Hey! I'm slowly working my way through the list of all these plugins, so here are videos I've made about each one I mentioned in this video: #1 Calendar: ruclips.net/video/OUrOfIqvGS4/видео.html #2 Dataview: ruclips.net/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/видео.html , ruclips.net/video/JTObSymEvWA/видео.html , ruclips.net/video/ccN5vJzXwvo/видео.html #3 Editor Syntax Highlight #4 Kanban: ruclips.net/video/iU60ItemuDo/видео.html #5 Outliner #6 Periodic Notes: ruclips.net/video/T2Aeaq4sk7M/видео.html #7 Publish #8 Readwise Official (readwise.io/nicole): ruclips.net/video/Rw1L5sxlnuU/видео.html #9 Sync #10 Templater: ruclips.net/video/5j9fAvJCaig/видео.html THEMES: 01:25 is Sanctum, 05:06 is ITS, 08:28 is the default Obsidian theme
I'm still not sold on Obsidian - I use Google Sites as a digital binder. But the idea of a dataview database sounds awesome so maybe I'll go that way. I just want to tell you that your existence in this space made me smile. I'm a 50-year old Black lady and seeing nerd girls representing is inspirational for the youth, and just awesome for the rest of us.
What an awesome comment. Awww, yay nerd girls! Thank you for the encouragement! If you've found something that works for you, I'm glad for you! :) You have a great day!
This was so me! The first several times I tried using Obsidian I was like "HELLS NO." The app just looked so...bad. But I kept watching RUclips videos and playing around with the app and eventually the power of it just clicked and now I'm hooked and 100% use Obsidian. For me, it was taking the time to learn how to use the app because it's just so different from other note-taking apps. I've really loved how Obsidian has forced me to learn about things like CSS and YAML and other technical programming stuff that I would never have learned about otherwise.
Really happy to know I'm not the only one who had this experience! It seemed so basic at the beginning, but now I can't stop talking about Obsidian! Haha.
@@nicolevdh do you think that if we start using it as basic at the beginning we can grow into it without having to "redo" stuff as we add more options? I hate that every time I start using an app as I learn more and develop in how I use it I have to redo a bunch of stuff to make it all fit
@@nikarose Hi Nika! Yes, you can totally do that! There's no real pressure to change things - you really only have to do it if/when you feel something is missing.
Both this video and your “Obsidian for Beginners” video were immensely helpful to me! I appreciate your clear and concise explanations. If you can, could you please make a video on the Dataview plugin? Thank you so much!
Thank you, I will! The Dataview plugin is so useful for so many things. Need to figure out how best to tackle it, but it's definitely on the list! Glad you are finding my videos helpful. It means a lot!
As a fellow software engineer I would also highly recommend the PlantUML plugin! It’s such a joy to be able to create my diagrams in the same place where I’m already describing my thoughts and findings
Hey Niels! Cool, I hadn't heard of PlantUML. I'll check it out! I have just been using a combination of mermaidJS and Excalidraw, though between the two of them, a lot of ground is covered already.
You're welcome! I'll add your vote to Dataview. Seems like a lot of people want that, so I think I need to start working on it! Thanks for the feedback!
@@leereed1559 Thanks! I actually have already made a few videos on it since I made this one. Databases vs Dataview: ruclips.net/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/видео.html How to use Dataview: ruclips.net/video/JTObSymEvWA/видео.html Task management with Dataview: ruclips.net/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/видео.html
I don’t like Obsidian for beginner’s curve reasons. But it seems really good for note taking. I’ve started using it. I love that I can organise recipes there. I also organise my research on philosophy and comparative religion. I was originally making excel spreadsheets for book lists and temples, as well as Microsoft Word for chapter summaries. But I want to transition to moving everything as much as possible to Obsidian, because the linking of ideas. Also, having multiple windows open for notes is so good.
Its funny you said that because I was researching about how to take better notes. I have ADHD and I really struggle with understanding other apps like ONE NOTE or any of the Microsoft systems.. they suck.. but once I heard about OBSIDIAN? I found a good you tube video that easily helped me to understand it and it IS actually easy to jump into. You can get in over your head fast and my head hurt seeing all these users using really hard core scripting language and other stuff I was WOAH no way..but i think it is easy and fun to start using. The fact that you can just so easily mark up things fast and simply instead of having to hunt for things or functionality. UGH. You don't have to do that really to start with Obsidian> I guess it is how different our brains work
Beginner's curve? I may be a weird person, but i never encountered that in obsidian, or to me it was almost non-existent it took me a few moments or minutes, but after that, i was already trying to create complex "wind-rose" diagrams in my notes , just for the fun of it (or maybe it was because i worked with vscode and cherrydb before that)
Another option for synchronizing is "Self-hosted LiveSync". You do need some knowledge to set it up and it's historically been a little unstable. Haven't had issues with any of the recent versions though (last few months).
@@nicolevdh You said you're not a fan of kanban boards for managing projects but then you showed your board and you're managing your projects! At least like I do. But that got me thinking, so this is not the correct way of using a kanban board? (The way you and me are using it)? Hahah
Ah, when I said I didn't like to use it for task management, I guess that depends how you define a task. Many people use Kanban boards (on services like Trello) to track very granular tasks. My main use for it is to track content. I don't put any other projects or tasks on there. I don't think there is a correct or incorrect way of using it, though-- use whatever works for you! :)
Curiously, how much space does all of your notes take, since everything is locally stored? I'm interested in obsidian but unsure how I'll manage it storage wise.
Biggest problem with obsidian it is not open source, and the other concern is malicious plugins from third-party. I have not looked at the code, and not sure if the plugins are within some sort of sandbox.
A reasonable concern! Plugins are not within a sandbox, though all approved community plugins are open source. It's definitely wise to think about what you consider to be acceptable risk.
i downloaded obsidian over a year ago but it’s not until this week that i have begun to watch tutorials. your video was easy to follow and informative. thanks.
