Obsidian.md is The Best Note-Taking App - Change my mind

[Twentyfirst]

22 hours ago, Rigel said:

I can’t speak on the remarkable but if I remember correctly it’s more of a specific use case device for notes only. iPad is a full computer so it depends on what you need but I can say that apple pencil feels great even without the paper like screen(never tried). I don’t know if you can put a keyboard on the remarkable but that’s something to consider.

Yeah you can put a keyboard on the remarkable. It's expensive though

It's like a kindle vs iPad for books. The iPad could be too distracting since it's connected online and to a bunch of apps

[samijiben]

4 hours ago, Girzo said:

I don't like the UI, lack of customization, to put in Math equations you need to use Microsoft Word and Microsoft pushing Copilot AI on you. That's some of my reasons why I don't use OneNote. Your will probably differ or maybe even have no reasons to switch. Hard to pitch something to someone I don't know and already using something with 90% the same capabilities.

And plugins are things you can install into the app to gain new functionalities. You can even write your own plugins if you can code. You have a kind of built-in "App Store" with plugins that you can install, hence the community plugins name, they're add-ons made by users, not the authors of Obsidian.

Thanks. What's an example of one of the coolest/most functional plugins you use?

I think I'll stick to ON as I just do writing. Main thing I value in note taking software is organization which ON excels at imo

[LordFall]

Agreed. Obsidian is phenomenal and the best tool for building a second brain/commonplace book there is. 

[Joshe]

Best feature by far IMO is the canvas: 

[AION]

It is too gimmicky for my taste and I need flawless synch and a flawless phone app. Only OneNote is to my satisfaction. 

[LordFall]

@Joshe Can you explain how you use it and what value you find from the canvases? They’re cool in theory but I’ve built a few and I forget to check them for months so clearly they’re not that important for me. 

[Joshe]

8 hours ago, LordFall said:

@Joshe Can you explain how you use it and what value you find from the canvases? They’re cool in theory but I’ve built a few and I forget to check them for months so clearly they’re not that important for me. 

I use it for ideation, exploration, and evaluation of ideas. I guess you could call it a workspace. I like to move fast, collect a lot, and distill, so I found a canvas works best for this. Being able to quickly zoom in and out and get back to ideas without having to cognitively process where notes are organized in a tree is just more efficient for me. It’s less cognitive overhead when I organize ideas spatially in the same file. And it’s also more efficient than creating new files, thinking of the file name, wondering where to store it, tailoring metadata, etc. I feel this squanders my time and energy. Also, a canvas has all my ideas and distillations in the same space, so I don’t have to worry if I’m missing ideas from other files.

I only create actual notes in Obsidian when I come across gold. But I don’t really use it like a catch-all commonplace book. I trashed that idea. 

Edited Wednesday at 04:34 AM by Joshe

[Joshe]

I highly recommend considering what the purpose of a commonplace book or second brain really is, and if it’s worth the effort it takes to build and maintain it. 

Edited Wednesday at 04:31 AM by Joshe