After 6 months with Obsidian, I mean it's insane what you can do with it from note-taking to almost everything you can think of. Helped me a lot with productivity. Totally recommend it.
I always thought I was broken. You explaining a notion brain vs a wondering brain is such a breakthrough for me! This is my first time hearing this explained. Thank You!!!
You have become one of my favourite youtube channels, simple, straight to the points and most importantly *actually useful stuff*. Keep up the good work!
I have to disagree. After the third b-roll clip I get bored and move to the next video... This video presents interesting ideas, if not all that new, but it would have been much more interesting had it been 1/3 in length
I have to disagree with your disagreement disagreeably. You are swiping your life away. Honor your decision to select. Your boredom reflects empty desk! Peace
Damn - I wish I had this tool and life guide years ago. I wound up co-authoring an engineering textbook just to achieve this SME status to toggle my life from being driven by others to being the driver of others. This advice is pure magic to being in charge of your life.
Absolutely love this. You completely validated my feeling of not having the most structure to my notes and just connecting them as I see fit. Please never stop making videos!! They’re absolutely amazing!!
Came to this video thinking I was just gonna watch some interesting tips and instead ended up taking notes like it was a TED talk. Great info, insights and ideas! Thanks for sharing.
I absolutely love using the Obsidian app! It's like "linking thinking" in a way that has completely transformed my life. This powerful tool has given me deep insights and has even changed the way I think about things. Sure, at first, it can be a bit daunting to learn, kind of like learning a new instrument. But once you get the hang of it, Obsidian becomes incredibly powerful and indispensable. Trust me, it's worth investing the time to learn how to use it! What I love most about Obsidian is that every thought I have can be digitally connected, making it highly searchable and easy to access. And because I can use it on my mobile phone, I can quickly and easily implement my thoughts, ideas, and insights without any friction. It's truly a game-changer!
Thank you! You have explained something I was wondering a lot about, i.e. why I always felt constricted by Notion, Evernote and all the other applications I tried (I literally felt like the walls were closing in, even though the apps were all great) and why Obsidian felt the right fit.
That's awesome to hear you found your soul notetaking platform! That's how i felt too.. why couldn't I make Notion work?! Turns out it was just my wandering brain trying to think in its wandering way lol Thank you for watching!
I appreciate that you talk about the perils of over-organization. It's okay to get excited by ideas, but I see well-intentioned people over-designing a system into the ground, then stop using it because it's slow or tedious. They did it to themselves. Good organization doesn't mean more organization, it means the least organization needed to get the job done quick.
Your video are very minimalistic which made them very enjoyable. I think the whole challenge in Obsidian or in every versatile environment it's to take advantage of the points you need whitout overcomplicating it. I guess you nailed this point 🔥
What a fantastic video! The concise, high-level points were clear & poignant, but you also had moments exposing the depth of your understanding by sprinkling in quotes and external references. It really feels like this talk showcased your good use of atomically connected ideas. This has really helped me while getting started with Obsidian. Thank you for making this!
Thank you for creating content that gets right to the point and is chalk full of usable nuggets of information. I've been binge watching and taking notes to make my research process better. It's been well worth my time.
I am a wandering thinker who wants to be more structured and who appreciates structure. Obsidian has been amazing for me because I can take notes almost as a stream of consciousness, adding tags on the fly. The fact that it's just a simple file system behind it makes it super simple, at least for me, to change the folder structure however I want whenever I want.
would it be hard to search stuff, if the capture note system is that simple ???' i couldnt image this method when having 1000+ notes as a stucuture sys type of guy...
@@test4fun118@VickyZhaoBEEAMP interesting .. I'm gonna try obsidian-neovim cause i want to grep my notes. th-cam.com/video/RSlrxE21l_k/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NHVb48YakZBtODFU Peace
I think, I do have a structured hierarchical brain. But I found I was paralyzed by trying to get the structure perfect from the start, so Notion didn't work well for me. Obsidian works for me because of its fluidity. I can get thoughts, ideas, information recorded and adjust the structure and connections as I work with my notes.
This is exactly that… I am a Wanderer. My thought process is weird for most people, but I think about things and do things that most people can not. I hope Obsidian will help me :)
Thanks for your video. Loved it. The one thing I would like to challenge you on is your point on organisation. You said OBSIDIAN is good for those with wondering brains who like to create with flow. But actually the reason why I love OBSIDIAN is because it caters for both brain types - the wanderers and they logical organisers. It allows you to create folders and subfolders for people like me who were brought up on folders which some of us want to continue or semi-continue doing (because it gives us a perception of control) BUT IT ALSO allows you to break free from the folder system and use the SEARCH box to be in a more roaming/wondering/flow type mode. So that's why I love OBSIDIAN - it caters for both. And one is not necessarily better than the other. Both types are good. I am unbelievable good with folders an subfolders; you are not. You are unbelievable good with free flow and roaming - I am less so but want to develop. OBSIDIAN caters for both. I believe for example in LOGSEQ - you cant create folders and subfolders - but I may be wrong there - but it is why I didn't go with LOGSEQ. I didn't go with ROAM - because I saw some stuff on YoutUBE about their attitude to their supporters or to critiques and how they now seem to give the impression of "high and all mighty" now that they make money. Anyway, back to my point - OBSIDIAN caters for both folder lovers and roaming wanderers - and both ways of creating content are as good methods.
Who else is going to stay optimistic with notetaking?! If you liked this, check out 👉 » Zettelkasten x Obsidian: th-cam.com/video/HSTOSWOhNo4/w-d-xo.html » Zettelkasten Basics: th-cam.com/video/GpV47rUYk8I/w-d-xo.html » Obsidian Basics: th-cam.com/video/d3e7GWsqoU0/w-d-xo.html
at the very end, you mentioned that light note taking makes it easier and less procrasinate-prone, and if i took anything away from this video its that i can try and treat all of my schoolwork as trivial to get it over with. thanks for the tip 👍
A better definition for specific knowledge is unique knowledge. Something you have that your competition doesn’t. The employer needs you, you will not be replaced with another worker.
