having to hunt for things or functionality. UGH. You don't have to do that really to start with Obsidian> I guess it is how different our brains work
Beginner's curve? I may be a weird person, but i never encountered that in obsidian, or to me it was almost non-existent it took me a few moments or minutes, but after that, i was already trying to create complex "wind-rose" diagrams in my notes , just for the fun of it (or maybe it was because i worked with vscode and cherrydb before that)
I just installed Obsidian, and it has a learning curve that i am battling with, looks promising the power of a database, it will take some time from the looks of it before I can say I love it.
Came here looking for Obsidian content, which I mainly use for work. But I had just started to use it for the weekly Mork Borg campaign I'm running... And was delighted to see you using it for that exact same purpose! Oh and this is a great guide to Obsidian plugins - just what I was looking for. (New subscriber!)
How cool that you're running Mörk Borg!! I only ran a one-shot in it and played in an adventure, so I have much less experience. But I thought Obsidian was good for both! :)
I was wondering where I can get the fantasy calendar? I can't seem to find it in the community plug-ins. If you can help me find it thank you and thank you for this great video!
Thank you for the videos on obsidian. Very informative and great presentation. I like videos on YT where the presenter is not extremely artificially over exciting on the topics that are been presented. You have a very nice, calming and natural way of speaking that is really enjoyable.
I did see that, but have not tried it because I already have a cronjob that runs a script that does that locally, and this way I didn't have to trust someone else's code! :)
My #1 plugin for Obsidian is the 3d graph view by Yomaru Hananoshika. It adds absolutely nothing to my workflow and actively detracts from my efficiency, but the ability to view my graph as an interconnected sphere is _so pretty_
Thanks for your insights! I'm just getting started with Obsidian and all of these plugins seem really useful. I agree that one does not see the appeal of Obsidian on a first approach, so this videos certainly help.
Great job on the Contant, organization and production of this video. I consume way more UA-cam learning than I probably should and so I’m used to all different levels of quality, however, this was absolutely excellent and I very much appreciate your top 10 list as well. I will definitely be using several of your list as I have recently adopted obsidian. All the best
thank you so so much! this video definitely broden my understanding of what Obsidian can do and create tremendous value in use cases that I probably have not yet discover or know that I needed. I start to get to know this tool about 2 weeks ago, and have been using Notion / Evernote all my life. I just want to say that bi-directional link is changing on how I write more effectively. This video definitely will increase my productivity in upcoming weeks during my discovery of this amazing tool and community! big thank you
Oh, that's great! Welcome to the Obsidian community! I'm glad to have exposed you to all the awesome things that Obsidian can do, just not out of the box. :) Yay for bi-directional linking!!
Hey thank you to publish the video! Instead of dropbox I'm using synching to maintain my obsidian update and sync on different machines! It's a really nice and free way to do this.
Hey! I know this is a late reply, but I still wanted to comment because I've never used Syncthing but would like to explore it. Have you had any issues with using Syncthing to view your notes within the Obsidian app on different devices, or do you just use it to sync/backup your vault?
Thanks for all your great Obsidian videos! You've helped me tremendosly with refocusing on note taking basics instead of being paralized from force feeding PARA and zettelkasten. Please make a video on the templater plugin. Another great video would be an advanced walkthrough of your note taking flow.
Hi Alex, I really appreciate this! Templater is definitely on my list already-- I'm thinking about doing it next week maybe! Thanks for adding your vote though. That helps me decide what's next. I'll put the walkthrough of note taking to the list too!
Thank you for this video! Obsidian was quite overwhelming for me so it is so helpful to hear your insights with different plugins. Def watching the rest of your tutorials :)
I definitely understand that Obsidian can be really overwhelming. It's great, but not the most user-friendly... glad to hear I can help! Hope you continue to enjoy Obsidian. :)
I just installed Obsidian and was looking for possibly "necessary" additions, so I ran into this video. As I am watching it I am like "Who the hell is this girl!" Like some master coder, magic expert. Then you talk about your blog and as I am seeing screenshots of it, I am more impressed. Just WOW, keep on rocking!!!
