I Tried Obsidian Note Taking for a Week... (MD App Review, Guide, Tips, Features, and Setup)
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I Tried Obsidian Note Taking for a Week... (MD App Review, Guide, Tips, Features, and Setup)
#obsidianmd #notetaking #zettlekasten
In this video, I showcase a 7-day experiment I had using Obsidian as my new productive note-taking app! The app has helped me keep my ideas organized, which will be super useful for taking notes in university. It may seem intimidating at first, but once you get used to it, you'll wish you had started using it sooner! My Obsidian vault has become my main writing tool in general, and I'm excited to see it grow as I continue using the app :)
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00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Day 1
02:07 - Day 2
02:48 - Day 3
03:34 - Day 4
04:48 - Day 5
05:57 - Day 6
07:12 - Day 7 / Vault Overview
08:40 - Personal Opinion
09:28 - Benefits
10:36 - Recommendation/Conclusion
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Credit to Bryan Jenks for the description formatting!
Credit to Nazar "bicolino34" Kotsur for the English subtitles ;D
Songs Used:
Bunny Girl Senpai ED Fukashigi no Carte [ Lofi Remix ]
isabella's lullaby (The Promised Neverland lofi)
iro kousui (Horimiya but is it okay if it's lofi hiphop)
hikaru nara (Your Lie in April but is it okay if it's lofi)
unravel (Tokyo Ghoul but is it okay if it's lofi hiphop)
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@surajpunjabi9430 2 жыл бұрын
Pro tip: don't get desperate and force your mind to come up ideas just so you have a cool looking graph on your obsidian app.
@mowuvz3672 2 жыл бұрын
Best advice. Obsidian is nothing but showing hyperlinks graphically. Don't try to force your thinking to get a nice graph. Write your thinking first and then if necessary look at the graph.
@gameyogo 2 жыл бұрын
The graph really is the main reason I like obsidian so much 🤣
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
@@moomoocowsly I personally think the program benefits my studying with its flexible structure, imposed note taking ideology, and extra features like flashcards. The graph is cool to look at, but in reality, I rarely use it as the main importance lies in the connections themselves.
@Cheskaz 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't come here to get called out like this 😂
@EricSyz 2 жыл бұрын
Dammit I feel exposed 😂
@Nosjjddjjd 3 жыл бұрын
“With my extensive experience in mine and terraria storage organizing” lmaooo relatable
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
ayy, I'm glad my skills aren't left unnoticed lmaoo
@alexanderkartashov8776 2 жыл бұрын
I'm only about to start using it, but this seems to be a great tool to organize and build up my design projects. Ty for the overview, it was helpful!
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that my video was useful even if I didn't necessarily go over project planning and designing, good luck in your endeavors :)
@XxyGoddam 2 жыл бұрын
Really cool, thank you! Hope your channel grows!
@RobbieRobski 2 жыл бұрын
I've used one note for a long time but this graph view looks really awesome. I'm sure I'll have to do a lot of reformatting, but like you, I've often written the same note many times and this could really help with that. Definitely gonna check this out.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Good luck on your Obsidian adventures ! After using it for almost a year, its become a staple for my note taking and I'm really glad I switched to it :) The graph view is visually pleasing, but I personally don't use it that much other than a reminder of my growth in knowledge.
@wacmac123 Жыл бұрын
Thinking of switching over from my current apps Google Keep and OneNote. Have you stuck with Obsidian over the last few months?
@lunapogee Жыл бұрын
I just let the my graph Evolve naturally through my daily additions. I don't use any premade formats as I believe it forces you to spend to much time worrying about structuring your knowledge instead of getting it down. This is much easier if you picked up Obsidian and began your note taking career anew.
@ColinTedford 2 жыл бұрын
I love that you put the graph in the corner for aesthetic purposes. :) It does look really good!
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
It's a small change, but especially in the early stages, it's a good motivator to watch your graph grow :D
@gumbolimbot4644 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick How do you get it like that?
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
@@gumbolimbot4644 Open a note with a graph on it using command palette and drag it above the side bar :)
@gumbolimbot4644 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick thx
@chloe_steward 10 ай бұрын
This is so helpful for breaking down the steps to getting started into a logical order and simple steps.
@itsjohnmavrick 10 ай бұрын
my pleasure :)
@robinatorr 2 жыл бұрын
That was well explained and very clear ! Great video ! 🙌
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
hii, thank you for the kind words, good luck in your future obsidian endeavors :D
@TheMessOfFate 2 жыл бұрын
Nice breakdown of the app, thank you. :)
@StickGun007 3 жыл бұрын
Ok.. let's try this one. Thank you so much, well explained!