Thanks for all your great Obsidian videos! You've helped me tremendosly with refocusing on note taking basics instead of being paralized from force feeding PARA and zettelkasten. Please make a video on the templater plugin. Another great video would be an advanced walkthrough of your note taking flow.
Hi Alex, I really appreciate this! Templater is definitely on my list already-- I'm thinking about doing it next week maybe! Thanks for adding your vote though. That helps me decide what's next. I'll put the walkthrough of note taking to the list too!
A free alternative to Obsidian Sync is SyncThing(Android)/SyncTrayzor(Windows)/syncthing-macos(MacOS). For iPad, I suppose you could set up a file server or directly connect to a local host to load and save simply enough, too.
My #1 plugin for Obsidian is the 3d graph view by Yomaru Hananoshika. It adds absolutely nothing to my workflow and actively detracts from my efficiency, but the ability to view my graph as an interconnected sphere is _so pretty_
Kanban is not just the default todo doing done thing. The heart of Kanban is „kaizen“ meaning basically „constant improvement“. The way you are using it is totally valid in Kanban. And the approach you don’t like is basically just one way of using it. And the reason you don’t like it is because it’s not the right method for you. So whatever board style works for you is totally legit Kanban
I know this video is kind of old, but in case of someone haven't found another solution: I use Onedrive to store my md files through all my devices, and Onesync, to automatically update/sync them. I didn't find any issues so far. I hope it's of use. Also, thank you for all the Obsidian videos, they are incredibly helpful!
I watched your "Obsidian for Beginners" video and loved your clear explanations. I just finished this video and would like to see how to use all of these plugins. Please make videos on each one with examples of how you use them. Great work.Thanks!
Hey Gary! (También hablo español) Glad you liked it! Happy to hear you want more details on them all. I started to go into it for this video and realised that if I did that, it would be two hours! I'll definitely make separate videos, thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for that list! I'm only just dipping my toe into Obsidian, and whether it sticks is more a me thing rather than the program itself. It looks pretty nice so far and there are plenty of videos and resources to give me ideas on how to use it well. I have found a workaround for a sync'ed vault across "some" devices using an SMB/NFS shared folder on a home server and I'm using Tailscale to build a small "tailnet" (which is super simple to set up, and then I've mapped the folder on my server to each of my Windows machines, and mounted on a Linux laptop, and the vault opens from whatever computer I'm on. Even if I'm out of my home network. What it doesn't work on is mobile devices, as it appears that you can only using Obsidian Sync, or a local folder on the mobile device, and I've not found any decent solution to access either an NFS or SMB share from an Android device. If I can get that sorted I think I'm set for a cross platform experience. If not, I'm more likely to be working in Obsidian on a computer rather than a phone
Nicole, you discussed using Readwise to collect clips/highlighted items + your annotations from pdf files, to send to Obsidian for your PKMS. What do you use for doing the same with EPUB files? Usage I read a lot of medical journals (mostly PDFs) & books from a gazillion fields (I'm curious), everything from geopolitics to medicine, science fiction to philosophy. Most of this stuff is EPUB books, 'though some are also PDFs. I'd love one app "to rule them all": do EPUB and PDF both. I fear I'm going to be disappointed. But I'll wager you do access both file formats. What works? Hardware platforms I'm working on a Windows desktop laptop/tablet (hybrid), and an Android tablet. So it'd be nice to be able to use the same software on both platforms. I know you do this too, but suspect a lot of your reading is done on an iPad. I've avoided Apple's ecosystem (got off it 7-8 years ago). I'm more likely to add a Boox eReader instead of an Apple tablet. We'll see. Finally, I like the idea of handwriting with a stylus to take notes. Not sure how realistic this is. For lectures, though, it would be ideal. My Samsung tablet (Fold phone, actually) does a pretty credible job of converting handwriting on the fly to text. It'd be nice if a note-taking app offered that kind of input, but I think that's still bleeding-edge & not too practical. Plus it means palm rejection is crucial, and while my Fold smartphone is pretty good using core apps like Samsung's Notes app, I think palm rejection in many 3rd party apps still sucks. And I don't think handwriting conversion is even offered in Notion & Obsidian on Android tablets. Any thoughts? I'll keep scanning your vids to see if you've already addressed these issues. Thank you for sharing your passions & talents with such enthusiasm!
You have earned yourself a subscriber, I usually don't interact with creators beyond just watching, but this is composed soo nicely and loved every second of it
I have a weird list... Folder Note. Note Color. Persistent Graph. Link Archive. Better Codeblock (which doesn't work on mobile). Homepage, if it would work on mobile, which it doesnt. And Html and ePub readers.
Good call! I use the Checklist plugin for tasks, but I schedule the most important tasks on Reclaim (I have a video on that). But I'll add it to the list, thank you!
OMG random internet person! Thanks so much for bringing this amazing looking tool to my attention! The main website can be installed on Android like an app and works amazingly!
@Nicole , aren't you losing the whole futureproof element of using md files, by basing your system around dataview plugins or java script? Migrating to another software in the future would result in your notes turning into a mess a bit, no? Also, would love to understand from you why is there a preference to markdown files, where OPML is also highly popular and a "standard" (just a form of XML, easily converted as text), and provides natural outlining in a far more smooth way than the experience with the outline plugin (as is clear from using dynalist, workfloy, logseq)?
O banco de dados GloVe é um banco de dados de vetores de palavras que foi treinado em um conjunto de dados de texto de 840 bilhões de palavras. O banco de dados contém 400.000 palavras e 1,3 bilhão de pares de palavras. Tem como importa isso para obsidian ? as palavras ja vem usando priming !
I think this video may have cemented the deal on whether I should migrate from OneNote (which is really nice, but also really annoying) to Obsidian or Joplin.
I wanted to get into obsidian. all I did was watch one of your videos and I think after that I immediately got it. it's not that hard to use, it's just not super obvious. and since I already talk in markdown due to discord and misskey, I felt pretty much right at home writing in markdown.
I used to like Obsidian, but a couple months ago, it completely blew (blanked it out) out one of my files on a save. Needless to say. I don't trust it. Too bad. Great note taking app.