8:41 I think there is a video divider missing here or whatever they are called, to the end of the template chapter and the final note, also you point to a video link, that doesn't appear.
Phenomenal content; this video was suggested to me after I watched a video by Tiago Forte. I have decided on Obsidian, and am setting it up, but wow, these plugins get me really excited to use it. I heard the community around Obsidian was fantastic, and your video is a testament to that.
Good call! I use the Checklist plugin for tasks, but I schedule the most important tasks on Reclaim (I have a video on that). But I'll add it to the list, thank you!
@@nicolevdh Awesome! Can you point out where in the settings we can change the appearance of specific links? For example I'd like to change the colors of page links, or the [[page]] and an actual hyperlink. Both my are white and blend into the "miniminal theme" I'm using 😅 Thanks ahead ✌️
Hey, it's not in the settings - it's in the CSS! If you would like to delve into the CSS, you can find the styles in the `.obsidian` folder in the root directory of your vault. I'm not great with CSS and almost never change anything in there, but you can absolutely change theme stylesheets or come up with your own if you want!
Wonderful series of videos, Nicole. Thank you very much. Can you suggest any plug-in for the following capabilities: i) generate mind-map out of text as a graphic and allows me to go back and forth between the graphic and the ordered text; ii) automatically generate a mind-map (in addition to the graph) among related notes; iii) handle hand written notes as some of us very often scribble on our laptop screens using a stylus. We need to capture these and ideally also convert the written words into text; iv) ability to create and interlink IT diagrams according to the C4 architecture model and also ER diagrams. Ideally generate ER diagrams straight out of a SQL database and able to convert changes into SQL commands back into the database to alter the table designs
Hi! Thanks for reaching out! Glad you enjoyed this video. As for you plugin questions: i and ii: The Mind Map plugin is what you want for sure. iii and iv: Excalidraw is your best bet, though it won't interface with a SQL database. You'll have to manually create what you want it to show. Good luck!
Thank you for that list! I'm only just dipping my toe into Obsidian, and whether it sticks is more a me thing rather than the program itself. It looks pretty nice so far and there are plenty of videos and resources to give me ideas on how to use it well. I have found a workaround for a sync'ed vault across "some" devices using an SMB/NFS shared folder on a home server and I'm using Tailscale to build a small "tailnet" (which is super simple to set up, and then I've mapped the folder on my server to each of my Windows machines, and mounted on a Linux laptop, and the vault opens from whatever computer I'm on. Even if I'm out of my home network. What it doesn't work on is mobile devices, as it appears that you can only using Obsidian Sync, or a local folder on the mobile device, and I've not found any decent solution to access either an NFS or SMB share from an Android device. If I can get that sorted I think I'm set for a cross platform experience. If not, I'm more likely to be working in Obsidian on a computer rather than a phone
Curiously, how much space does all of your notes take, since everything is locally stored? I'm interested in obsidian but unsure how I'll manage it storage wise.
I am new to your channel. I have just watched your video. I really like your clear and consize wording (no exceessive words needed), just to the point information share. Thank you. Will watch more :)
Another option for synchronizing is "Self-hosted LiveSync". You do need some knowledge to set it up and it's historically been a little unstable. Haven't had issues with any of the recent versions though (last few months).
Great video! I'm confused by your comment that you don't normally like the kanban approach but what you're describing is almost anecdotally the perfect example of what kanban is best used for. My trello board looks almost identical to your use case and is exactly what I need for managing creative projects combined with a little automation wired in. What are you not fond of with kanban boards? Thanks again for the recommendations
Great video. I have been using Obsidian for almost three years for cyber security and capture the flag and personal training and I still don't know the half of it!! Thank you for introducing me to Kanban, calendar and a few others that will now take pride of place!! One new subscriber added :)
Thanks, Jim! I think Obsidian is really great (and really needed) for tech knowledge workers (I am one too)! Things move quickly and there's always a lot to learn... welcome, and thanks for watching!
A free alternative to Obsidian Sync is SyncThing(Android)/SyncTrayzor(Windows)/syncthing-macos(MacOS). For iPad, I suppose you could set up a file server or directly connect to a local host to load and save simply enough, too.