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
my pleasure, gl with learning the program :)
@HeyItsKora 2 жыл бұрын
Looks amazing, I just wish I had a use for such an in-depth and extensive piece of software. It feels a bit overkill for shopping lists and occasional note-to-selfs
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah you're right, you're much better off just using mobile apps or sticky notes for those kinds of use cases
@HeyItsKora 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick yeah.. well I have been a proponent of just Apple notes for years, it’s been absolutely perfect for my kind of use case, and above all it syncs across devices- but recently I switched from Macs to PC, (a Surface and desktop) but still have and actively use an iPhone for notes. So I’m on the hunt for a quality app that I can use across all three. Obsidian looks so attractive but yeah as I said I think it’s excessive for my use case. I have used Evernote in the past, and it is pretty powerful and feature rich, but alas, I kind of just don’t like it… and note taking is such a core feature in the modern life that I really would like an app that I enjoy using. I’m now trialing Notion, which seems really great, a bit of a steep learning curve but it is simplified compared to Obsidian. Good for lists, to-do’s, general notes etc, and it’s pretty great at organising. I’m not completely sold on it yet, like, it took me a good 10 mins to figure out how to create a straight up simple shopping list with tick-boxes. Each time I tried it kept creating these super complex lists of times where adding one item opens up a whole window in which you can add descriptions and notes to the item etc, and each item was split into three stages like to do, doing, completed- something like that… it’s not quick to pick up tbh, but I’m hoping once I get the hang of it, it will become the centre of all my text editing and note taking needs. If you have any advice, or know of any solid, straight forward, no bs note apps- I’d appreciate that dude! Thanks man :)
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
@@HeyItsKora I think notion would definitely fit you best if you also want an emphasis on task/life management, if you haven't already I would recommend checking out my video to see the different kinds of things I was able to setup in my first 7 days of using it :)
@HeyItsKora 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick awesome Ty dude I’ll check out your video! Keep up the good work! 😊
@pachi1014 Жыл бұрын
went back to obsidian after a bit and i really love it! kinda takes some learning curve but i appreciate it more as i missed the times of the old onenote software during the 2010's in winxp was an ex notion user, but i find it hard to focus and keep running into the problem of making my pages pretty rather than focusing on actual writing. it's good, flexible but thinking about it, it's not for me. I prefer using three separate apps for task managment, pkm, and daily to do notes, because at least i got all the features that i needed for its own specialization. the graph view also motivated me to deeply consume knowledge and information, rather than consume and forget about it.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
welcome to the purple ore rabbit hole hehe At least there's not much aesthetic changes in Obsidian for you to not be distracted hehe out of curiosity, what do you use for task management and daily todo's? and yeah i agree, seeing how the depth at which I consume content can be used by my future self is very motivating ;)
@pachi1014 Жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick i use asana for large scale projects and remember the milk for to-do's :)
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
@@pachi1014 ah icic, hmm I never actually thought of separating projects with to do lists, I usually try to integrate it all into one as I like my project tasks to drip into my to do list. Haven't tried either as well :/
@ex0stasis72 2 жыл бұрын
Yo! Your comment about modded Minecraft made you so relatable for me. I just got into Obsidian, and I'm also a huge fan of Minecraft tech mods and modpacks.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Ayy :D I wasn't too hardcore into modded gameplay and only tried the typical ones like tekkit and skyfactory :p
@saftigebadewanne5650 5 ай бұрын
Sorry for necro posting but even 2 years later it’s still relatable;p
@oiSinCryo 2 жыл бұрын
Fukashigi no Carte as BGM? I see, you are a man of culture as well :3
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
of course ;) it may or may not be the opening song to almost all my videos haha
@SSSPrince 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick also "pogchamps" lol
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
@@SSSPrince hehe, my word count is still labelled pogchamp to this day :p
@KitchensByRemote 6 ай бұрын
Awesome and informative video, I watched to verify if Obsidian was beneficial for me and I learned WAY over and above a resounding YES! Kudos to you
@itsjohnmavrick 6 ай бұрын
awesome to hear it answered your question 🤩 2 years later and it still is a huge part of my life :)
@LemonPeeel 3 жыл бұрын
I was astonished that you have less than 500k subs. This video and everything in it (the voiceover, the editing, etc) is top tier. Keep going!
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
aww, thank you for the inspiring words and compliments :,) if you're still using obsidian, I have some neat workflows and ideas to make videos about so consider staying tuned in :D
@LemonPeeel 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick awesome! I'm just starting out. Feels a bit overwhelming, but I'll take a look at the 2 sources you mentioned
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
@@LemonPeeel Yeah all the features are a bit overwhelming at first, but once you slowly expand your repertoire, the possibilities become endless ;)
@Skynet5D 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting video and tool, it looks like Obsidian allows users to store ideas in a graph structure which presents less impedance mismatch with the way the human mind structures ideas. But as you can notice in the video, the drawback is that as the user progresses in finding new ideas and connecting them with each other, the complexity of the graph increases and therefore the readability decreases. That would be interesting to get another tool that helps the user to extract information on top of this graph, a query language for example, in order to reduce the dimensionality of the collected ideas and to be able to get a synthetic focus of several aspects that could be then memorised easily. Indeed Obsidian is like a second brain (of its own) but I would have preferred it to be an extension of mine.
@Stormbrise 3 жыл бұрын
Good idea to use that CSS, makes it hard for us to read what is in your vaults and documents. Thanks for the idea of pulling in my old documents into Obsidian, especially my group projects I did at my undergraduate level
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Ehh i made sure to just not include any overly personal footage in my recordings, i didn't have much to hide seeing as it was just the beginning of my vault :p Also yeah, those projects are definitely gonna come in handy for easy access, quick references!
