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
Part I Breaking News Some poeple will tell you that the term “Breaking News” came from before the internet. When we still used the print press, breaking news was important enough to “break” the already set type to accommodate the story: Before the internet, the final draft of the newspaper would be fixed in a … Read more
Hey Everyone! Welcome to all the new faces around here. 👋 This week I got chased by Zebra while walking my dog in a local nature reserve. Also, I’ve been focussing on waking up early. Over the past 3 – 4 months, I have gradually moved my wake-up time from 6:00am to 5:00am. Here is a great … Read more
This is a guest post by Eric Golban Resting This past Saturday I participated in a day of rest which meant: no working no physical activity no cooking no technology including phones, laptops, etc. In Judeo-Christian religion, this is also known as keeping the sabbath. However, I didn’t do this for religious reasons, but rather … Read more