Rethinking MY PKM: How I Organize Everything In Obsidian

Zsolt's Visual Personal Knowledge Management
21 May 202343:31

Summary

TLDR本视频分享了如何使用Obsidian进行信息组织的方法。主讲人介绍了他的个人信息管理系统,包括六个原则和14个组成部分。通过使用文件夹、标签、链接、原子节点、模板和地图内容等工具,他展示了如何在Obsidian中创建一个高效的个人知识管理系统。此外,他还强调了使用LATCH原则(位置、字母、时间、类别和层次结构)来最大化信息的可查找性。

Takeaways

  • 📋 保持简单:每个组件都有明确单一的目的,避免混淆。
  • 🚀 最小化摩擦:使用模板和数据视图等自动化工具来简化工作流程。
  • 🏢 接受现实:对于已有的信息管理系统,如Evernote和Notion,进行归档处理,而不是重新创建。
  • 📂 不移动文件:保持文件位置固定,避免链接断裂。
  • 🔍 应用LATCH原则:使用位置、字母、时间、类别和层级来组织信息,提高检索效率。
  • 🔗 始终链接:确保信息通过链接相互关联,减少孤立文件。
  • 📂 文件夹层级:维持一个简洁的文件夹结构,使用命名空间来组织信息。
  • 🏷️ 标签使用:每个页面使用一个标签,定义页面类型并影响在X-Brain中的显示。
  • 🔗 链接和本体论:使用本体论来描述文件之间的关系,并通过数据视图字段在X-Brain中可视化。
  • 📝 原子节点和转包含:使用原子节点和转包含来重用信息,避免重复绘制。
  • 📌 一致的节选:在笔记中创建一致的节选,如摘要和引用,便于在其他笔记中嵌入和引用。
  • 📂 文件命名规则:使用一致的文件命名规则,如以特定前缀开始,包含类型、关键词和来源,方便检索。
  • 🛠️ 模板和自动化:使用模板来创建新页面和文件夹,自动化某些复杂活动,提高效率。

Q & A

  • 视频作者分享的个人知识管理(PKM)系统的核心原则是什么?

    -视频作者分享的PKM系统的核心原则包括六个方面:保持简单、最小化摩擦、接受现实、避免移动文件、应用LATCH原则和始终链接。

  • LATCH原则指的是什么?

    -LATCH原则指的是通过位置(Location)、字母顺序(Alphabet)、时间(Time)、类别(Category)和层级(Hierarchy)这五种方式来组织信息,这一原则由TED演讲的创始人Richard Warman提出。

  • 视频作者如何使用文件夹来组织信息?

    -视频作者使用文件夹作为命名空间来组织信息,而不是作为物理存储位置。在创建新的链接到不存在的文件时,作者会在文件夹命名中体现文件的类型,如作者名下的'people/author'。此外,作者会根据同步需求和文件类型来选择性地同步文件夹。

  • 视频作者如何使用标签来组织笔记?

    -视频作者在每个页面上只使用一个标签,以此来定义文档的类型。标签还用于在X-Brain中定义页面的外观和感觉,例如'map of content'标签的页面会有特定的颜色和图标。

  • 视频作者如何利用链接来构建知识体系?

    -视频作者通过定义本体论(ontology)来描述文件之间的关系,使用父级、子级和同级链接来构建知识体系。此外,作者通过数据视图字段和Excalibrain的可视化来管理链接,并使用嵌入对象和转录来重用内容。

  • 什么是原子节点和转录,视频作者是如何应用的?

    -原子节点是指包含单一概念的笔记,转录则是将这些笔记的内容嵌入到其他笔记中。视频作者通过创建原子节点和使用转录来避免重复绘制和构建链接,同时在其他笔记中创建一致的部分来简化嵌入和引用过程。

  • 视频作者如何命名文件以便于检索?

    -视频作者采用了一系列的文件命名约定,例如所有MOCs文件都以下划线开头,文件名由三部分组成:文件类型、关键词和来源(如果有的话)。这种一致的命名方式使得作者能够更容易地通过搜索找到所需的文件。

  • 视频作者如何使用模板来提高效率?

    -视频作者使用模板来创建新行或新页面,并自动化创建文件夹和多个文件的过程。模板还包括任务部分,使得作者能够在需要时快速访问相关的任务信息。

  • 视频作者如何使用每日笔记来构建时间层级?

    -视频作者使用每日笔记来创建基于LATCH原则中的时间方面的时间层级。通过链接每日笔记,作者能够根据日期导航自己的历史记录,并查看特定日期发生的事情。

  • 视频作者是如何在Obsidian中处理任务的?

    -视频作者将任务放在上下文中,通过数据视图查询和嵌入的Obsidian查询来跟踪任务。作者在人物、项目或主题的页面上添加任务部分,这样在讨论或工作时就能看到相关的行动项。

  • 视频作者如何进行诊断和维护个人知识库?