@mrfishpl277 Жыл бұрын
I love the Isabela's lulaby playing in the background during the 5. day
@sandroabdelhafith9461 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, one of the best Obsidian videos out there.
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
Damn, that's quite the praise 👀 If you're interested, I'm planning on uploading some producitivy practices I do in Obsidian! (Taking literature notes, daily notes, weekly reviews)
@sibaroochi 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick I'd be interested in that
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
@@sibaroochi I'm working on the daily note video rn :) A bit busy with other things like moving and preparing for university though so :/ Hopefully it'll be done within a week!
@salahbenali4812 3 жыл бұрын
Man thank you, I just got Obsidian and I'm hesitating to switch from Notion, this was the perfect video ! So well made and well articulated :)
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
ayy, im glad you enjoyed my video style as a fellow infj ;)
@salahbenali4812 2 жыл бұрын
update : I'm using it daily, i do pretty much everything on it, this changed everything.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
@@salahbenali4812 Yeah obsidian has streamlined lots of my maintenance and knowledge work into one app, its crazy how much things it can do
@willhelliwell 2 жыл бұрын
I’m still using Notion for nearly everything, especially as that’s how I earn some income 😅 But the lack of a good iPad app really lets it down. Obsidian is where all my notes are going to start from now on.
@debarunkarmakar 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, I'm in the same position you were in 6 months ago, How's the switch to Obsidian been working for you?
@secrettracy406 2 жыл бұрын
I know this is a bit of an older video but Obsidian was recommended by my cyber security teacher as a way to help me make notes that make sense to me because I have adhd and I LOVE Obsidian, its changed my life
@theforest8882 Жыл бұрын
Nice I love obsidian I'm still new to it but it's great
@chinoclydecalbes9375 3 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean about rewriting the same idea over and over again on several related topics on my notes. Thanks to block referencing I can just post or reference the specific subheading from a different note to another related topic
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, being able to only reference blocks is super useful, too bad I only found out about it recently haha
@gulmoharsontakke3621 4 ай бұрын
amazing video♥ also loved your second brain templet
@itsjohnmavrick 4 ай бұрын
thank you! Hope it can be the foundation for your own to grow :)
@macLoscope 3 жыл бұрын
It's been literally months that i'm trying to come up with good ideas about how to structure my Obsidian. For you it was one day :P
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
I mean the template I found did most of the work, I just adjusted it to my own needs ;)
@macLoscope 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Right! I just started making notes and notes without taking the time to check and implement the existing work flows properly. At the end I already had too many notes. It just takes so much energy to organize everything! I'm glad I have more time to experiment now, and your video gave me new ideas
@mohammadkamelan1047 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for Informative video. Please make more content about Obsidian and your note taking workflow.
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
np, glad you found it useful :) Do you have any specific requests for a video?
@mohammadkamelan1047 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick thanks very kind of you. Please share your zettlekasten implementation in Obsidian and your comprehensive note taking proces.
@saturnday160 Жыл бұрын
Everyone is really positive about this app. It seems a bit hard to start on this new system. I really hope this will prevent me from losing my notes as much though.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
if you practice the idea of taking conceptual notes then it should be easier to resurface relevant notes :)
@sergmcmuffin 2 жыл бұрын
it's amazing because it lets me create notes like a conspiracy theory
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
I guess that's one way to put it lmao
@FilipeRogers Жыл бұрын
wait a second... i've heard this music before, thank you man helps me a lot.
@user-yc3zv6gp3w 6 ай бұрын
Great overview. Thanks for sharing.
@msonnayn Жыл бұрын
I'm currently in the process of coverting my onenote notes to obsidian. While using one note I realized I just kept adding more & more notes everytime I got new info. & would end up w alot of notes all over the place. Which isn't what I want bc I want to be able to refer back to my notes & have everything clear, concise & connected so its easy to refer back to. I would also categorize my notes by the days of class & moreso put in info that's kind of irrelevant to me now. Now I care mainly about the information. So instead of days of class I would focus more on the progression of the information & how everything connects and relates. It's like I'm going from a school, class "writing what the teacher wrote" note taking process to a more independent, realistic "how can I use this" type of note taking. This shift is what led me to obsidian. Hopefully I can figure out how to get this note taking flow going.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
yes, welcome onboard to the zettelkasten and second brain methodology :) i do have some videos on where I show how I take notes live, but they're kind of boring xd hope you manage to find an organizational structure that works best for you :D
@griffindeluce 2 жыл бұрын
sweet production quality John
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you :D
@FerWasTaken 2 жыл бұрын
Bro, I love the vibe!
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Ayy, glad to hear it :D
@macLoscope 3 жыл бұрын
From my experience, obsidian is amazing but I don't agree too much with "accessibility". Sure it is accessible, but in some way from starting to take notes to having a functional organisation that is useful to you, it takes a lot of efforts and research. That's why i've been discouraged more than once, even if I was very motivated to make it work. Videos like yours are helping a lot so thanks! It seems like you could do more with Obsidian than I was able to do in months of experiencing with it!
