Hi there! Creator of Vanilla AMOLED theme here. Just wanted to say thanks for the shoutout! ❤ Be sure to let me know if there's any feedback you want to make about the theme. I'm allways happy to hear back! ^^
@@cyanvoxel My pleasure! ❤️ One of your subscribers brought me here after an email exchange. Will definitely bring more customization options soon(tm) ! ☺️
@@SakuraIsayeki Thanks for confirming. I must apologise, I was looking in the community plugins rather than Themes, that's why it wasn't showing initially
Thanks for this video man! I started using Obsidian pretty casually about a year ago. This video inspired me to start really upgrading my Vault over the last few days. I’m using your CSS snippet for the sidebar folder colors and I absolutely love it. Awesome stuff.
I cannot stress this enough. This video is legit perfect it just adheres to the frequency of my entire being or something. I have a lot of similar interests as you editing (after effects mostly). I go to a CS uni and I can’t figure out how to make a good note taking system forever. It seems like all the information just fades in and out of my brain over time. I’m always thinking about how to optimize/organize everything to the point that I don’t even try to start with it. One day I’d like to be more like you! Can’t wait for more videos to come!
oh dude i feel you on like a cosmic level just downloaded obsidian and going crazy with it, this video is amazing dude i feel gallons of motivation rushing through my veins
I once learned that: Your second brain isn’t just an extension of your mind, it’s the bridge between your present self and the person you’re becoming, a place where ideas grow beyond their limits.
never realized obsidian could look this clean and each different note style so varied. im just getting started w obsidian and know nothing about css but you’ve convinced me to bash my head against a wall until i can somewhat replicate what you’ve got going on.
Being able to customize the themes of notes like this while still keeping everything in simple markdown files is one reason why I love Obsidian so much - And CSS isn’t too bad to pick up, you can get a lot going with just the basics like changing colors and font styling and all that. I’d recommend checking out W3Schools’ CSS tutorials, they’ll get you on your feet in no time!
@@cyanvoxel Ok this is something I'm struggling with... I absolutely love your theme "Vauxhall" because it's exactly what I would have imagined my obsidian vault to look like. The colours are soothing to the eyes once you change the intensity of the theme, But here's one thing that I want to change BUT CAN'T! The bold text with Vauxhall is not easy to differentiate from the normal ones, So I want to know how I can change the color for my bold text to something like teal, Which is a part of the color spectrum that exists in Vauxhall.
Thank you so much for making this video!!! I love your design and file sorting system, and it has already helped me with my notes and inspired me to start journaling! This is hands down the best video I have found to walk someone through what I would call a "default" obsidian guide!
Just start using it with a very basic structure and go from there, you will realize your own needs as they come up. Then look for specific videos about your need, and keep on building your very own vault and style. The beauty of obsidian is in its versatility
@@Gorgoras50 4 months later, I do like Obsidian, my only complaint is that copy/pasting all of my notes from sublime text is a bit borked because obsidian automatically converts things into the markup. That can all be fixed up, it's just a PITA to do so lol. Otherwise its actually really great.
I have been using obsidian, not as effectively buy your vault I'd so aesthetic pleasing to look at I am so happy you shard the framework of your vault.
Not only is this a gorgeous set up, but also such a great concept for an organization method. I've been feeling genuine anxiety at trying to figure out how to reconcile ZK style organization with my actual needs for a note taking database. I think your PARAKasten may just fix that. An incredible quality of video for so few subscribers btw. Idk what kind of videos you make but you deserve a sub for sure.
wow AMAZING!I've always dreamt of using Obsidian like this, but I had no idea how to do it and didn’t even know if it was possible until I saw your video. Thank you for sharing your practical examples!
Unexpected RuneScape making its appearance at 3:33! Brilliant video, I had not heard of the PARA method before, makes things a lot tidier. Hope you keep the amazing quality content coming!
Thanks so much!! PARA has definitely helped bring some structure to my vault and files in general, although my Archives are still typically a bit of a mess lol. Also great to see a fellow RuneScape fan!
Thank you for your work. I can now open my Obsidian vault and feel gratified just looking at how gorgeous and perfectly aligned things are. So satisfying to the OCD part of me. :)
I don't think I have ever commented on a video, but WOW! It's a great video with a great format and a great vault. I'd give it 10/10 and recommend it and share it with friends in the field.
I'm new to this 'Obsidian World,' and I'm glad I found this video because it was helpful. It motivates me to improve my vault and make it look better. Thanks for sharing such great content ;)
So awesome! Thank you. I would love a video on how you set up your Maps of Content at some point. Appreciate all the effort you put in here. Super helpful.
I loved seeing inside your second-brain. I did download your snippet after the last one, but haven't used it yet. Probably will, especially if I start doing more with my Rocketbook stuff. Thank you.
Dude your videos are awesome, you've a incredible way with customization. If you did a video about the use of CSS in a nutshell for obsidian would be utmost...
Amazing content and explanations, soothing and hits that itch in my brain that I've been craving to kickstart my PKM journey. Please keep up the great work!