    -视频作者通过创建诊断和维护页面来检查孤立的笔记、未命名的图像等,以确保知识库的整洁和有序。作者会定期清理和重命名这些内容,以保持知识库的可管理性。

Outlines

00:00

📂 组织Obsidian中的一切

视频介绍了如何使用Obsidian组织信息。作者分享了他的个人知识管理(PKM)系统,包括六个原则和14个组成部分。每个组成部分都有明确的目的和单一的功能,以减少混淆。作者还提到了使用模板和数据视图来最小化摩擦,并接受了布朗菲尔德现实,即在现有信息管理系统中存储信息。此外,作者强调避免移动文件以防止链接断裂,并应用了Latch方法来提高信息的可查找性。最后,作者强调了链接的重要性,以确保信息之间的连接。

05:02

📁 文件夹层次结构和同步

作者展示了他的文件夹层次结构,并解释了如何使用文件夹来管理同步设置。他提到了如何通过命名约定来组织文件夹,并使用年份和月份来标记项目文件夹。此外,作者还讨论了如何通过Obsidian同步设置来排除特定文件夹,并使用标签来定义页面的外观和感觉。

10:04

🏷️ 标签的使用和配置

作者解释了他如何为每个页面使用一个标签,并使用Excalibrain来定义页面的外观。他展示了如何通过标签来分类和查找信息,并讨论了如何使用标签来创建视觉提示。此外,作者还提到了他如何将标签与Excalibrain中的不同思考类型相对应,并如何使用颜色方案来组织信息。

15:06

🔗 链接的使用和ontology

作者讨论了如何在Obsidian中使用链接来创建知识图谱,并解释了如何使用ontology来描述文件之间的关系。他展示了如何使用数据视图字段和Excalibrain来可视化链接,并讨论了如何使用嵌入对象来创建链接。此外,作者还提到了他如何使用原子节点和transclusion来重用信息,并如何通过创建一致的部分来简化嵌入和引用过程。

20:08

📝 笔记的创建和文件命名约定

作者分享了他如何创建笔记和使用文件命名约定来组织信息。他讨论了如何使用模板来创建新文件和文件夹,并解释了如何使用数据视图查询和嵌入的Obsidian查询来管理任务。此外,作者还提到了他如何使用标签来提醒自己需要与他人讨论或等待回复的事项。

25:09

🗺️ 利用地理标签和日常笔记

作者介绍了如何使用地理标签和日常笔记来组织信息。他展示了如何使用地图视图插件来标记位置,并讨论了如何通过日常笔记来创建时间层次结构。此外,作者还解释了如何将任务放在上下文中,并使用数据视图字段来管理任务。

30:09

🛠️ 诊断和维护

作者讨论了如何使用诊断和维护页面来管理Obsidian中的信息。他展示了如何查看孤立的笔记和未命名的图像,并解释了如何清理和组织这些内容。此外,作者还提到了他如何使用动态列表和嵌入式查询来管理信息,并如何通过各种工具和组件来确保信息的有序排列。

Mindmap

简化原则
最小化摩擦
现实接受原则
避免移动文件
LATCH原则
链接原则
六大原则
文件夹层级
标签使用
链接和本体论
原子节点和转录
文件命名规则
模板
日常笔记
任务管理
诊断和维护
系统组件
模板工具
数据视图
X思维脑图
地图视图插件
工具和插件
个人知识管理
视频系列
视觉思维工作坊
历史存档
个人经验和案例
Obsidian 信息组织系统
Alert

Keywords

💡Obsidian

Obsidian是一款知识管理和笔记软件,用户可以通过它来组织和链接信息,创建个人知识库。在视频中,作者分享了他如何使用Obsidian来组织一切信息,包括文件夹结构、标签系统、链接方式等。

💡个人知识管理(PKM)

个人知识管理(Personal Knowledge Management,简称PKM)是指个人如何收集、整理、分享和利用知识以达到提高工作效率和学习效果的目的。视频中,作者讨论了他的PKM系统的设计和运作方式。

💡链接(Linking)

链接是Obsidian中的一项核心功能,它允许用户在笔记之间创建关联,形成一个互相连接的知识网络。在视频中,作者强调了链接的重要性,并介绍了他是如何在他的笔记中使用链接来建立联系的。

💡文件夹结构(Folder Hierarchy)

文件夹结构是指在文件系统中组织文件和文件夹的方式,它可以帮助用户更有效地管理和访问文件。在视频中,作者展示了他的文件夹结构,并解释了如何通过这种方式来组织他的笔记和信息。

💡标签(Tags)

标签是一种用来标记和分类信息的工具,用户可以通过标签来快速找到相关的笔记或文件。在视频中,作者讨论了他如何使用标签来给每个文档一个类型,并在X思维脑图中定义页面的外观和风格。

💡原子节点(Atomic Nodes)

原子节点是指在笔记和信息管理中不可再分的基本单位。在视频中,作者提到了他如何通过使用原子节点和转录(transclusion)来重用内容,避免重复绘制,并在笔记之间创建链接。

💡数据视图(Data View)

数据视图是Obsidian中的一项功能,它允许用户以表格的形式查看和查询笔记中的信息。在视频中,作者介绍了他如何使用数据视图来创建和查看任务列表,以及如何将任务放在上下文中。

💡时间层次结构(Time Hierarchy)

