This blog was originally posted on LinkedIn When I was a kid, I read a book called “Tas and the Postal Rocket“, it’s a story about a boy who accidentally stows away on a rocket used for delivering mail. Written in the 1950’s the fictitious postal rocket was a machine that had the potential to deliver … Read more
How to have Efficient and Effective meetings The following are a collection of ideas that I’ve collected over the years. These are principles (not rules). 1. Have a designated day for meetings If possible, and it usually is, have a designated day for meetings. This doesn’t mean you should now feel the compulsion to fill … Read more
Problem The average American spends about 30% of their work time on email, and only about 40% of their time on role specific tasks. There are many reasons for this somewhat shocking statistic. Some might say that spending this much time on email is just the new way to work, and that it’s inevitable. I disagree. … Read more
Do you have a home page in Obsidian? Perhaps you want to create a quick shortcut that allows you to quickly navigate to the current Daily Note. With Dataview you can create a link that links to Today’s Daily Note. Here is how: Just the date: Add an alias like “Today” or “This week”:
Humans are fundamentally biased. Myself included. This means that we have to give ourselves mental walking sticks so we don’t fall down. Just like an elderly gentleman with a walking stick, he can probably walk a fair distance without it, but with it he is more capable. I like to use questions to help me … Read more
Wouldn’t it be nice if people noticed? This is a question that I’ve asked myself many times. Perhaps, not outright. But, something similar has crossed my mind. Wouldn’t it be nice if my boss noticed how hard I am working? Wouldn’t it be nice if people noticed my pictures on Instagram? Many people, myself included, … Read more
What are templates In Obsidian.md you are able to make templates to quickly insert markup into your document. This allows you to keep your vault consistently structured, as well as speed up your work flow. Why should you use templates for personal knowledge management? In order to use Obsidian.md effectively for personal knowledge management it’s … Read more
I wrote this blog as a guest post for Eric Golban’s Blog. What is the Pomodoro Technique? The Pomodoro Technique is a time management technique invented by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980’s. “Pomodoro” is Tomato in Italian. It was named after the Tomato Kitchen timer that he used to time his work sessions. Each … Read more
With over 600 plugins at the time of writing this article, Obsidian.md users are spoilt for choice when it comes to plugins. Many of these plugins are super niche. So here are the ones that I find most useful, and perhaps, you will too. All of these plugins can be downloaded from the “Community Plugins” … Read more
When I find something that I am interested in, I tend to be a very passionate person. When I was 10 I picked up a digital camera for the first time and I have been interested in photography ever since. When I was 12, I started playing drums. Later on in my teen years I … Read more