Super clean and good content. Way underrated. Really professionally made and written.
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
thank you :) im honored for it to have been called professional hehe
@georgevan260610 ай бұрын
I think what we put in Resources folder are building blocks for any projects/area. For example, I collect articles on running and health benefits and put it in my resources folder. These articles can be referenced in my running goal (Areas folder) or presentation on running benefits (Projects folder). I don't have thousands of pages so query, properties... are just distractions.
@itsjohnmavrick10 ай бұрын
for now its not relevant but as you accumulate more notes it might be worth it to have these more robusts forms of organization to manage it all
@Tomek_MVPАй бұрын
This is the best video ever for those who want to start with Obsidian like me, period. Please please this should get more views and attention!
@itsjohnmavrickАй бұрын
@@Tomek_MVP hey I appreciate the kind words and the fact that you found this video to be very helpful for your start in Obsidian 🥲 feel free to share with other people if you find them also getting interested into developing their second brain hehe
@idarryl4 ай бұрын
I just had a light moment. It all makes sense now!
@itsjohnmavrick4 ай бұрын
yay glad to hear :) what was the biggest insight?
@Navytrix15 күн бұрын
This video is extraordinary, thank you very much, it gives me a lot of added value. I had to translate it into French to understand it and train at the same time. It taught me 1h30 BUT I regret nothing.
@itsjohnmavrick14 күн бұрын
@@Navytrix wow im honored for you to put in so much effort to learn 🥲🥲
@theonly.lightfall2 ай бұрын
It's a great video. I thought about minimizing folder value in my vault and u gave a beautiful solution. It's rly cool to be able to add same note in different "folders" via links. Clean vault!
@itsjohnmavrick2 ай бұрын
yes very handy, hope you enjoy the premade vault?
@simplementebennАй бұрын
But now you'll have a lot of notes outside folders, just being in your vault. Don't you think it looks "dirty"?
@Dhruvjindal04265 ай бұрын
Thank you! this is the best video on this topic that i have ever seen! heck, i'll this is better than Tiago himself, there, i said it. This channel is so underrated! Good luck on your YT journey, new sub!
@itsjohnmavrick5 ай бұрын
wow i'm honored 🥲 i mean i just pieced my knowledge in Obsidian with the BASB philosophy to try and bring it to life :)
@mageprometheus11 ай бұрын
A great video. An opinion. If you have large related projects, for instance, several fantasy series based in the same universe, you can keep them in the same vault. A novel series taking place in a different universe goes into its own vault. This way, an AI plugin, like Smart Connections, will create an "embeddings" file for each vault (universe) separately. This helps when asking the AI questions. I have a separate vault for several thousand writing technique notes that I open simultaneously to my current writing project and keep on a side monitor. It's not so useful to have multiple vaults if you don't use the Smart Connections plugin unless you need to run private and work vaults, where you may have different sync and backup requirements.
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
thank you for sharing! did you try using the exclude/include function for smart connections? i do think having another window open is quite handy though I'm also wondering if it's possible to just open it as a subvault rather than have it completely separate, but then you would also have to organize your notes accordingly which isn't really common practice for linked note taking 😵💫
@mageprometheus11 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Yes, I use the include function, just the one Notes folder. I'd love symlinks with multiple embeddings domains. Poor plugin developers, we’re never satisfied. At the moment, I'm using Quick Plugin Switcher to allow me to turn on and off the Natural Language Syntax Highlighting and the Dynamic Highlights plugins. Dynamic Highlights is great for finding repeated words, filter and noise words, changing the colour of dialogue, and using regex to add styling to anything you can think of. It can even use named captures in a regex to apply different styling to each capture. Natural Language Syntax Highlighting colour codes verbs, adjectives, nouns, etc. I obviously don't want either of these on except during specific editing phases.
@yogurt500037 ай бұрын
In addition to the good content, I can see from the music of the video that you are a man of culture, thank u
@itsjohnmavrick7 ай бұрын
BGS on top 🫡
@tobeqz70659 ай бұрын
Have you ever tried Syncthing with Obsidian? It's what I use to sync my notes for obsidian, it's completely free and the data isn't synced to a cloud, but rather with direct connections between your devices. This makes it so that I don't have to upload my notes (some of which contain very personal details) to someone elses computer (aka the cloud).