Oh my god. Couldn’t agree more with your content! Thanks so much for this video especially on Obscidian vs Notion comparison and using search function all the time. We share so many similarities in terms of thinking thanks for making me feel better and not thinking I’m scatterbrained.
Interesting video Vicky. I've also been taking baby steps when building my notes in Obsidian. But looking at how the Note-Taking apps are just proliferating with logseq, Tana, Reflect Notes etc... sometimes it can get quite confusing. But I just want to keep it simple and not drown in complexity. I came across Gall's Law while reading 'Personal MBA' by Josh Kaufman: "A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system."
Love the quote and the concept. Keeping it simple is really what made it work for me (except for when I need to make videos... how to balance staying helpful without adding to the race for the fanciest system?!)
Very helpful video. Audio issues were a bit distracting at first but the content was excellent and more than compensated them. Liked and subscribed. Well done.
Glad Obsidian is working out for you. $64 a year for sync is steep if you want to sync your vault between Android and iOS, luckily logseq seems to be a good alternative
Brilliant video as always. I am nearing my first month with Obsidian and I learned the most of methodologies from your channel. Thank you for insightful content. On the side note, big-up for Ray Dalio's "Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order" in the background - it is a great book!
I use To-Doist and many times I ask myself why am I taking the time to write things down "to do" rather than just do them. Now trying to choose between Notion and Obsidian.
great stuff! so glad to know that i'm not the only one who tends to keep everything in my Downloads folder ;-) your videos are very inspiring and i'll definitely watch all of them now and looking forward to having and using a "second brain"
Absolutely love your content! Out of curiosity, was this edited with some kind of AI tool? The harsh audio changes and the changes in audio pacing make me think this was some kind of "make this video 10 minutes long" tool.
One problem is that “Search” (in terms of current text retrieval technology) is actually a form of categorization, which in a way requires more work. To find something online depends upon recognition of the appropriate categories of representation (e.g. words and phrases) for correct recall. A file hierarchy is just a special type of network in which the categories have been conceptually agreed upon and subordinated or classified. So “search” is in some ways more difficult, since the universe of possible matches (or more dangerously, missed matches) is much larger, by many orders of magnitude. Just a thought.
I wasted lots of time in obsidian with various plugins, vaults, syncs , various formulas, learning YAML, Learning markdown etc etc etc. Finally moved to a minimalistic note taking PAID app CRAFT. Its very beautiful & well organized for notes . And its syncs well with all devices in apple ecosystem . Also its very smooth to work with.
Q&A: Part: 00:00 Q1: What is Obsidian and how did the speaker initially feel about it? A1: Obsidian is a note-taking app. The speaker initially felt skeptical about using it, but after a year of using it consistently, they found it very helpful. Q2: What was the one thing in Obsidian that did not work for the speaker? A2: The one thing that did not work for the speaker was task management. They believed that having a thought partner who can keep track of your thoughts and insights over time is more productive than just having a task manager. Q3: According to Naval, what is the definition of productivity? A3: According to Naval, productivity means getting outsized returns for the time and effort you put in, and having leverage to get those outsized results. Q4: What is specific knowledge, according to Naval? A4: Specific knowledge is knowledge that cannot be trained for, and is found by pursuing genuine curiosity and passion. Q5: How did Obsidian help the speaker with their overwhelming amount of information? A5: Obsidian helped the speaker by allowing them to organize and keep track of their insights over time, and being searchable so they can access it at any point in their life. This prevented them from falling into the problem of reading a lot of books but not remembering anything from it. Part: 03:15 Q1: How can specific knowledge be taught? A1: Specific knowledge is often taught through apprenticeships rather than schools. It is usually highly technical or creative and cannot be outsourced or automated. Example: Learning how to become a master woodworker by working as an apprentice under a skilled carpenter. Q2: Can AI replace jobs that require specific knowledge? A2: Yes, AI can replace jobs that can be automated. However, jobs that require specific knowledge cannot be easily automated, so having specific knowledge is still valuable. Example: An AI-powered robot that can assemble simple products on an assembly line, but cannot design a unique product from scratch. Q3: What is Obsidian and how can it be used to build specific knowledge? A3: Obsidian is a note-taking app that can be used to build specific knowledge. It allows users to organize their notes and make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas. Example: Using Obsidian to keep track of all the research, notes, and ideas related to a personal project, such as writing a book. Q4: Why is minimum organization important when using Obsidian? A4: Minimum organization is important in Obsidian because it allows users to spend more time thinking about ideas rather than organizing them. This is especially useful for people who have a wandering thinking style. Example: Creating a single folder in Obsidian called "Research" and using tags to organize notes within that folder. Q5: Why is syncing between devices important when building a note-taking habit? A5: Syncing between devices is important because it allows users to access their notes from anywhere and anytime, which is key to building a note-taking habit. Example: Being able to access your notes on your laptop, phone, or tablet, regardless of where you are or which device you're using. Part: 06:51 Q1: What is Obsidian and how can it help with note-taking? A1: Obsidian is a note-taking software that can help build a reading habit and streamline note-taking. It can be used on desktop and mobile devices, and syncing is free with a cloud drive that works with your operating system. Q2: What is the Zetocaster method, and how can it be used in note-taking? A2: The Zetocaster method is a note-taking method that involves taking three types of notes: literature notes, fleeting notes, and permanent notes, and putting them into atomic sizes while making connections between different ideas. It is a game-changer for note-taking because it makes it easy to synthesize ideas and stay focused. Q3: Why is it important to remove friction when it comes to note-taking? A3: Removing friction when it comes to note-taking is important because it makes it easier to develop a habit. When the steps are simple and straightforward, it's more likely that the habit will stick. Q4: How has our attention span changed over time, and why is this important to note-taking? A4: Our attention span has decreased over time due to information overload, and it's important to note-taking because it means we need to find ways to work with our limited attention span. The Zetocaster method is a great solution for this because it involves taking atomic-sized notes that are easy to digest. Q5: What resources are available for someone who wants to learn more about note-taking and the Zetocaster method? A5: There are many resources available for someone who wants to learn more about note-taking and the Zetocaster method. These include videos on TH-cam that cover the topic in detail, as well as templates that can be used to get started.