Awesome awesome video. I was really confused about mixing Zettelkasten and PARA before watching your video. Thanks a lot and I which you all the best for the growth of this channel. PS: The video production and quality is just 🔥
You really have a knack for explaining, organizing ideas, and entertaining and even the edition of the video was top notch. You surely will succeed as content creator. Really good job.
I never ever comment on UA-cam videos but just wanted to say your content is INSANELY good and I'm sharing your videos with friends! Keep up the good work and I cant wait to see more!
This inspired me to try out obsidian once again. Esp. being ok not having it so optimized at the start, but optimizing as I go. I love the process of productivity optimizing, it helps me engage into work that I usually put off bc i enjoy the environment I am in and therefore feel more inspired to accomplish. I had felt a bit off about obsidian and notion at a way as a time sink for productivity but I think it doesn't have to be a constant battle for the best system, just the system that works for you **right now**. I spent a good chunk of time making my terminal feel pretty awesome, maybe it's time for me to chk out obsidian. great video, subbed :D
After having used Evernote and Notion for years, I always had the feeling that they quite weren't doing the job I required them to do. I always had a hybrid approach to note taking, and after seeing your first video about digitizing field notes inside Obsidian, I knew it this tool was what I was looking for. I'm so glad I found your channel, and am grateful that you are sharing such useful tips to make my second brain look so aesthetically pleasing haha! Thanks a lot!
There's a plug-in I think you might like. It's called leaflet, and it originally is used to add pins over a fantasy map. You could make cool legends for your graphics! 😊 This video scratches my organisational itch the best way possible! I recognised a lot of formats and processes I use for my own notes. To be honest, I'm trying to make my vault more simple functionally, I like being able to use only minimal plugins and themes. But even though I know I'm not going to go as far as you, it's really inspiring to see your system!
I initially came here to get inspired by ideas of how Obsidian is used for managing the accumulation of notes, but I end up loving the aesthetics and customization you implemented in Obsidian, as well as your combination of the Zettelkasten and PARA method for organization. Great video!
I did not know that obsidian can look this good! Thanks for this and I'm definitely subscribing! hope to see some of your cool tricks in obsidian in the future!
Oh my god, Risk of Rain OST in the background, a fellow JetBrains Mono enjoyer, you've earned yourself a sub! Definitely going to be trying some of this stuff out on my own Obsidian config. Now I can't wait until the day you hopefully stumble across Neovim and go down that customization rabbit hole lol
Really nice vid. Thanks for sharing, your idea with the combination of the Zettelkasten and the PARA system really intrigued me, working on something similar for myself right now. And like always the production quality is awesome! Even more so for the inclusion of the ff music. ; )
I'm a new user! I heard some many good things about this app and I couldn't get any more excited! ...Seeing this video gave me a headache but I'm more happy to learn 😂
This is great! This is fantastic! I love this video so much. Although, a part of me feels guilty to have access to a wonderful, organized and well thought out obsidian vault... Meanwhile you probably had to go through trial and error to get it to be so organized 😕 i hope you keep uploading and i look forward to any future content you post! Obsidian or anything else.
Love this video. I just switched everything from Notion to Obsidian. Their focus on Notion AI was okay to start with but felt it just messed my notes up. Linking notes and seeing them in a visual way is wonderful in obsidian. Love the Field Notes look - I'm only scratching the surface of Obsidian and what I can do with it. I might play around with my own personalisations after seeing this (once I get some spare time :D). Will check out more of your content moving forward.
Honestly, I already started using Obsidian a while back, but I got discouraged. I couldn't get it to look the way I want, I couldn't find a good way to organize it, and from that I just stopped using it. After this video though, I am so hyped to start getting into the nitty gritty. I'm already a programmer in their beginning stages, but I'm really stoked to get into css, as I was unaware I can style pages with css. I always thought I had to settle on one font for all pages, period. I never even questioned whether there was a way to do this. Long comment short, this video motivated me to really make my obsidian vault MY obsidian vault. Thanks for the motivation, and for a starting point to get my vault off the ground! Really quality video, great voiceover, amazing explenations, smooth animations! Keep working at it, you're going places!
