![]() ![]() I’m also testing other tools, but working from different angles to see if Obsidian is the main document creation tool for me. I downloaded Obsidian that day and have been testing it since. Obsidian is, so far, helping me to do what Nick suggests. Get past the shiny surface and ask the deep questions.” This spoke to me as collecting and, well, hoarding information into buckets or silos, is not helpful. In summary, Nick advises some subtle ideas: Nick Milo runs a great YouTube channel packed with insights and ideas on how to use Obsidian, in an approach he calls Linking Your Thinking. “Building a Second Brain is a methodology for saving and systematically reminding us of the ideas, inspirations, insights, and connections we’ve gained through our experience… This methodology is not only for preserving those ideas… a clear, actionable path to creating a “second brain” – an external, centralized, digital repository for the things you learn and the resources from which they come.” -Tiago Forteįinally, there is an interview between Tiago Forte and Nick Milo talking about Obsidian, which is definitely worth a watch or listen. Were there digital commonplace books and tools? Through that question I found Tiago Forte and his work and book, Building a Second Brain, and that link is a short overview post on what it means to build a second brain. Read Ryan Holiday: How And Why To Keep A “Commonplace Book” ![]() He explains in detail about what a commonplace book is and how to create your own. I read a blog on Commonplace Books by author Ryan Holiday (well-known for his books: including The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key). I like Apple Notes (now that I’m not using Google Keep on Android). Thus, the search for a better note taking app. Alas, you cannot create bold or italics or bullet lists. It is the most basic program and there’s nothing to distract you. ![]() I found myself using the simple, plain text editor on Windows, called Notepad. In the storytelling vein in which I started this post, here is a brief bit on how I got here and where I think it is going. The Become A Writer Today website has a short list of the best Markdown Editors (11 total, of which Obsidian is one). It has a brief learning curve if you want to use the keyboard commands to create formatting items like bold, italic, lists, bullets, and so on. It has become popular as a way to write for the web because you can easily convert it to HTML and it is almost universally acceptable in other applications. Markdown is a lightweight markup language used for formatting text. This interconnected linking will be familiar to many people who build websites, or work in wiki-type communities. Markdown inside HTML is frequently left un-parsed.If you type two brackets like this: [[ it will open up a list of other notes you have and allow you to quickly hyperlink (connect with a link) another note or even create a note title that when you click on that it becomes an empty note file with that future title. Some HTML is sanitized for security purposes. You can link to other notes in Obsidian by using the ] syntax. Obsidian provides support for the following Markdown elements. Obsidian provides a simple way to publish notes to the internet, and it stores all of your files in plaintext Markdown files containing only the text you enter. Obsidian is extensible, and there are hundreds of free community plugins available within the application. That really just scratches the surface of Obsidian’s capabilities. There’s a visually-striking graph view that’s a kind of “mind map” of all your files stored in Obsidian, a “Markdown format importer” that can find and replace certain Markdown syntax elements in your files, and support for math and diagram syntax. Obsidian sports virtually all of the standard fare common to the other applications in this category, but it ups the ante by including a number of other features for power users. Desktop and mobile applications are available. Obsidian’s excellent Markdown support and its simple, straightforward design makes it a standout application in the category. Obsidian is a relatively new entrant in the increasingly crowded Markdown knowledge base and note-taking market. ![]()
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