Hi Nicole, Obsidian Noob here... I was a Notion user for a long, long time and recently switched over to Obsidian. I don't know what happened. I felt like I was in love with Notion and then I got so busy this semester with my 16 hours (chem, bio, math, and philosophy) that I looked at my Notion task list and it was just OVERWHELMING... too many icons, highlights, banner photos, and I feel like I got lost in my original purpose - and that is to have a good study system. I don't remember how I even found Obsidian (or you) but here I am! So I have two questions: Do you have a video, or recommend one from someone else, that has a good system for organizing my schoolwork and tasks? What font are you using? Because it looks awesome! Great video! And I look forward to checking out ALL your videos :)
You are an exceptional UA-camr. To the point, personable, easy to understand, and pleasant to listen to. Thanks for this video, been very helpful.
Thank you so much! I appreciate this comment. Glad to help as well. :)
This was so me! The first several times I tried using Obsidian I was like "HELLS NO." The app just looked so...bad. But I kept watching UA-cam videos and playing around with the app and eventually the power of it just clicked and now I'm hooked and 100% use Obsidian. For me, it was taking the time to learn how to use the app because it's just so different from other note-taking apps. I've really loved how Obsidian has forced me to learn about things like CSS and YAML and other technical programming stuff that I would never have learned about otherwise.
Really happy to know I'm not the only one who had this experience! It seemed so basic at the beginning, but now I can't stop talking about Obsidian! Haha.
"The app just looked so...bad" HAHAHAHA SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME
@@nicolevdh do you think that if we start using it as basic at the beginning we can grow into it without having to "redo" stuff as we add more options? I hate that every time I start using an app as I learn more and develop in how I use it I have to redo a bunch of stuff to make it all fit
@@nikarose Hi Nika! Yes, you can totally do that! There's no real pressure to change things - you really only have to do it if/when you feel something is missing.
How do you use CSS and YAML in obsidian. I'm a little new to obsidian, so im not to sure how coding helps note taking
I'm still not sold on Obsidian - I use Google Sites as a digital binder. But the idea of a dataview database sounds awesome so maybe I'll go that way. I just want to tell you that your existence in this space made me smile. I'm a 50-year old Black lady and seeing nerd girls representing is inspirational for the youth, and just awesome for the rest of us.
What an awesome comment. Awww, yay nerd girls! Thank you for the encouragement! If you've found something that works for you, I'm glad for you! :) You have a great day!
🎉🎉🎉nice way to go lady's In Tech🎉🎉❤
You may also want to check out Capacities.
Thanks!
Wow, I don't know how I missed this! I'm sorry for the late reply, but I really do appreciate your support.
i downloaded obsidian over a year ago but it’s not until this week that i have begun to watch tutorials. your video was easy to follow and informative. thanks.
Can I just say, as a productivity enthusiast and newbie to PKMS and basic coding, you are SO COOL. Thank you for all that you do.
Wow, that's so nice. :) I'm really happy to be able to help! Welcome to this space!
As a fellow software engineer I would also highly recommend the PlantUML plugin! It’s such a joy to be able to create my diagrams in the same place where I’m already describing my thoughts and findings
Hey Niels! Cool, I hadn't heard of PlantUML. I'll check it out! I have just been using a combination of mermaidJS and Excalidraw, though between the two of them, a lot of ground is covered already.
its completely guiding me to first time using obsidian. found it that u explain clear and enjoy to listen. thank youu
Both this video and your “Obsidian for Beginners” video were immensely helpful to me! I appreciate your clear and concise explanations. If you can, could you please make a video on the Dataview plugin? Thank you so much!
Thank you, I will! The Dataview plugin is so useful for so many things. Need to figure out how best to tackle it, but it's definitely on the list! Glad you are finding my videos helpful. It means a lot!
Wait isn’t that the way you’re supposed to use kanban?
Hey Toni! What do you mean, sorry?
