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Is there any way you'd share the outline note you go over at least in the beginning? My ADHD is struggling to ingest all the information at once this way lol
@@ariahemin1000 This is all about production capacity (PC). By spending time improving your skills and processes, you will increase your capacity of producing (P) good work. If you spend the majority of your time producing (P) and not improving the way you work, your level of productivity will probably stay the same, ie. not improve. Ideally, there should be a balance between P and PC, so it's up to you whether you want to prioritise improvement or production. This person probably started off with a simple system, but wanted to improve it further to help him become more productive. The complexity is a byproduct of that.
@@joelhedtjarn9 That's an important point. I guess one probably needs to start with a simpler system and maintain discipline to it for some time. Then reflect, adjust, try for some time and again - reflect, adjust. With the time you'll get to some complexity but in an organic way - that's a more effective way than starting with top-down planned, complex systems. The one shown here by Bryan looks very neat, though might be overwhelming at the beginning, nobody has to copy it 1:1. For me it's a source of great inspiration, so I'll grab some ideas from it, adjust for my style and will something working for me - as I think everybody should do by himself/herself.
1:55:33 is pure gold. Key Takeaway: "Most people just listen to the author's passive voice in their head when reading a book instead of having an active thought process to what they are actually reading."
This video took me from "Obsidian looks cool, but is it useful?" to "I really understand how this works and what I am going to do" in 4 hours. Thanks, Bryan!
This kind of videos are game-changer. This along with "How to take smart notes will definitely level-up your knowledge system as I think Obsidian is the most appropiate app to build bottom-up notes. I'm sure Luhmann will be proud of you :)
My man, you are an absolute beast! It makes me so happy to see people like you in the world. You are pretty much what every person with ADHD dreams to be someday. I cannot thank you enough for putting out such quality content for free.
Bryan, you are an absolute legend. Thank you for your skill, knowledge and generosity. This is a course in itself. So, who the hell would give this a thumbs down?!!! Bloody trolls!
I'm only mad at myself that I waited this long to check out this video. This is tremendously helpful, and I can't thank you enough, not only for sharing your own personal choices and sophisticated system, but giving so much background on *alternatives* and your *reasoning* behind the choices you've made. As someone early in building PKM inside of Obsidian, this is invaluable--even many months later.
I've been trying to get a foothold in understanding obsidian and how people use it for days with no luck until I found this video. It even has all the acronyms that I've been trying to get resolution on!
There's so much wisdom here--a must-watch for anyone who uses Obsidian. When I was not learning something new, I was affirmed in my current practices. Many thank yous, Bryan!
This is my first UA-cam comment...ever, but I had to leave it because as a young woman with AGRESSIVE ADHD, the fact that you were able to get me to sit down and watch a 4 hour video AND digest it. My elementary school teachers wouldn't believe their eyes. Thank you so much. Great work! Your commitment and passion for your work shows. This might actually be the first organizational system (in a long, long list of unfinished to-do lists, productivity apps, planners) that works for all aspects of my life. Thank you Bryan!
Gorgeous and right on time. As I am working toward completing my masters in instructional design for adults and a PhD in adult learning and leadership - this is GOLD on so many levels - from content and how to structure my learning environments for neurodiversity. Thank you!!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎥 The video covers an updated comprehensive workflow for Obsidian and Zettelkasten note-taking system. 00:39 📚 The video introduces the personal knowledge management (PKM) concept and the importance of setting clear goals for your system. 01:21 📝 Quick capture of ideas is crucial for effective note-taking and productivity. Different methods like daily notes, task management software, and capturing prompts are discussed. 02:03 📌 Tracking the status of notes throughout the processing stages is essential. Different stages of processing and tracking methods are explained. 06:01 📂 The video compares rigid and less rigid note organization systems. It covers Johny Decimal, a method for structured folder organization, and the benefits of freeform folder systems. 07:41 📆 The importance of adding dates (ISO 8601 format) to note titles is emphasized for chronological sorting and tracking, aiding searches and temporal organization. 08:52 🧰 The video explains the benefits of using filters and saved searches to navigate and traverse your note collection effectively. 10:58 🔄 The presenter highlights the fluid nature of these methods and systems, emphasizing the need to focus on achieving productivity and meaningful outcomes. 12:49 🛠️ The video demonstrates the practical implementation of concepts like special symbol taxonomy, regular expression searches, and Johny Decimal in Obsidian. 18:28 📚 The benefits of a flexible note organization system are reiterated, where notes can be easily tagged, linked, and categorized without the limitations of rigid folder structures. 22:23 📚 Freeform vs. Rigid Structure: There's a preference for a freeform approach for idea connections, but rigid systems like JohnnyDecimal can be useful for certain needs. 23:04 🧠 Hierarchical Notes: Creating higher-order notes to group related content instead of connecting every note individually, providing a more organized approach. 25:08 🗃️ Folders vs. Freeform: While freeform note organization can work, having some level of structure with connections, indexes, and mock maps helps with scalability. 26:19 ⏰ Temporal Components: Utilize temporal components like daily notes or journal entries to create timelines and track progress through linked content. 28:54 💡 Thought Facilitation: Use techniques like ABC lists to generate associations and connections between notes, helping flesh out content and connections. 30:48 🔍 Curating and Reviewing: Strategies for curating your notes include randomly traversing your connections, reviewing notes at intervals, and focusing on specific topics for curation. 35:12 🛠️ Tool Selection: Choose tools and plugins that enhance productivity and align with your goals, rather than getting distracted by unnecessary features. 