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Highly recommend Obsidian to anyone looking for a simple and effective way to organize their thoughts.

by spectralglitch 2y ago

hammyhavoc 2y ago
It's as good as someone's ability to come up with a system and stick to it.
- bravetraveler 2y ago
  Agree - I've been toying with the idea of using something more... formal, but rolled my own so to speak. I have a script that runs on login that simply opens two files: 1: this calendar week 2: the last calendar week ... in vim tabs, organized in yearly directories. I live in the terminal anyway. Making myself see the thing, by opening automatically, was the big part. That let me write more. Keeping the storage simple makes the data accessible and portable. All of this applies to Obsidian and things too - but I enjoy this kind of tinkering
  - hammyhavoc 2y ago
    Love this. This really appeals to my way of thinking, it's oldskool, but extremely practical.
    - bravetraveler 2y ago
      Glad I hit the mark! I'll provide a copy below. Fair warning: only tested on Linux, not Mac/BSD: NOTE_DIR="${NOTE_DIR:-${HOME}/notes}" CURRENT_NOTE=$(date +%Y-week%V) LAST_WEEK_NAME=$(date -d '7 days ago' +%Y-week%V) NOTE_PATHS=("$NOTE_DIR/$CURRENT_NOTE" "$NOTE_DIR/$LAST_WEEK_NAME") EDITOR="${EDITOR:-vim}" if [[ $EDITOR == *vim* ]]; then # Run the vim-like editor with tabs $EDITOR -c ':tab all' "${NOTE_PATHS[@]}" else # Run the editor without vim tab arg $EDITOR "${NOTE_PATHS[@]}" fi The bit for '$EDITOR' makes this work for 'vim', but also 'gvim' (vim-X11) and 'neovim'. The assumption for 'else' is that the other editors simply accept an array of arguments with no other direction required Edit: I realize now I misspoke - no yearly directories [anymore]; dashed names instead! Apparently I quit that in week 10 of 2023. IIRC, managing the directories added a few lines I didn't care to keep. I don't look outside of the two week window often :)
      - hammyhavoc 2y ago
        Thanks! As a fellow Linux geek, I love this so much.

Highly recommend Obsidian to anyone looking for a simple and effective way to organize their thoughts.

hammyhavoc 2y ago

It's as good as someone's ability to come up with a system and stick to it.

bravetraveler 2y ago
Agree - I've been toying with the idea of using something more... formal, but rolled my own so to speak. I have a script that runs on login that simply opens two files: 1: this calendar week 2: the last calendar week ... in vim tabs, organized in yearly directories. I live in the terminal anyway. Making myself see the thing, by opening automatically, was the big part. That let me write more. Keeping the storage simple makes the data accessible and portable. All of this applies to Obsidian and things too - but I enjoy this kind of tinkering
- hammyhavoc 2y ago
  Love this. This really appeals to my way of thinking, it's oldskool, but extremely practical.
  - bravetraveler 2y ago
    Glad I hit the mark! I'll provide a copy below. Fair warning: only tested on Linux, not Mac/BSD: NOTE_DIR="${NOTE_DIR:-${HOME}/notes}" CURRENT_NOTE=$(date +%Y-week%V) LAST_WEEK_NAME=$(date -d '7 days ago' +%Y-week%V) NOTE_PATHS=("$NOTE_DIR/$CURRENT_NOTE" "$NOTE_DIR/$LAST_WEEK_NAME") EDITOR="${EDITOR:-vim}" if [[ $EDITOR == *vim* ]]; then # Run the vim-like editor with tabs $EDITOR -c ':tab all' "${NOTE_PATHS[@]}" else # Run the editor without vim tab arg $EDITOR "${NOTE_PATHS[@]}" fi The bit for '$EDITOR' makes this work for 'vim', but also 'gvim' (vim-X11) and 'neovim'. The assumption for 'else' is that the other editors simply accept an array of arguments with no other direction required Edit: I realize now I misspoke - no yearly directories [anymore]; dashed names instead! Apparently I quit that in week 10 of 2023. IIRC, managing the directories added a few lines I didn't care to keep. I don't look outside of the two week window often :)
    - hammyhavoc 2y ago
      Thanks! As a fellow Linux geek, I love this so much.