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Obsidian v1.2 Bookmarks and Emergence (Patreon)

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2023-04-14 15:00:05
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Content

I'd already done a preview a few weeks ago of the latest v1.2 version of Obsidian just for you lovely patrons, but next week I'm releasing a longer video about it now that it's been released to Insiders. I've had some time to think about how to incorporate it into my Obsidian workflows, and I thought I'd share that here with you all, a full week before everyone else gets to see it. Enjoy!

Note: This video will be unlisted until Friday, when I have to mark it as private shortly before it is published for everyone to see. If you try to watch it and get a "Private video" error, you've probably caught it in that small window. Wait a few hours and try again-- it will be published shortly.

Videos this week

🔴 Lazy GM note taking with Notion and Obsidian

This week, I had the unique pleasure of interviewing Mike Shea from Sly Flourish. Mike is most well-known in the TTRPG community, but others may not know that he's also developed an interesting system of note-taking for TTRPGs as well-- but he uses another app, Notion. Here are some highlights from the livestream:

  • Mike's monster database in Notion
  • My monster database in Obsidian, and my solution for organizing PDFs
  • How to think about digital notes for in-person games
  • How to use the "Lazy GM" session prep templates in Notion and in Obsidian
  • My items database, random tables, and statblocks in Obsidian
  • Using ChatGPT in Notion for TTRPGs
  • Differences in approaches between Notion and Obsidian

Best tools for organizing PDFs

I also released my video on organizing PDFs this week, which patrons got a preview of last week. This video is all about my research regarding some tools for organizing PDFs particularly for my non-academic use case, including:

  • DevonThink
  • Readwise
  • macOS + Skim
  • Zotero

I chose Zotero... for now, at least!

Project updates

  • nvdh-vault: Added Lightning rods of thought and updated default new note template for an upcoming video on emergent note-taking.

To access this and other vaults, check out this list of Patreon perks-- they'll always have the most updated links and passwords for the vaults.

What I'm working on

I've been working on a presentation linking the concept of emergence to load testing, and posting my progress on Mastodon and on my Obsidian Publish site. I'll be presenting it at KubeCon EU in Amsterdam next Wednesday-- tickets are already sold out for that conference, but if you're already going, come and say hi!

The latest build of v1.2 includes bookmarking blocks-- something which didn't make it into the video, unfortunately. More on this as soon as I've tested it a bit more!

Have a great weekend, everyone! I appreciate you.

Files

Previews only

Obsidian Bookmarks - new in Obsidian v1.2 (for Insiders only)

Obsidian bookmarks have arrived in the latest Obsidian version, v1.2. Here's what they are, what you can bookmark, and how to use them within your workflows. I also go over other, smaller Quality of Life improvements in this release. // RESOURCES MENTIONED TfT Hacker's blog post on this: https://tfthacker.medium.com/zen-like-focus-with-obsidian-bookmarks-a60d24382eb @Boostezvotreproductivite's video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0W6QGoaCSg // TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:42 What is the Bookmarks plugin? 01:18 Adding and removing bookmarks 04:15 Using bookmark groups and bookmarking all tabs 06:30 Bookmarking folders and headings 07:52 Bookmarking searches and search improvements 09:11 Other things you can bookmark 12:58 Use cases for bookmarks 19:08 Other notable things in v1.2 --- // ABOUT ME Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole My travel YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/luckydippers k6 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/k6test // APPS I USE - Obsidian: https://obsidian.md - Readwise: https://readwise.io/nicole - Shortform: https://shortform.com/nicole - Reclaim: https://reclaim.ai/r/s/yYOqK // GEAR https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/gear/ // WANT TO SUPPORT ME? ❤️ Join my Patreon and get my sample vault with templates: https://patreon.com/nicolevdh ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/nicolevdh Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means I may get a small percentage when you sign up using those links. To see how I decide what to promote in this way, check out my Ethics Statement: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/ethics/

Comments

Stephen Klusza

great video! One thing I've noticed is that the core plugins are operational in Obsidian Publish (Callouts work great there) so I am excited and hopeful to see Bookmarks integrated in Obsidian Publish as I think this will help out visitors wishing to zoom in on specific things they are looking for

nicolevdh
>>106366984

I hadn't even thought about that, but yeah, that seems like it would be awesome! I think the whole digital garden thing is difficult as a visitor because unless you have context for someone, it's hard to know what to search for. That would definitely help.

Jim Hanna

Thanks for a helpful breakdown of the bookmark functions, the use cases are particularly useful. Trying to wrap my head around how bookmarks map to the other structuring constructs in Obsidian, it seems like bookmarks are a more granular "tag" construct. When might you use a tag instead of a bookmark?

nicolevdh
>>106509752

Hey Jim! Glad you liked the use cases! They are what took the most time when doing the video, but I thought they were important. I personally would use a tag instead of a bookmark for system-related things. For example, to describe the status of a task or note. I use tags more for marking multiple notes across my vault, and bookmarks for specific single notes.