@@nicolevdh You said you're not a fan of kanban boards for managing projects but then you showed your board and you're managing your projects! At least like I do. But that got me thinking, so this is not the correct way of using a kanban board? (The way you and me are using it)? Hahah
Ah, when I said I didn't like to use it for task management, I guess that depends how you define a task. Many people use Kanban boards (on services like Trello) to track very granular tasks. My main use for it is to track content. I don't put any other projects or tasks on there.
I don't think there is a correct or incorrect way of using it, though-- use whatever works for you! :)
GIRL, now I'm subscribed! I've been using Obsidian for a while now, but I never dug deep because it looked too scary. Now I code, and I tend to use and understand Obsidian more, so I'm rediscovering it. This has been one of the most useful videos I've watched so far. Thank you!
Hey! I'm slowly working my way through the list of all these plugins, so here are videos I've made about each one I mentioned in this video:
#1 Calendar: ua-cam.com/video/OUrOfIqvGS4/v-deo.html
#2 Dataview: ua-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/v-deo.html , ua-cam.com/video/JTObSymEvWA/v-deo.html , ua-cam.com/video/ccN5vJzXwvo/v-deo.html
#3 Editor Syntax Highlight
#4 Kanban: ua-cam.com/video/iU60ItemuDo/v-deo.html
#5 Outliner
#6 Periodic Notes: ua-cam.com/video/T2Aeaq4sk7M/v-deo.html
#7 Publish
#8 Readwise Official (readwise.io/nicole): ua-cam.com/video/Rw1L5sxlnuU/v-deo.html
#9 Sync
#10 Templater: ua-cam.com/video/5j9fAvJCaig/v-deo.html
THEMES: 01:25 is Sanctum, 05:06 is ITS, 08:28 is the default Obsidian theme
Thanks so much for these! Maybe maybe a UA-cam shirt for the obvious plugins just so that you have a link to them?
@Nicole van der Hoeven - did I understand you correctly - 5:26 can the publish app be used to publish pages to a Hugo site ?
Thank you greatly appreciated
Thank you for this and for “learning in public”. Please do an extended video on an intro to Dataview!!!
You're welcome! I'll add your vote to Dataview. Seems like a lot of people want that, so I think I need to start working on it! Thanks for the feedback!
@@nicolevdh Please add my name to those interested in a video on Dataview.
@@leereed1559 Thanks! I actually have already made a few videos on it since I made this one.
Databases vs Dataview: ua-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/v-deo.html
How to use Dataview: ua-cam.com/video/JTObSymEvWA/v-deo.html
Task management with Dataview: ua-cam.com/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/v-deo.html
I know this video is kind of old, but in case of someone haven't found another solution: I use Onedrive to store my md files through all my devices, and Onesync, to automatically update/sync them. I didn't find any issues so far. I hope it's of use. Also, thank you for all the Obsidian videos, they are incredibly helpful!
This helped greatly been using Obsidian for years without getting a clear picture of what I should use. Finally getting it ready as move into a full stack role. Obsidian actually super dynamic and the best note taking app I've used up to this point.
Oh, this is great to hear! I totally agree with you, and I'm still finding out new things about it that I didn't know about and make me like it even more. :)
I've just discovered your channel Nicole - Nice! Thanks - super useful stuff. Love the Pokemon blip in the video 😀
I had no fucking clue that there was a calendar plugin. Thank you, random UA-cam person. You're a lifesaver.
Very informative. I've hesitated on making the leap for awhile now but the more I'm researching it, the better it seems. Thanks for making this. It was extremely helpful!
Hey Benjamin, I'm very glad to hear that! :) I hope you decide to take the plunge and join the Obsidian community. :)
I watched your "Obsidian for Beginners" video and loved your clear explanations. I just finished this video and would like to see how to use all of these plugins. Please make videos on each one with examples of how you use them. Great work.Thanks!
Hey Gary! (También hablo español) Glad you liked it! Happy to hear you want more details on them all. I started to go into it for this video and realised that if I did that, it would be two hours! I'll definitely make separate videos, thanks for the feedback!
Straight-forward information that helped me get started on Obsidian. Thank you!
Oh, yay! Happy to hear I helped you get up to speed! :)
You have such a pleasant way to explain things.
