Obsidian

What's Obsidian?

An awesome (my favorite) note creation and linking app that uses simple markdown.

Aa a huge positive, Obsidian creates text files with the "notename.md" file name in your local system. Folders and notes are held on your computer in a "Vault" that Obsidian sees and processes.

This is huge!

Why? Because it does not lock you into a database you can't easily get out of. Other cool apps like Notion, Bear.app, Ulysses, and the once cool, Evernote all lock you into their proprietary system that's hard to transfer out of.

Download the app at Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking

Why I Use Obsidian Daily

• it's simple "out of the box" but with plugins as add ons it can be highly functional, meaning you can just do the basics with it or you can dig into the tons of extras and make it much more than an text editor,
• it's markdown based, hell yeah!
• it can live on your machine locally, so you can use other apps to modify your files, too.
  • text editors, etc.
• it syncs very well to other machines an devices.
• the mobile app is more than decent!

Other Related Terms

Zettelkasten is a older term for note systems that had connectors to small fragments of notes vs. long form notebook systems that are harder to process.

PKM stands for Personal Knowledge Manager. Build one and it will change your life.

Use the Digital Garden concept to publish your notes and reap the creative benefits of Practicing in Public.

Compare Obsidian to other apps such as Notion, Roam, the wonderful Mac/iOS Bear.app (which I also use daily and love).