Productivity, the Metadata Menu plugin, and finding old notes
Hello there! 👋
July is nearing an end. How did that happen? Hope you all are having a great summer (or winter, as the case may be).
Here we are with another newsletter
And there’s a lot to talk about! Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been busy over at Obsidian.Rocks. We’ve written about:
​Streamlining Your Day: Enhance Focus and Productivity with RescueTime and Obsidian​
This is my own personal productivity hack for getting the most out of my days. This hack has helped me tremendously over the last few months.
I also briefly dive into how to implement graphs in Obsidian. I’d like to write a full tutorial on that soon, but for now, if you’re interested in graphing in Obsidian, this is a good place to start.
| Find out more here |
​Editing Dataview Tables with the Metadata Menu plugin​
The Metadata Menu plugin is overwhelming at first, but super powerful.
When I found out about this particular integration with the Dataview plugin, my jaw dropped.
I’ve previously written about Managing Projects in Obsidian, and I wish I would have know about this plugin back then. One of these days I will go back and add this tip to that series, because it is tremendously useful for projects.
| Learn how to edit DV tables -> |
​Embrace Serendipity: Discovering Old Notes in Obsidian​
Last but not least, I wrote about a few of my favorite methods for rediscovering old notes.
As your vault grows, it becomes harder and harder to remember all the valuable things you have stored there. I’ve experimented with many methods for rediscovering old notes, and here are a few of my favorites.
| Discover old notes now! |
A Note on Cornell Notes
I recently purchased and am exploring the Cornell Notes Learning Vault by TfT Hacker. It’s an excellent resource, and if you’re interested in this style of note-making, I recommend taking a look.
Nick Milo also created a video on this topic, which is a treat to watch. Nick makes excellent use of Callouts in this video, and made me think I should be using callouts more often in my own vault. They can really clean up an otherwise messy note.
The End
That’s it for now! I have a lot more to come, but I’m trying to keep this newsletter snappy.
Do you like this format? Whether you do or not, feel free to hit reply and let me know.
Hope you have a productive end to July! Best,
Tim with Obsidian.Rocks
Hi! I'm Tim.
I'm a web developer, an avid note taker, and I run a website called Obsidian.Rocks.
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