时间层次结构是指根据时间顺序组织信息的方法。在视频中,作者讨论了他是如何使用每日笔记来创建基于LATCH(位置、字母、时间、类别、层次结构)的时间层次结构,并通过地理标签(geotags)来组织信息。

💡LATCH

LATCH是一种信息组织原则,代表位置(Location)、字母(Alphabet)、时间(Time)、类别(Category)和层次结构(Hierarchy)。在视频中,作者解释了他是如何应用LATCH原则来最大化信息的可查找性。

💡动态列表(Dynamic Lists)

动态列表是一种可以自动更新的列表,它根据特定条件或查询结果来显示条目。在视频中,作者讨论了他如何使用Obsidian的动态列表功能,以及如何将任务放在需要它们时的上下文中。

💡诊断和维护(Diagnostics and Maintenance)

诊断和维护是指对系统或组织结构进行检查和修正的过程,以确保其正常运行并优化性能。在视频中,作者介绍了他如何使用Obsidian的特定页面来检查孤立的笔记和未命名的图像等,以维护他的PKM系统。

Highlights

介绍了如何使用Obsidian进行信息组织

分享了个人的知识管理(PCM)系统六个原则

展示了14个系统组件以及各自的实例

讨论了如何通过模板和数据视图减少摩擦

解释了如何接受并处理现有的信息管理系统(Brownfield reality)

强调了避免移动文件以防止链接断裂的重要性

介绍了使用LATCH(位置、字母、时间、类别和层级)方法来提高信息检索能力

讨论了链接的重要性以及如何通过链接提高信息的可查找性

分享了如何使用文件夹和命名空间来组织信息

讨论了如何通过标签来定义文档类型并影响X-Brain中页面的外观

介绍了如何使用本体论(Ontology)来描述文件之间的关系

讨论了如何通过原子节点和转录来重用信息

分享了文件命名约定以及如何通过自动化工具来简化查找过程

介绍了如何使用每日笔记来创建基于时间的层级结构

讨论了如何使用地理标签(Geotags)来组织基于位置的信息

分享了如何将任务放在上下文中,并使用动态列表来跟踪

提供了如何进行诊断和维护的示例,包括检查孤立笔记和未命名图像

Transcripts

00:00

hey everyone in today's video I'm going

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to share with you how I organize

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everything in obsidian this is the end

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of a long journey that started almost a

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year ago when I first published

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rethinking my PKM one and since then

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I've been releasing various videos on

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the topic and now I'm ready to share how

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my entire system works so in today's

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video we are going to look at the six

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principles of my PCM and the 14

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components of my system and for each of

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them each of the components I'm going to

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try to give you multiple examples from

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My Vault

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also the drawing that I'm going to use

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in today's video I'm going to include a

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link in the video description to this

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excalator drawing so you can open this

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and you will find lots of additional

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information

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links to various videos that I've shared

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and links to blog posts and other

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materials so you can really dive into

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the topic that interests you the most

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just a quick reminder the visual

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thinking Workshop cohort for is starting

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this Saturday if you're interested to

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learn more about visual thinking if you

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want to learn from me about organizing

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your information and obsidian this is an

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awesome opportunity to meet with me and

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to work together I'd love you to join

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cohort for

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so now let's dive in and let's start

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with the six principles

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so my first principle is to keep it

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simple

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each component each of the 14 components

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has a clear purpose and a single purpose

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and I try to keep these separate from

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one another so I don't get confused

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about it

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second I'm keen on minimizing friction I

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use two primary tools for this templater

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and data view but of course there are

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some other automations as well but

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automation is an important part of my

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workflow

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third

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I live in the Brownfield reality and I

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bet most of you also this means that

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I've had previous PKM systems where I

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stored information I had my file system

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so I've every time I upgrade my PC I

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store the previous PCS content in a

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folder called archive so this is archive

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in an R Hive in an R Hive in an R Hive

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going back to the 1990s so there's lots

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of stuff

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also I use multiple tools like the brain

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Evernote ROM research Etc and I've

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imported materials from there but this

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means that overall my volt is a mess I

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try to get on top of the categories or

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tags or the folders but it is really

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hard with this Brownfield reality and I

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decided to accept reality for what it is

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fourth I'm keen on avoiding moving files

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around I make this point because Thiago

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forte in building a second brain

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proposes a workflow where you move files

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into a folder for the project and when

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the project completes move your files to

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somewhere else

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I don't like to move files around

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because then links break even in

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obsidian where you get some control

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around it there are some issues with

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moving files around so I place the file

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somewhere and I stick to that location

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even if it sometimes means that things

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don't end up in their correct folders

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fifth I apply latch latch stands for

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location alphabet time category and

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hierarchy and this was coined by Richard

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Warman he is the founder of TED talks

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and he said that everything in the world

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can be organized by these five means and

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by these five means only and the way I

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apply latch or the reason I apply latch

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is to maximize the vase how I can find

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information so I can find information

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based on my calendar I can find the

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information based on the physical

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location if it was force some reason

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memorable I can find it based on

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categories and with the other methods as

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well using latch and applying latch to