42:51 🚀 Iterative Approach: Start with a minimum viable product, build your system over time, and iterate based on your evolving needs and insights. 43:18 📅 Using Data View queries and smart folders for efficient note organization and tracking edits. 44:14 📊 Utilizing network graphs in Obsidian for visualizing note connections and relationships. 46:20 📚 Practical aspects of a Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system, including organization and curation strategies. 48:12 🤔 Focusing on practical use cases rather than abstract theories of why a PKM system is beneficial. 54:07 💻 Migrating technical notes to specialized platforms while keeping Obsidian for creative and broader knowledge management. 56:01 📜 Separating different use cases within your Obsidian vault for better organization and focus. 58:36 📝 Utilizing Todoist for efficient task quick capture and organization, along with natural language processing. 01:04:53 📝 Purple tags indicate notes with information or citations requiring further research. 01:05:23 🌱 Different tag levels distinguish seedlings, ferns, incubators, and evergreen notes. 01:06:49 📅 Task management integrates with Obsidian and TODOist for specific knowledge-related tasks. 01:07:29 🗺️ Maps of content are created to visualize relationships between different subjects. 01:07:57 ⚙️ Utility notes help organize and navigate the Obsidian vault more effectively. 01:09:21 🏷️ Templates are used to automate note creation and categorization using the Templater plugin. 01:10:30 ✏️ Text expansions via Alfred App speed up tagging using specific shortcuts. 01:12:22 📊 The Kanban plugin helps manage processing stages and track note progress. 01:13:17 ⚠️ The Urgent tag is rarely used, as Obsidian and TODOist handle different urgency levels. 01:13:44 👥 People notes categorize individuals and notable figures in the vault. 01:14:11 🔗 Graph groupings and custom CSS aid visualization of note connections. 01:15:56 🕵️♂️ Search techniques involve combining symbol taxonomy, dates, and tags for efficient retrieval. 01:39:21 📝 Utilizing links and emojis instead of folders reduces cognitive load, friction, and facilitates organic growth while maintaining a flexible and easily scalable structure. 01:49:37 🌐 The speaker highlights the utility of organizing notes using a low friction, interconnected system, such as linking daily, weekly, monthly, and annual notes. 01:52:12 📚 The speaker outlines his workflow for processing books, which includes reading physical books with Obsidian, using Zotero for PDF books, and capturing Kindle highlights. 02:04:06 🎧 Air application, available on iOS and in beta for Android, allows users to record and transcribe podcast clips (called "air quotes") with added notes for efficient note-taking during podcasts. 02:09:24 📄 Sharing air quotes via long pressing the share button and sending as markdown via AirDrop. 02:16:18 📺 Using Memex browser extension to capture annotations and time-stamped links from UA-cam videos. 02:20:06 📚 Storing and processing articles using Raindrop.io, capturing snapshot archives for web page content. 02:22:18 🗂 Organizing articles with nested collections and using tags, such as "0" for unread items. 02:23:50 📬 Transitioning items from the inbox to a focus area for detailed processing and note-taking. 02:30:17 🔗 Processed notes go into "Settle Cost and Inputs Archive" with proper organization, sorting, and tagging. 02:32:35 📚 Discusses research paper workflow involving tools like Research Rabbit, Zotero, and Ginkgo app. 02:47:15 ✍️ Recommends Ginkgo app for writing and organizing research notes with its card-based system. 02:49:38 🔄 Orchid and Lens.org for networking, identification, and sharing academic work. 02:50:36 📊 Use Lens.org and Orcid to track research impact and discover scholarly works. 02:52:02 📄 Workflow for processing research papers using Zotero and tablet annotation. 02:52:30 🎙️ Utilize voice assistants and Todoist for capturing quick ideas. 02:54:23 🧭 Create atomic notes, link them, and curate a framework for thought. 03:01:07 📝 Apply the external framework for thought to writing and creativity. 03:09:07 🏷️ Use tags and graphs to identify potential MoCs and refine your system. 03:11:16 🧩 Dataview in Obsidian doesn't directly connect links in data view to the notes themselves, but offers a lens into connected content. 03:12:09 🌐 Creating maps of content in Obsidian offers an organic and non-nested way of organizing information with higher-order views. 03:13:33 🧠 ADHD struggles can align well with Zettelkasten systems, using structure, top-level organization, and reduced decision-making to manage cognitive load. 03:18:02 🔌 Plugins like "Better Word Count," "Calendar," and "Copy Button for Code Blocks" enhance the Obsidian experience with useful functionalities. 03:18:30 ⚙️ ADHD management benefits from tools like Obsidian and Zettelkasten, reducing cognitive load by externalizing thoughts and utilizing software. 03:22:11 💻 Obsidian plugins such as "Advanced Tables," "Cycle Through Panes," and "Dataview" enhance organization, navigation, and content management within the software. 03:32:03 🧠 Obsidian has various plugins that enhance workflows. 03:33:43 📚 Kindle Highlights plugin aids in managing Kindle notes. 03:34:11 📋 Meta table plugin creates collapsible visual metadata display. 03:34:25 🗺️ Mind map plugin visualizes note structure. 03:36:05 📎 Plugins for paste URL, pain relief, and history navigation. 03:37:03 🔄 Periodic notes plugin facilitates creating monthly notes. 03:37:47 🚪 Sliding panes improve note visibility. 03:39:05 🛠️ Templater plugin for creating and using templates. 03:40:15 🔍 Zoom plugin for focused writing. 03:47:05 📚 Recommended resources include "How to Take Smart Notes," Obsidian, Raindrop.io, Kindle, and more. 03:53:21 🐇 Research Rabbit is a paper discovery service that aids in finding research papers. 03:54:45 ✍️ Ginkgo App is a paid, versatile writing application with focus and card workflows. 03:55:14 📑 Memex helps annotate UA-cam videos; Highlights is a PDF viewer for Mac. 03:55:39 📖 Highlights is a freemium PDF editor with useful features for research. 03:56:07 📃 Text Sniper is a Mac OCR tool for easily copying text from sources like PDFs. 03:56:50 📚 Speed reading with browser extension aids reading retention. 03:59:00 📝 Logseq, a free and open source app, helps organize technical notes and code. 03:59:40 ⌨️ Alfred App on Mac is a versatile app launcher and productivity tool. 04:00:20 ➗ Math Picks is useful for capturing and exporting math equations. 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I am SO excited to have found another Heathen ADHDer who is using Obsidian to PKM. I was using Roam and am moving over to Obsidian now and your content is super helpful and I totally vibe with it!