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, i think i used the wrong adjective for my point, as accessibility would mean it's easy to learn and use. When I started obsidian I just kept learning and experimenting with it, which led me to the workflow I have now :) May I ask what you use obsidian for?
@macLoscope 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick I wanted to use it for organizing knowledge I did not want to lose, like when I was reading something interesting from the web or a book. But I also experimented with organizing my lessons (used to be a teacher) and also to make to do lists and use it for personal productivity. I haven't been creating a lot of links yet, I think the IMF framework could help me a bunch to go about organizing and linking what I already have. And now I switched to the app Marvin for managing my tasks and projects (still experimenting) but I'll try using Obsidian for daily and weekly reviews as well, and keeping track of what I do in the long run
@macLoscope 3 жыл бұрын
Something I struggled a lot with was to create evergreen notes. My notes would always be really long and unusable. It's still a challenge for me to know how to organize the info I get from, say, a long web article with a lot of information that is already property organized. That's my next step!
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
@@macLoscope Ahh, so just like a general PKM. Yeah, it's probably better to use a separate app for task management, using Obsidian is a bit tedious :p I'm a bit busy right now on vacation, but my next uploads should be about periodic reviews (weekly, monthly, yearly), as well as task/project management, which is quite relevant to your needs haha
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
@@macLoscope Yeah, writing atomic/evergreen notes is hard to transition into when you're just used to the linear format of traditional note-taking. Maybe when you're writing a header for the note you're on, you could consider whether you can branch it off into a new note?
@miagifodder5599 3 жыл бұрын
cool video never heard of this before but looks like an awesome way to connect to your Psyche
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
It can be super useful if used correctly, just gotta not distract yourself too much from the visuals of the web graph :p
@pfabri Жыл бұрын
Dear John, I think your content is great, thank you for all the work you put into making them. One thing I think you could do to improve it is to turn the music down a notch. It's competing with your voice a little, which makes it more difficult to pay attention to you.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
yeah i completely understand and have tried to lower it in my more recent videos :) thank you for the kind words !
@bobsmithy3103 2 жыл бұрын
Now that you've been using Obsidian for 4 months, is there anything you wish you did differently/have there been any problems? I'm a newbie and I'm just wondering if there's anything I should look out for as I'm planning on using the same IMF framework you used here
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
hi! if anything, I would recommend you spend more time in the beginning setting up your system to make sure it's ready for long-term use. stuff like incorporating Evergreen notes, creating links and tags for every note, doing research on templates and plugins that will make things more efficient. you could definitely incorporate these things later on, but in my case if I were to do so, I would have to do a lot of tedious note updating which I don't think I have the time for considering I'm already over 2,000 notes.
@cavallopazzo340 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. Is there also a way to recreate "wiki boards" (not sure how to call them) similar to what you can do in Notion? I mean having an overview with different columns, like health, spirituality, relationships, business etc and subtopics underneath each of those pillars that then lead to an overview of all notes in that particular subtopic.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Hey there! Unfortunately, I don't think Obsidian has something like that, but an alternative could be the "Card View" or "Sliding Panes" community plugin. You can have similar columns, but they would instead comprise of different notes, and you wouldn't be able to have headers on top or anything. Does that help?
@iamthekaverik 5 ай бұрын
my brain lit up when you said miind maps - thank you so so much. been using notion and one note notion for the organization, but it feels so stringent, and the blocks are a pain in my .. keyboard hotkeys and I used one note bc it let's me just jump in and capture notes easily, but there's no indexing ... (it's gonna be a trip to transfer) It's so much better than the random 8 notebooks with more subgroups than I can count I feel so relieved you have no idea. I can finally feed my note-taking addiction in a safer, healthier way, lol
@itsjohnmavrick 5 ай бұрын
no problem glad you found the video helpful! i think there might be onenote to obsidian transfer tools online (maybe even made by the obsidian team themselves), I would look into it. hope you can continue to embark on your second brain journey through my other videos and resources too :)
@iamthekaverik 5 ай бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick yup. found em. thanks ... brain 2 is coming along well. my only struggle is with the graph it was the biggest selling point for me, but I'm finding it quite hard to deal with the physics & animations are janky and I'm trying to simply make a uniform hierarchial web of linked notes (would be could if I could fix a node in place or even visualise the whole thing in a 3D visualisation)
@moisespina1218 2 жыл бұрын
I really like this video and the content you create now I'm subscribed please keep it up
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
notion video coming soon :) thanks for the kind words !
@moisespina1218 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Notion!!!!! Yay 🥳
@daviddempsey8721 Жыл бұрын
Looks good as a text based note tool. I'll have a quick try to see if it can do something for ADHD'ers like me. I thought it might be a free version of a tool like TheBrain, but it's not really. I prefer the visual basis of that.
@WillOstrick 7 ай бұрын
Very well presented and spoken, Great content !!