I had a hard time to get into Obsidian at first, after watching some of your vids I'm giving it a fresh try...
Hey, I'm happy to hear that! (Re) welcome to Obsidian! I hope this time goes better for you! We're a pretty welcoming community. :)
You have earned yourself a subscriber, I usually don't interact with creators beyond just watching, but this is composed soo nicely and loved every second of it
Thank you so much, Param! :) Welcome, and it makes me happy to know you enjoyed this one!
Very useful. Thanks. I'm in the process of switching from Roam to Obsidian and found it non-intuitive, so glad to hear that it's not just me.
I agree!! Funny that you mention migrating from Roam. My video on Wednesday is about switching. What a coincidence! I also resisted switching for a long time. I think Obsidian is especially difficult because it's so plain and, in my opinion, it would have been better to include some of these plugins so that it's more fully-featured from the beginning.
First video on your channel, very interesting ! Thanks for sharing 🙏
I don’t like Obsidian for beginner’s curve reasons. But it seems really good for note taking. I’ve started using it. I love that I can organise recipes there. I also organise my research on philosophy and comparative religion.
I was originally making excel spreadsheets for book lists and temples, as well as Microsoft Word for chapter summaries. But I want to transition to moving everything as much as possible to Obsidian, because the linking of ideas. Also, having multiple windows open for notes is so good.
Its funny you said that because I was researching about how to take better notes. I have ADHD and I really struggle with understanding other apps like ONE NOTE or any of the Microsoft systems.. they suck.. but once I heard about OBSIDIAN? I found a good you tube video that easily helped me to understand it and it IS actually easy to jump into. You can get in over your head fast and my head hurt seeing all these users using really hard core scripting language and other stuff I was WOAH no way..but i think it is easy and fun to start using. The fact that you can just so easily mark up things fast and simply instead of having to hunt for things or functionality. UGH. You don't have to do that really to start with Obsidian> I guess it is how different our brains work
Beginner's curve?
I may be a weird person, but i never encountered that in obsidian, or to me it was almost non-existent
it took me a few moments or minutes, but after that, i was already trying to create complex "wind-rose" diagrams in my notes , just for the fun of it
(or maybe it was because i worked with vscode and cherrydb before that)
I just installed Obsidian, and it has a learning curve that i am battling with, looks promising the power of a database, it will take some time from the looks of it before I can say I love it.
Came here looking for Obsidian content, which I mainly use for work. But I had just started to use it for the weekly Mork Borg campaign I'm running... And was delighted to see you using it for that exact same purpose!
Oh and this is a great guide to Obsidian plugins - just what I was looking for. (New subscriber!)
How cool that you're running Mörk Borg!! I only ran a one-shot in it and played in an adventure, so I have much less experience. But I thought Obsidian was good for both! :)
Nicole, thanks for this incredibly concise and process-empowering video. Looking forward to more Obsodian content!
Hey Ryan, glad you liked it! Thanks for your encouragement! :)
I was wondering where I can get the fantasy calendar? I can't seem to find it in the community plug-ins. If you can help me find it thank you and thank you for this great video!
This video is 🔥. Made me want to use obsidian.
Thank you for the videos on obsidian. Very informative and great presentation. I like videos on YT where the presenter is not extremely artificially over exciting on the topics that are been presented.
You have a very nice, calming and natural way of speaking that is really enjoyable.
Hey! I'm glad you like them! I AM super passionate and excited about Obsidian, but I'm glad it comes across as real-- it is! :)
You're my fav person on YT right now. Thanks for learning in public!!! I'm inspired to make some changes myself :)
Wow, that's so nice! I'm really happy that me learning in public has helped others like you! Welcome and I hope those changes go well for you! :)
Great list - a couple I didn't know about thank you for the video Nicole!
Great video! Another must have plugin is Obsidian Git. It makes easy to backup and sync your vault to any git repository.
I did see that, but have not tried it because I already have a cronjob that runs a script that does that locally, and this way I didn't have to trust someone else's code! :)
I'm just getting into Obsidian for my tech learning/content needs, so your list is PERFECT!
Subscribed and did the bell thing.