Some feedback: 1) audio is killing it (reupload?) 2) task_management vs importance of specific knowleadge?? Task based on content and background is gold! You don't have to manage or get notified (get distracted). But having a dedicated view and ease of creating one (instead of loosing focus, copying stuff in another app) is priceless. Apple Notes got it with Notifications, OneNote still struggles. 3) Loosed or dynamic structure is THE thing for "Notion" brains. Messed desktop - is an extreme thing, not something that would work for many people who are switching from Notion/Notes. Tags is a dynamic thing in Apple Notes too. But flexibility of Obsidian - what makes it special. Search works anywhere, even in OneNote .. or Notes .. where sync is build in ;)
Loved your content, I have a suggestion for you: because you move around while talking to microphone your voice increases and decreases. You can level your voice at the edit process so that the sound level will be even and we can listen you more comfortably. Great work! Please continue what you are doing!
Regarding the "getting more out than you put in"... That's interesting, but life isn't theory. The choices arent usually: do I want to get out less than I put in or more? I wish it were so simple. Everything is a tradeoff. Often the trade off is something probabilistic: do I want to take the time to write this down or risk forgetting it completely? If you didn't forget, writing it down was a waste of time. If you forgot to do it, writing it down was the single most important thing you could have done. (Assuming the note was effective)
Here is an experiment for you: ask a bunch of software developers who experienced "burn out" whether they prioritized the pursuit of specific knowledge over following consensus. I assert that this pursuit avoids burn out (but in the short term can cause friction when a lack of conformity is discovered by "authority figures")
Après un an de prises de notes sous Obsidian, je m'attendais à des conseils beaucoup moins vagues et généraux. Cette vidéo est une présentation générale de l'intérêt global d'Obsidian. Juste pour les débutants donc.
I am curious what you mean by tasks? There are tasks in my Obsidian but they are different types of tasks to those in my Morgen. Do you have no folders, or minimal folders? Do you not have long notes with your zettlekasten?
There's life before Obsidian, and there's life after. What about, there's life before Vicky, and there's life after. I'm such a simp. 🤭I don't worry about sync, I just dictate into Google Note on my phone and it appears transcribed on my desktop later. As I don't work, just go out walking and having fun, that's all fine, but I see the benefit of sync for everyone else. I do the atomic notes, but like Danny Hatcher, I do longer form notes, where the collection of concepts needs surrounding with context to be meaningful.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🤖 *Le défi de la gestion de tâches* - La gestion des tâches ne fonctionnait pas pour l'orateur. - L'orateur soutient que la gestion des tâches ne crée pas de réelle productivité, mais que la construction de connaissances spécifiques est essentielle. 01:26 📚 *La signification de la connaissance spécifique* - La définition de la productivité selon Naval Ravikant est expliquée. - La connaissance spécifique est présentée comme une clé pour échapper à l'automatisation. 03:06 🌐 *Utiliser Obsidian pour construire la connaissance spécifique* - L'orateur explique comment Obsidian peut être utilisé pour construire la connaissance spécifique. - L'importance de protéger le temps et de se concentrer sur la construction de connaissances spécifiques est soulignée. 04:33 📂 *Minimum d'organisation dans Obsidian* - L'orateur explique pourquoi une organisation minimale est efficace dans Obsidian. - La recherche est présentée comme un moyen de trouver rapidement les notes sans une hiérarchie complexe. 06:25 📱 *Synchronisation entre tous les appareils* - L'importance de la synchronisation entre tous les appareils pour établir une habitude de prise de notes est expliquée. - L'orateur souligne que la synchronisation est simple à mettre en place dans Obsidian. 07:48 📝 *Utiliser la méthode Zetocaster dans Obsidian* - La méthode Zetocaster est présentée comme un moyen de traiter des idées de manière concise dans un monde d'information rapide. - Les avantages de la méthode Zetocaster pour créer des notes atomiques sont expliqués. Made with HARPA AI
This comment isn't about the contents of the Video. I just noticed that the audio quality in some parts is terrible (like the volume suddenly changing much or being distordet). I looked threw the comments and it seems like I am the only one having this problem. I'm using wireless headphones and this is the only video where it happens. Does anyone have an idea what the source of this problem could be? Thanks and have a nice day!