Thank you so much!! All the styling possible CSS is really what got me more interested in developing my vault further as well. Markdown files are great for long term use and portability, but it can get tiresome looking at the same old kinds of notes everyday. Happy to hear I’ve given you some motivation! 😁
@@cyanvoxel Just another question, how exactly would one go about organizing Notes about specific topics? As an example, I am currently studying computer science in University, and I'm unsure on how to structure my notes for the courses. Would those go into Areas? Do I make a subfolder for each semester with subfolders for each course, maybe even subfolders for each topic in those courses? Or would it be better to use tags? Or do I not do those things at all and just use links to organize my topics with "main" pages that link to subpages? How do I organize those pages? Or do I at all? And when I'm taking notes during lectures, do those go in fleeting? Just a little guidance on how to start this off would be amazing, it's a lot to take in in the beginning. Thanks for any help! And once again, great video. I don't even know whether you asked to "SUBSCRIBE AND RING THAT NOTIFICATION BELL", but even without you asking for it, that already happened. :D
@@profpyrus9247 Hey! So I’m actually at a similar stage with Obsidian as you. Recently began upgrading my Vault after the inspiration from this video. Also a beginner programmer using Obsidian for notes😂 Anyways, I’m no expert, but I thought I’d share what helps me with the kind of questions you have. So first - remember that nothing is permanent. Like coding, you can approach your Vault with a constant re-factoring mindset. Yes, having a perfect plan to execute means less work down the line. You won’t have to go back and re-edit anything. But it usually isn’t realistic. You won’t know what style of organization (tags or folders) works better for you until you try both, etc. So try stuff! There is no ‘right way’ to organize. At the end of the day, it’s what works best for you. It’s your Vault. One trick I’ve been using for considering where to put a note or folder for optimal organization is asking myself “where would I look for this first?” I just started using CyanVoxel’s PARA/Zettelkasten system as well. For my CS course notes, I actually haven’t decided where to put them. I’m thinking in a ‘Coding’ folder under ‘Areas’ in folders organized by course. Another consideration is putting them in ‘Permanent’, but I haven’t quite decided what my permanent folder will be used for or if it’s even necessary for me to keep around. I use ‘Fleeting’ for quick notes or observations throughout my day. Hope that helps!
Thanks for smashing that notification bell! 😉 So for something like course notes (I can relate to CS especially), what I do is I try to ignore the courses entirely when it comes to thinking of how to organize them. Knowledge is knowledge, no matter where you've obtained it from. So with that in mind, personally I break up all my CS notes by the broadest categories I can, or that I at least think of them as. So under a main "Computer Science" folder, I have subfolders for Algorithms, Networking, Hardware, Server, etc. I also want to add that I use Tags primarily to categorize, especially nested tags such as "CS/Programming/Java" or "CS/Linux/Server" in order to really finely organize things - folders for me are more of a way to visually break up the files themselves. The beauty of all this is that over time, you can include additional notes and information gathered from outside your courses, but they'll fit right into your vault! Now, obviously that won't do you a whole lot of good for trying to study material linearly for a class haha. For this, I'd recommend creating a Map of Content in addition to this that outlines and links to your notes as they would appear in your courses. This gives you a more traditional notebook outline of your studies, but doesn't disturb the underlying tag or folder structure. Also, I'd just like to wholeheartedly agree with @CashsCoffee 's reply here! Your mindset and way of thinking may very well be different than mine, and there could be other methods that work better for you but less so for me - the only way to find out is to give it a go! Hope that all helps or gives you some ideas! 😁
@@CashsCoffee @cyanvoxel Thanks to both of you for these delicious nuggets of wisdom! Now that you say it, that definitely was my brain going into it's endless pursuit of perfection. Especially cashcoffee's remark of "nothing in my vault is permanent, everything can be refactored and reworked for my needs" is something I'm probably gonna need to remind myself of. Alot. xD So then, I'm probably going to start off with a similar approach as Cyanvoxel described it; put my uni knowledge in generally categorized folders, and give them tags for more specified distribution into topics, but especially into which Uni courses they're from, as I wanna try the approach of boiling it all dkwn into atomic notes that I can use to study like with Anki, just directly in Obsidian. Alright, I think that's enough walls of text from me for now! Thanks again for both of your replies! Time get my new Obsidian journey off the ground. (I love the internet man, in the right places you just meet the nicest people I swear it's beautiful)
I like the crash course on zettle and para, I've wanted to get into both, but this simplified it enough for me to have a proper understanding of. Zvolt introduced me to the terms but his exmaples go so far in depth (good but overwhelming). Your explaination was super approachable, and i feel like i could free-style a similar system off the bit of context you provided.
First time subscribing to a UA-camr in a while, holy crap this program is amazing! I struggle to keep track of my Projects (Area's I suppose haha!) with flurry's of Google Docs, tabs and applications. Its been a nightmare. I just set up some really basic stuff based on your template (thank you!) such as definitions for all of the categories and I am already in love! PS: You should totally make a Discord!! Would love to talk to other creators/have people for Obsidian Support
One major thing that always trips me up when I try to use Obsidian is linking. I will rarely think to link a note, which I assume is a matter of habit, and I will often not know what notes I should link. It also feels really annoying to have to pull out my phone and/or open Obsidian every time I have a thought to write it down, while also keeping all of the aspects of actually organizing said thoughts within the Vault. It turns the mere act of existing into a chore, and makes me feel guilty every time I miss a daily note until I give up, entirely. It's a lot like counting calories, I just realized. I have yet to see a video talking about how a person actually starts incorporating the use of Obsidian into their daily life. Not how they organize their Vault, but how they went from not writing down their thoughts to making it a habit to do so without feeling like they're magnifying their device addiction.