I'll be honest, I let out an audible sigh when I say how long the video was, but I broke it up into chunks and watched it all (some parts more than once). Excellent walk through of how you process information and full of great suggestions for people (like me) who struggle with this. Some of it was over my head, but that's OK, because it's good to see how people have created more advanced systems even if even component isn't clear. There are lots of nuggets here for everyone to use, however. For example, I love the empty "tag" page (you called it "society" in your example) that can turn into a MOC later. I also liked the way you described using long descriptive names for your new notes. Thanks so much for taking the time to share. It's really appreciated.
The points you've made here are real eye-openers. For example, that comment about folders and data being messy because they're not organized into said folders isn't really the nightmare we all were trained to believe from childhood. Mind blown! And that's just early in the video; what a goldmine. Thanks so much.
Watching this incredible video and not paying for it would be indecent. I joined your Patreon, hope others will too. What a generous act to share this, Bryan. Thank you.
I loooooooove this vedio. I’ve had a million of note taking apps and a bunch of zettlecasten books. But this one vedio dump the overwhelming shits and get me back on right track.
Well, I've spent 4 hours yesterday to take notes and comprehend workflow video from 2020, and now that i've found that one, i can look in what those are different and build onto knowledge gathered yesterday to improve. Buy this man a coffe!
First time I stumbled across your channel. I'm honestly blown away at just how comprehensive, in depth and useful this video was. Hats off man, thank you 👏
Wow this content is so good. I'm just 15mins in but already so many challenging questions have come to mind regarding my folder based setup. Thanks so much Bryan !!
I tought about Obsidian for quite a while now. I will retire in September, so I will not need MS Office anymore, and I decided to move my notes form OneNote to Obsidian. Your Videos really helped me with my decision. One remark: The tagging with red or yellow squares is not working for me. It just triggers a negative emotional firework (Help, I havt to many loose ends). I decided to use ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 instead ... and all the negative emotions are gone.
This video is so descriptive and insightful. A video on how you use Obsidian with your studies in College would be very interesting. I am currently in first year of College and I would find a lot of value from a video on how you use Obsidian to link material and notes. Especially since you doing a Computer Science based course.
since i study a more technical field its basically just me working on my dev notes, not really notes how most others think of them, and most of my studying is just Anki flashcards and watching videos 🤷🏻♂️
I'm using Obsidian these days. Its nice to finally have an app that uses concepts I've been using for 15+ years now (plain text/markdown, taxonomies, tags, hyperlinking, etc). I used to hyperfocus on this stuff a lot, writing about the LoC system, RSS, book notes, sketchnoting conferences etc. You're doing a great job of explaining things. Please take care of yourself, as the burnout around productivity hyperfocuses are a bitch.
Honestly, I've watched a ton of videos and keep *thinking* I get it only to add the template I made during said videos to my first note and have things quickly crumble as I stress about what templates *I* need, all the options and possibilities, etc. Which is to say, I kept wondering if perhaps all the UA-camrs sharing info about Zettelkasten/Obsidian just don't deal with ADHD :P Not even 5 minutes into this and you've already mentioned ADHD and I can see in your script that you'll talk about it later. Yours isn't a perspective I would have thought to seek, but now I'm realizing it's one I very much need. Really appreciate the hard work you've put into this, thank you!
I just watched this whole video while taking notes in Notepad++ and downloading + setting up plugin for Obsidian. Hopefully I will get into practice and do not let my theoretical knowledge fall off.
finished watching all the way through! I'm configuring plugins. All great advice for neurodivergent people like me! impatient visual learner with bad memory
Thank you so much, as someone just getting into using Obsidian and Zettelkasten, this video is heaven-sent. However I have some confusion about tags/keywords. In “How to Take Smart Notes” the author mentions that the Zettelkasten isn’t meant to be used as an archive (not to assume that you mainly use it this way but perhaps this software makes it possible without getting overwhelmed in which case why not use it that way too?) and that as opposed to selective and economical use of keywords, broad keywords/tags(or links in your case) like “Psychology”, “Society” might make it more difficult to gather notes focused/structured to the specific context suited to our needs as a significant part of the thinking process.. in his words, “with an eye towards topics we are working on or interested in, never by looking at the note in isolation.” I can understand how it might help in serendipitous discovery of ideas using the MOCs on first hitting critical mass yet these MOCs themselves may collect thousands of notes over a long period of time and form too similar collections with other MOCs that make it difficult to navigate through to create something meaningful in a different context is this because this software/ your organizational method accommodates this kind of approach as well as the streamlined archiving capabilities of Obsidian that you use it this way? Or in your experience, do you find that it helps your process more to do it this way? Or is there another reason?
having trouble digesting the wall of text (ADHD) question would be better suited for github.com/BryanJenksCommunity/FAQ/discussions and with some bullet point questions :) apologies
Really good job man. Watched it from start to finish taking notes on taking notes. It’s really reassuring to know once I practice enough this system can become this powerful.
Wish i have at least 1/100 of your workflow setup and so fine tuned information pipeline. This video is worth to be instant favourites for further dismantle and applying these techniques in action 👍
Not finished your video yet, but wanted to add some comments / ideas while i was watching the video a) You are very articulate when doing your video. Also, just generally, you are very well spoken b) Im intrigued by your method and reasons for doing the vault and pkm. Another idea that popped up while you were describing the different facets of capturing,classifying, processing,etc data/notes makes me think your method or process work flow would be ideal for AI. I would be surprised if the computer scientist are not using something very similar to this process. c) and to prove b), the network graph view of your vault looks very much like a brain to me. And by AI using a similar process that you describe, would have a similar view of its brain! just letting you know what thoughts popped out while watching your video! Excellent by the way :)
Hi Bryan, This is amazing to see how you master and manage this system of note taking. And still I watched this 4h video from A to Z, I'm overwhelm by all the stuff you've putted in. I would love if you could find the time to make a series of tutorials of how to set up this entier thing. I'm whiling to pay ;)
@@BryanJenks I love this video so much because I keep coming back & finding out new info I missed which I earlier thought wasn't relevant to me but it actually was! I'm a student but once I get a job I'll def try to support this channel :>
great video! took me a while to fully process all the things you said, but it surely inspired me to change a few things in my own vault. I was wondering though, given the fact that you use emojis as an integral part of your tagging system already, why don't you use them to prefix your notes instead of the symbol taxonomy (i.e.: @ for people)?