Are you a "notion" brain or are you a "obsidian" brain.... This line in the sand is not something I can entirely agree with. As for me, I'd say I'm kind of both. I like things to have a place. I like to know where they are when I need to get them. But I also find myself searching when things get buried or all over the place. Notion seems a little more controlled. Obsidian, seems like chaos. I preferred more of a "controlled chaos" if that makes sense. Groups, folders and categories are really helpful if you let them be.
well brains work diffrently, I definitely have an motion brain, but I learnd rather early that keeping my digital files organized that way, only creates problems in the long run. But if that works for you, than this is great, but hear me out. For me, with ADHD - which I assume is my driving factor why I keep my digital live organized, I tend to start projects, and stop them midway. When I started drawing digital, I often startet a drawing safed it somewhere and forgot about it, only to find it years later in an randome place, Licence keys, I have them stored in multiple files, but all under some documents folder, so even when I'm searching my archives, I kind of know where to search, without letting the search run for hours, and retourning thousend unrelated results. But at the end, I'm working in IT, I lived the IT live for the majority of my live so the ammount of data I have may be diffrent to yours or regular users, so my problems may not be yours. Also as soon as you work with other people together, don't organize for your sake, organzie for them. At the end, if you need to search for a file, a note or what ever for 10 Minutes, because of bad organization, you will wast in the long run hours of your and your coworkers time. Besides the akward "just one moment" moments :D
Возможно, вы правы, но пока что мнения разнятся: мне нравится всё структурировать в папках, потому что в любом случае через графики можно увидеть новые связи. Хотя я не использую Обсидиан для того, чтобы контролировать свою продуктивность, но, возможно, если б делала, то была согласна
Thank you for the wonderful tutorials! I wonder if you (or any users here, maybe) ever thought about multilingual note-taking? This is perhaps where tags might come in handy to help connect notes that are on the same topic in different languages. But I have two concerns: first, when typing up a "literature" note in the language in which the book I'm reading is written, Obsidian (for Mac) is not switching automatically to that language and so the whole text is underlined as typos, or worse, autocorrect kicks in, e.g., "ironing out" French conjugations. Second, how to effectively organize multilingual notes? I am asking this because I noticed in one of your videos (I've seen 3 now) your keyboard toggled between English and Korean with a drop-down menu of some other language choices, which suggested you might also be grappling with this issue.
Great video! But if I may offer some input: The audio was a bit scuffed. There were clicks/skips, and changes in your voices position, almost as if it was flipping between stereo and mono.
Wonderful video. Can I asked about syncing across devices. I save my obsidian vault on dropbox. So my PC is already connected to it. Now I am not worried about linking my laptop Obsidian to the dropbox vault - that seems easy enough. But when i download and install obsidian, does that mean for each device I have to set up Obsidian again and again in terms of things like plugins, font settings and so forth? Is there a way to export all my Obsidian settings and import into linked devices? As I believe the Obsidian program itself is installed on each specified device separately. What are your thoughts. x
heyhey, pro tip; please use the same microphone to keep audio consistancy. this video is so unconsistant with it's audio, and could be done better. Appreciate the tips nonetheless.
I hope this doesn't come off as a hate comment or anything, but I didn't really like video. I just started off with Obsidian after watching someone else use it and was looking for input but I feel like I got almost nothing out of this video other than synch is good. I feel like you talk a lot about the topic but I'm missing substance I guess? If this video is with people in mind who are new to Obsidian or people who might want to try Obsidian I think this is not really helping. Granted English has never been my first language but I've been a netizen for almost 25 years now so I do pride myself in being at least semi fluent and I had issues following you in some of these sections. It felt like you strung a lot of complicated or technical terms or concepts together that don't really say much at all. The whole 3rd point completely eluded me. I had to google atomic ideas only to find out that atomic notes would've probably been the term I should've searched for. The part about specific knowledge also really eludes me. Maybe I don't have the brain for it but the concept doesn't really make sense to me. What is an example of specific knowledge to you? Because I feel like any example you could give me, I would be able to teach myself by looking stuff up or watching videos on the subject which completely undermines the cannot be taught part. The whole thing just reads to me like: Knowledge + Experience. I'm probably not your target audience so take of this what you will. I really only commented because I thought back on how I would translate any of this to my newly created Obsidian vault and came out blank.
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is it just me or the audio isn't consistent? It either cuts in/out or the audio pans from mono to stereo
Oof yes OMG
Was so distracting.
Ugh, I can't handle it. Sorry Vicky, fix your audio. Interesting content but the audio is intolerable.
ive heard video bugs can be forgiven but audio bugs cannot 😭
The audio made me not finish the video.
After 6 months with Obsidian, I mean it's insane what you can do with it from note-taking to almost everything you can think of. Helped me a lot with productivity. Totally recommend it.
I always thought I was broken. You explaining a notion brain vs a wondering brain is such a breakthrough for me! This is my first time hearing this explained. Thank You!!!
You have become one of my favourite youtube channels, simple, straight to the points and most importantly *actually useful stuff*. Keep up the good work!
I have to disagree. After the third b-roll clip I get bored and move to the next video... This video presents interesting ideas, if not all that new, but it would have been much more interesting had it been 1/3 in length
I have to disagree with your disagreement disagreeably.
You are swiping your life away.
Honor your decision to select.
Your boredom reflects empty desk!
Peace
Damn - I wish I had this tool and life guide years ago. I wound up co-authoring an engineering textbook just to achieve this SME status to toggle my life from being driven by others to being the driver of others. This advice is pure magic to being in charge of your life.
Absolutely love this. You completely validated my feeling of not having the most structure to my notes and just connecting them as I see fit. Please never stop making videos!! They’re absolutely amazing!!
Came to this video thinking I was just gonna watch some interesting tips and instead ended up taking notes like it was a TED talk. Great info, insights and ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Vicky, I admire your capability to express your thoughts and feelings in such a simple way, keep going! It gives a lot of inspiration!
I absolutely love using the Obsidian app! It's like "linking thinking" in a way that has completely transformed my life. This powerful tool has given me deep insights and has even changed the way I think about things.
Sure, at first, it can be a bit daunting to learn, kind of like learning a new instrument. But once you get the hang of it, Obsidian becomes incredibly powerful and indispensable. Trust me, it's worth investing the time to learn how to use it!
What I love most about Obsidian is that every thought I have can be digitally connected, making it highly searchable and easy to access. And because I can use it on my mobile phone, I can quickly and easily implement my thoughts, ideas, and insights without any friction. It's truly a game-changer!