I agree--obsidian gets its real value from the plug-ins and from the functionality they provide. I'm mostly using obsidian as a "life-management" tool, place for dev notes, notes on my hobbies, notes on gift ideas for friends, etc. Does anyone here use Obsidian with your significant other? I'm trying to show my partner the app, but I'm kind of struggling to give him a use case. :)
I can so relate! I have tried to get my husband into it, with mixed success. He now uses it for D&D, but sparingly. I was thinking about showing him how to use it for recipes maybe, since he likes to cook?
Hey, I use Git on all my vaults too. But I mainly use it for backup and version control, not syncing. I also prefer to support the developers of software I use regularly, like Obsidian, so I use and pay for Obsidian Sync as well. But use whatever your budget allows!
@@nicolevdh okay, that makes sense, I was kinda expecting you to mention it, but yeah, once, I’m willing to try out Sync once I’m able to. I could prolly even donate instead. I forgot to thank you for the video. The plugins are really nice.
@@samuelodan2376 Thanks! I didn't mention Git because I don't use the Obsidian Git plugin. I have a cronjob running that automatically commits for me. From the looks of the plugin, it pretty much the same thing, except I didn't write it. :) Oh, and I also recommend the Catalyst one-off payment - it gives you access to insider builds, which is pretty awesome. Glad you liked the video!
@@nicolevdh oh, thanks. It’s prolly cos I’m pretty inexperienced as a developer, I shied away from writing a cron job even tho there were tutorials for it. So this plugin is so nice 😁. I just init the repo, set an upstream branch and it does the rest.
You have such a pleasant way to explain things. I had a hard time to get into Obsidian at first, after watching some of your vids I'm giving it a fresh try...
8:41 I think there is a video divider missing here or whatever they are called, to the end of the template chapter and the final note, also you point to a video link, that doesn't appear.
Thank you for the videos on obsidian. Very informative and great presentation. I like videos on YT where the presenter is not extremely artificially over exciting on the topics that are been presented. You have a very nice, calming and natural way of speaking that is really enjoyable.
I did see that, but have not tried it because I already have a cronjob that runs a script that does that locally, and this way I didn't have to trust someone else's code! :)
I agree!! Funny that you mention migrating from Roam. My video on Wednesday is about switching. What a coincidence! I also resisted switching for a long time. I think Obsidian is especially difficult because it's so plain and, in my opinion, it would have been better to include some of these plugins so that it's more fully-featured from the beginning.
Hey! You don't need to know how to code to use Obsidian. :) Here's a video that might help you out with the Markdown syntax (which isn't really code): pulse.ly/k91srgdrfa
Wonderful series of videos, Nicole. Thank you very much. Can you suggest any plug-in for the following capabilities: i) generate mind-map out of text as a graphic and allows me to go back and forth between the graphic and the ordered text; ii) automatically generate a mind-map (in addition to the graph) among related notes; iii) handle hand written notes as some of us very often scribble on our laptop screens using a stylus. We need to capture these and ideally also convert the written words into text; iv) ability to create and interlink IT diagrams according to the C4 architecture model and also ER diagrams. Ideally generate ER diagrams straight out of a SQL database and able to convert changes into SQL commands back into the database to alter the table designs
Hi! Thanks for reaching out! Glad you enjoyed this video. As for you plugin questions: i and ii: The Mind Map plugin is what you want for sure. iii and iv: Excalidraw is your best bet, though it won't interface with a SQL database. You'll have to manually create what you want it to show. Good luck!
Did I see a Moerk Boerg reference? Sorry, this keyboard doesn't do umlauts easily. FWIW, I'm able to use Dropbox to synch between my Windows machines and my Andriod tablet. Granted, I can't open most of the files on Android, but I can synch them.
You did! I've played Mörk Borg twice (I DMed once) and really enjoyed it. Yup, Obsidian notes are just files, so if you just want to sync notes, any file syncing service will work. However I think Obsidian Sync is the best option for actually using those notes within the Obsidian app.
Just use Obsidian Git. Free sync and backup. I don't think such basic functionality should be premium anywhere. We're talking notes here, not 30 TB video files.
I saw that plugin, but I have already written automated scripts for committing to Git and didn't see the need to trust someone else's code to do something so simple. I use Git for backup and versioning, but real-time sync isn't one of its strengths-- I use Obsidian Sync for that. I also don't mind paying such a small amount for an app I use all day every day.
In my 60's need to get 350 folder w 3000 files off noteverything into a differnt note keeper. It works fine perfect for me but no longer supported. What is good option to 1. Get my 3000 files out of that app 2. To continue simply taking notes and organized by title and folders. It would be nice to be able to put them onto my pc. I use android and pc.
Hi, I'm not familiar with Note Everything, so I think this is a question best asked on their support channels. From Obsidian's perspective, you'll just need to have the notes in "Markdown"-- that's the format Obsidian saves notes in. So what you'll need to ask the Note Everything people is whether you can export everything to Markdown.
Can you link or spell out the platform you use for your personal blog? I’d be interested in hearing more about how you use the Publish plugin. Quego or cuego? I couldn’t find anything. I’m sure I’m spelling it wrong.
Is there a plug in that can justify my text when I export to pdf? I'm a college student and all my reports must be arial 12 justified text, but I can't seem to know how to do this on obsidian. I don't wanna go back to google docs :(
I think to move to Obsidian from another tool that I use. I would worry about privacy of my obsidian notes. So for example if my USB drive was stolen or accidentially lost I want to make sure that no one else except me has access to those files. Now the question: does Obsidian have password protection and data encryption ?
Obsidian notes are just text files. You can use Obsidian without even connecting to the internet, so nobody would have access to them unless you're sharing those files. It doesn't have native encryption/password protection, but since the notes are 100% in your control, you can apply your own levels of security if you wish.