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each pieces of information in my world

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helps me maximize findability and

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finally I always link now this is

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something that I've not been always

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deliberate on I looked at how many

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orphan files I have in my Vault and I

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was surprised to see that it was in the

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high hundreds meaning five six hundred

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orphan files and this is because often

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I'm using folders in a way that they

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provide a structure and often I just

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simply place a document with the topic

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in that file but of course that reduces

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findability so recently I've decided

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that I'm only going to place files in my

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vol if I'm able to link it to somewhere

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to My Graph so these are my principles

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and then let's dive into each of the

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tools I'm going to start with folders

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and first of all you can see my folder

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hierarchy here

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it is

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a relatively lean folder hierarchy so

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you can see I have these are my folders

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there are some folders that I would love

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to get rid of but because I don't want

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to move files and because of the

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Brownfield reality I cannot so archive

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the brain is there it has lots and lots

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of files where you can see there it has

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almost

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4500 files and the Thousand subfolders

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so that is a big mess but also Hobbies I

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would love to move on their projects but

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again lots of files here lots of folders

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and I just decided to leave it there it

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is by the way I think of folders not as

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physical storage locations but as name

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spaces so let me show you what I mean by

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that

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so when I create

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a new link to a file that doesn't exist

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in My Vault let's imagine I'm adding a

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new book to My Vault and I want to add

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the author I don't just write the name

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of the author for example Dan Rome but I

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create the author in the people author's

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namespace which simply means that I type

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in and here in search we can actually

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take a look at this so I type in

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a link that starts with people then

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slash author and then slash I continue

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with the name of the author so in this

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case you can see I have a number of

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ghost links so ghost link means that the

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actual folder for the author has not

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been created so you can see here Dan

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Rome or Eliezer yutkovski you can see

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here a couple of Hungarian poets as well

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as some other authors

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by doing this then I create the file or

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when I create the link to the name of

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the person I can

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already give it a type I know it's an

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author even without creating the file

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and adding a tag author to me this is

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helpful

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second I like folders because they help

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me manage what gets synchronized with

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obsidian sync so here in obsidian sync

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settings you can actually

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specify exclude folders so here on my

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Mac I have nothing all my videos are on

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my desktop PC

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there I have lots of folders that are in

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the exclude because for example I