@@BryanJenks many thx for the reply! I use them to prefix almost all my files and as a windows user myself I havn't experienced any such issues yet, but I'll def keep my eyes open now that you have mentioned it.
I am late to the game but i wanted to say Living with ADHD is hard . I have it where I focus to much making me miss things and things take longer because of details and that bring up more emotions but anyway thank you I know i may not get through all of this video and i just found out about you and obsidian anyway Keep up the good work
Massive thanks and respect Bryan! I dont know if he is doing this in one sitting, but if he can do it, why cant I finish the 4 hours in one setting and cheat through with 1.25x/1.5x speed. Cant comprehend the effort put in for this video from Bryan. Least I can do as audience is to watch it and take all the values given! Internet is an awesome place (youtube in this case)!
I know we shouldn't be transcribers, however, sometimes things are too novel and difficult for initial processing. For us to branch out with unique ideas, we must first "memorize" and store the given data in our "skills toolbox" for later use. What are your thoughts?
@@BryanJenks Really love the way you use tags. Was thinking of how to proper use them and your contextless way of using them seems very robust and future proof since you don´t get tag bloat.
as someone who has ADHD, I envy you honestly, you get your sht together, and I want to be like you but honestly, I'm lazy and I felt overwhelmed just by watching the video. my biggest problem is organization, discipline, and motivation, not memory. I use Concerta it helped me with memory but not much of the rest.
honestly, this system wasnt developed in a day, its been refined over time, and even the script and filming of this video took MONTHS so believe me, i may look put together but thats just what you see on youtube
oh no... I just went through the 2020 one to discover there is a 2021 one.... 😅 I normally never spent so much time with one person on end. XX Love and Light from Europe 💞
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Bryan, nice video!! And thank you so much to put this out. Do you mind share what app you used to tape this? Is it Loom or something else? thx!!
@@bitesizemath8886 i just use Streamlabs OBS :)
Bryan, thank you so much for freely giving of so much wisdom. Curious, do you use GTD for task and project org?
Hey Bryan - thank you so much for all of this free information.
What do you do for email, specifically annotating and organize read later?
Is there any way you'd share the outline note you go over at least in the beginning? My ADHD is struggling to ingest all the information at once this way lol
Dude 4 hours of pure productivity extasis. This man works so hard and releases all this info for free, thanks a lot Bryan
My only question why? Why all this complexity? I have no time for this i have to get working now💪. Looking for a very simple system 😁
@@ariahemin1000 This is all about production capacity (PC). By spending time improving your skills and processes, you will increase your capacity of producing (P) good work. If you spend the majority of your time producing (P) and not improving the way you work, your level of productivity will probably stay the same, ie. not improve. Ideally, there should be a balance between P and PC, so it's up to you whether you want to prioritise improvement or production.
This person probably started off with a simple system, but wanted to improve it further to help him become more productive. The complexity is a byproduct of that.
@@joelhedtjarn9 That's an important point. I guess one probably needs to start with a simpler system and maintain discipline to it for some time. Then reflect, adjust, try for some time and again - reflect, adjust. With the time you'll get to some complexity but in an organic way - that's a more effective way than starting with top-down planned, complex systems.
The one shown here by Bryan looks very neat, though might be overwhelming at the beginning, nobody has to copy it 1:1. For me it's a source of great inspiration, so I'll grab some ideas from it, adjust for my style and will something working for me - as I think everybody should do by himself/herself.
Lol I had to 1.5x but its worth :)
1:55:33 is pure gold. Key Takeaway: "Most people just listen to the author's passive voice in their head when reading a book instead of having an active thought process to what they are actually reading."
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This video took me from "Obsidian looks cool, but is it useful?" to "I really understand how this works and what I am going to do" in 4 hours. Thanks, Bryan!
Glad it was helpful!
This kind of videos are game-changer. This along with "How to take smart notes will definitely level-up your knowledge system as I think Obsidian is the most appropiate app to build bottom-up notes. I'm sure Luhmann will be proud of you :)
My man, you are an absolute beast! It makes me so happy to see people like you in the world. You are pretty much what every person with ADHD dreams to be someday. I cannot thank you enough for putting out such quality content for free.
Bryan, you are an absolute legend. Thank you for your skill, knowledge and generosity. This is a course in itself.
So, who the hell would give this a thumbs down?!!! Bloody trolls!
didnt have the headspace to package it as a course, so hoping donations to show the love will shine through 😅
Probably other ADHD youtubers who are competing. 🙄
I'm only mad at myself that I waited this long to check out this video. This is tremendously helpful, and I can't thank you enough, not only for sharing your own personal choices and sophisticated system, but giving so much background on *alternatives* and your *reasoning* behind the choices you've made. As someone early in building PKM inside of Obsidian, this is invaluable--even many months later.
Glad it helped!
IMO, Best video to learn Obsidian PKM... including pay courses. Great, great content... as usual.
I've been trying to get a foothold in understanding obsidian and how people use it for days with no luck until I found this video. It even has all the acronyms that I've been trying to get resolution on!
There's so much wisdom here--a must-watch for anyone who uses Obsidian. When I was not learning something new, I was affirmed in my current practices. Many thank yous, Bryan!
Glad you got so much out of it!
This is my first UA-cam comment...ever, but I had to leave it because as a young woman with AGRESSIVE ADHD, the fact that you were able to get me to sit down and watch a 4 hour video AND digest it. My elementary school teachers wouldn't believe their eyes. Thank you so much. Great work! Your commitment and passion for your work shows. This might actually be the first organizational system (in a long, long list of unfinished to-do lists, productivity apps, planners) that works for all aspects of my life. Thank you Bryan!