Hi Nicole, Obsidian Noob here... I was a Notion user for a long, long time and recently switched over to Obsidian. I don't know what happened. I felt like I was in love with Notion and then I got so busy this semester with my 16 hours (chem, bio, math, and philosophy) that I looked at my Notion task list and it was just OVERWHELMING... too many icons, highlights, banner photos, and I feel like I got lost in my original purpose - and that is to have a good study system. I don't remember how I even found Obsidian (or you) but here I am! So I have two questions: Do you have a video, or recommend one from someone else, that has a good system for organizing my schoolwork and tasks? What font are you using? Because it looks awesome! Great video! And I look forward to checking out ALL your videos :)
Just letting you know, syncthing is an open source way of syncing files between devices. Works on windows, iOS, Linux, android. 100% free, just takes maybe 10min to set up compared to obsidian sync taking one click but once it's set up it's no maintenance
1. Incredible video. Love the value and knowledge here. 2. Love your excitement and energy. 3. It's an obscure (kinda) topic but you got a lot of views. If you skewed toward "how to organize your life" type titles, I think your channel would explode #freeadviceisworthwhatyoupayforit
Very informative. I've hesitated on making the leap for awhile now but the more I'm researching it, the better it seems. Thanks for making this. It was extremely helpful!
Not a great video. I made it as far as the data view plugin, which you showed the mechanics of, then spent the rest of the time talking about the endless possibilities without actually demonstrating any of them. I'm therefore left leaving the video still without a concrete idea of why and when I would need to use it.
The title of the video said Top 10 Obsidian plugins, and since the video itself is 9 minutes long, I'm not sure what you were expecting. I've already made three in-depth videos on Dataview, one of which is in the pinned comment on this video.
It was just some constructive criticism to point out that it's much more useful to give brief demos of use cases for a plugin rather than just listing lots of them off. I had this video randomly recommended to me despite having downloaded Obsidian a while ago and not using it often - as software Obsidian's problem is in being so barebones that its usecases are abstract and require too much imagination from the user, and a video that tells you you need a plugin without spending a few more seconds to tell you what for only adds to that whole ecosystem of abstraction.
I also keep my Obsidian notes as a Git repository, but I wouldn't say syncing is Git's strength. Btw, you don't need a plugin to use git... I just use a bash script because it's safer than trusting someone else's code. But whatever works for you! :)
Hi, do you know the name of the plugin that make the headers to have differents colors and size? I use the minimal theme in one of my vaults and don't remeber exactly what I did to make that funtion available but now that I opened another vault and want to install the plugin I can't find it
I am new to your channel. I have just watched your video. I really like your clear and consize wording (no exceessive words needed), just to the point information share. Thank you. Will watch more :)
Hey! I'm slowly working my way through the list of all these plugins, so here are videos I've made about each one I mentioned in this video:
#1 Calendar: ruclips.net/video/OUrOfIqvGS4/видео.html
#2 Dataview: ruclips.net/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/видео.html , ruclips.net/video/JTObSymEvWA/видео.html , ruclips.net/video/ccN5vJzXwvo/видео.html
#3 Editor Syntax Highlight
#4 Kanban: ruclips.net/video/iU60ItemuDo/видео.html
#5 Outliner
#6 Periodic Notes: ruclips.net/video/T2Aeaq4sk7M/видео.html
#7 Publish
#8 Readwise Official (readwise.io/nicole): ruclips.net/video/Rw1L5sxlnuU/видео.html
#9 Sync
#10 Templater: ruclips.net/video/5j9fAvJCaig/видео.html
THEMES: 01:25 is Sanctum, 05:06 is ITS, 08:28 is the default Obsidian theme
Thanks so much for these! Maybe maybe a RUclips shirt for the obvious plugins just so that you have a link to them?
@Nicole van der Hoeven - did I understand you correctly - 5:26 can the publish app be used to publish pages to a Hugo site ?
Thank you greatly appreciated
My wife left me
Can confirm, as I am this guy’s wife. Phil says hi too
Congratulations bro
Ouch
Did she leave you 3 years ago?
There’s a plugin for that
I'm still not sold on Obsidian - I use Google Sites as a digital binder. But the idea of a dataview database sounds awesome so maybe I'll go that way. I just want to tell you that your existence in this space made me smile. I'm a 50-year old Black lady and seeing nerd girls representing is inspirational for the youth, and just awesome for the rest of us.
What an awesome comment. Awww, yay nerd girls! Thank you for the encouragement! If you've found something that works for you, I'm glad for you! :) You have a great day!
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This was so me! The first several times I tried using Obsidian I was like "HELLS NO." The app just looked so...bad. But I kept watching RUclips videos and playing around with the app and eventually the power of it just clicked and now I'm hooked and 100% use Obsidian. For me, it was taking the time to learn how to use the app because it's just so different from other note-taking apps. I've really loved how Obsidian has forced me to learn about things like CSS and YAML and other technical programming stuff that I would never have learned about otherwise.
Really happy to know I'm not the only one who had this experience! It seemed so basic at the beginning, but now I can't stop talking about Obsidian! Haha.
"The app just looked so...bad" HAHAHAHA SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME
@@nicolevdh do you think that if we start using it as basic at the beginning we can grow into it without having to "redo" stuff as we add more options? I hate that every time I start using an app as I learn more and develop in how I use it I have to redo a bunch of stuff to make it all fit
@@nikarose Hi Nika! Yes, you can totally do that! There's no real pressure to change things - you really only have to do it if/when you feel something is missing.
How do you use CSS and YAML in obsidian. I'm a little new to obsidian, so im not to sure how coding helps note taking
Both this video and your “Obsidian for Beginners” video were immensely helpful to me! I appreciate your clear and concise explanations. If you can, could you please make a video on the Dataview plugin? Thank you so much!
Thank you, I will! The Dataview plugin is so useful for so many things. Need to figure out how best to tackle it, but it's definitely on the list! Glad you are finding my videos helpful. It means a lot!
You are an exceptional RUclipsr. To the point, personable, easy to understand, and pleasant to listen to. Thanks for this video, been very helpful.