@itsjohnmavrick 7 ай бұрын
ty :)
@lilv728 3 ай бұрын
Obsidian is hands down the best note taking app I've ever used and I have become thoroughly obsessed with it
@itsjohnmavrick 3 ай бұрын
welcome to the purple rock cult 😎
@dubumowith7376 2 жыл бұрын
You've got great taste in music with that intro :) (bunny girl senpai OP song)
@kaylanek1 Жыл бұрын
As someone with a love for note-taking, this is cool and scary to me. I have been using the notes app for 6-7 years. Its simpleness is a plus, but I am outgrowing it at this point. I have 52 folders lol. I want to learn to use this but it's so complex and it makes me scared.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
You can just start using Obsidian like how you currently use apple notes, and slowly add new features and workflows as you need them :) I would give it a shot and try it out, the capabilities are borderline limitless and I've never had an app be integrated in so many parts of my life :p Even if you're not tech savvy, there's lots of online resources to help learn and see its potential, if you want something for your whole life i'd recommend my second brain video to see what I currently use Obsidian for kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y8iUeMJmmbu5cWg.html
@kaylanek1 Жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick thank you
@ellomello Жыл бұрын
Same 😢😢
@Noah-gp5sj Ай бұрын
This is a great video, and Minecraft knowledge, and the beatsaber notes. I can’t even, this is way to relatable 😭😭.
@itsjohnmavrick Ай бұрын
lmaoo i don't even remember the beat saber notes in this video, good eye 👀
@mrebholz Жыл бұрын
Finally a suitable alternative to TheBrain - I hope. With a front-end like OneNote or InkSeine with searchability and conversion of handwritten notes to typing would be great (still more or less the USP of OneNote and Evermore).
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
At the moment there are drawing capabilities using plugins like Excalidraw, but when I was completing math assignments/visuals I did also use OneNote for anything handwritten :p
@aussieman8738 Жыл бұрын
To give it ago
@Weegee4458 2 жыл бұрын
Great review, thanks for sharing this! 👍 What theme are you using for Obsidian or whatever other text editor you're using?
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
No, thank you for watching and supporting ;) The theme is 80s neon, and it can be found in ther community themes page on obsidian!
@Later_Nerd Жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Thank you! It's so nice! I'm sure I'll have to swap back to default at times to keep it fresh. But I really like the look of this one. I normally stick to a rather basic dark mode theme in these kinds of programs, but this one is really nicely designed.
@JosephDickson 2 жыл бұрын
3:07 I hope you covered the thermal exhaust port
@yungmpark 3 жыл бұрын
I just started to know what Obsidian is. I can't fully understand it but your korean caption help me to get overview. Thanks a lot. From Korea.
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
those were automatic captions but nice to know you were able to understand because of it :D
@yungmpark 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Automated caption was not ugly but nice
@jz3433 2 жыл бұрын
Just discovered Obsidian and saw your video - this is what convinced me to give it a try! What do you use for version control and backup?
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Ayy, welcome :D I upload my repository to github every 15 minutes using the Obsidian Git plugin (it might take a while to setup though), and there's also a plugin for file recovery if you want to get a previous version of a note!
@deloller2452 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick it also works with iCloud. If you want to backup you can just copy the folders in files app
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
@@deloller2452 Yeah, I'm an android user though so I couldn't really consider it as an option 😅
@boomerboy8043 2 жыл бұрын
Didn't expect that music ;)
@CodepageNet 2 жыл бұрын
the tool i was looking for! i hate my fragmented digital information live. this looks fantastic. the pricing is also reasonable. going to check this out. could this be extended for project management?
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Hope you've found it useful so far; I have a video showcasing my task/project management workflow with uploaded templates on my github repository if you are interested!
@sfield541 Жыл бұрын
Hi John, were these updates added to the Starter Vault? I'm a proud and happy owner, as always, your content is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Thanks for the great video.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
I'm a bit confused, was this commented on the wrong video? For my readwise one I just had the files available in the description
@jannikneuwirth2243 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome, keep it up.
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
thank you :) have been slacking recently, but expect some obsidian content later on down the road!
@bloodclover1279 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome find. I started using Joplin for my notes not too long ago and felt it was limited in a lot of places. I hope Obsidian fills those gaps. It's a shame that I'm only coming across this now.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
woah i havent heard of joplin, what made it feel limited? Anyways, its never too late to switch, seeing as they also used markdown too :)
@bloodclover1279 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Joplin's great and has plugin support; which is awesome, but I couldn't help finding myself in situations where I needed to do a particular thing and just couldn't with Joplin. Also I don't always have time to try and sit to create a plugin, so I'd just find alternatives. But I must say, Obsidian's way of linking notes looks really neat and instantly intrigued me. There is a plugin for Joplin to do just that, but again, I felt a bit limited with it's design.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
@@bloodclover1279 well hopefully Obsidian's community plugins and support can solve that issue :) as a new user, are there any video ideas or things you would like covered?
@bloodclover1279 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Just keep doing what you doing, I think you off to a great start with 3K subs, your banner says it all too. Expand from there.
