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How to Boost Your Productivity for Scientific Research Using Obsidian
Tools and workflows for managing your zettelkasten, projects, reading lists, notes, and inspiration during your PhD.
Knowledge is the most powerful tool you have as a researcher. Knowledge, however, is worthless if it cannot be accessed quickly and effectively. The key is in a consistent and easy-to-use method of archiving information so that taking notes becomes an effortless and pleasing experience.
Here, I show how I use Obsidian (https://obsidian.md) as a PhD student in Artificial Intelligence and the workflows I’ve found to manage my knowledge.
The article is divided into three parts:
- Philosophy:
The basics of a Knowledge management system such as what is a note, how to organize notes, tags, folders, and links.
This section is meant to be tool-agnostic, meaning that you should be able to implement most of these tips with any note-taking app. - Tools:
How to set up and use Obsidian, how to manage notes, reading lists, and useful plugins.
This section shows how to use Obsidian…