Thank you so much! I appreciate this comment. Glad to help as well. :)
As a fellow software engineer I would also highly recommend the PlantUML plugin! It’s such a joy to be able to create my diagrams in the same place where I’m already describing my thoughts and findings
Hey Niels! Cool, I hadn't heard of PlantUML. I'll check it out! I have just been using a combination of mermaidJS and Excalidraw, though between the two of them, a lot of ground is covered already.
Thank you for this and for “learning in public”. Please do an extended video on an intro to Dataview!!!
You're welcome! I'll add your vote to Dataview. Seems like a lot of people want that, so I think I need to start working on it! Thanks for the feedback!
@@nicolevdh Please add my name to those interested in a video on Dataview.
@@leereed1559 Thanks! I actually have already made a few videos on it since I made this one.
Databases vs Dataview: ruclips.net/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/видео.html
How to use Dataview: ruclips.net/video/JTObSymEvWA/видео.html
Task management with Dataview: ruclips.net/video/AhhFLXfldJQ/видео.html
7:52 that's not all. You can use literally any sync app to sync your files. Even out of obsidian. Like Rclone or syncthing
Can I just say, as a productivity enthusiast and newbie to PKMS and basic coding, you are SO COOL. Thank you for all that you do.
Wow, that's so nice. :) I'm really happy to be able to help! Welcome to this space!
I don’t like Obsidian for beginner’s curve reasons. But it seems really good for note taking. I’ve started using it. I love that I can organise recipes there. I also organise my research on philosophy and comparative religion.
I was originally making excel spreadsheets for book lists and temples, as well as Microsoft Word for chapter summaries. But I want to transition to moving everything as much as possible to Obsidian, because the linking of ideas. Also, having multiple windows open for notes is so good.
Its funny you said that because I was researching about how to take better notes. I have ADHD and I really struggle with understanding other apps like ONE NOTE or any of the Microsoft systems.. they suck.. but once I heard about OBSIDIAN? I found a good you tube video that easily helped me to understand it and it IS actually easy to jump into. You can get in over your head fast and my head hurt seeing all these users using really hard core scripting language and other stuff I was WOAH no way..but i think it is easy and fun to start using. The fact that you can just so easily mark up things fast and simply instead of having to hunt for things or functionality. UGH. You don't have to do that really to start with Obsidian> I guess it is how different our brains work
Beginner's curve?
I may be a weird person, but i never encountered that in obsidian, or to me it was almost non-existent
it took me a few moments or minutes, but after that, i was already trying to create complex "wind-rose" diagrams in my notes , just for the fun of it
(or maybe it was because i worked with vscode and cherrydb before that)
Another option for synchronizing is "Self-hosted LiveSync". You do need some knowledge to set it up and it's historically been a little unstable. Haven't had issues with any of the recent versions though (last few months).
Wait isn’t that the way you’re supposed to use kanban?
Hey Toni! What do you mean, sorry?
@@nicolevdh You said you're not a fan of kanban boards for managing projects but then you showed your board and you're managing your projects! At least like I do. But that got me thinking, so this is not the correct way of using a kanban board? (The way you and me are using it)? Hahah
Ah, when I said I didn't like to use it for task management, I guess that depends how you define a task. Many people use Kanban boards (on services like Trello) to track very granular tasks. My main use for it is to track content. I don't put any other projects or tasks on there.
I don't think there is a correct or incorrect way of using it, though-- use whatever works for you! :)
Curiously, how much space does all of your notes take, since everything is locally stored? I'm interested in obsidian but unsure how I'll manage it storage wise.
Notes are stored as text files, so depending on how long they are, they're usually a few KBs each. I don't worry about it at all!
Biggest problem with obsidian it is not open source, and the other concern is malicious plugins from third-party. I have not looked at the code, and not sure if the plugins are within some sort of sandbox.
A reasonable concern! Plugins are not within a sandbox, though all approved community plugins are open source. It's definitely wise to think about what you consider to be acceptable risk.
@@nicolevdh Not all approved community plugins are open source, Pieces for developers is one example.
i downloaded obsidian over a year ago but it’s not until this week that i have begun to watch tutorials. your video was easy to follow and informative. thanks.
Question:
With Templater installed, is there any reason to also install the core Templates plugin?
sditor syntax one went down i think, any substitutions?
Hot take: Mörk Börg is the vaporwave remix of the queen of the damned soundtrack turned into an RPG.
*can you explain why you don’t like iCloud for sync back up?*
I just enabled it today after I found out the native sync is $4.00 per month
yeh iCloud is the way to go for sure. I say that as someone who uses Windows mostly but for syncing Obsidian with MacBook and iPhone its a no-brainer
Thanks for all your great Obsidian videos! You've helped me tremendosly with refocusing on note taking basics instead of being paralized from force feeding PARA and zettelkasten. Please make a video on the templater plugin. Another great video would be an advanced walkthrough of your note taking flow.
Hi Alex, I really appreciate this! Templater is definitely on my list already-- I'm thinking about doing it next week maybe! Thanks for adding your vote though. That helps me decide what's next. I'll put the walkthrough of note taking to the list too!
A free alternative to Obsidian Sync is SyncThing(Android)/SyncTrayzor(Windows)/syncthing-macos(MacOS). For iPad, I suppose you could set up a file server or directly connect to a local host to load and save simply enough, too.
My #1 plugin for Obsidian is the 3d graph view by Yomaru Hananoshika. It adds absolutely nothing to my workflow and actively detracts from my efficiency, but the ability to view my graph as an interconnected sphere is _so pretty_
Straight-forward information that helped me get started on Obsidian. Thank you!
Oh, yay! Happy to hear I helped you get up to speed! :)
(noob question) Why cant you use dropbox to sync? I'm using Nextcloud and so far its working fine.
First video on your channel, very interesting ! Thanks for sharing 🙏
Excelent video,as a novice I Was looking for some advice over recommended plugins. Thanks!
