Does anyone on Bluesky use Obsidian? Just curious. #notes #notemaking #obsidian

Everything large and significant began as something small and insignificant. https://writingslowly.com/2024/02/11/from-fragments-you.html

A online friend contacted me yesterday, saying, “I’m headed to Zurich … do you have any ideas about things to do there?”

Opened #Obsidian. Searched “Zurich.” Found my travel project from a vacation earlier this year,

This note about this restaurant - that note about that neighborhood bar, another note about the chocolate factory, and another note about the church with the windows by Chagall …

… and boom! Plans for my friend.

#ObsidianMD … I love you.

Every time I travel, I’m reminded how powerful #Obsidian’s mobile app is. All the notes I need are right there, organized exactly as I organize them on my MacBook Pro, so they’re easily found and browsed when needed. A big thank you to @kepano and team for making this mobile experience so smooth!

#PKM #notemaking #WhereMyNotesAt?

Haruki Murakami, in _Novelist as a Vocation_: "If you take a hundred novelists you’ll find a hundred different ways of writing novels."

And this is true of #NoteMaking and #PKM, as well. An approach that works very well for someone else might not work for you. Don't be afraid to simply and consistently work toward your OWN way of structuring your notes.

Cranked up the #Bear app for the first time in more than a year. Found a trove of old notes on various subjects, from a pack of work-related meeting minutes to notes from a long-forgotten doctor visit.

Finding these felt like finding an unexpected little window into my own life. Funny how much of what mattered once doesn't matter now.

(I was glad to rediscover old #ToRead, #ToWatch, and #ToEat lists, as well as notes on cocktails to try!)

Okay, so I will be the first to admit that, while basic, the query builder for the latest version of #Logseq makes using queries much, much easier than before.

It's a good first step, and a great foundation for further development.

Complicated systems (like watches) are driven by causes & effects. Applying expertise solves most issues. Future states can be predicted.

Complex systems (like weather) are chaotic. Expertise and long-term planning become less useful due to unpredictability.

A lot of approaches to #PKM assume #notemaking is complicated (hence: structure, folders, taxonomies). How many assume complexity, with unknowable future states? What strategies or tools excel at teasing emergent structure from chaos?

Different folks consider different factors when choosing a #PKM or #NoteMaking app.

I wonder how important the "Not in Beta" factor should be? (It would certainly narrow the field.)

So: what *are* the PKM tools that aren't in beta right now? #Obsidian isn't in beta. What else?

Which #PKM #NoteMaking muse serves your needs best: the Angel of Sheets or the Angel of Blocks?

(The answer to that question may hint at whether you should be using #Obsidian or #Logseq.)

The #Napkin app -- the one that dredges up past notes and presents them as clusters of related ideas -- offers a functionality I find interesting ... but not particularly useful as a stand-alone app.

What plug-ins for #Obsidian or #Logseq offer similar functionality? (This might be where an AI would be actually useful: pointing out and presenting notes that are thematically similar.)

As long as I am producing work, I think it’s fine to go on about the merits and shortcomings of #Obsidian, #Logseq, and other #NoteMaking tools for #PKM.

Key phrase: “As long as I am producing work.”

Otherwise, I’d just be like someone opining on ultralight backpacks who never actually goes on a hike.

Don’t forget to look into what your favorite #PKM gurus actually produce … beyond content on PKM.

I've got hundreds of books and thousands of notes in my #Kindle library. #Readwise scoured and imported all this handily ... but I didn't like having thousands of notes dropped smack in the middle of my #Obsidian vault or #Logseq graph.

Don't forget: you can check off *exactly* which sources #Readwise will use when sucking in notes and highlights. Now, I enable and bring in sources one at a time (or as needed), and like the results (and processing them) a lot more.

Solid. Gold. -- if, for no other reason, the fact that reading this might inspire you to think about (and outline, and improve) a process of your own:

#NoteMaking #notes #NoteTaking #process #AmNoting

https://www.eleanorkonik.com/the-konik-method-for-making-notes/