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Obsidian. Total game changer. Obsidian sync is completely worth paying for as well - firstly it helps support the project but also its slick, so well made, and

by dmje 3y ago

Obsidian. Total game changer. Obsidian sync is completely worth paying for as well - firstly it helps support the project but also its slick, so well made, and easier than all the hacked together GitHub / s3 / whatever workarounds. From a content point of view I personally find having structure but not too much structure is the way to go. A bit of yaml if needed but just a gentle “daily notes = meeting notes” (on my work obsidian) and “daily notes = journal” (on my personal one), a few tags but nothing too rigid or cumbersome. Omnisearch is the dogs nuts plugin too, and a couple of others but again, keeping it quite minimal has really worked for me. Just so nice knowing that everything is under my control, using just markdown but with this fantastically powerful framework underneath it. Huge fan.

bravura 3y ago
I haven't checked Obsidian in a while, can you explain why you love it so much? I hear it being discussed a lot.
- dmje 3y ago
  I think it’s the balance of being “just markdown” on one hand - you can literally just point it at a folder and start typing; and the fact that it’s incredibly extendable on the other. The better known plugins like DataView give you really powerful list / sort / search if you want that, but you can also make it look however you want. I’m strangely snobby about my UIs, so being able to take a theme that’s almost right and then tweak the css is a big deal for me. Finally - it’s just a fast and solid bit of engineering. Rarely / (never, actually?) crashes, shortcuts are really powerful, constantly being updated… all manner of great :-)
rtpg 3y ago
I really wish that Obsidian Sync had like... 5 megs for free or something. I can't justify paying $8/month for a thing I haven't even started using, and without sync I have a hard time saying "OK let's try this" compared to Joplin or Notion. There's a bunch of cool looking stuff though
- steve_adams_86 3y ago
  You can use git and it isn't too difficult or unfriendly. But I totally get it. I'm paying for sync and I do love Obsidian, but it feels a bit steep. I do want them to stick around though, so, I just pay for it.
- LVB 3y ago
  I was in a similar spot. After too much hand wringing I decided to sign up for monthly ($10/month) sync and give it a solid two months. These are important tools that I’m happy to pay for, but they do take some time to evaluate. I figured $20 was a reasonable amount to commit to. FWIW I ended up going all in on Obsidian and paying yearly, but that outcome was far from a forgone conclusion, even a month in. I went through a full cycle of honeymoon phase, then discovering warts, and then workarounds, etc. It does take time.
- orzig 3y ago
  What's your annual salary divided by 2,000 (VERY roughly your hourly rate), and how many months of the service would it buy you as you try it out? Totally understand if you're not employed, or barely making ends meet, but given the forum I'm going to take a shot in the dark here.
- para_parolu 3y ago
  I come from different perspective: I would love to pay $15 per month if it gives me sync with my private storage and work on ios. Luckily for both of us there is a solution https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync Works well on ios.
  - tcauduro 3y ago
    I just store my vault in an iCloud Drive folder and it syncs across all my MacOS / IOS devices. I find it pretty quick to sync live as well. No added cost assuming you have enough iCloud storage to cover your vault.
  - tcauduro 3y ago
    One more cool thing about setting up with iCloud (see other comment) is you can use Apple Shortcuts or other apps to do cool things to the markdown files directly.
LAC-Tech 3y ago
I like Obsidian, but this response sounds like you just read the title and not the article. I recommend reading the article, it was pretty interseting.
- dmje 3y ago
  I did. I thought the beginning was great but it lost me after a while, hence my comments about “structure but not too much structure”
exe34 3y ago
Org-roam and git!
eightysixfour 3y ago
> A bit of yaml if needed but just a gentle “daily notes = meeting notes” (on my work obsidian) and “daily notes = journal” (on my personal one), a few tags but nothing too rigid or cumbersome. Can you explain this one? I use it and the daily note thing bugs me since I would rather separate work and personal in the same value, but I did not know I could fix it.
TimJRobinson 3y ago
Was thinking the same thing reading this. I use my daily note as the main launchpad for everything I'm writing each day, I add random thoughts in there and link out to separate notes for bigger tasks/ideas/information. The daily node is so useful because when I look at an old resource I can see from the back links exactly when I had taken notes on it before and go to that daily note to see any additional context of what I was doing that day. I use Trello for task management and jotting down things to investigate later.