This was lovely to hear ❤️ im glad you enjoyed the video!
Gorgeous and right on time. As I am working toward completing my masters in instructional design for adults and a PhD in adult learning and leadership - this is GOLD on so many levels - from content and how to structure my learning environments for neurodiversity. Thank you!!
My pleasure! And your pursuit sounds SUPER interesting! Glad to be able to help :)
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🎥 The video covers an updated comprehensive workflow for Obsidian and Zettelkasten note-taking system.
00:39 📚 The video introduces the personal knowledge management (PKM) concept and the importance of setting clear goals for your system.
01:21 📝 Quick capture of ideas is crucial for effective note-taking and productivity. Different methods like daily notes, task management software, and capturing prompts are discussed.
02:03 📌 Tracking the status of notes throughout the processing stages is essential. Different stages of processing and tracking methods are explained.
06:01 📂 The video compares rigid and less rigid note organization systems. It covers Johny Decimal, a method for structured folder organization, and the benefits of freeform folder systems.
07:41 📆 The importance of adding dates (ISO 8601 format) to note titles is emphasized for chronological sorting and tracking, aiding searches and temporal organization.
08:52 🧰 The video explains the benefits of using filters and saved searches to navigate and traverse your note collection effectively.
10:58 🔄 The presenter highlights the fluid nature of these methods and systems, emphasizing the need to focus on achieving productivity and meaningful outcomes.
12:49 🛠️ The video demonstrates the practical implementation of concepts like special symbol taxonomy, regular expression searches, and Johny Decimal in Obsidian.
18:28 📚 The benefits of a flexible note organization system are reiterated, where notes can be easily tagged, linked, and categorized without the limitations of rigid folder structures.
22:23 📚 Freeform vs. Rigid Structure: There's a preference for a freeform approach for idea connections, but rigid systems like JohnnyDecimal can be useful for certain needs.
23:04 🧠 Hierarchical Notes: Creating higher-order notes to group related content instead of connecting every note individually, providing a more organized approach.
25:08 🗃️ Folders vs. Freeform: While freeform note organization can work, having some level of structure with connections, indexes, and mock maps helps with scalability.
26:19 ⏰ Temporal Components: Utilize temporal components like daily notes or journal entries to create timelines and track progress through linked content.
28:54 💡 Thought Facilitation: Use techniques like ABC lists to generate associations and connections between notes, helping flesh out content and connections.
30:48 🔍 Curating and Reviewing: Strategies for curating your notes include randomly traversing your connections, reviewing notes at intervals, and focusing on specific topics for curation.
35:12 🛠️ Tool Selection: Choose tools and plugins that enhance productivity and align with your goals, rather than getting distracted by unnecessary features.
42:51 🚀 Iterative Approach: Start with a minimum viable product, build your system over time, and iterate based on your evolving needs and insights.
43:18 📅 Using Data View queries and smart folders for efficient note organization and tracking edits.
44:14 📊 Utilizing network graphs in Obsidian for visualizing note connections and relationships.
46:20 📚 Practical aspects of a Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system, including organization and curation strategies.
48:12 🤔 Focusing on practical use cases rather than abstract theories of why a PKM system is beneficial.
54:07 💻 Migrating technical notes to specialized platforms while keeping Obsidian for creative and broader knowledge management.
56:01 📜 Separating different use cases within your Obsidian vault for better organization and focus.
58:36 📝 Utilizing Todoist for efficient task quick capture and organization, along with natural language processing.
01:04:53 📝 Purple tags indicate notes with information or citations requiring further research.
01:05:23 🌱 Different tag levels distinguish seedlings, ferns, incubators, and evergreen notes.
01:06:49 📅 Task management integrates with Obsidian and TODOist for specific knowledge-related tasks.
01:07:29 🗺️ Maps of content are created to visualize relationships between different subjects.
01:07:57 ⚙️ Utility notes help organize and navigate the Obsidian vault more effectively.
01:09:21 🏷️ Templates are used to automate note creation and categorization using the Templater plugin.
01:10:30 ✏️ Text expansions via Alfred App speed up tagging using specific shortcuts.
01:12:22 📊 The Kanban plugin helps manage processing stages and track note progress.
01:13:17 ⚠️ The Urgent tag is rarely used, as Obsidian and TODOist handle different urgency levels.
01:13:44 👥 People notes categorize individuals and notable figures in the vault.
01:14:11 🔗 Graph groupings and custom CSS aid visualization of note connections.
01:15:56 🕵️♂️ Search techniques involve combining symbol taxonomy, dates, and tags for efficient retrieval.
01:39:21 📝 Utilizing links and emojis instead of folders reduces cognitive load, friction, and facilitates organic growth while maintaining a flexible and easily scalable structure.
01:49:37 🌐 The speaker highlights the utility of organizing notes using a low friction, interconnected system, such as linking daily, weekly, monthly, and annual notes.
01:52:12 📚 The speaker outlines his workflow for processing books, which includes reading physical books with Obsidian, using Zotero for PDF books, and capturing Kindle highlights.
02:04:06 🎧 Air application, available on iOS and in beta for Android, allows users to record and transcribe podcast clips (called "air quotes") with added notes for efficient note-taking during podcasts.
02:09:24 📄 Sharing air quotes via long pressing the share button and sending as markdown via AirDrop.
02:16:18 📺 Using Memex browser extension to capture annotations and time-stamped links from UA-cam videos.
02:20:06 📚 Storing and processing articles using Raindrop.io, capturing snapshot archives for web page content.
02:22:18 🗂 Organizing articles with nested collections and using tags, such as "0" for unread items.
02:23:50 📬 Transitioning items from the inbox to a focus area for detailed processing and note-taking.
02:30:17 🔗 Processed notes go into "Settle Cost and Inputs Archive" with proper organization, sorting, and tagging.
02:32:35 📚 Discusses research paper workflow involving tools like Research Rabbit, Zotero, and Ginkgo app.
