DeveloPassion's Newsletter - Midweek Links #20

Edition Links #20 of my newsletter, discussing Knowledge Management, Knowledge Work, Zen Productivity, Personal Organization, and more!

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Personal development, Thinking and Learning

Using AI in Obsidian? For sure!

Using AI in Obsidian
A new plugin to enhance your AI experience
Introduction to AI for Templater - TfT Hacker
Introduction to AI for Templater - TfT Hacker
GitHub - TfTHacker/obsidian-ai-templater: Extends Templater with AI Chat commands using the OpenAI Client Library
Extends Templater with AI Chat commands using the OpenAI Client Library - TfTHacker/obsidian-ai-templater

Taking visual notes with Nicole van der Hoeven:

Using the flipside of your Obsidian notes with Excalidraw:

Going from Obsidian Publish to a Microblog:

What inspired me to move from Obsidian Publish to Microblog?
TL;DR: a gateway to a thriving online presence What if I …

Capacities looks like another interesting PKM tool. I'm not ready to even consider moving away from Obsidian, but innovation is always nice:

Move over MOCs we now have DITs
Using Capacities table function as a high level dashboard

I forgot to mention, but Nick Milo has released Ideaverse Pro a while ago:

Ideaverse Pro
Ideaverse Pro empowers you to learn faster, remember more, and have a system that turns random “stuff” into valuable “things”.

Beth has a point: a note-taking app is not a bookmarking app. The goal is not to hoard information, but to capture the most important signal.

A Note-taking App is not A Bookmarking App
Introducing the Resonance Filter

Cool little utility to craft Obsidian Dataview queries:

Basic Dataview Query Builder

And for those who are just getting started with it, check out this guide:

Dataview in Obsidian: A Beginner’s Guide - Obsidian Rocks
Want to give your notes superpowers? If you use Obsidian, one of the surest ways to do that is with the plugin called Dataview. Learn more…

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