Please write a book 📖
Haha what should the title be?
@@VickyZhaoBEEAMP Modern Mental Models - Vicky Zhao
NY Bestseller? I think so.
@@Rizzickk ... I might just do it :) Please write a blurb for me when I finish
@@VickyZhaoBEEAMP of course! :]
Waiting for it
Thank you! You have explained something I was wondering a lot about, i.e. why I always felt constricted by Notion, Evernote and all the other applications I tried (I literally felt like the walls were closing in, even though the apps were all great) and why Obsidian felt the right fit.
That's awesome to hear you found your soul notetaking platform! That's how i felt too.. why couldn't I make Notion work?! Turns out it was just my wandering brain trying to think in its wandering way lol Thank you for watching!
I appreciate that you talk about the perils of over-organization. It's okay to get excited by ideas, but I see well-intentioned people over-designing a system into the ground, then stop using it because it's slow or tedious. They did it to themselves. Good organization doesn't mean more organization, it means the least organization needed to get the job done quick.
Your video are very minimalistic which made them very enjoyable.
I think the whole challenge in Obsidian or in every versatile environment it's to take advantage of the points you need whitout overcomplicating it.
I guess you nailed this point 🔥
What a fantastic video! The concise, high-level points were clear & poignant, but you also had moments exposing the depth of your understanding by sprinkling in quotes and external references. It really feels like this talk showcased your good use of atomically connected ideas. This has really helped me while getting started with Obsidian. Thank you for making this!
Thank you for creating content that gets right to the point and is chalk full of usable nuggets of information. I've been binge watching and taking notes to make my research process better. It's been well worth my time.
I am a wandering thinker who wants to be more structured and who appreciates structure.
Obsidian has been amazing for me because I can take notes almost as a stream of consciousness, adding tags on the fly. The fact that it's just a simple file system behind it makes it super simple, at least for me, to change the folder structure however I want whenever I want.
would it be hard to search stuff, if the capture note system is that simple ???' i couldnt image this method when having 1000+ notes as a stucuture sys type of guy...
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interesting ..
I'm gonna try obsidian-neovim cause i want to grep my notes.
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Peace
I think, I do have a structured hierarchical brain. But I found I was paralyzed by trying to get the structure perfect from the start, so Notion didn't work well for me. Obsidian works for me because of its fluidity. I can get thoughts, ideas, information recorded and adjust the structure and connections as I work with my notes.
I got a lot more out of this than i thought i would. You're dope.
4:04 Surprised by the reference to automation here. I appreciate this argument very much.
Vicky posts an obsidian video 5 minutes ago and of course I have to give it a listen
🤗 thank you for being here. How's your notetaking going?
This is exactly that… I am a Wanderer.
My thought process is weird for most people, but I think about things and do things that most people can not.
I hope Obsidian will help me :)
Thanks for your video. Loved it. The one thing I would like to challenge you on is your point on organisation. You said OBSIDIAN is good for those with wondering brains who like to create with flow. But actually the reason why I love OBSIDIAN is because it caters for both brain types - the wanderers and they logical organisers. It allows you to create folders and subfolders for people like me who were brought up on folders which some of us want to continue or semi-continue doing (because it gives us a perception of control) BUT IT ALSO allows you to break free from the folder system and use the SEARCH box to be in a more roaming/wondering/flow type mode. So that's why I love OBSIDIAN - it caters for both. And one is not necessarily better than the other. Both types are good. I am unbelievable good with folders an subfolders; you are not. You are unbelievable good with free flow and roaming - I am less so but want to develop. OBSIDIAN caters for both. I believe for example in LOGSEQ - you cant create folders and subfolders - but I may be wrong there - but it is why I didn't go with LOGSEQ. I didn't go with ROAM - because I saw some stuff on YoutUBE about their attitude to their supporters or to critiques and how they now seem to give the impression of "high and all mighty" now that they make money. Anyway, back to my point - OBSIDIAN caters for both folder lovers and roaming wanderers - and both ways of creating content are as good methods.
I use obsidian for knowledge management, notion for projects management, and things 3 for daily and weekly tasks
Beautiful, and your voice in 3d changing from one speaker to another. lovely!
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind an empty desk is sign of an organized and zen mind ;)
Nice video
Cat swiping away icons gives empty desk (is cat in zen state)? ;)
Who else is going to stay optimistic with notetaking?! If you liked this, check out 👉
» Zettelkasten x Obsidian: th-cam.com/video/HSTOSWOhNo4/w-d-xo.html
» Zettelkasten Basics: th-cam.com/video/GpV47rUYk8I/w-d-xo.html
» Obsidian Basics: th-cam.com/video/d3e7GWsqoU0/w-d-xo.html
at the very end, you mentioned that light note taking makes it easier and less procrasinate-prone, and if i took anything away from this video its that i can try and treat all of my schoolwork as trivial to get it over with. thanks for the tip 👍
A better definition for specific knowledge is unique knowledge. Something you have that your competition doesn’t. The employer needs you, you will not be replaced with another worker.
"I just use one feature and that is search" - Yes x1000! Finally someone I can relate to in the everyday struggle of grappling with info overload!
I'm printing that Einstein quote and putting it on my cluttered desk
First time listening to your channel. You have such a soothing tone, love it! Thanks for a great content with obsidient
You’re doing a great job here Vicky. Keep up good work!
Oh my god. Couldn’t agree more with your content! Thanks so much for this video especially on Obscidian vs Notion comparison and using search function all the time. We share so many similarities in terms of thinking thanks for making me feel better and not thinking I’m scatterbrained.
