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I hate titles, hate naming files, hate moving files around in folders. Sure, much of these are abstract things which could end up with you doing the same stuff

by gexla 5y ago

I hate titles, hate naming files, hate moving files around in folders. Sure, much of these are abstract things which could end up with you doing the same stuff but a different way. But I find that changing a path in front-matter is less painful than moving a file. And I can put a thing in multiple paths. I use the Obsidian Zettel note to automatically name the file and I shove them all into the same directory. I then use the Dataview plugin to run queries for what I need. I have MD files strictly for navigation, as if they are part of a static site layer. These files contain the links to go further into the navigation. It's basically all index files. I keep everything together in the same vault, because so far I don't see a need to do any different. I just want to be able to navigate through the thing so that I'm not seeing a bunch of unrelated junk to distract me. I do use directories to separate very different types. Like PDF's and Epubs go into one directory. Images go into another directory. MD files go into another directory. I don't know that I even need to do this, but I haven't run into a problem.

yumiris 5y ago
I'm exactly in the same boat as you regarding both the mentality and approach. Just a curious question about the index notes: don't you feel they're cluttering up the graph and result in superficial relationships between the notes? In my personal case: I used to create index notes to make navigation easier, but then I've found myself wondering "where should this note be indexed?" and also not getting much value out of the relationship graph. Once I've discarded the index notes, the relationships became much more organic and authentic. Surprisingly, finding notes hasn't become more difficult after eliminating the index notes -- queries and lists are a beautiful thing. What are your thoughts on this? Do you encounter any challenges with indexing?
- gexla 5y ago
  This depends on which tool you're using. I use Obsidian, which has options for creating indexes without polluting the graph view. My indexes are produced from queries which don't create actual links which are picked up by the graph.

by gexla 5y ago

yumiris 5y ago

I'm exactly in the same boat as you regarding both the mentality and approach. Just a curious question about the index notes: don't you feel they're cluttering up the graph and result in superficial relationships between the notes? In my personal case: I used to create index notes to make navigation easier, but then I've found myself wondering "where should this note be indexed?" and also not getting much value out of the relationship graph. Once I've discarded the index notes, the relationships became much more organic and authentic. Surprisingly, finding notes hasn't become more difficult after eliminating the index notes -- queries and lists are a beautiful thing. What are your thoughts on this? Do you encounter any challenges with indexing?

gexla 5y ago
This depends on which tool you're using. I use Obsidian, which has options for creating indexes without polluting the graph view. My indexes are produced from queries which don't create actual links which are picked up by the graph.