@itsjohnmavrick9 ай бұрын
i didn't know of this, thank you for sharing :)
@chaotic_quest3 ай бұрын
Syncthing is really great, works exceptionally to sync Obsidian vault.
@sebastianandregodoy157211 ай бұрын
Astounding quality content John, as always. Best regards!
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
thank you sebastian :) kind regards to you as well !
@jakobmanton68897 ай бұрын
Would have been good if you explained what the para method was at the start of the video.
@itsjohnmavrick7 ай бұрын
good point, i assumed that if you clicked on the video you would have already known or else the title wouldnt have been relevant 😅
@jakobmanton68897 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick I only knew it was a note taking method, 0 clue what it actually was, clicked on the video to learn about the para method and how it can be adapted for use in obsidian
@hozifaelgadal6237 ай бұрын
i was searching for such a video for such a long time thank you for the good content
@itsjohnmavrick7 ай бұрын
np glad you found it useful :) anything else you would like ?
@sanathdissanayake8663Ай бұрын
Hi John, thank you for helping others with valuable guidance.
@itsjohnmavrickАй бұрын
My pleasure! :)
@juaumfilho7 ай бұрын
Wow! Congratulations for this video! Exceptionally relevant content!
@itsjohnmavrick7 ай бұрын
thank you :)
@OGTokyoroll9 ай бұрын
this is SO useful 🙌 tysm, I need to implement this asap
@itsjohnmavrick9 ай бұрын
yes, the email course will help you do so :)
@eji755211 ай бұрын
Excelent content! A feature that I really do miss is a reminder, i'm trying to figure it out using google calendar plugin, i've also used the reminder plugin but idk, felt awkward to use. Nevertheless, thank you very much!
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
ooo, yeah i honestly just use my watch's reminders and my calendar for reminders and np :)
@maynard3012928 ай бұрын
Really good video! I'm a noob to Obsidian but you explained the content really well
@itsjohnmavrick8 ай бұрын
thank you :) hope you find the email course useful as well !
@ThePharaohsCat6 ай бұрын
Bruh. Seriously. I need to finish my work.
@itsjohnmavrick6 ай бұрын
what do you mean by this?
@hoangtrangnguyen1247Ай бұрын
cool thankyou so much for this guidance. It is so helpful for a beginner to Obsidian :)
@itsjohnmavrickАй бұрын
of course, glad it helped and best of luck 🫡
@chanlee-qi7re11 ай бұрын
Big thanks from korea. truly informative content
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
glad you found it useful :)
@woo.cash.8 ай бұрын
Man, you are gold!
@itsjohnmavrick8 ай бұрын
ty 😊
@richardhartung1576Ай бұрын
to be honest, i feel like it its too complicated. Why isnt a folder method not enough? if i am creating a project related to lets say informatics, couldnt i just make a projects folder in my informatics folder and then mark this one for the time being as favorites? if i am not interested in the project anymore or its done, just unfav it. What am i missing? ^^
@kristensheridan68511 ай бұрын
Was very excited to follow along with this but sadly I am using a Samsung tablet and so the property function isn't available it seems.
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
i think theyre adding it to mobile soon !
@mrx655512 сағат бұрын
How about Folders for specified Areas. Like an Folder Computer_Science and then inside a note like Programming with an canban board
@yohanesliong48184 ай бұрын
Very helpful. Thank you.
@itsjohnmavrick4 ай бұрын
ofc, enjoy building your second brain :)
@h_b_r211 ай бұрын
Amazing video as always
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
thank you sait ;)
@sfield54111 ай бұрын
John always delivers a supierior product.
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
appreciate the kind words sean :)
@SubhenduBhatta6 ай бұрын
Perfect! Just Subscribed
@itsjohnmavrick6 ай бұрын
thank you :)
@stevemartel47292 ай бұрын
You rock. Links are way than then folders…
@itsjohnmavrick2 ай бұрын
ty hope the new medium of thought unlocks something :)
@moritzschwerer731210 ай бұрын
Absolutely love the video, I just have a few things that I'm not sure about... 1. Is the areas folder in your setup just for holding the empty area files or do you turn them into some sort of moc? 2. Is the resources folder just a collection of mocs that link together related ideas and then connect to an area? 3. Does every piece of information, for example the summary of an article go into the top level and the folders basically just do the linking? Thanks in advance keep up the great work.