Interesting video Vicky. I've also been taking baby steps when building my notes in Obsidian. But looking at how the Note-Taking apps are just proliferating with logseq, Tana, Reflect Notes etc... sometimes it can get quite confusing. But I just want to keep it simple and not drown in complexity. I came across Gall's Law while reading 'Personal MBA' by Josh Kaufman:
"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system."
The Counterview by Sam Matla concerning Productivity/Note taking apps quite eye opening (to me)
th-cam.com/video/baKCC2uTbRc/w-d-xo.html
Love the quote and the concept. Keeping it simple is really what made it work for me (except for when I need to make videos... how to balance staying helpful without adding to the race for the fanciest system?!)
keep up the good work your channel is one of the best in here ... this is my first video and you earned yourself a subscriber
Thanks for the point of view !
You definitely gave some points to think about.
I'm gonna explore, and who knows, I might subscribe ! 😁
Very helpful video. Audio issues were a bit distracting at first but the content was excellent and more than compensated them. Liked and subscribed. Well done.
Glad Obsidian is working out for you. $64 a year for sync is steep if you want to sync your vault between Android and iOS, luckily logseq seems to be a good alternative
You sold me when you shared that you also only use your Downloads folder to store all files. :)
Downloads Folder + Search = Simplicity
I integrated my Google calendar and there I can see my tasks and meetings at a glance. Not the sane as task management, but very handy!
Brilliant video as always. I am nearing my first month with Obsidian and I learned the most of methodologies from your channel. Thank you for insightful content. On the side note, big-up for Ray Dalio's "Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order" in the background - it is a great book!
I’m loving your content Vicky.
I am very structured and use obsidian combined with espanso triggers which is amazing
I use To-Doist and many times I ask myself why am I taking the time to write things down "to do" rather than just do them. Now trying to choose between Notion and Obsidian.
The mic you are using is a directional mic that will work better if you point it at your face instead of upwards towards the ceiling.
Man I’ve watched a ton of these on productivity about notion and obsidian and what I’ve come away from is really that I’m not very busy 😂
Your content keeps getting better and better. Thank you for putting so much time and energy into creating such high-quality content!
great stuff! so glad to know that i'm not the only one who tends to keep everything in my Downloads folder ;-) your videos are very inspiring and i'll definitely watch all of them now and looking forward to having and using a "second brain"
Really like the idea of this, going to check it out
Thanks for checking it out!
Absolutely love your content! Out of curiosity, was this edited with some kind of AI tool? The harsh audio changes and the changes in audio pacing make me think this was some kind of "make this video 10 minutes long" tool.
4:55 i felt that. I tried using Notion but I used to get overwhelmed by too many possibilities
One problem is that “Search” (in terms of current text retrieval technology) is actually a form of categorization, which in a way requires more work. To find something online depends upon recognition of the appropriate categories of representation (e.g. words and phrases) for correct recall. A file hierarchy is just a special type of network in which the categories have been conceptually agreed upon and subordinated or classified. So “search” is in some ways more difficult, since the universe of possible matches (or more dangerously, missed matches) is much larger, by many orders of magnitude. Just a thought.
I wasted lots of time in obsidian with various plugins, vaults, syncs , various formulas, learning YAML, Learning markdown etc etc etc.
Finally moved to a minimalistic note taking PAID app CRAFT. Its very beautiful & well organized for notes . And its syncs well with all devices in apple ecosystem . Also its very smooth to work with.
Q&A:
Part: 00:00
Q1: What is Obsidian and how did the speaker initially feel about it? A1: Obsidian is a note-taking app. The speaker initially felt skeptical about using it, but after a year of using it consistently, they found it very helpful.
Q2: What was the one thing in Obsidian that did not work for the speaker? A2: The one thing that did not work for the speaker was task management. They believed that having a thought partner who can keep track of your thoughts and insights over time is more productive than just having a task manager.
Q3: According to Naval, what is the definition of productivity? A3: According to Naval, productivity means getting outsized returns for the time and effort you put in, and having leverage to get those outsized results.
Q4: What is specific knowledge, according to Naval? A4: Specific knowledge is knowledge that cannot be trained for, and is found by pursuing genuine curiosity and passion.
Q5: How did Obsidian help the speaker with their overwhelming amount of information? A5: Obsidian helped the speaker by allowing them to organize and keep track of their insights over time, and being searchable so they can access it at any point in their life. This prevented them from falling into the problem of reading a lot of books but not remembering anything from it.
Part: 03:15
Q1: How can specific knowledge be taught? A1: Specific knowledge is often taught through apprenticeships rather than schools. It is usually highly technical or creative and cannot be outsourced or automated.
Example: Learning how to become a master woodworker by working as an apprentice under a skilled carpenter.
Q2: Can AI replace jobs that require specific knowledge? A2: Yes, AI can replace jobs that can be automated. However, jobs that require specific knowledge cannot be easily automated, so having specific knowledge is still valuable.
Example: An AI-powered robot that can assemble simple products on an assembly line, but cannot design a unique product from scratch.
Q3: What is Obsidian and how can it be used to build specific knowledge? A3: Obsidian is a note-taking app that can be used to build specific knowledge. It allows users to organize their notes and make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas.
Example: Using Obsidian to keep track of all the research, notes, and ideas related to a personal project, such as writing a book.
Q4: Why is minimum organization important when using Obsidian? A4: Minimum organization is important in Obsidian because it allows users to spend more time thinking about ideas rather than organizing them. This is especially useful for people who have a wandering thinking style.
Example: Creating a single folder in Obsidian called "Research" and using tags to organize notes within that folder.
Q5: Why is syncing between devices important when building a note-taking habit? A5: Syncing between devices is important because it allows users to access their notes from anywhere and anytime, which is key to building a note-taking habit.
Example: Being able to access your notes on your laptop, phone, or tablet, regardless of where you are or which device you're using.