My #1 plugin for Obsidian is the 3d graph view by Yomaru Hananoshika. It adds absolutely nothing to my workflow and actively detracts from my efficiency, but the ability to view my graph as an interconnected sphere is _so pretty_
Thanks for your insights! I'm just getting started with Obsidian and all of these plugins seem really useful. I agree that one does not see the appeal of Obsidian on a first approach, so this videos certainly help.
Great job on the Contant, organization and production of this video. I consume way more UA-cam learning than I probably should and so I’m used to all different levels of quality, however, this was absolutely excellent and I very much appreciate your top 10 list as well. I will definitely be using several of your list as I have recently adopted obsidian. All the best
Thank you! I also spend a lot of time on UA-cam, and not always for learning, heh. Happy you liked this!
Wow!!! What a great overview! Thank you Nicole!
Thanks for the support, Eve! :)
Nicole, great vids on Obsidian, thank you. Liked this one and the one, where you explain DataView even more. Keep on!
Hey Max! So nice of you to leave a comment just to encourage me. Thank you!
Hi. Thanks for the video, what is the theme used at 5:12 in the video
thank you so so much! this video definitely broden my understanding of what Obsidian can do and create tremendous value in use cases that I probably have not yet discover or know that I needed. I start to get to know this tool about 2 weeks ago, and have been using Notion / Evernote all my life. I just want to say that bi-directional link is changing on how I write more effectively.
This video definitely will increase my productivity in upcoming weeks during my discovery of this amazing tool and community! big thank you
Oh, that's great! Welcome to the Obsidian community! I'm glad to have exposed you to all the awesome things that Obsidian can do, just not out of the box. :) Yay for bi-directional linking!!
Hey thank you to publish the video! Instead of dropbox I'm using synching to maintain my obsidian update and sync on different machines! It's a really nice and free way to do this.
Hey! I know this is a late reply, but I still wanted to comment because I've never used Syncthing but would like to explore it. Have you had any issues with using Syncthing to view your notes within the Obsidian app on different devices, or do you just use it to sync/backup your vault?
Excelent video,as a novice I Was looking for some advice over recommended plugins. Thanks!
Thanks for all your great Obsidian videos! You've helped me tremendosly with refocusing on note taking basics instead of being paralized from force feeding PARA and zettelkasten. Please make a video on the templater plugin. Another great video would be an advanced walkthrough of your note taking flow.
Hi Alex, I really appreciate this! Templater is definitely on my list already-- I'm thinking about doing it next week maybe! Thanks for adding your vote though. That helps me decide what's next. I'll put the walkthrough of note taking to the list too!
Very informative and helpful tutorial video❤
Hey mate just wanna thank you for this vid. You help make the obsidian journey so much less daunting lol
07:17 You Can use MEGA for cloud drive & MEGA Sync in mobile & Linux & Mac. Better choice instead of DropBox & Sync
Why are all these Obsidian youtubers so calm and chilled out
Thank you for this video! Obsidian was quite overwhelming for me so it is so helpful to hear your insights with different plugins. Def watching the rest of your tutorials :)
I definitely understand that Obsidian can be really overwhelming. It's great, but not the most user-friendly... glad to hear I can help! Hope you continue to enjoy Obsidian. :)
Thank you for the Video. I was looking for something like kanban to organise and get a categories list of Notes.
I just installed Obsidian and was looking for possibly "necessary" additions, so I ran into this video. As I am watching it I am like "Who the hell is this girl!" Like some master coder, magic expert. Then you talk about your blog and as I am seeing screenshots of it, I am more impressed. Just WOW, keep on rocking!!!
Awww, thank you, Nika! I'm not a master or expert coder. :) Just someone who doesn't mind learning things. :) Glad you liked this video though!
Question:
With Templater installed, is there any reason to also install the core Templates plugin?
The outliner helped, thanks
Thanks for the great list! What theme are you using @2:17?
Hi Edwin! That's Sanctum in dark mode. :)
8:41 I think there is a video divider missing here or whatever they are called, to the end of the template chapter and the final note, also you point to a video link, that doesn't appear.
love you videos! I am just getting started with obsidian and your stuff is so great!