@ArtemCYOU 11 ай бұрын
у меня всего один вопрос есть ли какой то простой способ в obsidian скопировать текст из заметки без спец символов (символы которые используются для форматирования текста в md файле) ?
@thomas.leitner 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, definitely an INFJ vault, compared to other guides :-D I've tested Roam Research for some days now, but luckily tried Obsidian too, which is by far more flexible and even fits the workflow of developers. Thank you for this very well structured guide! This gives me some hope to end up with an useful knowledge graph as well, when working with the same kind of data :-D
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
Woah, what makes you say my vault is an INFJ's? :o (You are completely right though!) I haven't tried roam research, but I don't think I ever will thanks to Obsidian. I'm glad you also find the app fit for your needs :) It's nice to know that it'll be handy for my future coding endeavours! It's intriguing to have my beginner's journey interpreted as a guide, but it's nice to know my thoughts were of use to your own vault :D If you're interested, I'm working on some videos about my different workflows (daily notes, weekly/periodic reviews, taking literature notes), so you can possibly find some inspiration from those videos. May your second brain continue to grow ;)
@thomas.leitner 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Well, because I am an INFJ too. You would be fascinated as well, if someone has basically the same kind of self reflecting and psychological driven topics to connect and figure out. You would also check out the note categorization for some ideas, and in this analytical context you would also be sure that an existing INFJ note is not just a random byproduct of general research :-D And now of course the typical INFJ advices no one asked for: You might be interested in "Start with WHY" (Simon Sinek) and "Never Split The Difference" (Chris Voss) in youtube/blinkist/book, they enabled me to connect/confirm many fundamental dots at once. Here some ideas regarding development usage: I just tried to merge a vault with a code project workspace, to reference files. Like for a brainstorming/decision-making during development. The vault md files scream for a GIT repository with all its benefits. Especially alongside with code changes, e.g. for shared projects. - Nesting the workspace into the vault makes no sense, because even if there would be a good way to have relative file references, the constantly changing workspace structure would break any file and note reference anyways. - Nesting the vault into the workspace might be less intrusive and still helpful to keep code changes and the current state of idea in sync. But I think it makes far more sense to have one big standalone vault, where projects can easily share/reference already gathered technologies, snippets, solutions, ideas, and so on, which is the point of a second brain after all. So e.g. a software development vault that could also be shared with others, and a private vault for everything you would not share.
@thomas.leitner 3 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Yep, Literature notes.. Atm I just have a note for every Book, eBook, KZfaq video or any other Websites in EverNote, where I also sum up the information I need and then reference this prepared information wherever it fits the need. Obsidian makes it far more productive to handle (especially with the linked mentions) and I am happy to get inspired by some new ways to optimize my chaos :-D
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
@@thomas.leitner Quite the detective work ;) I had it to store a screenshot of my results when taking the 16personalities test, but as of recently I've been reading their premium profile as well and it's truly helped me connect the dots and better understand myself! (It's also helped me discover r/INFJ which has been enlightening to browse) Thank you for the book suggestions! I"m currently reading "The Plateau Effect" as I'm trying to ramp up my productivity and effort optimization, but I don't have any urgent next-read books so I'll check them out :) I still have yet to partake in any long-term projects and build my programming notes, but I'll probably end up doing what you mentioned as well. I'm currently learning JS so I was maybe even thinking of linking Anki with Obsidian to help create flashcards when learning/revisiting syntax and key concepts :p A project-specific vault would be pretty handy as it can somewhat imitate the hierarchical architecture of a program.
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
@@thomas.leitner Are you planning on creating permanent notes instead of just redirecting to the source of the information? My current workflow has been sufficient with having a main book note and just organizing the information into separate notes/mocs, but there's always room for improvement ;) If you don't know already, you can create links to a certain header of a note using #: ex) [[MBTI Types#INFJ]]
@MarikoIchigo 2 жыл бұрын
I liked obsidian because it has a nice mobile experience! Notion is a crap on mobiles but it is quite nice on a desktop and quite visual but gets overwhelming. I mostly take notes on the go, cuz mobile is always on reach, I can't always go to my desk to note something. There's also good notes, for iOS, but ipad experience is a lot more satisfying. Obsidian offers the good points of notion but some extra stuff plus being extremely easy to use, multi platform too. Excellent choice.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
wait, by mobile do you mean phone or ipad? ngl i find the mobile experience too cramped for me to use ;-; cool to see thay you use it for quick notes, I personally just continue using Samsung notes but I guess i could try using obsidian again
@MarikoIchigo 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick both, phone and iPad. I thought notion would be better on iPad but sucks too 🤡 as for obsidian, I liked the iPhone version. Haven’t tested on iPad yet
@godusopp2744 2 жыл бұрын
i like the background music 👀
@camiloguadalupetorres2442 9 ай бұрын
Great review!!
@itsjohnmavrick 9 ай бұрын
ty :)
@contrariangrin Жыл бұрын
That first instrumental background music sounds soooo familiar
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
good ;)
@SandwichMitGurke 2 жыл бұрын
i need exactly this but for iPad with apple pencil support because I like write by hand and draw figures for better understanding of concepts
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
I mean there's the excalidraw plugin which might be of use to you :o
@SandwichMitGurke 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick I’ve just tried it but I can feel that It has no native support for Apple Pencil. The app in general has bad performance on iPad because it’s not a native app, sadly
@StringerBell 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, Do you use any plugins for the graph? Looks beautiful!