08:48

exclude all the folders with the video

08:51

files and voice files because they are

08:54

large and there's no point in

08:56

synchronizing them however I keep them

08:59

in obsidian but I can ring fence that

09:01

content and not move it around with

09:04

obsidian sync

09:06

and then

09:08

I try to name YouTube Project files and

09:13

other files as well or rather folders

09:15

with a year month date naming this is

09:21

something new that I've started so I

09:23

don't really have many examples of this

09:26

but here you will see that some of the

09:30

folders that are now created recently

09:33

followed this naming convention what

09:35

this helps me with is it gives me a

09:38

chronological order for my videos

09:41

because you can see I have whole bunch

09:43

of files here and sometimes it is a bit

09:45

of a difficult

09:47

thing to find the video however I do

09:51

remember the time when I created that

09:53

video

09:55

and then in obsidian you can set up the

09:58

attachments folder and also the new file

10:01

so here if I come to settings under

10:04

files and links there are these

10:07

additional settings that you can create

10:10

so first of all the default location for

10:13

new notes for me is the same folder as

10:17

the current file which means that if I'm

10:19

working on a topic and I just simply

10:23

write the name of a new file not using

10:26

the namespace then that file is going to

10:30

be created in the same folder if I want

10:33

to place it somewhere else then I follow

10:36

this namespace approach and I type out

10:40

the location of the file

10:43

and second I keep my attachments under

10:47

the subfolder of the topic for me

10:50

attachments and the

10:53

notes are very closely connected and

10:57

this is why for me this makes sense so

11:00

for example here if I come to input this

11:03

is where all my inputs are for example

11:06

articles and assessments and books and

11:09

conferences films if here's for example

11:13

my book notes on deep work and you can

11:17

see here that I have my attachments

11:20

folder which includes all of my

11:22

illustrations for deep work so that's

11:27

about folders now moving on to tags I

11:31

only use one tag per page there's one

11:34

exception to this which is more a

11:36

stylistic thing and I didn't even

11:39

include it here

11:40

but you will see it in the next step

11:43

when I talk about data View and how I'm

11:47

using search so

11:50

for now

11:52

the point is I

11:54

aim to give a single tag to each

11:57

document and that will give that

12:00

document a type so for example if we

12:04

open this page and I'm going to navigate

12:08

here

12:11

if I open this page you can see that

12:13

this is a map of content and you can see

12:17

I have my tag map of content here and

12:21

now if I open xcoli Brain for this page

12:25

then what you will see here is based on

12:29

the tag on the page I'm going to give

12:32

this file a different look and feel in X

12:35

call your brain so all my map of

12:38

contents are with this red color and

12:42

have this icon of a map there all my

12:46

people file so you can see couple of

12:49

people here Thiago Fort and Nick Milo

12:51

are they have this person at the

12:55

beginning all my books have this book

12:57

there then I have ex College Road

13:01

drawings have this painter's palette

13:04

there

13:05

Etc so I use the tag for the page to

13:09

also Define the look and feel of this

13:12

page in X color brain and just to show

13:16

you how I configure this in excalib

13:18

brain so here if I come to excalibrane

13:21

settings I can scroll down here here are

13:25

all the different tags listed that I'm

13:29

using in My Vault with a special purpose

13:32

and here if I choose one of the tags so

13:36

let's look at the Moc that we looked at

13:39

a second ago you can see that I have my

13:42

prefix which is this map emoji and then

13:46

I have the background color and the text

13:48

color specified and I can see that this

13:51

is how these are going to look and for

13:55

example if I look at a person then you

13:58

can see that this is how a person node

14:01

looks like in X color brain I need to

14:04

add these Stacks here and then they

14:06

appear here in the list and finally on

14:09

tags I have this article call and on the

14:13

link that I'm going to include in the

14:16

show notes that will take you to

14:18

excalator.com with this drawing there

14:21

you will find this link and you can

14:23

click on this so back in the time when I

14:27

was working in the brain I had this

14:30

whole

14:31

color scheme of how I used the different

14:35

thought types and these are actually the

14:38

equivalents of tags or the way I use

14:41

them in obsidian and I had different

14:43

color ranges so read the range were all

14:48

the media that I consumed the yellow

14:51

range was for example all the people

14:54

friends family colleagues all these

14:57

purple items were companies or legal

15:00

entities

15:02

Etc so each color had its own purpose

15:05

and then I looked at my graph then I was

15:09

able to understand it immediately or

15:12

understand it much better

15:14

so moving on talking about links so

15:17

we're going to look back to my PKM Moc

15:21

and you will see how I'm using links

15:24

here so or the ontology so the ontology

15:28

is defined here in the front by this

15:34

data view field with double columns

15:37

after it and then I have the link the

15:41

way this is going to appear on the graph

15:46

in X color brain is here if you take a

15:49

look you will see that these tags that

15:53

are here on the left hand side appear

15:56

here as related to examples

16:00

example examples Etc author you have the

16:04

different type of relationship so I use

16:08

ontology in My Vault

16:11

and I use it to describe the

16:15

relationship between this file and the

16:17

next file to me this helps to think

16:21

about why I have that link there it

16:24

what's the purpose of the link actually

16:27

coming up with the ontology is sometimes

16:31

a challenge in ex call it brain there's

16:34

a feature that I get prompted with these

16:39

ontologies so if I type triple double

16:43

colon then this list comes up and I can

16:48

just simply type and we'll get all the

16:52

different type of ontologies I have

16:55

defined and each of these has a

16:58

definition index color brain whether

17:00

they're a parent a child or a friend so

17:04

again here in ex call it brain you can

17:07

see that these are all the fields that

17:10

our parents or children and friends I

17:14

have some

17:15

excluded ontologies of HR there for some

17:20

other technical reasons and I have also

17:23

a couple of

17:24

unregistered ones that I either still

17:27

need to register to make it explicit in

17:30

X color brain or they're just there

17:33

because over time these were created

17:35

anyway so this trigger oh and let me

17:38

just show you this so you can see here

17:41

you have the ontology suggestor is

17:44

something you can turn on and then using

17:47

these features these hot combinations

17:50

the suggestor comes up so if I only want

17:54

to see friend relationships then these

17:56

are all the type of ontologies I can

17:59

apply here that will create a lateral

18:02

Link in escalate brain for me

18:07

so the lateral link just to show you

18:09

that as well they'll look like this so

18:12

everything here the central idea is the

18:16

document I have open and everything on

18:19

the left hand side are lateral links

18:21

these are parent

18:22

links and these are children nodes so

18:26