Phenomenal content; this video was suggested to me after I watched a video by Tiago Forte. I have decided on Obsidian, and am setting it up, but wow, these plugins get me really excited to use it. I heard the community around Obsidian was fantastic, and your video is a testament to that.
Yay for you deciding on Obsidian! Welcome (belatedly) to the Obsidian community! :)
Will there be a video on fantasy calendar?
This is so nice Nicole. thanks for sharing. I'm definitely adding some of these plugins to my vault.
Hi Gift!! :) Awesome! Hope you like them too! Feel free to ask me any questions as well!
Great video, Nicole! 😀
Whoop whoop! Thanks for sharing this! Great video!
Nice overview! I would love to see a video on how you manage your tasks especially because I see no tasks plugin?
Good call! I use the Checklist plugin for tasks, but I schedule the most important tasks on Reclaim (I have a video on that). But I'll add it to the list, thank you!
How did you make that really cool glossary around 3:10? Is that the double brackets that links to a page?
Yes! They are links to pages that I built up as I created more around that topic. :)
@@nicolevdh Awesome! Can you point out where in the settings we can change the appearance of specific links? For example I'd like to change the colors of page links, or the [[page]] and an actual hyperlink. Both my are white and blend into the "miniminal theme" I'm using 😅 Thanks ahead ✌️
Hey, it's not in the settings - it's in the CSS! If you would like to delve into the CSS, you can find the styles in the `.obsidian` folder in the root directory of your vault. I'm not great with CSS and almost never change anything in there, but you can absolutely change theme stylesheets or come up with your own if you want!
*can you explain why you don’t like iCloud for sync back up?*
I just enabled it today after I found out the native sync is $4.00 per month
yeh iCloud is the way to go for sure. I say that as someone who uses Windows mostly but for syncing Obsidian with MacBook and iPhone its a no-brainer
How did you make your links look like that? looks very cool!
Thank you for your explanation. Love from Spain 📚💌
Thank you, best regards!
Wonderful series of videos, Nicole. Thank you very much. Can you suggest any plug-in for the following capabilities: i) generate mind-map out of text as a graphic and allows me to go back and forth between the graphic and the ordered text; ii) automatically generate a mind-map (in addition to the graph) among related notes; iii) handle hand written notes as some of us very often scribble on our laptop screens using a stylus. We need to capture these and ideally also convert the written words into text; iv) ability to create and interlink IT diagrams according to the C4 architecture model and also ER diagrams. Ideally generate ER diagrams straight out of a SQL database and able to convert changes into SQL commands back into the database to alter the table designs
Hi! Thanks for reaching out! Glad you enjoyed this video. As for you plugin questions:
i and ii: The Mind Map plugin is what you want for sure.
iii and iv: Excalidraw is your best bet, though it won't interface with a SQL database. You'll have to manually create what you want it to show.
Good luck!
@@nicolevdh Thank you!
Wonderful video Nicole. You're very pleasant to listen to. I also use obsidian sync. I'm loving it, the bonus features and it simply works.
Thank you so much! Yeah I love Sync too! It's also a great way to give back to the Obsidian devs since they're making a free tool.
Amo este contenido, muchísimas gracias desde Colombia
sditor syntax one went down i think, any substitutions?
Loved your content on Obsidian! I was interested in learning the software and I believe I am in the right place. Thank you!
Hi do you have a video how to find and install plugins ?
Thank you for that list! I'm only just dipping my toe into Obsidian, and whether it sticks is more a me thing rather than the program itself. It looks pretty nice so far and there are plenty of videos and resources to give me ideas on how to use it well.
I have found a workaround for a sync'ed vault across "some" devices using an SMB/NFS shared folder on a home server and I'm using Tailscale to build a small "tailnet" (which is super simple to set up, and then I've mapped the folder on my server to each of my Windows machines, and mounted on a Linux laptop, and the vault opens from whatever computer I'm on. Even if I'm out of my home network.
