Advanced Obsidian

My up-to-date Obsidian reference with solutions, opinions, preferences and conventions.

Obsidian

• Keep up with the official blog and r/ObsidianMD (but not too much).

Keybinds

• Use keybinds as much as possible.
• Document and maintain personal keybind conventions across different programs.

Dataview

• Use dataview and templates as much as possible: Courses, Projects, Books, …
• This lets you generate statistics, automatic lists, etc.

Tags

• Create most tags as notes instead of always using native tags: #obsidian.
• Use tags with atomic concepts: #list, #comparison.
• Use corresponding tags on templates to make them visible to dataview: #book.
• Mention tags on the top of the note: Tags: [[Obsidian]], #list

Vault and note management

• Stick to using one vault if you can.
• Keep track of all Obsidian-related questions and issues.
• Keep track of personal conventions to keep the notes consistent.
• Keep the collection synced with mobile. Easiest with the official service.
• Use a single folder for notes. Do not organize main notes by folders.
• Link pages together and use the (local) graph view.
• Imitate hierarcy when needed.
  • A) Set up automatic Maps of Content (MOC)
  • B) Maintain manual lists of notes under top-level categories
• Add aliases by typing --- & aliases. Aliases work automatically.
• Merge accidentally created duplicate notes with the Note composer core plugin.
• Use alternative link text where necessary: [[link|link text]].
• Split a note if it grows too large.

Tasks

• Use markdown syntax for tasks: - [ ] do this thing.
  • Dataview can pull these from any page.
• I haven’t had a need for additional task plugins, at least for now.

Frontpage

• Create a frontpage (along with a keybind) with the Homepage plugin.

• Pull the next incomplete tasks from different domains of life:

  ```dataview
  task from "Notes/Projects"
  where !completed
  limit 2
  ```
  

Linting

• Use Linter plugin for keeping notes clean and consistent.

Daily notes

• Use Daily notes along with a personal template if you want to.

Flashcards

• Generate and maintain flashcards with Obsidian to Anki plugin:
  • word_in_finnish::word_in_english (Basic and Reversed cards).
  • This {cloze deletion syntax} is for generating cards with a part of the sentence hidden.

Location

• Track places with the Map view plugin.
• Generate the geolocation to the frontmatter along with a type field (library, restaurant, …).

Publishing

• Reasons and how to Blog 🚧

WIP

• Calendar that “works”.
• Dashboard (frontpage with metrics).
• RSS integration.
• Semantic links.
• …