that's the logic and I use the ontology

18:29

to specify where each item gets on my

18:34

graph linking also

18:37

includes embedding items into the

18:40

excalator storyboard so again let me

18:43

just show you how this storyboard looks

18:46

like so the document we are looking at

18:48

right now so again I'm going to open

18:51

excalibrane and now in the center you

18:55

can see that this is the file we are

18:57

looking at so this is mypkm design text

18:59

links folder ontology Moc zettel custom

19:03

Etc and you can see that all of these

19:06

items that are embedded here are also

19:10

present here so for example here I have

19:14

this calendar icon that's embedded I'm

19:18

not going to navigate to this because

19:20

that will take us off on a tangent but

19:24

you can see already that this icon is

19:27

actually used in four other places so

19:30

it's used in five places so already with

19:33

this I'm making a connection to

19:36

somewhere else where I talk about time

19:38

and calendaring

19:40

Etc but so for me when I embed an object

19:45

into my X call it raw storyboard for a

19:49

topic then that already will create a

19:53

link

19:55

and on the ontology we already talked

19:59

about the ontology bit so we are going

20:02

to take this topic off as well the

20:05

ontology describes the relationship

20:07

between notes and I differentiate

20:11

between parent child and lateral

20:13

connections I implemented with data view

20:16

fields and I visualize it with

20:18

excalibraine here's a video where I talk

20:21

about this in more detail

20:26

then the next important element of my

20:29

organization system is I'm trying to

20:33

work with atomic nodes and use

20:36

transclusion so for example as just I

20:40

mentioned with the calendar item and

20:42

maybe we can

20:44

we can actually navigate to that

20:46

calendar to see where else we are using

20:49

the calendar so by reusing or maybe

20:53

here's the check mark and we're going to

20:55

navigate to this

20:57

by if I click here this will open the

21:01

check mark and here I can

21:05

come to the various documents

21:10

so for example evaluating evidence this

21:14

is actually a part of my book on a page

21:18

for the book rationality so here I'm

21:22

using exactly the same check mark and

21:25

using the same check mark I can navigate

21:28

to to the topic sometimes these links

21:32

are

21:33

irrelevant oftentimes this comes as an

21:37

interesting surprise that yeah that that

21:41

visual link that I reuse

21:44

also provides a contextual linking

21:51

so that's about Atomic notes I also use

21:55

this the construction of images there

21:58

are two videos here I'm not going to go

22:00

into this because this is a big rabbit

22:03

hole that goes down into this hole how I

22:06

deconstruct excel drawings into sub

22:09

drawings but this is a very important

22:12

part of my whole methodology of reusing

22:16

components not redrawing and using these

22:19

components to create links but also

22:23

I tried to do this by creating

22:27

consistent sections in my other notes as

22:32

well so here are two examples here's an

22:35

example of an article and you will see

22:38

that the article has a summary section

22:42

and by the way if you look at my book

22:46

notes then the book note also has a

22:49

summary section by way of having this

22:52

commonality I know that if I'm

22:55

referencing a book I can immediately

22:59

write hashtag summary and just get the

23:02

summary embedded into the location so if

23:05

I transclude this so let's say I open

23:09

today's daily node and I want to

23:12

transclude building a second brain

23:15

summary so then I would write

23:19

building a second brain like this and I

23:25

would immediately write hashtag summary

23:28

and with this I'm able to embed this

23:32

here and I would also probably add a

23:36

reference here so in this case the

23:38

reason I'm putting this here is because

23:40

this is an example so I would add my

23:44

ontology like this but by having this

23:47

consistent approach of always calling

23:51

the summary summary this just simplifies

23:54

my life because with this consistency I

23:57

can easily embed items and reference

24:01

them the same with quotes don't ask me

24:04

why I ended up with P but every quote

24:08

that I have so for example here's the

24:11

daily quote from today if I look here in

24:16

markdown then you will see that here I

24:19

have this quote from Napoleon Hill and

24:22

here I have this reference with p and

24:26

again I know that if there's a quote a

24:30

single quote in a file that is worth

24:34

referencing then it's going to have a

24:37

block reference p and that just helps me

24:40

easily find these items in My Vault this

24:45

file this example book is a good example

24:47

for Section headings

24:49

so there is a trade-off between

24:52

embedding files and in reference or or

24:57

creating larger files so if I look at

25:01

building a second brain you can see here

25:03

that I have couple of notes here and

25:06

these notes are just simply typed here

25:08

so I'm I'm not embedding anything here

25:12

in this case I made some notes about the

25:16

book some of my research as I was

25:18

reading the book and here under notes I

25:21

simply added these items and that's all

25:24

but for example if I would open another

25:27

book I'm going to open for example

25:30

emergence

25:34

so if I open emergence then here you

25:37

will see that I had a bit more content

25:39

here and in this case

25:41

I included or transcluded content here

25:47

and some of them I only translated the

25:50

summary in other cases I transcluded the

25:54

whole material but in these cases the

25:57

files actually live in their proper

26:01

location so this file lives here in its

26:05

input folder under YouTube so this is

26:08

the input YouTube folder that's where

26:10

the file is and here it's a block

26:15

reference so you can see this as a block

26:18

reference so that's the trade-off if I

26:21

have lots of files or lots of notes that

26:25

I want to include then I start to break

26:27

them out into their relevant files and I

26:31

make them embeds that have a link if I

26:35

don't have that many I typically start

26:38

by typing these topics here

26:42

and then break them out later if I feel

26:46

that that is required so moving on let's

26:50

move up to the top here

26:53

so file names I have a couple of file

26:55

name conventions which I find pretty

26:59

helpful All My Mocs start with an

27:03

underscore like you can see here so

27:06

let's just to show you some of the other

27:08

mocs if I come to call it brain and I

27:13

think with that we can also cover mlc so

27:17

here these are the various map of

27:20

contents in My Vault you can see these

27:24

right here

27:25

and you can see that each of them have

27:27

the same file name but similarly I have

27:32

naming conventions so for example

27:35

book cover

27:37

will bring up all the book covers I have

27:40

in my Vault or if I type in

27:44

logo then this will bring all the logo

27:47

images if I type icon

27:51

then it will show all the icons in My

27:55

Vault I also use this I have some

27:58

automations around it I'm going to

28:00

include that link here as well so here

28:04

if I open the image Library so it's here

28:08

I also have a local library so maybe

28:10

let's open the local library then this

28:15

will

28:16

show me all the logos in My Vault so all

28:20

of these files will start with the word

28:23

logo so there's my you can see my Apple

28:26

logo here if I

28:28

press Ctrl o and type logo

28:33

Apple logo then you can see that indeed