What it doesn't work on is mobile devices, as it appears that you can only using Obsidian Sync, or a local folder on the mobile device, and I've not found any decent solution to access either an NFS or SMB share from an Android device. If I can get that sorted I think I'm set for a cross platform experience. If not, I'm more likely to be working in Obsidian on a computer rather than a phone
I am new to obsidian and i am sp confident i'll use all the plugIn you recommend automatically ... thank's
Curiously, how much space does all of your notes take, since everything is locally stored? I'm interested in obsidian but unsure how I'll manage it storage wise.
Notes are stored as text files, so depending on how long they are, they're usually a few KBs each. I don't worry about it at all!
Hey.
What Plugin do you use for your Graph View? It looks nice.
Thank you for your video by the way! 🙂
I am new to your channel. I have just watched your video. I really like your clear and consize wording (no exceessive words needed), just to the point information share. Thank you. Will watch more :)
Another option for synchronizing is "Self-hosted LiveSync". You do need some knowledge to set it up and it's historically been a little unstable. Haven't had issues with any of the recent versions though (last few months).
Great video! I'm confused by your comment that you don't normally like the kanban approach but what you're describing is almost anecdotally the perfect example of what kanban is best used for. My trello board looks almost identical to your use case and is exactly what I need for managing creative projects combined with a little automation wired in. What are you not fond of with kanban boards? Thanks again for the recommendations
Also, love the Mork Borg plug! 😁
Great Video! Will keep these in mind!
Great video. I have been using Obsidian for almost three years for cyber security and capture the flag and personal training and I still don't know the half of it!! Thank you for introducing me to Kanban, calendar and a few others that will now take pride of place!! One new subscriber added :)
Thanks, Jim! I think Obsidian is really great (and really needed) for tech knowledge workers (I am one too)! Things move quickly and there's always a lot to learn... welcome, and thanks for watching!
Thank you Nicole! This was very helpful!
You're very welcome! :)
A free alternative to Obsidian Sync is SyncThing(Android)/SyncTrayzor(Windows)/syncthing-macos(MacOS). For iPad, I suppose you could set up a file server or directly connect to a local host to load and save simply enough, too.
I love your videos! Very clear! You mention your static blog qugo??? (at 6:01). Can you point me to it?
Hey! I use Hugo: pulse.ly/tns19fuanj
You are Amazing ❤️ maybe the best video for the plug-ins on UA-cam. Liked & Subscribed.
I'm just starting to use obsidian, thanks for this list :)
Geweldig! DataView is zo belangrijk voor mijn workflow. Bedankt voor deze super tips!
Goed om te horen! :) Bedankt voor het kijken!
Can you make a video about templater and how you use it?
Hi Nicole, are you able to share some examples of your JS code for Templater, would great if you can! thank you for great video
I really love your enthusiasm and video content. It's very engaging! I'm still exploring Obsidian and this video helps me a lot
Hey, thank you so much! I'm glad the enthusiasm comes through. :)
@@nicolevdh At 0:24 how to have a graph view like that ? can you help me out ?
Nice video !
Saludos desde Chile.
This was super helpful. Thank you!
Glad to hear it, Jeremiah. :) Thanks for watching!
Hi Nicole, Obsidian Noob here... I was a Notion user for a long, long time and recently switched over to Obsidian. I don't know what happened. I felt like I was in love with Notion and then I got so busy this semester with my 16 hours (chem, bio, math, and philosophy) that I looked at my Notion task list and it was just OVERWHELMING... too many icons, highlights, banner photos, and I feel like I got lost in my original purpose - and that is to have a good study system. I don't remember how I even found Obsidian (or you) but here I am! So I have two questions:
Do you have a video, or recommend one from someone else, that has a good system for organizing my schoolwork and tasks?
What font are you using? Because it looks awesome!
Great video! And I look forward to checking out ALL your videos :)
Awesome video, thank you!!
Nicely presented. Thanks for the suggestions.
Thank you! Glad to help!
omg you're so smart, I literally fell in love with this video, Great job!
Haha. Luckily I edit every video and can make myself look smarter than I actually am. ;)
What tools are you using to edit your videos? It looks cool.
Thank you for the compliment! I use Final Cut Pro X. :)
Great video. Thank you for putting these together.