02:47:15 ✍️ Recommends Ginkgo app for writing and organizing research notes with its card-based system.
02:49:38 🔄 Orchid and Lens.org for networking, identification, and sharing academic work.
02:50:36 📊 Use Lens.org and Orcid to track research impact and discover scholarly works.
02:52:02 📄 Workflow for processing research papers using Zotero and tablet annotation.
02:52:30 🎙️ Utilize voice assistants and Todoist for capturing quick ideas.
02:54:23 🧭 Create atomic notes, link them, and curate a framework for thought.
03:01:07 📝 Apply the external framework for thought to writing and creativity.
03:09:07 🏷️ Use tags and graphs to identify potential MoCs and refine your system.
03:11:16 🧩 Dataview in Obsidian doesn't directly connect links in data view to the notes themselves, but offers a lens into connected content.
03:12:09 🌐 Creating maps of content in Obsidian offers an organic and non-nested way of organizing information with higher-order views.
03:13:33 🧠 ADHD struggles can align well with Zettelkasten systems, using structure, top-level organization, and reduced decision-making to manage cognitive load.
03:18:02 🔌 Plugins like "Better Word Count," "Calendar," and "Copy Button for Code Blocks" enhance the Obsidian experience with useful functionalities.
03:18:30 ⚙️ ADHD management benefits from tools like Obsidian and Zettelkasten, reducing cognitive load by externalizing thoughts and utilizing software.
03:22:11 💻 Obsidian plugins such as "Advanced Tables," "Cycle Through Panes," and "Dataview" enhance organization, navigation, and content management within the software.
03:32:03 🧠 Obsidian has various plugins that enhance workflows.
03:33:43 📚 Kindle Highlights plugin aids in managing Kindle notes.
03:34:11 📋 Meta table plugin creates collapsible visual metadata display.
03:34:25 🗺️ Mind map plugin visualizes note structure.
03:36:05 📎 Plugins for paste URL, pain relief, and history navigation.
03:37:03 🔄 Periodic notes plugin facilitates creating monthly notes.
03:37:47 🚪 Sliding panes improve note visibility.
03:39:05 🛠️ Templater plugin for creating and using templates.
03:40:15 🔍 Zoom plugin for focused writing.
03:47:05 📚 Recommended resources include "How to Take Smart Notes," Obsidian, Raindrop.io, Kindle, and more.
03:53:21 🐇 Research Rabbit is a paper discovery service that aids in finding research papers.
03:54:45 ✍️ Ginkgo App is a paid, versatile writing application with focus and card workflows.
03:55:14 📑 Memex helps annotate UA-cam videos; Highlights is a PDF viewer for Mac.
03:55:39 📖 Highlights is a freemium PDF editor with useful features for research.
03:56:07 📃 Text Sniper is a Mac OCR tool for easily copying text from sources like PDFs.
03:56:50 📚 Speed reading with browser extension aids reading retention.
03:59:00 📝 Logseq, a free and open source app, helps organize technical notes and code.
03:59:40 ⌨️ Alfred App on Mac is a versatile app launcher and productivity tool.
04:00:20 ➗ Math Picks is useful for capturing and exporting math equations.
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I am SO excited to have found another Heathen ADHDer who is using Obsidian to PKM. I was using Roam and am moving over to Obsidian now and your content is super helpful and I totally vibe with it!
haha thats a lot of my eccentricities all in a single sentence! glad youre enjoying the content :)
I'll be honest, I let out an audible sigh when I say how long the video was, but I broke it up into chunks and watched it all (some parts more than once). Excellent walk through of how you process information and full of great suggestions for people (like me) who struggle with this. Some of it was over my head, but that's OK, because it's good to see how people have created more advanced systems even if even component isn't clear. There are lots of nuggets here for everyone to use, however. For example, I love the empty "tag" page (you called it "society" in your example) that can turn into a MOC later. I also liked the way you described using long descriptive names for your new notes. Thanks so much for taking the time to share. It's really appreciated.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) it's a long one for sure but thats why i add all the time stamps xD
Finally completed full 1st pass through. I can tell I'm making progress because more of your clever ideas make sense sooner. 😉 Thanks so much!
The points you've made here are real eye-openers. For example, that comment about folders and data being messy because they're not organized into said folders isn't really the nightmare we all were trained to believe from childhood. Mind blown! And that's just early in the video; what a goldmine. Thanks so much.
glad it resonated :)
Seriously thank you. You have put an unthinkable amount of effort on this and content quality never drops through the video. Respect my man.
❤️ glad you liked it!
Thank you for this beast of a video, Bryan. I wish I had time to watch it in a straight shot bc this is so incredible 😭
take your time :) glad you enjoy it!
I love organising my files in folders. It's nice that you can still do both in Obsidian
Options!
As a person recently diagnosed with ADHD (at 24) hearing your experience with ADHD has been so valuable.
Thank you so much for your work
im so glad you've found value in it
Watching this incredible video and not paying for it would be indecent. I joined your Patreon, hope others will too. What a generous act to share this, Bryan. Thank you.
Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it :)
I can't speak English well, but I watched all the videos. Thank you. Thank you for opening my eyes.
glad you liked them!
I loooooooove this vedio. I’ve had a million of note taking apps and a bunch of zettlecasten books. But this one vedio dump the overwhelming shits and get me back on right track.
Glad you found it helpful :)
As another person who deal with ADHD, it’s much more meaningful 😂😂
Well, I've spent 4 hours yesterday to take notes and comprehend workflow video from 2020, and now that i've found that one, i can look in what those are different and build onto knowledge gathered yesterday to improve. Buy this man a coffe!
Glad it helped!
Thank you very much for taking the time to do this. It really is a game changer for my master's degree.
I'm glad it was helpful!
First time I stumbled across your channel. I'm honestly blown away at just how comprehensive, in depth and useful this video was. Hats off man, thank you 👏
Glad it was helpful!
A hardcore video for sharing the obsidian workflow, respect! I have learned a lot and got many insightful ideas and cool tricks. Thank you so much!
glad you enjoyed it!
