Initial experience with Obsidian
The introduction
This article is not half of Amway, but it is definitely not an advertisement. I rarely discuss a particular software or write a separate article about a particular software. However, I will talk about this software after using it for a week under the recommendation of my wechat account and private letter.
The software is still open source software at present. Of course, it is not clear whether it will be commercialized if it is enlarged in the future. However, I think it is ok to commercialize open source software if the price is not too unreasonable as long as the software is well used and supported.
Quick learning
This software for individuals is quite to be amway, the specific Amway from personal public account private message, not to say more about the first use of experience:
Official website: obsidia.md /
The suffix is interesting, and the author probably likes the Markdown format. If you know markdown syntax inside and out, the cost of learning this software will be about half.
Markdown is what? Can be seen as a low code writing format, it is a more popular form of writing blogs and articles in recent years, features a simple symbol can be quickly implemented like word table format. Of course, most of the articles you see are also written through Markdown.
Just use
Try to open a folder and try:
Note that there is a language switch function below, currently the latest version has official Chinese support.
What does “Vault” mean? Opening a folder is like opening the vault of your knowledge.
After clicking a file at random on the left, I found the content of Markdown appeared after the opened file, so I generally knew that markdown was the main file integration form of this software. Markdown is familiar to me and can be used with “Typera” software for faster writing.
During the learning process, I learned that this software can split knowledge and [[literature link]]. If you do not have this knowledge block, you can use the form of [[expand new module]], so that you get a new module, and the knowledge map will show your link content. This feature is really attractive, because our traditional forms of memory by linear thinking and the contents of the warehouse, but actually neat and specification although our visual feeling comfortable, but for us to think but not friendly, the concrete can imagine “huaxi village” before a board out of the house, walked into the wrong door is possible.
Experience with
- What makes me most satisfied with this software is the use of two-way links to cut up knowledge, which enables me to think from the big picture without details. This is called handing over unimportant things to the “outside brain” for digestion.
- I’m sure I would have ditched Typera completely and switched to Obsidian if I had been able to incorporate typera’s keyboard shortcuts, but unfortunately it doesn’t have typera’s keyboard shortcuts.
- Personally, I believe in low learning cost and simplicity in everything. For Obsidian, I didn’t install any plug-ins except to change a favorite theme.
The user group for which the software is suitable
I think the following user groups might like this software:
- Those who like the way of thinking and organizing notes in the card Note-taking writing method (knowledge network and knowledge links)
- Users who do not like the writing style of online note-taking platform and prefer the writing style of offline note-taking
- Simply like software. I think some people will choose a software simply because they like its style and design without any reason.
Software features and defects
There is no doubt that this software fits in well with the concept of card Note-writing. After more than a week of cursory use and personal impressions, I think the software has the following features:
First is the knowledge map, to tell the truth at the time of saw one eye knowledge map, immediately reminded me of the past have used secondary module function project to do, see the knowledge structure of the mesh was immediately attracted, or interesting, or see the screenshots below believe that readers may want to try the mood.
Another advantage of the software is two-way linking, which is better than the knowledge graph, which is knowledge linking for individuals
Finally, the software’s tag tag function, users can customize. The above is my experience of using the original software. Other plug-ins have no state at all. At most, they just switch to a useful theme.
The reader may find this software amazing, but I will talk about the disadvantages of this software.
First strong dependence and offline features of the software for some can’t accept this is a person, because once you leave the machine, you will find this software a “chicken ribs”, at the same time because of offline you also must take notes carry, so usually put notes on you often use the computer to use more convenient, another suggestion is to use the U disk take notes.
The drawback is that I prefer the shortcut keys of “Typera”, and now I feel a little uncomfortable switching to the native Markdown syntax.
From here, you can see that cloud notes and offline notes have mutual advantages. But whether notes are online or offline, many people have different opinions. But personally, I don’t recommend writing in a notebook. If you have the habit of taking notes on paper, you are more advised to save them to electronic or print them using electronic notes.
Learning and Mastering
Through the above a lot of introduction, if for the interest in this software and want to learn to use, so here to recommend a break on the video below, but here to say sorry because I recommended to readers of video is a foreigner, for English is not good may be stop, actually this kind of video watching operation can “sense” to hear him roughly.
About recommended English materials another reason is that many people in the video conference to ji first loud-mouthed said a pile of amway this software, I personally feel is not necessary, since the search to learn how to use it must be interested in the software to learn how to use, like the foreigner up and what not to say directly I feel more comfortable looking at starting to install the software.
- Obsidian portal 6-1 | | how to use the Obsidian notes
- Obsidian portal 6-2 | | Markdown key grammar
- Obsidian portal 6-3 | | critical configuration software
- Obsidian portal 6-4 | | custom theme
- Obsidian portal 6-5 | | important shortcut keys
- Obsidian portal 6 – | | link your notes, begin to use!
If you don’t have enough time, here’s what to learn:
- Obsidian portal 6-1 | | how to use the Obsidian notes learning content:
- How to Construct Knowledge Link “Double Brackets”
- How are bidirectional links and knowledge graphs used
- Why use bidirectional connections, the core of Obsidian
- How to use # tag syntax With tag syntax we can associate keywords.
- Why do I need to use double link and tag syntax? (chat)
- Obsidian portal 6-2 | | Markdown key grammar (individual know so skip)
- Learn how to use Markdown
- Basic understanding of Markdown
- Key Software Configurations (skip)
- Note that the version of the video is older, so some of the Settings in the video are not applicable in the new version.
- Key software configurations (Not applicable to the latest version, can be skipped)
- It is recommended to open the associated connection and mind map views.
- Custom theme
- You can drag the progress bar to find a favorite topic
- You can choose your favorite theme from the “Theme” in the Settings
- Key shortcuts
Ctrl+ERealize editing mode and reading mode switch- I only learned this one more practical shortcut key
- [[Test]] in this way
- Link notes to start using
Write in the last
I hope this article can give readers a deeper understanding of this software, and I hope there will be more such special software in the future.