luhman-obsidian-plugin VS obsidian-releases

I'm not using the Zettelkasten method at the moment - there is a Luhmann plugin. If I were to use it I would use handwritten 5x3 index cards.

Maybe the Luhmann plugin can help? https://github.com/Dyldog/luhman-obsidian-plugin

This is indeed highly opinionated, but one choice in particular may block half the potential userbase:

Zettelkasten "Unique Note Creator"

- Is this note atomic?

- What will I link it to?

Stopping to ask yourself where to file things is likely to cause half of users to not capture them at all.

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INTERRUPT-based WORKFLOW

The philosophy overview examples suggest this is using ISO8601 as the unique filename, which can be great, as then the notes are connected by time which will tend to group things with things worked on at the same time.

But the default workflow suggests author is using Luhman plugin for Zettelkasten Luhman IDs (effectively a `1a2b3c` nested outline numbering scheme) which require a conscious organization at capture time:

https://github.com/Dyldog/luhman-obsidian-plugin

This delights one class of filer, while breaking train of thought during capture for another class of filer.

I have not tested this vault myself, as I have my own "highly opininated workflow". The main thing I do is try to make capture and self-organization frictionless, then rely on a minimal structure (auto topic categories + time) to find or "garden" them later.

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FRICTIONLESS WORKFLOW

Very roughly, I capture any manual notes of interest using Daily Notes, while capturing any web reading of interest using Markdownload extension that slurps the original page into Obsidian as a stripped down Markdown `.md` file, where filename is ISO8601 + URL Title.

I classify those using Google topic classifier v2, and recently am working on adding summaries with GPT-3 text-davinci-003, but recursively, where for articles more than 3500 tokens I'll summarize each subsection then summarize the summaries for an overall summary.

Hi there - does anyone use this plugin - Dyldog/luhman-obsidian-plugin (github.com)

The closest editor that follows our first principle is Obsidian editor:

The solution was already installed on both my computer and my phone: Obsidian.

> why does open source need to "win"

Open source does not need to win.

But your ability to be in control of your computer needs to be preserved. A proprietary fridge cannot control your diet, while a proprietary App Store can control what software you install on YOUR phone (unless you live in EU, hello DMA!). The tail wags the dog, so to speak. Proprietary software has also been shown to break user workflows or remove functions in an update while leaving users with no choice whatsoever.

One alternative to having open source win is to ensure software must come with a robust warranty and other assurances you expect from the things you buy. EU's CRA will make software vulnerabilities in WiFi routers covered by warranty, for example.

You can also ensure robust and interoperable data storage options. For example, https://obsidian.md/ stores all notes in Markdown, not holding the data hostage in case users will not like how future versions will work. GDPR actually has a provision for data portability (Art. 20), but it does not seem to have a requisite effect on the industry yet.

And until the above issues are solved, open source remains the best way to ensure that a software tail cannot wag your computer dog.

[2] https://obsidian.md/

So I've had my fair share of personal websites and blogs. I have built them on stacks ranging from the most basic HTML and CSS, to hosted frameworks like Wordpress and Laravel, to the more modern single page applications built in Vue and React. For a simple content blog I think you can't go wrong with a Static Site Generator though. These days I am almost exclusively writing everything in Obsidian. Which is great because its all in standard markdown format. This allows for a really neat and easy content publishing workflow.

Consider making an Obsidian[^1] plugin, or writing to Obsidian-compatible Markdown files :)

[^1]: https://obsidian.md/

Obsidian is a writing application created to allow for offline / private note taking in markdown format, in an interface that looks a lot like our regular programming IDE. It is very flexible, with a good collection of community plugins that you can use to customize Obsidian to your heart contents.

Obsidian support via our Obsidian Plugin