@itsjohnmavrick10 ай бұрын
1. areas folder stores the areas, and areas are empty in the sense that you could probably keep the information in notes themselves (which then makes it moreso like a moc but more personal), you can see examples notes.johnmavrick.com/my-areas/my-areas/ 2. yes, but they don't have to link to an area, for example i don't have any area related to philosophy really, it's just something i learn that's fun 3. im not sure what you mean by top level and folders doing linking. summary of an article i keep in an input note (which I talk about in my CODE method email course), folders categorize based on note type, and does not do any linking. hope this helps !
@noyessiehubert90627 ай бұрын
It feels incomplete. How will you do if you have 1000 notes? Those all those notes reside inside the root folder? Is there a level 4 ?
@itsjohnmavrick6 ай бұрын
level 4 would be ai, its okay if its all in root since its organized through links :)
@Ornballs4454 ай бұрын
What I do use folders to organize the notes while still having the notes be the primary way to get around. In my project folder is another folder that is titled for my project. Then I have a note in there build using the template. And I link all the needed notes to it. And the needed notes are also stored in their own subfolder inside that project folder
@Moustafa-SabryАй бұрын
I am mulling this over too. My current thinking is that perhaps the deep organisation and bulk of notes should be in resources. Projects can then link to the relevant notes there (and when making a new note for a project, it would instead be made directly in the resources section and linked), and areas is for grouping and tracking current and future projects by area of life. This is a bit of a departure from PARA though. In theory it should be ok because there shouldn’t be too many projects on the go at once. I’m not sure though
@zacherywalker83215 ай бұрын
Hey, which emoji add-in are you using? mine won't populate in the Status property
@itsjohnmavrick5 ай бұрын
i type it in manually
@stevewebster96766 ай бұрын
Fantastic video and implemented as soon as watched (3 times). Quick question. In the My Projects dataview is it possible to filter by Area say “Work”, or “Personal”. Tried a few ways to add code but failed miserably
@itsjohnmavrick6 ай бұрын
Area as in the area field in the project? one sec
@itsjohnmavrick6 ай бұрын
does something like ```dataview table WITHOUT ID rows.file.frontmatter.Area as "Area", rows.file.link as "Notes" from #project AND !"Hidden" FLATTEN rows sort file.mtime desc GROUP BY file.frontmatter.Area ``` work?
@stevewebster96766 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Still can’t get it to run. Shows error at rows.file.frontmatter.Area as “Area” (error indicator at first quote mark in front of “Area”)
@stevewebster96766 ай бұрын
Code - ```dataview Table WITHOUT ID rows.file.frontmatter.Area as “Area”, rows.file.link as “Notes” FROM #project AND !”Hidden” FLATTEN rows Sort file.mtime desc GROUP BY file.frontmatter.Area ```
@stevewebster96766 ай бұрын
Just watched your YT on linking Todoist which I’ve used for several years as a stand alone task manager. Looking forward to integrating this into Obsidian. Another great video John, many thanks.
@firecosmos4 ай бұрын
Hi, great video! How do you recreate the "Inbox" function for notes that haven't been moved to anywhere in PARA yet without using folders?
@itsjohnmavrick4 ай бұрын
good question! you can have a tag for notes in an inbox like #inbox, then have a note called "My Inbox" that has a dataview query to look for those notes. I personally automate this using another app called fleeting notes which i have a video on kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j6dzprmCm7DWqGw.htmlsi=NpRsSASovX1GyzL2
@firecosmos4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the response! If you have the projects inside Obsidian what do you use Todoist for?
@itsjohnmavrick4 ай бұрын
@@firecosmos you can use it for the actual task management since it comes out of the box fields, views, and cross-platform support. it also lets you integrate your tasks in other apps like your calendar, etc
@ru218810 ай бұрын
Wow, your video was very handsome, and your character is very helpful!
@Rqmod4 ай бұрын
can you just put these extra notes that are embeded in your main project note in the archive folder right? having them hang in the root folder feels very messy and would make your root folder become your archive no?
@itsjohnmavrick4 ай бұрын
Hi there! from what I understand, your notes only become truly archived when you (think) you no longer need them. some notes are building blocks for your knowledge and understanding, and those should be in the root folder, as the "Resources" folder only contains the larger topic notes that connect to these building blocks. Let me know if that makes sense!
@zakaria2006210 ай бұрын
Cool , how about tasks and notes for project ? Let say you have meeting did you do in project page ?