Kanban is not just the default todo doing done thing. The heart of Kanban is „kaizen“ meaning basically „constant improvement“. The way you are using it is totally valid in Kanban. And the approach you don’t like is basically just one way of using it. And the reason you don’t like it is because it’s not the right method for you. So whatever board style works for you is totally legit Kanban
I know this video is kind of old, but in case of someone haven't found another solution: I use Onedrive to store my md files through all my devices, and Onesync, to automatically update/sync them. I didn't find any issues so far. I hope it's of use. Also, thank you for all the Obsidian videos, they are incredibly helpful!
I watched your "Obsidian for Beginners" video and loved your clear explanations. I just finished this video and would like to see how to use all of these plugins. Please make videos on each one with examples of how you use them. Great work.Thanks!
Hey Gary! (También hablo español) Glad you liked it! Happy to hear you want more details on them all. I started to go into it for this video and realised that if I did that, it would be two hours! I'll definitely make separate videos, thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for that list! I'm only just dipping my toe into Obsidian, and whether it sticks is more a me thing rather than the program itself. It looks pretty nice so far and there are plenty of videos and resources to give me ideas on how to use it well.
I have found a workaround for a sync'ed vault across "some" devices using an SMB/NFS shared folder on a home server and I'm using Tailscale to build a small "tailnet" (which is super simple to set up, and then I've mapped the folder on my server to each of my Windows machines, and mounted on a Linux laptop, and the vault opens from whatever computer I'm on. Even if I'm out of my home network.
What it doesn't work on is mobile devices, as it appears that you can only using Obsidian Sync, or a local folder on the mobile device, and I've not found any decent solution to access either an NFS or SMB share from an Android device. If I can get that sorted I think I'm set for a cross platform experience. If not, I'm more likely to be working in Obsidian on a computer rather than a phone
Nicole, you discussed using Readwise to collect clips/highlighted items + your annotations from pdf files, to send to Obsidian for your PKMS.
What do you use for doing the same with EPUB files?
Usage
I read a lot of medical journals (mostly PDFs) & books from a gazillion fields (I'm curious), everything from geopolitics to medicine, science fiction to philosophy. Most of this stuff is EPUB books, 'though some are also PDFs.
I'd love one app "to rule them all": do EPUB and PDF both. I fear I'm going to be disappointed. But I'll wager you do access both file formats. What works?
Hardware platforms
I'm working on a Windows desktop laptop/tablet (hybrid), and an Android tablet. So it'd be nice to be able to use the same software on both platforms. I know you do this too, but suspect a lot of your reading is done on an iPad. I've avoided Apple's ecosystem (got off it 7-8 years ago). I'm more likely to add a Boox eReader instead of an Apple tablet. We'll see.
Finally, I like the idea of handwriting with a stylus to take notes. Not sure how realistic this is. For lectures, though, it would be ideal. My Samsung tablet (Fold phone, actually) does a pretty credible job of converting handwriting on the fly to text. It'd be nice if a note-taking app offered that kind of input, but I think that's still bleeding-edge & not too practical. Plus it means palm rejection is crucial, and while my Fold smartphone is pretty good using core apps like Samsung's Notes app, I think palm rejection in many 3rd party apps still sucks. And I don't think handwriting conversion is even offered in Notion & Obsidian on Android tablets.
Any thoughts? I'll keep scanning your vids to see if you've already addressed these issues.
Thank you for sharing your passions & talents with such enthusiasm!
You have earned yourself a subscriber, I usually don't interact with creators beyond just watching, but this is composed soo nicely and loved every second of it
Thank you so much, Param! :) Welcome, and it makes me happy to know you enjoyed this one!
I have a weird list...
Folder Note.
Note Color.
Persistent Graph.
Link Archive.
Better Codeblock (which doesn't work on mobile).
Homepage, if it would work on mobile, which it doesnt.
And Html and ePub readers.
Nice overview! I would love to see a video on how you manage your tasks especially because I see no tasks plugin?
Good call! I use the Checklist plugin for tasks, but I schedule the most important tasks on Reclaim (I have a video on that). But I'll add it to the list, thank you!
Love your list of plug ins. The only one I would add is Excalidraw which is absolutely amazing in what it can do.
This was on my shortlist!! I've been wanting to make a video about it for a while. I feel like there's always something new I'm discovering about it!
OMG random internet person! Thanks so much for bringing this amazing looking tool to my attention! The main website can be installed on Android like an app and works amazingly!
@Nicole , aren't you losing the whole futureproof element of using md files, by basing your system around dataview plugins or java script?
Migrating to another software in the future would result in your notes turning into a mess a bit, no?
Also, would love to understand from you why is there a preference to markdown files, where OPML is also highly popular and a "standard" (just a form of XML, easily converted as text), and provides natural outlining in a far more smooth way than the experience with the outline plugin (as is clear from using dynalist, workfloy, logseq)?
O banco de dados GloVe é um banco de dados de vetores de palavras que foi treinado em um conjunto de dados de texto de 840 bilhões de palavras. O banco de dados contém 400.000 palavras e 1,3 bilhão de pares de palavras. Tem como importa isso para obsidian ? as palavras ja vem usando priming !
I think this video may have cemented the deal on whether I should migrate from OneNote (which is really nice, but also really annoying) to Obsidian or Joplin.
I wanted to get into obsidian. all I did was watch one of your videos and I think after that I immediately got it. it's not that hard to use, it's just not super obvious. and since I already talk in markdown due to discord and misskey, I felt pretty much right at home writing in markdown.
I am interested how to get my obsidian notebook from my windows surface and windows desktop to my iphone. Would Obsidian Sync do this?
I used to like Obsidian, but a couple months ago, it completely blew (blanked it out) out one of my files on a save. Needless to say. I don't trust it. Too bad. Great note taking app.
I agree--obsidian gets its real value from the plug-ins and from the functionality they provide.
I'm mostly using obsidian as a "life-management" tool, place for dev notes, notes on my hobbies, notes on gift ideas for friends, etc.
Does anyone here use Obsidian with your significant other? I'm trying to show my partner the app, but I'm kind of struggling to give him a use case. :)
I can so relate! I have tried to get my husband into it, with mixed success. He now uses it for D&D, but sparingly. I was thinking about showing him how to use it for recipes maybe, since he likes to cook?