Part: 06:51
Q1: What is Obsidian and how can it help with note-taking? A1: Obsidian is a note-taking software that can help build a reading habit and streamline note-taking. It can be used on desktop and mobile devices, and syncing is free with a cloud drive that works with your operating system.
Q2: What is the Zetocaster method, and how can it be used in note-taking? A2: The Zetocaster method is a note-taking method that involves taking three types of notes: literature notes, fleeting notes, and permanent notes, and putting them into atomic sizes while making connections between different ideas. It is a game-changer for note-taking because it makes it easy to synthesize ideas and stay focused.
Q3: Why is it important to remove friction when it comes to note-taking? A3: Removing friction when it comes to note-taking is important because it makes it easier to develop a habit. When the steps are simple and straightforward, it's more likely that the habit will stick.
Q4: How has our attention span changed over time, and why is this important to note-taking? A4: Our attention span has decreased over time due to information overload, and it's important to note-taking because it means we need to find ways to work with our limited attention span. The Zetocaster method is a great solution for this because it involves taking atomic-sized notes that are easy to digest.
Q5: What resources are available for someone who wants to learn more about note-taking and the Zetocaster method? A5: There are many resources available for someone who wants to learn more about note-taking and the Zetocaster method. These include videos on TH-cam that cover the topic in detail, as well as templates that can be used to get started.
I tried to focus on the video, but the audio just makes me feel like the video is haunted 😧
That was very informative and concise, Thank you! Just become a subscriber from seeing your video for the first time!
Some feedback:
1) audio is killing it (reupload?)
2) task_management vs importance of specific knowleadge?? Task based on content and background is gold! You don't have to manage or get notified (get distracted). But having a dedicated view and ease of creating one (instead of loosing focus, copying stuff in another app) is priceless. Apple Notes got it with Notifications, OneNote still struggles.
3) Loosed or dynamic structure is THE thing for "Notion" brains. Messed desktop - is an extreme thing, not something that would work for many people who are switching from Notion/Notes. Tags is a dynamic thing in Apple Notes too. But flexibility of Obsidian - what makes it special. Search works anywhere, even in OneNote .. or Notes .. where sync is build in ;)
This was the video I needed! Thank you!
Loved your content, I have a suggestion for you: because you move around while talking to microphone your voice increases and decreases. You can level your voice at the edit process so that the sound level will be even and we can listen you more comfortably. Great work! Please continue what you are doing!
Got online in 94 yet today, I prefer pen, paper and crayons for thoughts in between staring at a tree in the wind
Regarding the "getting more out than you put in"... That's interesting, but life isn't theory. The choices arent usually: do I want to get out less than I put in or more? I wish it were so simple. Everything is a tradeoff. Often the trade off is something probabilistic: do I want to take the time to write this down or risk forgetting it completely? If you didn't forget, writing it down was a waste of time. If you forgot to do it, writing it down was the single most important thing you could have done. (Assuming the note was effective)
This is one hell of a video! Subbed!
This is what I needed. Many thanks.
Thanks Vicky! Very sincere, I liked it
Here is an experiment for you: ask a bunch of software developers who experienced "burn out" whether they prioritized the pursuit of specific knowledge over following consensus. I assert that this pursuit avoids burn out (but in the short term can cause friction when a lack of conformity is discovered by "authority figures")
Après un an de prises de notes sous Obsidian, je m'attendais à des conseils beaucoup moins vagues et généraux. Cette vidéo est une présentation générale de l'intérêt global d'Obsidian. Juste pour les débutants donc.
Love your video!
You’re awesome. Thank you sharing this.
Thanks for watching!
Amazing summary ❤
Great topic and video! But there's something weird going on with the audio. It's switching between different qualities all the time
I am curious what you mean by tasks?
There are tasks in my Obsidian but they are different types of tasks to those in my Morgen.
Do you have no folders, or minimal folders?
Do you not have long notes with your zettlekasten?
I thought the point of zettelkasten was to keep the notes short, like Luhmann did?
Stunning!
Supports well UTF characters? Does it work well when you use ibus or Sogou Pinyin?
There's life before Obsidian, and there's life after. What about, there's life before Vicky, and there's life after. I'm such a simp. 🤭I don't worry about sync, I just dictate into Google Note on my phone and it appears transcribed on my desktop later. As I don't work, just go out walking and having fun, that's all fine, but I see the benefit of sync for everyone else. I do the atomic notes, but like Danny Hatcher, I do longer form notes, where the collection of concepts needs surrounding with context to be meaningful.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🤖 *Le défi de la gestion de tâches*
- La gestion des tâches ne fonctionnait pas pour l'orateur.
- L'orateur soutient que la gestion des tâches ne crée pas de réelle productivité, mais que la construction de connaissances spécifiques est essentielle.
01:26 📚 *La signification de la connaissance spécifique*
- La définition de la productivité selon Naval Ravikant est expliquée.
- La connaissance spécifique est présentée comme une clé pour échapper à l'automatisation.
03:06 🌐 *Utiliser Obsidian pour construire la connaissance spécifique*
- L'orateur explique comment Obsidian peut être utilisé pour construire la connaissance spécifique.
- L'importance de protéger le temps et de se concentrer sur la construction de connaissances spécifiques est soulignée.
04:33 📂 *Minimum d'organisation dans Obsidian*
- L'orateur explique pourquoi une organisation minimale est efficace dans Obsidian.
- La recherche est présentée comme un moyen de trouver rapidement les notes sans une hiérarchie complexe.
06:25 📱 *Synchronisation entre tous les appareils*
- L'importance de la synchronisation entre tous les appareils pour établir une habitude de prise de notes est expliquée.
- L'orateur souligne que la synchronisation est simple à mettre en place dans Obsidian.