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
nope, i just use the "80s neon" theme and have translucent window enabled in the settings :)
@matthewmiller3630 2 жыл бұрын
I love this app
@cotneit 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, the moment I saw vivid purple in that theme my mouse went for the dislike button. But damn the vibe of the vid just wouldn't allow it. Like and subscribe, keep up the good work!
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with purple? Nonetheless, I'm glad the actual content of the video made you say, that means a lot :,)
@Frankie_Freedom Жыл бұрын
I would love to use this, it's but remembered why I haven't switched over as syncing is non-existent unless paying for the cloud feature, would be nice to have an option like Joplin does, where we can sync to our own cloud storage.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
you can use third-party syncing software like iCloud or onedrive how to sync your vault across devices
@Frankie_Freedom Жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick yeah totally forgot that was a thing as
@fazaakbar4689 2 жыл бұрын
love the background anime music
@SujalRajput10 Жыл бұрын
Dude your bg music 🔥
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
hehe :)
@BryanJenks 2 жыл бұрын
your editing skills are FAR better than mine 🥺️
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
hey, I'd swap them for your improvised elaboration skills any day of the week ;)
@nezby3945 2 жыл бұрын
Hey I noticed you answer comments so I hope you don't mind me asking. What plugins would you recommend? Do you use built-in LaTEX formulas ( I noticed that some functionalities of LaTEX don't seem to be working like \usepackage and pretty important stuff like that) or how do you manage to deal with scientific stuff like this? Also I didn't really understand why did you do the managing Index thing with the numbers I'm not a native english speaker so I'd be happy if you could explain :) otherwise massive POGPOG video I'm sorry if you've answered these questions in another video I'll be sure to check them out all later I just can't seem to catch a break nowadays. Thank you
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
If you're referring to general plugins, there's a lot, but I would recommend learning about dataview, templater, and the rest are just personal preference. I only use basic latex for things like exponents, matrices, and fractions, so I haven't tried out usepackages. If latex doesn't work, I would just draw a diagram or take a screenshot (but then it won't be searchable using ctrl + f). I did the indexing thing because its similar to the "dewey decimal" organizational system, but in reality, I don't use it for anything in my vault lmao. Thank you, no worries as these are all new questions; good luck in growing your vaullt !
@jhonmarchavez6576 3 жыл бұрын
what piqued my interest is the bg music..hellya UNRAVEL
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
anime lofi for the win ;)
@34.baotrang19 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for your sharing. Can you give me the information of the theme you use? Is it available on the community themes? Thanks a lot ^^
@itsjohnmavrick 8 ай бұрын
np :) it is called 80s neon, but the translucent effect is custom.
@adryelgainza1530 2 жыл бұрын
Love the Bunny Girl Senpai music haha
@nanashipersonne4151 3 ай бұрын
You put in the beginning sn image if somebody drawing with a pen. How do you draw in obsidian?
@itsjohnmavrick 3 ай бұрын
you can draw using the excalidraw community plugin, www.youtube.com/@VisualPKM has excellent guides showing how to use it :)
@NMNC-kp4ls 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like I'm still so lost on how to start using obsidian. I've started using it and looked at the templates that you were talking about and I'm trying to figure it out and understand how to use it but I feel like I can't even begin to understand how to use the software or where to start or even how to change them into my own needs.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
I mean within those 7 days I learned best just by starting my vault and learning a bit on beginner workflows and practices today, it's a new way to take notes so you can't really do much except bite the bullet and try to accept the additional features that traditional note taking doesn't provide. There's a lot of beginner tutorials on youtube if you need further guidance :)
@CyberMancerGamer 2 жыл бұрын
Really want to use this for my next D&D campaign! Shout out to the Lo-Fi Unravel (Tokyo Ghoul) cover at the end of the video.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Have fun hehe, obsidian is well known as a dnd tool :) and yes, glad u noticed B)
@CyberMancerGamer 2 жыл бұрын
Have gotten good use out of OneNote, but Markdown is *chef’s kiss* Thanks for the video coverage!
@Mietchannel 2 жыл бұрын
I tried obsidian, but its just way too much effort for me. I also don't like how links dont render correctly. The obisidan style links with double brackets don't work as links if you render the note to pdf. Additionally, I hate how everytime I open the graph view it completely changes. This is annoying b/c I never know where clusters of notes are. For this reason, I jsut switched to notepad++, and abandoned the whole idea of linking notes, tags, and a graph view.
@MarianoPerez 2 жыл бұрын
I currently use notion, and it is slow so I'm looking for an alternative. Can you integrate images as easily as in notion and can you sync so that you can study your notes on Android? I'll mostly be using it for math, econ, and stats note taking, so I need to be able to use images quite a bit through out notes.