Instead of Obsidian Sync, I prefer to use Obsidian Git. Completely free of charge and uses the best VCS.
Hey, I use Git on all my vaults too. But I mainly use it for backup and version control, not syncing. I also prefer to support the developers of software I use regularly, like Obsidian, so I use and pay for Obsidian Sync as well. But use whatever your budget allows!
@@nicolevdh okay, that makes sense, I was kinda expecting you to mention it, but yeah, once, I’m willing to try out Sync once I’m able to. I could prolly even donate instead.
I forgot to thank you for the video. The plugins are really nice.
@@samuelodan2376 Thanks! I didn't mention Git because I don't use the Obsidian Git plugin. I have a cronjob running that automatically commits for me. From the looks of the plugin, it pretty much the same thing, except I didn't write it. :) Oh, and I also recommend the Catalyst one-off payment - it gives you access to insider builds, which is pretty awesome. Glad you liked the video!
@@nicolevdh oh, thanks. It’s prolly cos I’m pretty inexperienced as a developer, I shied away from writing a cron job even tho there were tutorials for it. So this plugin is so nice 😁. I just init the repo, set an upstream branch and it does the rest.
lol, I installed some of these, and now I don't even know how to access them... very confusing app
You have such a pleasant way to explain things.
I had a hard time to get into Obsidian at first, after watching some of your vids I'm giving it a fresh try...
Hey, I'm happy to hear that! (Re) welcome to Obsidian! I hope this time goes better for you! We're a pretty welcoming community. :)
8:41 I think there is a video divider missing here or whatever they are called, to the end of the template chapter and the final note, also you point to a video link, that doesn't appear.
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Very informative and helpful tutorial video❤
Thank you, best regards!
I haven't done it yet but can't you also sync by putting the vault on google drive on all of your devices?
Everything works, especially free, use until it is too late!'
Will Obsidian below slower after installing so many plug-in?
Thank you for the videos on obsidian. Very informative and great presentation. I like videos on YT where the presenter is not extremely artificially over exciting on the topics that are been presented.
You have a very nice, calming and natural way of speaking that is really enjoyable.
Hey! I'm glad you like them! I AM super passionate and excited about Obsidian, but I'm glad it comes across as real-- it is! :)
Do you know wether there’s a plugin to convert your notes to pdf on ipad?
Great video! Another must have plugin is Obsidian Git. It makes easy to backup and sync your vault to any git repository.
I did see that, but have not tried it because I already have a cronjob that runs a script that does that locally, and this way I didn't have to trust someone else's code! :)
😭😭😭, that pokimon cameo really caught me off guard
Very useful. Thanks. I'm in the process of switching from Roam to Obsidian and found it non-intuitive, so glad to hear that it's not just me.
I agree!! Funny that you mention migrating from Roam. My video on Wednesday is about switching. What a coincidence! I also resisted switching for a long time. I think Obsidian is especially difficult because it's so plain and, in my opinion, it would have been better to include some of these plugins so that it's more fully-featured from the beginning.
hello, how did you toggle the triple block quotes in 3:02 please
What is the total capacity occupied by 100,000 files?
Christain Lempa sent me yiu got a sub!
Hi. Thanks for the video, what is the theme used at 5:12 in the video
AHHHHGGG! I don’t know anything about coding....This seems like so much work.... ugh...
Hey! You don't need to know how to code to use Obsidian. :) Here's a video that might help you out with the Markdown syntax (which isn't really code): pulse.ly/k91srgdrfa
Thanks. OMW to Obsidian beginners vid lol
How did you make your links look like that? looks very cool!
Someone should write native app but that’s not going to happen
Great Video! Will keep these in mind!
does icloud even work on samsung? Interesting
Can you make a video about templater and how you use it?
What tools are you using to edit your videos? It looks cool.
Thank you for the compliment! I use Final Cut Pro X. :)
How do you add the community plug-ins?
Hi do you have a video how to find and install plugins ?
Wonderful series of videos, Nicole. Thank you very much. Can you suggest any plug-in for the following capabilities: i) generate mind-map out of text as a graphic and allows me to go back and forth between the graphic and the ordered text; ii) automatically generate a mind-map (in addition to the graph) among related notes; iii) handle hand written notes as some of us very often scribble on our laptop screens using a stylus. We need to capture these and ideally also convert the written words into text; iv) ability to create and interlink IT diagrams according to the C4 architecture model and also ER diagrams. Ideally generate ER diagrams straight out of a SQL database and able to convert changes into SQL commands back into the database to alter the table designs
Hi! Thanks for reaching out! Glad you enjoyed this video. As for you plugin questions:
i and ii: The Mind Map plugin is what you want for sure.
iii and iv: Excalidraw is your best bet, though it won't interface with a SQL database. You'll have to manually create what you want it to show.
Good luck!
@@nicolevdh Thank you!
Did I see a Moerk Boerg reference? Sorry, this keyboard doesn't do umlauts easily.
FWIW, I'm able to use Dropbox to synch between my Windows machines and my Andriod tablet. Granted, I can't open most of the files on Android, but I can synch them.
You did! I've played Mörk Borg twice (I DMed once) and really enjoyed it.
Yup, Obsidian notes are just files, so if you just want to sync notes, any file syncing service will work. However I think Obsidian Sync is the best option for actually using those notes within the Obsidian app.
Just use Obsidian Git. Free sync and backup. I don't think such basic functionality should be premium anywhere. We're talking notes here, not 30 TB video files.
I saw that plugin, but I have already written automated scripts for committing to Git and didn't see the need to trust someone else's code to do something so simple. I use Git for backup and versioning, but real-time sync isn't one of its strengths-- I use Obsidian Sync for that. I also don't mind paying such a small amount for an app I use all day every day.
