Haha you hit the nail on the head with the point about spending time messing around in Obsidian rather than using it. Super guilty there. Your vids and processes really are minimal and practical, and I’ve implemented many of them.
I think when something is new to me, I spend way more time playing around with trying to customize it perfect. I've been working in my vault for about four years now, so I can really tell when I'm working ON the system or IN the system
You got me at minimal systems. That’s exactly why I watched you and not others. I don’t understand how other creators can keep (or do they even use?) these complex systems for long periods of time. Im so sick of constantly questioning my system. It got to a point that I seriously question anyone using such systems. I think your differentiation from other is spot on and a good way to go.
Seriously. I have the same experience watching videos on here. I can't imagine most people actually USING these complex systems long term. It's certainly *aspirational*, but we need more *realistic.* I'm glad that you can relate. Thank you for the kind comment.
It's very interesting - and important - to showcase different use cases for Obsidian, and this video is a good example of that. I feel like this is the kind of tool that is quite popular among people already interested by tech in general, if not programming or a part of academia, while Obsidian can really be useful for many people. I am myself working in an activism related job and your templates have been really useful to keep track of members of my organizations, create presentations, action plans, etc. Thanks a lot for your work!
I love this comment. Thanks for sharing. I totally agree! It’s such a powerful tool and can be incorporated for so many different people for tons of different uses outside of tech.
TLDR: The speaker uses a combination of Obsidian, Things, and Substack to efficiently organize, draft, and publish their newsletter without charging for it. 00:00 📝 The speaker discusses how they write their newsletter using Obsidian, Things, and Substack for community and networking, without charging for it. 01:15 📝 Setting up a minimalist email newsletter using Things, Obsidian, and Substack is prioritized over complex systems and plugins. 02:53 📝 The speaker shares their system for newsletter organization using Things, Obsidian, and Substack, and their approach to processing their inbox. 05:39 📝 The speaker uses Things to capture newsletter ideas, Obsidian to organize content, and Substack to write and publish the newsletter. 08:36 📝 The speaker uses Things, Obsidian, and Substack to organize and create newsletters, with a focus on using a data view table to track past newsletters and create new templates. 10:09 📝 The speaker shows how to use Things, Obsidian, and Substack to create a newsletter with formatting and editing tips. 12:07 📝 The speaker explains how they use Things, Obsidian, and Substack to write and organize their newsletter, including adding topics and summaries for each section. 13:39 📝 The speaker uses Obsidian to draft their newsletter, then uses Substack to create a new post and podcast episode, maintaining format uniformity and sharing on social media.
Really good video. I used Obsidian for awhile. And it's a great app. But, it can be too feature-rich and distracting. So I happened to switch over to the very similar UpNote. The thing I like is that your videos are easily adapted to most any software tool. It's the ideas that matter. Not the specific tools.
Based on how I have my files set up in my vault, here's my dataview code: ```dataview table edition, topics FROM [[🗓 Monthly Newsletter]] AND [[Published]] SORT edition desc ``` Note: ChatGPT is actually really great as writing/editing Dataview tables. Just say "Please update this Obsidian Dataview table so that..." and it should give you working code!
This is something that I want as well, but I couldn't find a way to auto increment that number, so I do it manually. If you find a way to get that working, please let me know!
Haha you hit the nail on the head with the point about spending time messing around in Obsidian rather than using it. Super guilty there. Your vids and processes really are minimal and practical, and I’ve implemented many of them.
I think when something is new to me, I spend way more time playing around with trying to customize it perfect. I've been working in my vault for about four years now, so I can really tell when I'm working ON the system or IN the system
You got me at minimal systems. That’s exactly why I watched you and not others.
I don’t understand how other creators can keep (or do they even use?) these complex systems for long periods of time.
Im so sick of constantly questioning my system. It got to a point that I seriously question anyone using such systems.
I think your differentiation from other is spot on and a good way to go.
Seriously. I have the same experience watching videos on here. I can't imagine most people actually USING these complex systems long term. It's certainly *aspirational*, but we need more *realistic.* I'm glad that you can relate. Thank you for the kind comment.
It's very interesting - and important - to showcase different use cases for Obsidian, and this video is a good example of that. I feel like this is the kind of tool that is quite popular among people already interested by tech in general, if not programming or a part of academia, while Obsidian can really be useful for many people. I am myself working in an activism related job and your templates have been really useful to keep track of members of my organizations, create presentations, action plans, etc. Thanks a lot for your work!
I love this comment. Thanks for sharing. I totally agree! It’s such a powerful tool and can be incorporated for so many different people for tons of different uses outside of tech.
I appreciate your content and am very grateful you started sharing your obsidian workflows and philosophies to the public 👏🙏
Thank you!
TLDR: The speaker uses a combination of Obsidian, Things, and Substack to efficiently organize, draft, and publish their newsletter without charging for it.
00:00 📝 The speaker discusses how they write their newsletter using Obsidian, Things, and Substack for community and networking, without charging for it.
01:15 📝 Setting up a minimalist email newsletter using Things, Obsidian, and Substack is prioritized over complex systems and plugins.
02:53 📝 The speaker shares their system for newsletter organization using Things, Obsidian, and Substack, and their approach to processing their inbox.
05:39 📝 The speaker uses Things to capture newsletter ideas, Obsidian to organize content, and Substack to write and publish the newsletter.
08:36 📝 The speaker uses Things, Obsidian, and Substack to organize and create newsletters, with a focus on using a data view table to track past newsletters and create new templates.
10:09 📝 The speaker shows how to use Things, Obsidian, and Substack to create a newsletter with formatting and editing tips.
12:07 📝 The speaker explains how they use Things, Obsidian, and Substack to write and organize their newsletter, including adding topics and summaries for each section.
13:39 📝 The speaker uses Obsidian to draft their newsletter, then uses Substack to create a new post and podcast episode, maintaining format uniformity and sharing on social media.
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Thank you! Appriciate the comments, too
Really good video. I used Obsidian for awhile. And it's a great app. But, it can be too feature-rich and distracting. So I happened to switch over to the very similar UpNote. The thing I like is that your videos are easily adapted to most any software tool. It's the ideas that matter. Not the specific tools.
Right on, lots of nice tips and tricks in here. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful
Another great video thanks! Copy as HTML is such a good pro tip thanks!
It’s made life so much easier for me, that’s for sure. It really allows Obsidian to be the primary place that I work now.
This is cool... I would like to see the query for that newsletter hub
Ah, good call. It's super basic:
```dataview
table edition, topics
FROM [[🗓 Monthly Newsletter]] AND [[Published]]
SORT edition desc
```
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Could you share the dataview syntax for the "Past newsletters" section? Is this available anywhere, like Github or something?
Based on how I have my files set up in my vault, here's my dataview code:
```dataview
table edition, topics
FROM [[🗓 Monthly Newsletter]] AND [[Published]]
SORT edition desc
```
Note: ChatGPT is actually really great as writing/editing Dataview tables. Just say "Please update this Obsidian Dataview table so that..." and it should give you working code!
What's your Obsidian Theme?
I'm using LYT Mode by Nick Milo as my theme
Is there a way to have the "edition" number automatically update/increment?
This is something that I want as well, but I couldn't find a way to auto increment that number, so I do it manually. If you find a way to get that working, please let me know!