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Images are easy to set up :) I think excalidraw (a drawing plugin) will help lessen the file size if you're using drawings instead of diagrams. I try to not use local images to keep my vault light though. What I do instead of screenshot images using an app like gyazo, where I can just embed the link.
@spyro5a 3 жыл бұрын
Which Theme are you using? Its beautiful!
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
It is beautiful, it's called "80s neon" :)
@studyinginthedesert7690 3 жыл бұрын
I'm also big on '80's neon'!
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
80s neon makes it not feel like a traditional note-taking app, but I decided to make a custom dark-themed 80s neon so it's not as vibrant :/
@broerlnag Жыл бұрын
Bunny girl sempai knows that musical background. Weeb salute
@robboerman9378 Жыл бұрын
So how relevant is the ultimate starter pack still given you have recently decided to restart your own system?
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
When I restarted my vault I used the ultimate starter vault as a foundation and am building off of it, you can learn more in the video and see it live notes.johnmavrick.com/
@sufonix221 Жыл бұрын
how did u open the graph view on the side bar?
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
you can open the local grpah and drag it to the side bar :)
@tuanmed 10 ай бұрын
Music in video: Unravel (Tokyo Ghoul) Lofi chill
@warrior3d27 2 жыл бұрын
hey there, can you show how to use a tablet pen and app to convert it for obsidian? or there is already a plugin?
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
theres a plugin called excalidraw :)
@djseggrighfscu1616 2 жыл бұрын
For someone who isn’t tech savvy I’m struggling using this website
@Vloshko 2 жыл бұрын
Can you upload your note taking obsidian files somewhere from what you learned via the book?
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Yes I can, I was trying to setup a hosted online website for my vault but it was too big so I'll consider just making blog posts or uploading them somewhere :p
@janikrug6988 2 жыл бұрын
Your voice is so calming :) nice vid bro
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
tyty, appreciate it hehe
@Sujiyra 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't see the IMF template listed in the link you provided. Is it possibly named something else?
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
I just checked, it's under the "Workflows" folder and it should be named "03 IMF_Advanced"
@againcrypto329 2 жыл бұрын
music on the background is so good and I get distracted))
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
lmao, that is one downside to having some soothing anime lofi as bgm 😅
@maybe7167 2 жыл бұрын
(to plan out projects or connect ideas)
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
im confused
@maybe7167 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick ah! my bad! this was a note for myself, i didn't think you'd see it :'))
@LakituKoopa Жыл бұрын
Got a question: I have a vault with about 200 nodes and I am thinking about improving the structure. What do you think would be best? Having a main node that acts as the hub to every topic or shall every topic be separate, only connected through tags? Because some topics intersect with each other making it sometimes difficult to keep them in one category. For instance having a topic that is both productivity and communication.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
i would check out my playlist on my ultimate starter vault to see what i personally use :) links are best for multi topic ideas though
@LakituKoopa Жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick Alright, I will check it out! Thanks for the advice :)
@skybox-101 Жыл бұрын
In my 60's need to get 350 folder w 3000 files off noteverything into a differnt note keeper. It works fine perfect for me but no longer supported. What is good option to 1. Get my 3000 files out of that app 2. To continue simply taking notes and organized by title and folders. It would be nice to be able to put them onto my pc. I use android and pc.
@itsjohnmavrick Жыл бұрын
what format are the files in? if they're in markdown you can just move them all into the obsidian vault root folder
@-manu-02 Ай бұрын
where to download it?
@CHOICHOIinwon 2 жыл бұрын
I love your Bruce Chutback voice
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Damn, i wasn't big brain enough to understand this reference :(( Interesting how you can see a relation though lmao
@notadityapatil 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
nah, thank you for watching ;)
@LongBui-vn5gt 3 жыл бұрын
The graph is so intriguing that almost everyone rushes to build it up. That is not the point. After 3 months of trying different methods, I found it hard to produce new ideas or see links between old ideas visually like it was supposed to do with the graph. It's a powerful tool, no doubt, but we have not been using it the right way, I think.
@itsjohnmavrick 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I struggle to really utilize my graph for forming ideas, and as of now, I've been using it as more of a decoration or for a visual aid to see how the links of a moc/concept are structured. When you say "we have not been using it the right way", what other alternatives have you been trying :o I'm interested in hearing :o
@thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556 3 жыл бұрын
The graph is good for finding orphan notes or notes with only one connection - a good sign they may need more work. For developing ideas, I find the local graph, centered on your current note and only showing the immediate neighbors, to be more useful.
@SeLFlo 2 жыл бұрын
what's better is community support. i am also surprised this is free. just started using it. the only thing that bothers me is no cloud support but just started using it for small notes only
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the community is amazing, the amount of free themes, plugins, conversations and pretty much anything has been super helpful with fully utilizing the program. You ca have cloud options if you sync with something like onedrive or purchase their obsidian sync, :p also nice val content lmao
@SeLFlo 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsjohnmavrick I’ll have to look into syncing thanks for letting me know and thanks XD ur video is very high quality unlike Mine which are trash haha keep it up
@itsjohnmavrick 2 жыл бұрын
@@SeLFlo don't say that, the numbers don't lie; keep up the content :D
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