by dmje 3y ago

bravura 3y ago

I haven't checked Obsidian in a while, can you explain why you love it so much? I hear it being discussed a lot.

dmje 3y ago
I think it’s the balance of being “just markdown” on one hand - you can literally just point it at a folder and start typing; and the fact that it’s incredibly extendable on the other. The better known plugins like DataView give you really powerful list / sort / search if you want that, but you can also make it look however you want. I’m strangely snobby about my UIs, so being able to take a theme that’s almost right and then tweak the css is a big deal for me. Finally - it’s just a fast and solid bit of engineering. Rarely / (never, actually?) crashes, shortcuts are really powerful, constantly being updated… all manner of great :-)

rtpg 3y ago

I really wish that Obsidian Sync had like... 5 megs for free or something. I can't justify paying $8/month for a thing I haven't even started using, and without sync I have a hard time saying "OK let's try this" compared to Joplin or Notion. There's a bunch of cool looking stuff though

steve_adams_86 3y ago
You can use git and it isn't too difficult or unfriendly. But I totally get it. I'm paying for sync and I do love Obsidian, but it feels a bit steep. I do want them to stick around though, so, I just pay for it.
LVB 3y ago
I was in a similar spot. After too much hand wringing I decided to sign up for monthly ($10/month) sync and give it a solid two months. These are important tools that I’m happy to pay for, but they do take some time to evaluate. I figured $20 was a reasonable amount to commit to. FWIW I ended up going all in on Obsidian and paying yearly, but that outcome was far from a forgone conclusion, even a month in. I went through a full cycle of honeymoon phase, then discovering warts, and then workarounds, etc. It does take time.
orzig 3y ago
What's your annual salary divided by 2,000 (VERY roughly your hourly rate), and how many months of the service would it buy you as you try it out? Totally understand if you're not employed, or barely making ends meet, but given the forum I'm going to take a shot in the dark here.
para_parolu 3y ago
I come from different perspective: I would love to pay $15 per month if it gives me sync with my private storage and work on ios. Luckily for both of us there is a solution https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync Works well on ios.
- tcauduro 3y ago
  I just store my vault in an iCloud Drive folder and it syncs across all my MacOS / IOS devices. I find it pretty quick to sync live as well. No added cost assuming you have enough iCloud storage to cover your vault.
- tcauduro 3y ago
  One more cool thing about setting up with iCloud (see other comment) is you can use Apple Shortcuts or other apps to do cool things to the markdown files directly.

LAC-Tech 3y ago

I like Obsidian, but this response sounds like you just read the title and not the article. I recommend reading the article, it was pretty interseting.

dmje 3y ago
I did. I thought the beginning was great but it lost me after a while, hence my comments about “structure but not too much structure”

exe34 3y ago

Org-roam and git!

eightysixfour 3y ago

> A bit of yaml if needed but just a gentle “daily notes = meeting notes” (on my work obsidian) and “daily notes = journal” (on my personal one), a few tags but nothing too rigid or cumbersome. Can you explain this one? I use it and the daily note thing bugs me since I would rather separate work and personal in the same value, but I did not know I could fix it.

TimJRobinson 3y ago

Was thinking the same thing reading this. I use my daily note as the main launchpad for everything I'm writing each day, I add random thoughts in there and link out to separate notes for bigger tasks/ideas/information. The daily node is so useful because when I look at an old resource I can see from the back links exactly when I had taken notes on it before and go to that daily note to see any additional context of what I was doing that day. I use Trello for task management and jotting down things to investigate later.