Obsidian.md
a note taking app for people who are obsessed with Markdown
I've dabbled in blogging / tutorial making, but was always bogged down with the speed of Wordpress. with Obsidian I get
Plus I can use it for client tracking, tutorial making, and idea generation. I'd recommend anybody that knows more than 5 keyboard shortcuts to ditch whatever blogging tool they currently use In Flavor of Obsidian
connections
- easily convert and publish with Obsidian-Zola or Quartz-w_Boswell
- Live Sync instances with Obsidian-Livesync
installation
- https://obsidian.md/
- Linux Users - I got it off Flatpak
Android 10 Users
Android Can't write to SD Card Fix
To utilize storage on an SD card you have to save it in a specific spot /SD_CARD/Android/data/md.obsidian/VAULT_HERE
Plugins I use
- vrtmrz/livesync-bridge (github.com)
- pjeby/quick-explorer
- Perform file explorer operations (and see your current file path) from the Obsidian.md title bar
- deathau/cm-editor-syntax-highlight-obsidian
- allows syntax highlighting for code blocks in the editor.
- timhor/obsidian-editor-shortcuts
- keyboard shortcuts commonly found in code editors such as Visual Studio Code (vscode) or Sublime Text
- delashum/obsidian-checklist-plugin
- create checklists from tags, organize inside any file, and display master list in a side panel
- blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview
- Make dynamically filtered tables & graphs for dashboards
- tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian
- Improved table navigation, formatting, and manipulation
Custom CSS via Snippets
Graph View Customization
- group colors
- exclude directories / files
How I Keep up on Clients
- metadata
- tut on dataviews and tables
- how I organize via directories
Publish Vault
- I've use Obsidian-Zola because it's dead simple and has nice out of the box features. Publish to Netlify
- I have experimented with Quartz-w_Boswell. I like the ability to compile locally but looking into how to add more features. Publish to Github Pages
- Currently I use Obsidian Publish with NextJS to show off my digital garden.