I've rewatched this video in chunks in 5-6x. You're a legend.
♥️
WOW Priceless 🙏
Bryan, thank you for your generosity!!
Wow this content is so good. I'm just 15mins in but already so many challenging questions have come to mind regarding my folder based setup. Thanks so much Bryan !!
I tought about Obsidian for quite a while now. I will retire in September, so I will not need MS Office anymore, and I decided to move my notes form OneNote to Obsidian. Your Videos really helped me with my decision. One remark: The tagging with red or yellow squares is not working for me. It just triggers a negative emotional firework (Help, I havt to many loose ends). I decided to use ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 instead ... and all the negative emotions are gone.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Thumbs up given at 1:26
No need to wait, all of your videos are good Bryan!
The audacity to upload a 4 hour video... but 160k people actually watching it... Amazing!
well, tried to pack it full of dense and valuable information so it seems to have paid off :)
This video is so descriptive and insightful. A video on how you use Obsidian with your studies in College would be very interesting. I am currently in first year of College and I would find a lot of value from a video on how you use Obsidian to link material and notes. Especially since you doing a Computer Science based course.
since i study a more technical field its basically just me working on my dev notes, not really notes how most others think of them, and most of my studying is just Anki flashcards and watching videos 🤷🏻♂️
You Rock Bryan! So anticipating this . . . thank you for your efforts!
always great to see you here Greg :)
I appreciate your effort to make this video for us. It is one of the best videos about Obsidian that I've watched !
Wow, thank you!
I'm using Obsidian these days. Its nice to finally have an app that uses concepts I've been using for 15+ years now (plain text/markdown, taxonomies, tags, hyperlinking, etc). I used to hyperfocus on this stuff a lot, writing about the LoC system, RSS, book notes, sketchnoting conferences etc. You're doing a great job of explaining things. Please take care of yourself, as the burnout around productivity hyperfocuses are a bitch.
im trying to :) therapy and my partner have helped a lot and things seem to be mellowing out a lot lately so 🤞🏻️
🐄 this is amazing! I was just working through your previous markdown deep dive (and am going to check out your RStudio stuff too). Thanks!
Enjoy!
I have come back to this video many times! I know it is a lot of time, but I would love to see your 2023 or 2024 setup!!
Gonna try to do a 2024 :)
Bryan, simply put, i'm left speechless by the grand value and insight of this video! Brilliant effort!
Halfway through! Thank you for the breakdown. Will continue tomorrow.
awesome :)
This is great. Thanks so much for putting this together. I plan to listen to all 4 hours!
Omg yay! Can't wait. :) Thanks for doing this, Bryan!
Honestly, I've watched a ton of videos and keep *thinking* I get it only to add the template I made during said videos to my first note and have things quickly crumble as I stress about what templates *I* need, all the options and possibilities, etc. Which is to say, I kept wondering if perhaps all the UA-camrs sharing info about Zettelkasten/Obsidian just don't deal with ADHD :P
Not even 5 minutes into this and you've already mentioned ADHD and I can see in your script that you'll talk about it later. Yours isn't a perspective I would have thought to seek, but now I'm realizing it's one I very much need. Really appreciate the hard work you've put into this, thank you!
glad you resonate with the content :)
So so helpful! Thanks you for sharing! I appreciate the work you put into this. Your over view and explanations are excellent!
Glad it was helpful!
I just watched this whole video while taking notes in Notepad++ and downloading + setting up plugin for Obsidian. Hopefully I will get into practice and do not let my theoretical knowledge fall off.
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finished watching all the way through! I'm configuring plugins. All great advice for neurodivergent people like me! impatient visual learner with bad memory
Glad it was helpful!
I needed a water break after 1hr mark; I don't know how you went on for 4 hrs. Good stuff, really appreciate your insights on this
took me 8 months to get this thing filmed 🙃
Dude, your graph view is a literal work of art.
thank you :)
Finally I finish 4 hours !! thanks a lot Bryan for your job! this video is really useful
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much, as someone just getting into using Obsidian and Zettelkasten, this video is heaven-sent. However I have some confusion about tags/keywords. In “How to Take Smart Notes” the author mentions that the Zettelkasten isn’t meant to be used as an archive (not to assume that you mainly use it this way but perhaps this software makes it possible without getting overwhelmed in which case why not use it that way too?) and that as opposed to selective and economical use of keywords, broad keywords/tags(or links in your case) like “Psychology”, “Society” might make it more difficult to gather notes focused/structured to the specific context suited to our needs as a significant part of the thinking process.. in his words, “with an eye towards topics we are working on or interested in, never by looking at the note in isolation.”
I can understand how it might help in serendipitous discovery of ideas using the MOCs on first hitting critical mass yet these MOCs themselves may collect thousands of notes over a long period of time and form too similar collections with other MOCs that make it difficult to navigate through to create something meaningful in a different context
is this because this software/ your organizational method accommodates this kind of approach as well as the streamlined archiving capabilities of Obsidian that you use it this way? Or in your experience, do you find that it helps your process more to do it this way? Or is there another reason?
having trouble digesting the wall of text (ADHD) question would be better suited for github.com/BryanJenksCommunity/FAQ/discussions and with some bullet point questions :) apologies
"Ideas are like emotions; they are transient, they pass through."
:)
Really good job man. Watched it from start to finish taking notes on taking notes. It’s really reassuring to know once I practice enough this system can become this powerful.
its fun for sure
Wish i have at least 1/100 of your workflow setup and so fine tuned information pipeline.
This video is worth to be instant favourites for further dismantle and applying these techniques in action 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this Bryan! Great insights and perspective on using different apps for a really wonderful workflow.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is so very well done, thought, explained, and generously shared. Many thanks from the old continent Bryan.
glad you enjoyed it!