@@GeorgeInTech Maybe that’s the big fundamental difference between me and people who use these apps. I’ve never taken notes for much of anything at all, so I’ve never made it a habit.
for me, it helps to have a kind of daily "scratchpad" note. for anything that isnt a deliberate planning session, i just take down a few informal sentences in a separate scratch folder, where each note is named after the current day (and i dont do this anywhere near every day). sometimes i scroll through my backlog of a few days worth of notes, and turn those short informal bullet points into links to new docs in the appropriate folder. i rarely link separate proper notes together, unless its for something like a recipe "hub" thats a list of items separated by category that links to the actual expanded recipe note
Hello there, i think is a matter first out of neccesity, when one need to hold much information that can be needed another time, one tends to write and hold the notes more naturally, same case with Obsidian, or any other thing, when we need to have a space where to guard the info, and it can be expanded upon other topics that's when the links comes to shine i guess. For me it work to have a representation of what topics are far ahead or what are much closer than thought at first instance. Another element you mentioned is the daily note taking, is not really necessary, one have to remember the routines of life tend to be quite inconsistent, so be no afraid to have miss one day or two, is a mark of the doings, even when silence appears, there is a message there. Have a good day.
8:28 The example game design document you have up sounds like a more well thought out version of an idea I have tried to make before. Gosh I hope you have some success (or at least publish the ideas). I have been failing to make that game for a long time.
Wow, there are children all over the world that are disappointed because there was no food for supper and you get disappointed over a channel with just 5 videos. Incredibly how superfluous our western culture has become.
I'm so glad I watched this, if only for the Smart Typography plugin. I was making do Typing Transformer, but it wasn't a perfect solution for this at all.
I've been using Obsidian for years, and my main vault started off with importing years worth of content from my previous notetaking app, Simplenote. I spent some time while I was setting it up organizing things into a rough heirarchy based on how they were tagged in Simplenote and tried to maintain that structure while adding to it, but I've been thinking recently that the entire vault needs a massive re-organization because the current system is becoming incressingly less usedul to me. This video may well prove to be an excellent jumping-off point for when I start that rework.
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Honestly I would love an hour long video with the most nitty gritty stuff that is the core of what you use and why.
Specific settings, groupings, etc
I second this
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Came for obsidian, stayed for your great background song choices. Time to play some of these games again.
Hi there! Creator of Vanilla AMOLED theme here. Just wanted to say thanks for the shoutout! ❤
Be sure to let me know if there's any feedback you want to make about the theme. I'm allways happy to hear back! ^^
Thanks for the great theme!! Definitely my favorite minimal dark theme for Obsidian out there!
@@cyanvoxel My pleasure! ❤️
One of your subscribers brought me here after an email exchange. Will definitely bring more customization options soon(tm) ! ☺️
Hi @SakuraIsayeki I can't seem to find your theme in the plugin list. Was it removed from Obsidian?
@@JvP000 Hi! The theme is still alive and kicking. Just make sure you don’t tick « light themes only » when searching for Vanilla AMOLED :)
@@SakuraIsayeki Thanks for confirming. I must apologise, I was looking in the community plugins rather than Themes, that's why it wasn't showing initially
Watching these kind of aesthetic videos just brings me calm
that PARA and Zettelkasten hybrid system is exactly what I needed! thank you so much!
Thanks for this video man! I started using Obsidian pretty casually about a year ago. This video inspired me to start really upgrading my Vault over the last few days. I’m using your CSS snippet for the sidebar folder colors and I absolutely love it. Awesome stuff.
I cannot stress this enough. This video is legit perfect it just adheres to the frequency of my entire being or something. I have a lot of similar interests as you editing (after effects mostly). I go to a CS uni and I can’t figure out how to make a good note taking system forever. It seems like all the information just fades in and out of my brain over time.
I’m always thinking about how to optimize/organize everything to the point that I don’t even try to start with it.
One day I’d like to be more like you! Can’t wait for more videos to come!
oh dude i feel you on like a cosmic level
just downloaded obsidian and going crazy with it, this video is amazing dude i feel gallons of motivation rushing through my veins
@@ameyagupta7285 we’ll make it brother. Let’s achieve the coolest of graph views there ever was!
I once learned that:
Your second brain isn’t just an extension of your mind, it’s the bridge between your present self and the person you’re becoming, a place where ideas grow beyond their limits.
never realized obsidian could look this clean and each different note style so varied. im just getting started w obsidian and know nothing about css but you’ve convinced me to bash my head against a wall until i can somewhat replicate what you’ve got going on.
also after finishing the video i just wanted to say the scriptwriting + editing were top notch. keep up the great work brother.
Being able to customize the themes of notes like this while still keeping everything in simple markdown files is one reason why I love Obsidian so much - And CSS isn’t too bad to pick up, you can get a lot going with just the basics like changing colors and font styling and all that. I’d recommend checking out W3Schools’ CSS tutorials, they’ll get you on your feet in no time!
@@cyanvoxel Ok this is something I'm struggling with...