28:36

that Apple logo is right there also in

28:39

my naming convention you can see that at

28:42

the end in this case and in most of the

28:46

cases my file name has three parts it

28:50

specifies the type of file so is it the

28:53

book cover a logo an illustration a

28:55

photo an icon a whatever then there's

28:59

the actual keywords that Define the file

29:02

so in this case it's Apple logo but for

29:05

example if I open my image library then

29:09

you will see that I have longer file

29:11

names in my image Library so these are

29:14

all the icons in My Vault and here you

29:18

can see that you see the

29:21

headache frustration anger are the

29:24

keywords and then the final part of the

29:27

naming convention you will see here as

29:30

well is the source of the file so in

29:33

this case it's a flat icon but if the

29:36

source is something else then it's going

29:38

to be that other source so these are the

29:42

various naming so you can see here book

29:44

cover illustration thumbnail book on the

29:47

page starts with a bob literature note

29:51

starts with Ln

29:53

Etc and the date format I use is year

29:58

year months month and day day because

30:01

that consistent naming helps me find

30:03

stuff easier

30:05

then I use templates and I have lots of

30:09

templates so here if I open my template

30:13

folder

30:17

template or templates so you can see I

30:19

have a whole bunch of templates I

30:22

actually follow again the naming

30:24

convention here as well so I have

30:26

templates that create a new line so it

30:30

just creates a single line in the

30:33

document and I have templates that

30:36

create new pages and I have some other

30:39

templates as well

30:41

for many of the things I do I use these

30:43

templates and then some of my templates

30:46

actually automate the process of

30:50

creating folders and multiple files so

30:54

if there's a more complex activity then

30:57

I use that so for example the YouTube

31:02

workflow video that I explain here will

31:06

show you a case study where I have a

31:09

template that creates files

31:12

and folders and places stuff all the

31:15

places and the excalator templates shows

31:18

you different ways how you can create

31:20

graphical templates

31:22

maybe pre-filled templates for various

31:25

tasks so templates are an important part

31:29

of my setup

31:31

they already talked about ontology and

31:35

frankly we already looked at the maps of

31:40

content as well here's another map of

31:42

content just as an example so this is my

31:47

map of content about sketchnoting again

31:50

you can see here all the different

31:53

ontologies and links you can see lots of

31:57

material here so this is my map of

32:01

content for sketchnoting and I have a

32:04

good number of map of contents to

32:06

summarize various topics that I'm

32:09

working on and some of these so for

32:12

example here this map of content also

32:15

has some visual summaries as well so for

32:19

example this is a summary about some

32:24

sketchnoting listing some sketch noters

32:27

some YouTube channels some books and

32:30

some stuff about visual vocabulary

32:32

Etc then moving on

32:35

the way I use daily notes is I use daily

32:39

notes to create the time hierarchy based

32:44

on latch so this is the time aspect and

32:48

then we're going to talk about geotags

32:51

and that's going to be the location

32:53

aspect of organizing information so if

32:57

we look at this holiday last year June

33:00

we went to Rome with my wife

33:02

what I want to show you here is here if

33:05

I click to first I need to open here the

33:09

right hand side so we have the map here

33:12

with all sorts of different locations

33:16

and here if I open this to show this on

33:20

the map then you can see that this has

33:23

actually a location here and you can

33:25

also see the other components of our

33:28

visit the tickets to Vatican City and to

33:33

the Colosseum and then just going

33:35

further on here here's earlier this year

33:39

we went to Sicily and we visited the

33:43

Valley of the temples and the Turkish

33:46

stairs as well as moved around here

33:50

we've had to Aetna as well so here's the

33:53

family on Aetna and and so this is I

33:57

think a very useful way to organize

34:00

information I'm using the map view

34:03

plugin so this is the map view plugin

34:07

right here this is the settings for that

34:10

I find this very practical you can add

34:13

Geo tags so this is here a Geo tag if I

34:17

click here then you will see that this

34:20

is a geotag based actually in this case

34:23

a lat long coordinates but this can also

34:27

be an address depending on the type of

34:30

Link we are talking about you can also

34:33

see that I'm using the check-in checkout

34:37

inline ontology here so the way this

34:40

looks in excalib brain and that's where

34:43

we come back to the Daily note linkage

34:46

so if now again I open xcoli Brain then

34:50

you will see that our vacation in Rome

34:55

is linked to these days so this is when

34:59

we were in Rome you can also see we were

35:02

in Vatican City and the colossum and you

35:06

can see some other information here as

35:08

well but the point is by adding check-in

35:12

and checkout I can know when we arrived

35:17

and when we left

35:19

and by linking all of these events to

35:22

the Daily note

35:24

through the daily note I can navigate my

35:29

history and I can look at what happened

35:31

on that day I'm not going to open the

35:33

daily note because that typically

35:35

contains some personal information as

35:38

well that I don't want to share but the

35:41

idea is these daily notes you can see

35:44

here are linked to one another with the

35:46

tomorrow link and so this creates this

35:50

chain of days and each day I'm linking

35:54

what is happening on that day maybe to

35:57

show you just one more example if we

36:00

come to this page right here then

36:04

this page is linked to today's date

36:09

right there and this is when I'm working

36:12

on it you can also see that this is

36:15

linked to a couple of days ago as well

36:18

and I also worked on this so I know on

36:21

what which days I worked on this

36:24

specific material so that actually

36:27

covers daily notes as my time hierarchy

36:31

and geotags now I like to see tasks in

36:37

the context where I need to talk about

36:39

them in my normal work I have many

36:44

projects happening in my organization

36:47

and I deal with lots of people so in

36:50

each situation I want to be reminded of

36:54

the actions that we discussed with that

36:57

person or with that vendor or with that

37:00

project at the last time we met

37:03

and I talk about this and how I do this

37:06

in it's about time so you can look at

37:09

this video

37:11

but I want to show you how this looks in

37:14

my demo of all so this is going to be an

37:17

example just to show you very quickly

37:20

how this works so for example this is my

37:24

note about Bob the Builder and the video

37:26

I'm referencing goes into more details

37:29

about this and walks you through how

37:32

this works

37:33

but you can see here that when I am on

37:37

the page for Bob the Builder I'm

37:39

immediately cognizant that there is a

37:43

topic where I'm waiting for Bob actually

37:45

it is related to project K and this

37:49

right here is a data view query it's an

37:52

extremely simple data view query I

37:56

explain everything about it in the video

37:58

the point I want to show you here is I'm

38:02

placing this information

38:05

on the page of the person and whenever

38:08

I'm meeting with someone or talking