Not finished your video yet, but wanted to add some comments / ideas while i was watching the video
a) You are very articulate when doing your video. Also, just generally, you are very well spoken
b) Im intrigued by your method and reasons for doing the vault and pkm. Another idea that popped up while you were describing the different facets of capturing,classifying, processing,etc data/notes makes me think your method or process work flow would be ideal for AI. I would be surprised if the computer scientist are not using something very similar to this process.
c) and to prove b), the network graph view of your vault looks very much like a brain to me. And by AI using a similar process that you describe, would have a similar view of its brain!
just letting you know what thoughts popped out while watching your video! Excellent by the way :)
Glad you enjoyed the video! Like an AI model I’m constantly training on new data and adjusting the workflow :)
This is awesome. Thank you for your content, it's really helping me with my work.
You're very welcome!
thank you for sharing this valuable information! I am glad you decided to do UA-cam!
You are so welcome!
Hi Bryan, This is amazing to see how you master and manage this system of note taking. And still I watched this 4h video from A to Z, I'm overwhelm by all the stuff you've putted in. I would love if you could find the time to make a series of tutorials of how to set up this entier thing. I'm whiling to pay ;)
this is why i do consulting :) www.bryanjenks.dev/consultation
Thank you and congratulations. Your work is a sign of excellence.
Thank you!
oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.. you really solved all my problems 😭😭😭
thanks a tonn
Not only thank you, but also bravo for getting it made!
Thank you very much!
Joined because you mentioned Johnny decimal, I missed that so much ! Thanks :)
my pleasure!
Thank you Very helpful and clear video! I wish you every success!
Glad it helped!
I'm not even planning on using obsidian, but this video contains a lot of great concepts that I can apply to other software (in my case emacs).
thats the aim :) tool agnostic enough yet still targeted for obsidian, glad you got value out of it!
Hi sir, thanks for your hard work on this serious topic….to learn to master something,there is no short cut.
My brain is being expanded very second I watch you!
I hope it won't explode.
🤯
Bryan, thank you! This is such a treasure trove. A 🐄. Even better, you can link Research Rabbit to Zotero, making that workflow even slicker.
My pleasure :)
this was so amazing + inspiring, thank you so much!!
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@@BryanJenks I love this video so much because I keep coming back & finding out new info I missed which I earlier thought wasn't relevant to me but it actually was! I'm a student but once I get a job I'll def try to support this channel :>
Thank you so much for the detailed and dedicated tutorial!
my pleasure!
"Putting vegetables in a crisper drawer" 🎯 bye bye 🥕🥕🥕 I learned this one last week 🤣
lol R.I.P. my vegetables
I'm from Chile although my English is not great I watched the video completely and I can understand many things thx!!!!
my pleasure!
I like to think of tags as multi-dimensional folders
Okay I immediately started to follow your advices and put a link to this video in my daily note!
this video is incredible. a tremendous resource. thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks a lot for the great video :)
Because of your help I was able to get ligatures working in Obsidian :)
awesome!
Fantastic Bryan! Bravo and congrats man!
Thanks!
With such a long video, in addition to organizing the content with time stamps, I would love to see some sub-section titles, thank you very much.
if you make'em i'll post-em
A huge congratulations for such a useful video, I enjoyed every minute of it, three times :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great Video and thank you for always sharing your knowledge with us!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
great video! took me a while to fully process all the things you said, but it surely inspired me to change a few things in my own vault.
I was wondering though, given the fact that you use emojis as an integral part of your tagging system already, why don't you use them to prefix your notes instead of the symbol taxonomy (i.e.: @ for people)?
it doesnt play well on windows and really makes cross platform utilization difficult
@@BryanJenks many thx for the reply!
I use them to prefix almost all my files and as a windows user myself I havn't experienced any such issues yet, but I'll def keep my eyes open now that you have mentioned it.
@@felix393 weird that you havent had issues, i specifically had an issue with using ✅ in a note name. odd
Thank you, Bryan. You are a rock star!
Very insightful, tnahk you for your work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so so so much for this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am late to the game but i wanted to say Living with ADHD is hard . I have it where I focus to much making me miss things and things take longer because of details and that bring up more emotions but anyway thank you I know i may not get through all of this video and i just found out about you and obsidian anyway Keep up the good work
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Så gøy å høre at du lærer norsk! Takk for videoen 😊
Bare Hyggelig! Norsk er et fint språk!
Massive thanks and respect Bryan! I dont know if he is doing this in one sitting, but if he can do it, why cant I finish the 4 hours in one setting and cheat through with 1.25x/1.5x speed.
Cant comprehend the effort put in for this video from Bryan. Least I can do as audience is to watch it and take all the values given! Internet is an awesome place (youtube in this case)!
Enjoy :)
I managed to watch the video in four days!!! This is really helpful. Thank you!! ^_______________^
Glad it helped!
Thank you for your efforts, this is very helpful.
my pleasure :)
I know we shouldn't be transcribers, however, sometimes things are too novel and difficult for initial processing. For us to branch out with unique ideas, we must first "memorize" and store the given data in our "skills toolbox" for later use. What are your thoughts?
do what works for you :)
Thanks for the video, super useful, super great work you're doing. Thanks a lot.
You're very welcome!
Hyped about this!
@@BryanJenks Really love the way you use tags. Was thinking of how to proper use them and your contextless way of using them seems very robust and future proof since you don´t get tag bloat.
Thanks for keeping it nice and simple!
You bet!
Thank you Bryan! This is amazing.
My pleasure :)
as someone who has ADHD, I envy you honestly, you get your sht together, and I want to be like you but honestly, I'm lazy and I felt overwhelmed just by watching the video.
my biggest problem is organization, discipline, and motivation, not memory.
I use Concerta it helped me with memory but not much of the rest.
honestly, this system wasnt developed in a day, its been refined over time, and even the script and filming of this video took MONTHS so believe me, i may look put together but thats just what you see on youtube
oh no... I just went through the 2020 one to discover there is a 2021 one.... 😅 I normally never spent so much time with one person on end. XX Love and Light from Europe 💞
haha! enjoy ;D
2:52:40 The other man who invented calculus was Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz. He's also well-known for being parodied by Voltaire in his book "Candide".
That rings a bell! thank you!