I absolutely love your theme "Vauxhall" because it's exactly what I would have imagined my obsidian vault to look like.
The colours are soothing to the eyes once you change the intensity of the theme,
But here's one thing that I want to change BUT CAN'T!
The bold text with Vauxhall is not easy to differentiate from the normal ones,
So I want to know how I can change the color for my bold text to something like teal,
Which is a part of the color spectrum that exists in Vauxhall.
Thank you so much for making this video!!! I love your design and file sorting system, and it has already helped me with my notes and inspired me to start journaling! This is hands down the best video I have found to walk someone through what I would call a "default" obsidian guide!
This was absolutely great to watch. Can’t wait to see what other content you put out!
I need to study 100 hours of lessons and take a thousand pages of notes so that I may correctly learn to use my note-taking application
Otherwise you will do that a only time
Just start using it with a very basic structure and go from there, you will realize your own needs as they come up. Then look for specific videos about your need, and keep on building your very own vault and style. The beauty of obsidian is in its versatility
@@Gorgoras50 4 months later, I do like Obsidian, my only complaint is that copy/pasting all of my notes from sublime text is a bit borked because obsidian automatically converts things into the markup. That can all be fixed up, it's just a PITA to do so lol. Otherwise its actually really great.
This is amazing. I suck at CSS, looked at the snippets and they pretty simple yet so effective and pretty. Loved this video, thanks
This is art man, could you make a full guide for beginners on how to get started with Obsidian, I would literally pay for it 😂😂
Yeh
I have been using obsidian, not as effectively buy your vault I'd so aesthetic pleasing to look at I am so happy you shard the framework of your vault.
Dude this is amazing!
Thank you so much for putting in this much effort! It's people like you that really help communities grow!
Not only is this a gorgeous set up, but also such a great concept for an organization method. I've been feeling genuine anxiety at trying to figure out how to reconcile ZK style organization with my actual needs for a note taking database. I think your PARAKasten may just fix that. An incredible quality of video for so few subscribers btw. Idk what kind of videos you make but you deserve a sub for sure.
Amazing setup and customisation! Very inspiring, thank you :)
... also your scripting and video editing skills are awesome, with perfect voiceover!
wow AMAZING!I've always dreamt of using Obsidian like this, but I had no idea how to do it and didn’t even know if it was possible until I saw your video. Thank you for sharing your practical examples!
Unexpected RuneScape making its appearance at 3:33!
Brilliant video, I had not heard of the PARA method before, makes things a lot tidier.
Hope you keep the amazing quality content coming!
Thanks so much!! PARA has definitely helped bring some structure to my vault and files in general, although my Archives are still typically a bit of a mess lol. Also great to see a fellow RuneScape fan!
Thank you for your work. I can now open my Obsidian vault and feel gratified just looking at how gorgeous and perfectly aligned things are. So satisfying to the OCD part of me. :)
after doing all that research i finally found you. the bes template , the best css snippets i need for my obisdian vault hell yeah
I don't think I have ever commented on a video, but WOW! It's a great video with a great format and a great vault. I'd give it 10/10 and recommend it and share it with friends in the field.
I'm new to this 'Obsidian World,' and I'm glad I found this video because it was helpful. It motivates me to improve my vault and make it look better. Thanks for sharing such great content ;)
So awesome! Thank you. I would love a video on how you set up your Maps of Content at some point. Appreciate all the effort you put in here. Super helpful.
I loved seeing inside your second-brain. I did download your snippet after the last one, but haven't used it yet. Probably will, especially if I start doing more with my Rocketbook stuff. Thank you.
Ok, now we REALLY want to see the process of creating such aesthetic videos. Subscribed for that.
Your videos are so good, thank you for the in-depth tour!
Absolutely phenominal video, thanks for sharing!
Dude your videos are awesome, you've a incredible way with customization. If you did a video about the use of CSS in a nutshell for obsidian would be utmost...
Thank you so much!! I'm thinking about doing exactly that for my next Obsidian video, actually!
Such high quality videos! Awesome channel :) Keep it up
i love your videos! I wouldn't mind whatever topic it is, but your editing and voice is mesmerizing. I hope you keep it up!
Amazing content and explanations, soothing and hits that itch in my brain that I've been craving to kickstart my PKM journey.
Please keep up the great work!
This is so overkill in the BEST. WAY. I LOVE IT 😍
Awesome awesome video. I was really confused about mixing Zettelkasten and PARA before watching your video. Thanks a lot and I which you all the best for the growth of this channel.
PS: The video production and quality is just 🔥
You really have a knack for explaining, organizing ideas, and entertaining and even the edition of the video was top notch. You surely will succeed as content creator. Really good job.
This is absolutely worth geeking out over! Who else is geeking out rn 🤓
I never ever comment on UA-cam videos but just wanted to say your content is INSANELY good and I'm sharing your videos with friends! Keep up the good work and I cant wait to see more!