Just got a hold of Obsidian. How do you add a plugin?
fun fact you can also use syncthing instead of obsidian sync
You can use syncthing to sync your files ;-)
In my 60's need to get 350 folder w 3000 files off noteverything into a differnt note keeper. It works fine perfect for me but no longer supported. What is good option to 1. Get my 3000 files out of that app 2. To continue simply taking notes and organized by title and folders. It would be nice to be able to put them onto my pc. I use android and pc.
Hi, I'm not familiar with Note Everything, so I think this is a question best asked on their support channels. From Obsidian's perspective, you'll just need to have the notes in "Markdown"-- that's the format Obsidian saves notes in. So what you'll need to ask the Note Everything people is whether you can export everything to Markdown.
Can you link or spell out the platform you use for your personal blog? I’d be interested in hearing more about how you use the Publish plugin. Quego or cuego? I couldn’t find anything. I’m sure I’m spelling it wrong.
Hi! It's Hugo! You can find out more about it here: gohugo.io/
Thanks for the feedback re: Publish. I have added it to the list! :)
Is there a plug in that can justify my text when I export to pdf? I'm a college student and all my reports must be arial 12 justified text, but I can't seem to know how to do this on obsidian. I don't wanna go back to google docs :(
Sorry, I don't know of any for that specific use case. :(
I think to move to Obsidian from another tool that I use. I would worry about privacy of my obsidian notes. So for example if my USB drive was stolen or accidentially lost I want to make sure that no one else except me has access to those files. Now the question: does Obsidian have password protection and data encryption ?
Obsidian notes are just text files. You can use Obsidian without even connecting to the internet, so nobody would have access to them unless you're sharing those files. It doesn't have native encryption/password protection, but since the notes are 100% in your control, you can apply your own levels of security if you wish.
Hi Nicole, Obsidian Noob here... I was a Notion user for a long, long time and recently switched over to Obsidian. I don't know what happened. I felt like I was in love with Notion and then I got so busy this semester with my 16 hours (chem, bio, math, and philosophy) that I looked at my Notion task list and it was just OVERWHELMING... too many icons, highlights, banner photos, and I feel like I got lost in my original purpose - and that is to have a good study system. I don't remember how I even found Obsidian (or you) but here I am! So I have two questions:
Do you have a video, or recommend one from someone else, that has a good system for organizing my schoolwork and tasks?
What font are you using? Because it looks awesome!
Great video! And I look forward to checking out ALL your videos :)
Well duh. I'm such a newbie. I made the mistake of looking for it in community. Thanks for help.
Hey! Calendar IS a community plugin. It's the one by Liam Cain! :) pulse.ly/4blskf43pq
Nicole, thanks for this incredibly concise and process-empowering video. Looking forward to more Obsodian content!
Hey Ryan, glad you liked it! Thanks for your encouragement! :)
Will there be a video on fantasy calendar?
Ok Nicole Which calendar? Seems there are several. You mentioned Fantasy Calendar but that is not the main one. Help..
Hey, the calendar I meant in this video is just called "Calendar". :)
Just letting you know, syncthing is an open source way of syncing files between devices. Works on windows, iOS, Linux, android. 100% free, just takes maybe 10min to set up compared to obsidian sync taking one click but once it's set up it's no maintenance
1. Incredible video. Love the value and knowledge here.
2. Love your excitement and energy.
3. It's an obscure (kinda) topic but you got a lot of views. If you skewed toward "how to organize your life" type titles, I think your channel would explode #freeadviceisworthwhatyoupayforit
Very informative. I've hesitated on making the leap for awhile now but the more I'm researching it, the better it seems. Thanks for making this. It was extremely helpful!
Hey Benjamin, I'm very glad to hear that! :) I hope you decide to take the plunge and join the Obsidian community. :)
I love your videos! Very clear! You mention your static blog qugo??? (at 6:01). Can you point me to it?
Hey! I use Hugo: pulse.ly/tns19fuanj
Not a great video. I made it as far as the data view plugin, which you showed the mechanics of, then spent the rest of the time talking about the endless possibilities without actually demonstrating any of them. I'm therefore left leaving the video still without a concrete idea of why and when I would need to use it.
The title of the video said Top 10 Obsidian plugins, and since the video itself is 9 minutes long, I'm not sure what you were expecting. I've already made three in-depth videos on Dataview, one of which is in the pinned comment on this video.
It was just some constructive criticism to point out that it's much more useful to give brief demos of use cases for a plugin rather than just listing lots of them off. I had this video randomly recommended to me despite having downloaded Obsidian a while ago and not using it often - as software Obsidian's problem is in being so barebones that its usecases are abstract and require too much imagination from the user, and a video that tells you you need a plugin without spending a few more seconds to tell you what for only adds to that whole ecosystem of abstraction.
I use a github repository as an alternative to obsidian sync, there's even a plugin called Obsidian Git to simplify the integration
I also keep my Obsidian notes as a Git repository, but I wouldn't say syncing is Git's strength. Btw, you don't need a plugin to use git... I just use a bash script because it's safer than trusting someone else's code. But whatever works for you! :)
Hi, do you know the name of the plugin that make the headers to have differents colors and size? I use the minimal theme in one of my vaults and don't remeber exactly what I did to make that funtion available but now that I opened another vault and want to install the plugin I can't find it
Hi, it's not a plugin-- all colours and styles are set by themes. One theme that has different colours that comes to mind is Everforest.
I am new to your channel. I have just watched your video. I really like your clear and consize wording (no exceessive words needed), just to the point information share. Thank you. Will watch more :)
Awesome video! Just the Volume of the bgm bugged me a little, might just be me and my OCD talking tho :)
Hey, I appreciate that feedback! I did get some comments about the audio, so I've tried to tone it down since then. :) Thanks though!
You are Amazing ❤️ maybe the best video for the plug-ins on RUclips. Liked & Subscribed.
I've just discovered your channel Nicole - Nice! Thanks - super useful stuff. Love the Pokemon blip in the video 😀
The outliner helped, thanks
This is so nice Nicole. thanks for sharing. I'm definitely adding some of these plugins to my vault.
Hi Gift!! :) Awesome! Hope you like them too! Feel free to ask me any questions as well!