@itsjohnmavrick10 ай бұрын
You can have a query in your project (or use backlinks) to search for all related notes. For tasks you can have a header in the project template, or you can look into something like the tasks plugin or some third party app. for meetings, i have a new note type that I created on my personal vault, and i will link it to the project if necessary :)
@M.MaX1Ай бұрын
Can someone enplane with is the Area for ? And what is the main different's between "tags" and "links"
@josephgiattino25053 ай бұрын
Thank you so much
@peterbizik224Ай бұрын
Thank you for the effort - unfortunately - I am kind of lost, trying hard :) - but cant grasp it for my own use case. The missing linkage is the Areas vs Resources and cross linkage.
@peterbizik224Ай бұрын
I guess I had to watch video in total to get the full meaning
@itsjohnmavrickАй бұрын
glad to hear it clicked at the end !
@GuyReactsChannel9 ай бұрын
I'm a bit confused, lets say I make a new note in Resources, and it uses the Resource template, how do I actually make notes within that resource ? Is it just making [[Name of New NOte]] in the resource note? and does the new note need any template?
@itsjohnmavrick9 ай бұрын
you can just make a normal note and link it to the resource note 👍 the normal notes will stay in the root folder or some other folder if you want
@monikafischer-keogh51955 ай бұрын
Hi, I am just starting to use Obsidian, so my knowledge is limited. How do I get the emoji toolbar activated when setting up the property for status?
@itsjohnmavrick5 ай бұрын
It suggests you values that are already existing in other notes with a "status" tag, so if you already had a note that had each square possible then you will be able to see it suggested!
@tantran27117 ай бұрын
so where would all the pages associated with project be stored? In a page folder?
@itsjohnmavrick7 ай бұрын
in the root folder of your vault, they would just be linked
@melusine8262 ай бұрын
I want obsidian pre built templates like in notion!
@itsjohnmavrick2 ай бұрын
i have a few like the one mentioned in the video you can try out ! hope they help make the experience a bit better :)
@Bozzigmupp14 күн бұрын
Neat video but since it is mostly about linking your notes, can't you just still have all your notes in folders and use links between notes and tags to get the same outcome?
@itsjohnmavrick14 күн бұрын
@@Bozzigmupp yes you can, there are some times where you would want to have folders as another property to query for though
@ArnauViaM10 ай бұрын
Hey! I stumble upon your videos and really appreciate how easy you make anything, you are really gifted to teach. The thing is I downloaded your free vault from your most recent PARA video and I see you use tq for task management. I've also seen you have a more complete vault under a paywall, I was considering buying it but I understand tq is discontinued. So my question is what are you using for task management on the paywall vault? I have my info notes more or less dialed in but struggle with task management. I have been looking into file-based task management for obsidian since I think properties could give the richness that tasks plugin lacks and the ability to manage projects related to tasks but haven't figure out anything satisfactory yet. Thank you
@itsjohnmavrick10 ай бұрын
i use kanban in the paywall vault, the thing is i use other apps for task management (like my video on using todoist and obsidian) so i haven't personally felt the need to improve the starter vault - i can look into it if you would like though. right now the vault uses kanban boards - you can a kanban with the same name as the project (or more) where you can set up due dates and then you will be able to see them in our daiy and weekly notes. why do you feel the need to have it all in one place?
@ArnauViaM10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your answer. Like many people in the productivity world I have used dozens of apps and systems. I have my own company, two children, work part time in another project and love to learn new things, so managing all of that is not easy and I always need context for any task to be completed and a high level view to decide what I should work on next. This is where combining your notes with your tasks seems mandatory to me. I do not like todoist, lately I have tried to use tasks plugin in obidian (but is not enough for my organization) so I am using things3 in combination with obsidian, what I do is that I copy the link to the things task to obsidian note and the obsidian note link to the tasks description in things, but this is cumbersome and not reliable. The interesting thing about the tasks plugin is that whenever I think something (either a task, block or entire note) is relevant to a project I just add a link to that project, and I still keep all my today&overdue tasks from all my projects on my daily note, the problem is that the tasks plugin is unreliable for recurring tasks and other complex uses cases.I guess the best approach would be to use todoist with the integration plugin and add queries wherever thoses tasks are relevant, but as mentioned do not like todoist at all. Sorry for the long answer. @@itsjohnmavrick
@remiedillon94937 ай бұрын
When I add a property, status is not displayed. If I manually name the property, I do not have the emojis. Is there a pluggin I am missing?