Oh my god, coalescence OST from risk of rain, I freaking like it so unexpected to hear there. Cool video, Keep up the good work ) wish you good luck
Absolute gem of a video for someone like me who struggles to organize all their notes, thoughts and documents!
This inspired me to try out obsidian once again. Esp. being ok not having it so optimized at the start, but optimizing as I go.
I love the process of productivity optimizing, it helps me engage into work that I usually put off bc i enjoy the environment I am in and therefore feel more inspired to accomplish.
I had felt a bit off about obsidian and notion at a way as a time sink for productivity but I think it doesn't have to be a constant battle for the best system, just the system that works for you **right now**. I spent a good chunk of time making my terminal feel pretty awesome, maybe it's time for me to chk out obsidian. great video, subbed :D
This has made me the most giddy dude since first playing ocarina of time on the 3ds. I reallyyyyy, love this haha.
After having used Evernote and Notion for years, I always had the feeling that they quite weren't doing the job I required them to do. I always had a hybrid approach to note taking, and after seeing your first video about digitizing field notes inside Obsidian, I knew it this tool was what I was looking for. I'm so glad I found your channel, and am grateful that you are sharing such useful tips to make my second brain look so aesthetically pleasing haha! Thanks a lot!
Wow! Amazing video, and what a BREATH-TAKING vault also! You are my personal hero now!
This is some legendary stuff, thank you kindly mate!
There's a plug-in I think you might like. It's called leaflet, and it originally is used to add pins over a fantasy map. You could make cool legends for your graphics! 😊
This video scratches my organisational itch the best way possible! I recognised a lot of formats and processes I use for my own notes.
To be honest, I'm trying to make my vault more simple functionally, I like being able to use only minimal plugins and themes. But even though I know I'm not going to go as far as you, it's really inspiring to see your system!
wow, i didn't know you could do anything this cool with Obsidian. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, it is gigantic pre work! I've never heard about PARA method before and your video give me key to organize my obsidian vault holistically
I just LOVED ur video - both of them! would love to see more of your Obsidian vault and details :)
Please make more Obsidian videos. I need to use Obsidian like you do!
I initially came here to get inspired by ideas of how Obsidian is used for managing the accumulation of notes, but I end up loving the aesthetics and customization you implemented in Obsidian, as well as your combination of the Zettelkasten and PARA method for organization. Great video!
This video has really helped me organize my notes.
Super thorough explanations . Thank you very much.
Super organization, superb visual styling.
loved this, you're gonna make it big bro
I did not know that obsidian can look this good! Thanks for this and I'm definitely subscribing! hope to see some of your cool tricks in obsidian in the future!
Great video, great explanation, gorgeous vault.
Fun video! Loved hearing the FF9 music in there too! Game doesn't get enough love!
This is making me move to Obsidian by the way. Thanks for this clean video overview.
Legit moved to Obsidian and downloaded your templates, thanks. I cam back to this video so I can spell Zettelkasten properly :D
Thx for sharing. Added a few things to my vault, especially a PARA organization and rainbow custom sidebar.
Thank you very much. I ended up using your snippets and rethinking my Zettelkasten.
for the people wondering what folder icons he uses, he has boxicons installed. its some high quality icons.
Oh my god, Risk of Rain OST in the background, a fellow JetBrains Mono enjoyer, you've earned yourself a sub! Definitely going to be trying some of this stuff out on my own Obsidian config. Now I can't wait until the day you hopefully stumble across Neovim and go down that customization rabbit hole lol
As a recent Neovim user myself, it's probably just a matter of time haha!
Really nice vid. Thanks for sharing, your idea with the combination of the Zettelkasten and the PARA system really intrigued me, working on something similar for myself right now. And like always the production quality is awesome! Even more so for the inclusion of the ff music. ; )
Dude this was soo cool !!!
Wow, love the style of your vault!
I'm a new user! I heard some many good things about this app and I couldn't get any more excited!
...Seeing this video gave me a headache but I'm more happy to learn 😂
Excellent content. Thank you for sharing.
This is great! This is fantastic! I love this video so much. Although, a part of me feels guilty to have access to a wonderful, organized and well thought out obsidian vault... Meanwhile you probably had to go through trial and error to get it to be so organized 😕 i hope you keep uploading and i look forward to any future content you post! Obsidian or anything else.
dude, this vault is crazy. I already love that 😍😍👌👌
Love this video.
I just switched everything from Notion to Obsidian. Their focus on Notion AI was okay to start with but felt it just messed my notes up.
Linking notes and seeing them in a visual way is wonderful in obsidian.
Love the Field Notes look - I'm only scratching the surface of Obsidian and what I can do with it. I might play around with my own personalisations after seeing this (once I get some spare time :D).
Will check out more of your content moving forward.
Honestly, I already started using Obsidian a while back, but I got discouraged. I couldn't get it to look the way I want, I couldn't find a good way to organize it, and from that I just stopped using it. After this video though, I am so hyped to start getting into the nitty gritty. I'm already a programmer in their beginning stages, but I'm really stoked to get into css, as I was unaware I can style pages with css. I always thought I had to settle on one font for all pages, period. I never even questioned whether there was a way to do this.