07:48 📝 *Utiliser la méthode Zetocaster dans Obsidian*
- La méthode Zetocaster est présentée comme un moyen de traiter des idées de manière concise dans un monde d'information rapide.
- Les avantages de la méthode Zetocaster pour créer des notes atomiques sont expliqués.
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This comment isn't about the contents of the Video. I just noticed that the audio quality in some parts is terrible (like the volume suddenly changing much or being distordet).
I looked threw the comments and it seems like I am the only one having this problem.
I'm using wireless headphones and this is the only video where it happens.
Does anyone have an idea what the source of this problem could be?
Thanks and have a nice day!
Audio is not with consistent volume and is kind of annoying. A normalization and compression would help.
Can obsidian accept screen shots?
Are you a "notion" brain or are you a "obsidian" brain.... This line in the sand is not something I can entirely agree with. As for me, I'd say I'm kind of both. I like things to have a place. I like to know where they are when I need to get them. But I also find myself searching when things get buried or all over the place. Notion seems a little more controlled. Obsidian, seems like chaos. I preferred more of a "controlled chaos" if that makes sense. Groups, folders and categories are really helpful if you let them be.
Give us a tour of the bookshelf in the background.
With zettelkasten, how do you systematically or even casually go back and review those literature notes? They get stored but when are they accessed?
Dynamic voice volume is interesting.
I like that book in black by Ray in the back.
well brains work diffrently, I definitely have an motion brain, but I learnd rather early that keeping my digital files organized that way, only creates problems in the long run. But if that works for you, than this is great, but hear me out.
For me, with ADHD - which I assume is my driving factor why I keep my digital live organized, I tend to start projects, and stop them midway. When I started drawing digital, I often startet a drawing safed it somewhere and forgot about it, only to find it years later in an randome place,
Licence keys, I have them stored in multiple files, but all under some documents folder, so even when I'm searching my archives, I kind of know where to search, without letting the search run for hours, and retourning thousend unrelated results.
But at the end, I'm working in IT, I lived the IT live for the majority of my live so the ammount of data I have may be diffrent to yours or regular users, so my problems may not be yours.
Also as soon as you work with other people together, don't organize for your sake, organzie for them.
At the end, if you need to search for a file, a note or what ever for 10 Minutes, because of bad organization, you will wast in the long run hours of your and your coworkers time. Besides the akward "just one moment" moments :D
thanks super helpful!!
I can't even begin to explain how well made this video was. Just wow.
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Возможно, вы правы, но пока что мнения разнятся: мне нравится всё структурировать в папках, потому что в любом случае через графики можно увидеть новые связи. Хотя я не использую Обсидиан для того, чтобы контролировать свою продуктивность, но, возможно, если б делала, то была согласна
Thank you for the wonderful tutorials! I wonder if you (or any users here, maybe) ever thought about multilingual note-taking? This is perhaps where tags might come in handy to help connect notes that are on the same topic in different languages. But I have two concerns: first, when typing up a "literature" note in the language in which the book I'm reading is written, Obsidian (for Mac) is not switching automatically to that language and so the whole text is underlined as typos, or worse, autocorrect kicks in, e.g., "ironing out" French conjugations. Second, how to effectively organize multilingual notes?
I am asking this because I noticed in one of your videos (I've seen 3 now) your keyboard toggled between English and Korean with a drop-down menu of some other language choices, which suggested you might also be grappling with this issue.
Great video. Audio needs work though
Great video! But if I may offer some input: The audio was a bit scuffed. There were clicks/skips, and changes in your voices position, almost as if it was flipping between stereo and mono.
What in the world is going on with the audio ??
How does it go? Without file structure or system but just rely on Tags?
Wonderful video. Can I asked about syncing across devices. I save my obsidian vault on dropbox. So my PC is already connected to it. Now I am not worried about linking my laptop Obsidian to the dropbox vault - that seems easy enough. But when i download and install obsidian, does that mean for each device I have to set up Obsidian again and again in terms of things like plugins, font settings and so forth? Is there a way to export all my Obsidian settings and import into linked devices? As I believe the Obsidian program itself is installed on each specified device separately. What are your thoughts. x
I only use the downloads folder too unless I am archiving something lol
Curious, do you use just one vault or do you have several for various topics?
Just one vault! So I can search across all the topics in one places. And thanks for watching!
Ótimo vídeo, muito obrigado 👏
heyhey, pro tip; please use the same microphone to keep audio consistancy.
this video is so unconsistant with it's audio, and could be done better. Appreciate the tips nonetheless.
I hope this doesn't come off as a hate comment or anything, but I didn't really like video. I just started off with Obsidian after watching someone else use it and was looking for input but I feel like I got almost nothing out of this video other than synch is good. I feel like you talk a lot about the topic but I'm missing substance I guess? If this video is with people in mind who are new to Obsidian or people who might want to try Obsidian I think this is not really helping.
Granted English has never been my first language but I've been a netizen for almost 25 years now so I do pride myself in being at least semi fluent and I had issues following you in some of these sections. It felt like you strung a lot of complicated or technical terms or concepts together that don't really say much at all. The whole 3rd point completely eluded me. I had to google atomic ideas only to find out that atomic notes would've probably been the term I should've searched for.
The part about specific knowledge also really eludes me. Maybe I don't have the brain for it but the concept doesn't really make sense to me. What is an example of specific knowledge to you? Because I feel like any example you could give me, I would be able to teach myself by looking stuff up or watching videos on the subject which completely undermines the cannot be taught part. The whole thing just reads to me like: Knowledge + Experience. I'm probably not your target audience so take of this what you will. I really only commented because I thought back on how I would translate any of this to my newly created Obsidian vault and came out blank.
y recalcó de las relaciones entre temas, yo no necesito relacionar un tema de biblia con mi trabajo o con mi comida
Yes.Yes.Yes.