@itsjohnmavrick7 ай бұрын
if you want to set up automatic suggestions for fields and values you can check out metadata menu plugin
@SanaRahman-ss3uz26 күн бұрын
i need to know how you got the emoji up in your status field
@itsjohnmavrick26 күн бұрын
@@SanaRahman-ss3uz i typed it 😅
@SanaRahman-ss3uz26 күн бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrickon pc out don't come up. I'll have to get piggin
@boomboomheartbeat10 ай бұрын
2:32 bookmark
@MySeriousName9 ай бұрын
Hey John, Great video, i am just starting with 2brain after reading tiago forte. I cant find out how to use emoji or icons in the status field. Can you help?
@itsjohnmavrick9 ай бұрын
you will have to use the windows / mac emoji selector shortcut
@MySeriousName9 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrickthank you, i couldnt find anything about this issue in the discussion forum 👍
@charley20703 ай бұрын
Can i implement custom emojis in Obsisdian?
@itsjohnmavrick3 ай бұрын
theres iconize plugin that lets you use icon packs
@charley20702 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick These have to be .svg files. The idea came from discord. There you can just add pictures and they get converted. Pretty cool. But anyway. I think I stick with iconize.
@RafaelSilva-ql6hx11 ай бұрын
Hello John, first thanks for the content. I am looking to change the way I acquire knowledge. So I have a doubt... when i Click on status (Properties), only appears one emoji. It doesn't appears this list of emojis. Is this a specific config? Or plugin? Bug? Thanks
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
it is based off of the existing values of the other status properties you have in the rest of your notes, so you need to have other notes where 🟥 or 🟨 or 🟩 is the status
@luna_sana10 ай бұрын
I signed up for the free email course but never received the follow up email with the first lesson
@itsjohnmavrick10 ай бұрын
what was your email?
@melusine8262 ай бұрын
Same, I signed up twice and no email yet
@EllisBooker10 ай бұрын
I don't see "Status" as an Obsidian property type. What am I missing?
@itsjohnmavrick10 ай бұрын
its not a type, i just use text for it 👍
@EllisBooker10 ай бұрын
Yes, I figured it out right after posting that comment. Thanks for replying!
@oudguitar11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the good video, I emailed and didn't see where to check out the templates.
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
by "emailed" do you mean sign up? did you get a confirmation email? after confirming your email there will be an email that gives you download access
@oudguitar11 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Yes. thanks for the quick response, there was just a little delay, Appreciate it
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
@@oudguitar i see, enjoy :)
@aliq7468 ай бұрын
hey bro interested in a shorts scriptwriter?
@lmaster199411 ай бұрын
How would one handle completed Projects? Usually, one would move the Project into the Archives section once it is complete
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
you would have a status for completed and set the project to that you could also just move to the archives section, and exclude the archives folder to be shown in queries
@djivs94758 ай бұрын
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@halvarmc6713 ай бұрын
So basically just Logseq with more steps.
@itsjohnmavrick3 ай бұрын
I haven't used logseq so i unfortunately can't comment 😅
@halvarmc6712 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick You're not missing much. It has some nice features until you move from Logseq. It has some really annoying issues, like treating tags and pages the same and also creating a page as soon as you make a reference. So if you create a reference like [[Important Note]], it creates the page. If you delete the reference, you have a rando empty page in your graph (vault). Also means, you can't turn off tags in the graph view, because they're pages. And looking at your files it's not clear if the page is empty or not. The dev core team are just colossal jerks. They're basic attitude is "fork it" to any and all questions. It's also written in a poorly documented language that's also eccoteric. It's basically an outliner that wishes it was a PKM.
@kayraguven11349 ай бұрын
I have one question! In dataview when use where contains(status,"🟥"), I want more than on status shown, how can I achieve this? For example I want: where contains(status,"🟥") OR where contains(status,"🟨"), but this doesnt work!
@itsjohnmavrick9 ай бұрын
just remove the second where and it should work 👍 you don't need to include it twice
@kayraguven11349 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Oh makes sense, Thanks! 🙌
@LetsCodeLucas11 ай бұрын
Heyy John I sent you an email I want to buy the starter vault but I can only pay with paypal or ideal is that an option aswell.
@itsjohnmavrick11 ай бұрын
im not sure if i received your email, can you send it again to ransomguest@gmail.com ?