Long comment short, this video motivated me to really make my obsidian vault MY obsidian vault. Thanks for the motivation, and for a starting point to get my vault off the ground! Really quality video, great voiceover, amazing explenations, smooth animations! Keep working at it, you're going places!
Thank you so much!! All the styling possible CSS is really what got me more interested in developing my vault further as well. Markdown files are great for long term use and portability, but it can get tiresome looking at the same old kinds of notes everyday. Happy to hear I’ve given you some motivation! 😁
@@cyanvoxel Just another question, how exactly would one go about organizing Notes about specific topics? As an example, I am currently studying computer science in University, and I'm unsure on how to structure my notes for the courses. Would those go into Areas? Do I make a subfolder for each semester with subfolders for each course, maybe even subfolders for each topic in those courses? Or would it be better to use tags? Or do I not do those things at all and just use links to organize my topics with "main" pages that link to subpages? How do I organize those pages? Or do I at all?
And when I'm taking notes during lectures, do those go in fleeting?
Just a little guidance on how to start this off would be amazing, it's a lot to take in in the beginning. Thanks for any help!
And once again, great video. I don't even know whether you asked to "SUBSCRIBE AND RING THAT NOTIFICATION BELL", but even without you asking for it, that already happened. :D
@@profpyrus9247 Hey! So I’m actually at a similar stage with Obsidian as you. Recently began upgrading my Vault after the inspiration from this video. Also a beginner programmer using Obsidian for notes😂
Anyways, I’m no expert, but I thought I’d share what helps me with the kind of questions you have. So first - remember that nothing is permanent. Like coding, you can approach your Vault with a constant re-factoring mindset. Yes, having a perfect plan to execute means less work down the line. You won’t have to go back and re-edit anything. But it usually isn’t realistic. You won’t know what style of organization (tags or folders) works better for you until you try both, etc. So try stuff! There is no ‘right way’ to organize. At the end of the day, it’s what works best for you. It’s your Vault. One trick I’ve been using for considering where to put a note or folder for optimal organization is asking myself “where would I look for this first?”
I just started using CyanVoxel’s PARA/Zettelkasten system as well.
For my CS course notes, I actually haven’t decided where to put them. I’m thinking in a ‘Coding’ folder under ‘Areas’ in folders organized by course. Another consideration is putting them in ‘Permanent’, but I haven’t quite decided what my permanent folder will be used for or if it’s even necessary for me to keep around. I use ‘Fleeting’ for quick notes or observations throughout my day. Hope that helps!
Thanks for smashing that notification bell! 😉
So for something like course notes (I can relate to CS especially), what I do is I try to ignore the courses entirely when it comes to thinking of how to organize them. Knowledge is knowledge, no matter where you've obtained it from. So with that in mind, personally I break up all my CS notes by the broadest categories I can, or that I at least think of them as. So under a main "Computer Science" folder, I have subfolders for Algorithms, Networking, Hardware, Server, etc. I also want to add that I use Tags primarily to categorize, especially nested tags such as "CS/Programming/Java" or "CS/Linux/Server" in order to really finely organize things - folders for me are more of a way to visually break up the files themselves. The beauty of all this is that over time, you can include additional notes and information gathered from outside your courses, but they'll fit right into your vault!
Now, obviously that won't do you a whole lot of good for trying to study material linearly for a class haha. For this, I'd recommend creating a Map of Content in addition to this that outlines and links to your notes as they would appear in your courses. This gives you a more traditional notebook outline of your studies, but doesn't disturb the underlying tag or folder structure.
Also, I'd just like to wholeheartedly agree with @CashsCoffee 's reply here! Your mindset and way of thinking may very well be different than mine, and there could be other methods that work better for you but less so for me - the only way to find out is to give it a go! Hope that all helps or gives you some ideas! 😁
@@CashsCoffee @cyanvoxel
Thanks to both of you for these delicious nuggets of wisdom! Now that you say it, that definitely was my brain going into it's endless pursuit of perfection. Especially cashcoffee's remark of "nothing in my vault is permanent, everything can be refactored and reworked for my needs" is something I'm probably gonna need to remind myself of. Alot. xD
So then, I'm probably going to start off with a similar approach as Cyanvoxel described it; put my uni knowledge in generally categorized folders, and give them tags for more specified distribution into topics, but especially into which Uni courses they're from, as I wanna try the approach of boiling it all dkwn into atomic notes that I can use to study like with Anki, just directly in Obsidian.
Alright, I think that's enough walls of text from me for now!
Thanks again for both of your replies! Time get my new Obsidian journey off the ground.
(I love the internet man, in the right places you just meet the nicest people I swear it's beautiful)
This is simply amazing! Thank you so much for this video.
Man, that is incredible!! I could not imagine how far can go with obsidian.
I like the crash course on zettle and para, I've wanted to get into both, but this simplified it enough for me to have a proper understanding of.