38:10

about the project or whatever other

38:13

topic I always open the page for that

38:16

person or project or topic and most of

38:20

my templates or pretty much all of my

38:23

templates include the task section

38:26

therefore I always get the context

38:29

relevant tasks in the context when I

38:33

need it at the time that I needed so for

38:36

example you can see here there's an

38:39

action for Bob on a meeting to discuss

38:42

something with Mock and if I look at

38:45

Mock's page of course I'm going to see

38:48

all of these actions that are now for

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mock the dump truck and you will see

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that there's an action from the page

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about the Builder and then there's

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another action that was somehow

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discussed on rolly or vid Rowley the

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steamroller and then something from

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Project B

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one quick side note that this is the

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other way I'm using tags and I only use

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it in this specific instance so I have

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three tags I have the they think four

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discus with and promised too so these

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are three tags I use frankly

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I don't really search on them I could

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actually categorize the data view query

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here based on promise to discuss with

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waiting for and I had a period of time

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when I did that I recognized that it

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didn't really matter that much right now

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this is more for just stylistic reasons

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for me it is important to know that I

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noted something down because I need to

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talk about that with the person or that

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person has promised me something and I

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need to wait for that and follow it up

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or maybe I promise something to that

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person and I need to be cognizant of

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that when we meet so I can either share

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the results with the person or be

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proactive in apologizing that I haven't

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yet done it but the point is that I want

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to be reminded so in this case I'm also

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using tags but here I'm not using it to

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define the type of the page but I'm

40:34

using it just as a stylistic component

40:38

to remind me of the type of action that

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I'm talking about

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this is also then covering the dynamic

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list so tasks are in the context then

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where I need them and I use data view

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fields and then I'm using various

40:58

Dynamic lists I'm using not only data

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view but I also have embedded obsidian

41:05

queries as well and finally I have this

41:08

Diagnostics and maintenance page and

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here I'm looking at stuff like orphan

41:15

notes which right now are the absolute

41:18

orphans are files that are just there no

41:21

one is pointing at them and it is not

41:24

pointing to anyone so they are

41:25

completely alone in the dark so I have

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109 at the moment of these and then for

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example I have this list of pasted

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images so I like to name the images

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either illustration or photo or whatever

41:43

wherever they came from so sometimes I

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come here and clean up some of the

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pasted images that I didn't name so I

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have the properly named images

41:54

so that summarizes how I organize

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information in obsidian it may be a lot

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but to me this structure helps put

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everything in place the key component

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here is latch making sure that I have

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multiple ways to find information either

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by location or alphabet time category or

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hierarchy and then you could see the

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different tools and components that I'm

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using to achieve this

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so that's all I wanted to share with you

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again just a quick reminder if you want

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to learn more if you're interested in

42:33

exploring visual thinking and exploring

42:37

the use of obsidian with me sign up to

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cohort for you still have a couple of

42:42

days to do that I'm going to close

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registrations in a few days so if you're

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interested to check out this page and

42:51

again this whole mind map or visual

42:55

summary that's here

42:56

I'll include in the show notes you'll

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have a link and you can open this on

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xcollegra.com and from there you can

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either copy this into your own obsidian

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or you can follow these links so all

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around the page you will see these

43:12

YouTube links that take you to various

43:15

videos that are relevant in the subject

43:18

as well here you see this link to the

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article so that's all I wanted to share

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with you today thank you for watching

43:26

until the end and I hope to see you next

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time