Obsidian Quick Start Guide (2024)

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It's easy to get overwhelmed with all the options, features, and customizations in Obsidian. You need to get started!
But how?
In this video, we dive into how you can QUICKLY get started with Obsidian -- RIGHT NOW.
=== GEAR ===
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=== PKM Stack ===
📝 Obsidian: obsidian.md
📖 Readwise: readwise.io/ju... (affiliate)
✅ Todoist: todoist.com

[@Doodiligent]

As soon as you scrolled out to see your entire graph, I immediately decided to download it lol thank you!

[@sfield541]

Even as an advanced Obsidian user, the focus on refactoring help to bring me back to basics. Thanks Justin.

[@EffectiveCo]

So glad that was helpful!

[@LooseOrangeJuice]

You get to the point within the first 5 seconds of the video. I subbed based on that alone.

[@GunnarDigital]

im glad i know the keyboard well cause after 1:46 with no warning, sir it is 2am i am trying to learn. but nah this really helped thank you!

[@EffectiveCo]

At least the content made it forgivable 😆

[@iamhritikpawar]

1:46 bro really flashbanged his audience.

[@pompeiipoison]

@@iamhritikpawar exactly what I came to see. Did not disappoint.

[@cryptogenik]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Obsidian has a little barrier of entry with all it's shortcuts and minimalistic interface, I wish this video was linked from the initial installation or on their website

[@EffectiveCo]

I'm so glad you found this helpful!!

[@Coryoutloud]

Great video and thanks for keeping it simple yet dynamic. Kudos

[@研究-t3q]

Fantastic intro video! I've learned so much in just 10 mins, thank you!

[@WHERESDrManhattan]

Just started trying to use Obsidian - perfect explanation as an intro!

[@JimAult]

A nice, clear walk-through of note taking fundamentals with Obsidian. I am signing up for your email kickstart program. Thank you. the advanced organization definitely comes later this summer.

[@ericmaina6779]

I like how you simplify it. great job

[@EffectiveCo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Sunset248-j3t]

Thank you this video was great!

[@bengreenberg1]

Good video thank you. Seems like Obsidian will be great for some people but not me. Sorry to say it, because I get that's it's beautiful, just way way way too complicated. In the future tools like this will just evaluate your text and just work vs. needing markup / refactoring etc.

[@dms06dotte]

Nice walkthrough, but I immediately wanted to thumbs down when you switched from dark mode to light mode. Why blind us?

[@EffectiveCo]

I’ve gotten feedback that dark mode is hard to see on video, so that’s why. Sorry for blinding you - hopefully you can still see 🙈

[@dms06dotte]

@@EffectiveCo S'all good. Keep up the nice obsidian vids!

[@timbushell8640]

@@EffectiveCo In both modes, the 'lines' and dots of the graph view are general too thin and not zoomed into when there are say a dozen or so nodes...

[@WrittenTalesMagazine]

I like the light mode. Darkmode is to make you blind.

[@santiagopuente660]

Excelent Video!! Thanks!

[@serenartix]

Thank you bro! That was very helpful

[@EffectiveCo]

Glad it helped!

[@Rubbernecker]

Excellent video!!!

[@EffectiveCo]

Glad you liked it!

[@Shoibyrd]

Dark mode is only mode. My eyes.

[@dimitrydoronkin]

Thank you.

[@BFC1372]

Thanks!!!

[@Tanaka_Mhuka]

My eyes, my eyeeeees. When he switched to light mode

[@1XXDRED]

So do you also use obsidian for studying I imagine? Or pretty much anything that goes in your head? 👀

[@EffectiveCo]

I use obsidian primarily for areas of interest I’m learning about intentionally. Anything that’s information I will either develop over time or want to refer back to.

[@MrAntpre]

Hi, can you access your obsidian notes between devices or each device has its own datas ? I'm wondering cause there is no login and the files are stored locally. Tks

[@EffectiveCo]

You can sync using a 3rd party solution like iCloud, Git, or Syncthing (Dropbox/Google Drive only work on Android due to iOS restrictions), but the easiest way is to use Obsidian’s sync service. It’s end-to-end encrypted and syncs reliably in my experience.

[@1conscience0dimension]

light mode really? this guy is retro

[@Naturalbrown]

@@1conscience0dimension 😆

[@1conscience0dimension]

@@Naturalbrown You have a glowing aura

[@drlauch2256]

It should be a crime to use it in whitemode :-9

[@4GENS]

The first thing you do is set it to light mode.. I just had to dislike the video quickly, will keep watching though

[@EffectiveCo]

Yeah apparently I can't keep everyone happy - when I have it in dark mode I get comments asking for light 😅

[@gravelmann_outdoor]

left bracket?? WTF``

[@enlightenment6278]

What a load of gobbledygook how does that actually work as a bloodied database mate

[@xemtuvi-nhiettinh-az]

I will give him one dislike vote because there so many useless basic talking