Zvolt introduced me to the terms but his exmaples go so far in depth (good but overwhelming). Your explaination was super approachable, and i feel like i could free-style a similar system off the bit of context you provided.
First time subscribing to a UA-camr in a while, holy crap this program is amazing! I struggle to keep track of my Projects (Area's I suppose haha!) with flurry's of Google Docs, tabs and applications. Its been a nightmare. I just set up some really basic stuff based on your template (thank you!) such as definitions for all of the categories and I am already in love!
PS:
You should totally make a Discord!! Would love to talk to other creators/have people for Obsidian Support
And I thought my Obsidian vault was unnecessarily complex. Sir, this is just utter madness!
Best of Obsidian customization! Thanks
You’re absolutely insane and I love it so much
the vault is cleannnn man
great system. the video has been useful to me. also appreciating the video creation competence.
Damn this is freaking awesome
One major thing that always trips me up when I try to use Obsidian is linking. I will rarely think to link a note, which I assume is a matter of habit, and I will often not know what notes I should link. It also feels really annoying to have to pull out my phone and/or open Obsidian every time I have a thought to write it down, while also keeping all of the aspects of actually organizing said thoughts within the Vault. It turns the mere act of existing into a chore, and makes me feel guilty every time I miss a daily note until I give up, entirely. It's a lot like counting calories, I just realized. I have yet to see a video talking about how a person actually starts incorporating the use of Obsidian into their daily life. Not how they organize their Vault, but how they went from not writing down their thoughts to making it a habit to do so without feeling like they're magnifying their device addiction.
exactly, you are so right...
I mainly make notes out of necessity, not because I feel like I need to make them for the system... interesting take though
@@GeorgeInTech Maybe that’s the big fundamental difference between me and people who use these apps. I’ve never taken notes for much of anything at all, so I’ve never made it a habit.
for me, it helps to have a kind of daily "scratchpad" note. for anything that isnt a deliberate planning session, i just take down a few informal sentences in a separate scratch folder, where each note is named after the current day (and i dont do this anywhere near every day). sometimes i scroll through my backlog of a few days worth of notes, and turn those short informal bullet points into links to new docs in the appropriate folder. i rarely link separate proper notes together, unless its for something like a recipe "hub" thats a list of items separated by category that links to the actual expanded recipe note
Hello there, i think is a matter first out of neccesity, when one need to hold much information that can be needed another time, one tends to write and hold the notes more naturally, same case with Obsidian, or any other thing, when we need to have a space where to guard the info, and it can be expanded upon other topics that's when the links comes to shine i guess. For me it work to have a representation of what topics are far ahead or what are much closer than thought at first instance.
Another element you mentioned is the daily note taking, is not really necessary, one have to remember the routines of life tend to be quite inconsistent, so be no afraid to have miss one day or two, is a mark of the doings, even when silence appears, there is a message there.
Have a good day.
Excellent content. Thank you for sharing.
love the editing, great video!
amazing. purely therapeutic. thanks for sharing
The best "quality-quantity" UA-cam channel so far.
5 videos, 5 useful masterpieces
8:28 The example game design document you have up sounds like a more well thought out version of an idea I have tried to make before. Gosh I hope you have some success (or at least publish the ideas). I have been failing to make that game for a long time.
Thank you for sharing this one.
Freaking love it! 😂
Incredible estate Obsidian!
You can't imagine how dissapointed i was as i clicked on your channel recognizing you only have 5 videos. 😢😢
I didn’t even notice until you said so. DAMN IT. I came from the TagStudio video. I subbed and turned on the bell tho!! Pls more videos
@@snarf8115did the same thing. Downloaded Obsidian and everything based on his stuff.
I want him to do a full hour long dive on his vault
Wow, there are children all over the world that are disappointed because there was no food for supper and you get disappointed over a channel with just 5 videos.
Incredibly how superfluous our western culture has become.
@@snarf8115quality over quantity
Haha same, zaubermannic. Your obsidian notes should be treated as art, holy melony, this is beautiness, Leonard da Vinci would be jealous
best best best , thank you bro!
Dude................................... that's amazing!
Thanks for the new addiction
it is clearly highly-additive procrastination
@@nothing2449 I did actually start writing with it once I installed a bunch of cool plugins and it is a very nice experience
I'm so glad I watched this, if only for the Smart Typography plugin. I was making do Typing Transformer, but it wasn't a perfect solution for this at all.
It was so good. I literally logged into different account to click like and sub button the second time.
SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL
I've been using Obsidian for years, and my main vault started off with importing years worth of content from my previous notetaking app, Simplenote. I spent some time while I was setting it up organizing things into a rough heirarchy based on how they were tagged in Simplenote and tried to maintain that structure while adding to it, but I've been thinking recently that the entire vault needs a massive re-organization because the current system is becoming incressingly less usedul to me. This video may well prove to be an excellent jumping-off point for when I start that rework.
2:40 "yeah :)"
As soon as I heard that I came here to make the same comment