In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: My 8 essential Obsidian community plugins and how I use them π Something Cool: A Mac app that makes adding emojis easy π My book notes from Serve to Sell by John Meese Prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser? Click here. π‘ The Big Idea: The 8 Obsidian Plugins I Couldn't Live Without. Itβs easy to get excited about new Obsidian plugins and the features they enable. But if all you do is add plugins, eventually your Obsidian...
9 days agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: What I'd Do if I Was Starting in Obsidian Today π Something Cool: A fun little text scratchpad for your Mac π My book notes from AI Snake Oil by Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor If you prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser, click here. π‘ The Big Idea: 5 Things Iβd Do if I Were Coming to Obsidian for the First Time in 2025 Most people who try Obsidian quit within the first two weeks. Not because the app is bad, but...
16 days agoΒ β’Β 7 min read
In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: How I added an On This Day feature to my Daily Notes template Obsidian π Something Cool: A modern Obsidian plugin that lets you customize icons and colors π My book notes from Lean Learning by Pat Flynn If you prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser, click here. π‘ The Big Idea: Adding an On This Day Feature to Your Daily Notes with Bases After a bit of a rocky start, Bases continues to improve. Now that the syntax is no...
23 days agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: AI makes things easy, but sometimes the value is in the struggle π Something Cool: An Obsidian plugin that lets you set rules for forcing note view modes π My book notes from Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks Prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser? Click here. π‘ The Big Idea: Sometimes Difficult Things Are Worth Doing I recently came across a great How I Write podcast episode where David Perell interviewed Ezra Klein about...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: How I replaced the archived Projects plugin π Something Cool: A great way to upgrade the look of Obsidian Tasks π My book notes from You Need a Manifesto by Charlotte Burgess-Auburn If you prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser, click here. π‘ The Big Idea: A New & Improved Workflow for Managing Writing Projects in Obsidian Historically, I've used the Projects plugin to manage my different writing projects. Unfortunately,...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: A simple system for break free from the tyranny of the task manager π Something Cool: A big update to one of my favorite writing plugins π My book notes from The 5 Resets by Dr. Aditi Nerurkar If you prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser, click here. π‘ The Big Idea: Your Task Manager Shouldnβt Be a Task Master There are a million different approaches to task management. Which means there are a million different task...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: Want to create more? Turn off your inputs! π Something Cool: An automated way to fix your tags for Obsidian 1.9 π My book notes from Useful Not True by Derek Sivers If you prefer to read (or listen) to this newsletter in your browser, click here. π‘ The Big Idea: Stop Collecting, Start Creating. A few weeks ago, I got to interview one of my Internet heroes, Derek Sivers, for the Focused podcast. It was an incredible conversation (one of my...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: My big takeaways from the Craft + Commerce conference π Something Cool: All of my conference sketchnotes in one downloadable file π My book notes from The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins If you prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser, click here. π‘ The Big Idea: AI Will Give Creators Superpowers, Not Replace Them. I just got back from the Craft + Commerce conference last week in Boise, ID. This is by far my favorite...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
In this edition of Practical PKM: π‘ The Big Idea: The best way to use AI as part of the creative process π Something Cool: My speaker discount for the Macstock Conference & Expo π My book notes from Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday If you prefer to read (or listen to) this newsletter in your browser, click here. π‘ The Big Idea: AI is an Excellent Creative Collaborator. Obsidian shines brightest when used as a tool for connected thought. But those connections provide the most value when...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
