Published inObsidian Observer·May 29Member-onlyHow To Use Zotero With Obsidian For The Best Note-taking ExperienceIntroduction For quite some time now, all attempts at getting Obsidian to talk to Zotero have failed. This has not been with just one plugin, all have been tried, but none worked satisfactorily until now. Inspiration and determination came because of Bryan Jenk’s latest video on the Zotero Obsidian plugin. However…Zotero8 min readZotero8 min read
Published inObsidian Observer·May 23Member-onlyTracking & Managing Time In Obsidian Using Daily NotesKeeping a record of the time spent on projects can be useful in many different ways. Have you ever had one of those days when you were busy all day and at the end can’t remember what you have achieved? I’m sure many of us would know that feeling. Of…Obsidian5 min readObsidian5 min read
May 21Member-onlyWhy Regularly Checking For Data Breaches Of Your Email Is A MustIntroduction Our email address, or addresses, are used for everything online. They become the basis of our identity to which everything else is linked such as name, birth date, addresses and other sensitive information. Increasingly however, we are seeing data breaches even of major organisations in whom we place considerable trust…Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read
Apr 22Member-onlyAdd PHOTOS From Google Photos To Your Daily NotesTry this great little plugin to add colour to your notes Introduction They say a picture is worth a thousand words. It is a fair generalisation and images can spark not only memories, but emotions as well. That’s the power of images. …Photos3 min readPhotos3 min read
Apr 16Member-onlyAutomating Obsidian Daily Notes Part 4 — Using Dataview QueriesIntroduction This article continues the series on automating Daily Notes in Obsidian. This time we explore including Dataview queries in the Daily Note template so certain information appears every time we create a Daily Note. The examples to be used here will be to create three queries. The first is a…Obsidian4 min readObsidian4 min read
Apr 12Member-onlyStreamline Your Workflow: How A Personal User Manual Created In Obsidian Can Improve CollaborationBenefits of a Personal User Manual This note was sparked by an email from Tim Duggan, author of Cult Status, but I have seen this concept before. A search in my Obsidian vault did not reveal any notes, however, so here is an opportunity to document this concept. The creation of a Personal User Manual could…Personal User Manual7 min readPersonal User Manual7 min read
Published inArtificial Intelligence in Plain English·Apr 3Member-onlyA Pause On AI? You Have To Be Kidding!No doubt you have seen the news about 1,000 luminaries allegedly signing a letter calling for a halt on AI development for 6 months. I say “allegedly” because to my knowledge, no-one has seen the actual letter yet. (If you have, send me a copy.) A digital format is online…Artificial Intelligence3 min readArtificial Intelligence3 min read
Apr 1Member-onlyHow To Build And Automate An Obsidian Daily Note Template — Part 3Introduction Now that I have unfolded by Daily Note setup, I will go through the setting up of the template in its initial form. …Obsidian4 min readObsidian4 min read
Mar 29Member-onlyHow To Build And Automate An Obsidian Daily Note Template — Part 2Introduction Now that the basic concept of the Daily Note in Obsidian has been covered, in this article and video I will go through the detail of what is under the folded areas. …Obsidian2 min readObsidian2 min read
Mar 28Member-onlyHow To Build And Automate An Obsidian Daily Note TemplateIntroduction This will be the first in a series of articles and videos around the Obsidian Daily Notes core plugin. Personal Knowledge Management systems provide a very powerful way to do journalling and keep information that is detailed and extensive. …Obsidian3 min readObsidian3 min read
