Admittedly, I redid things over again many times as I learned new things, but I ended up with a knowledge system that looks like an off the shelf application except that it "perfectly" suits my workflow This is the real power of Obsidian, but only assuming that you have the time to put into it. Getting here took a LOT of trial and effort in Obsidian. I had to create scripts to create a folder structure every time I added something big/complex like a customer or a project.įinally, it meets our cooperate policy that we don't store anything in the cloud (except what has already been set up for us.) I could rant for a while but the two biggest things were that, 1. I tried and failed at making this work in One Note. During presentations from others, I'll often take quick screenshots and drop them into a note. I can drag and drop other files into Obsidian and they become something I can open from within the note. I am a plug-in addict so I won't list them all here but there are so many indispensable ones that I want to thank any developer who happens to read this!!! I use QuickAdd with templates to put the bare minimum of structure that I need onto a note.įor To-Dos, I use the "Tasks" plugin so I can quickly add a To-Do item on any note at any time and it shows up there plus my main To-Do List page (and "overdue" and "due today" also show up on my home screen). When I create a new customer, a customer note, a project, a project note, a team, a team note, etc. It took a while for my brain to adapt to 'not' using folders for structure but this is so much faster. I have a folder where I built notes that serve as the GUI, a folder for templates, a folder for uploads, and absolutely everything else goes into the Journal folder I let the links do their magic to keep things organized. I also use this to keep useful, technical notes on products, tools/apps that I use and procedures to get things done. I keep track of (in a linked way) customers, projects, contacts, specialists, and much more. I work with customers to develop IT/networking solutions. I'm pretty proud of the work system I developed over time. Overall, if you need the notes for your use only and do not need to share a lot between co-workers, I do really recommend it. I also like the fact that the files are just Markdown files, so if I want to export my wiki or documentation to some more specialized form, conversion should be easy. Larger tasks and team-based tasks we use Teams for in my company. I only use this for small tasks, like following up an email or doing something easy. I also use the Tasks plugin, that way I can write down a task anywhere and it will be shown in my Tasks overview (which is shown on my daily notes). This way I can quickly find meeting notes by the date I had the meeting. I use the Daily Notes plugin to structure a lot of notes in time. Also, since in my work I use code, Latex and a lot of diagrams and images, combining all these media in one document really sets Obsidian apart for me. I love being able to quickly navigate my notes by keywords and using the search functions, but sometimes it is a bit cumbersome if I want to share something with my co-workers. I use it to make meeting notes, keep track of small tasks and to write a wiki and some short -form documentation of the projects I am doing. I work as a data scientist at a small organization, so I have a lot of different things to do and keep track of, and a lot of research to do as well. I have been using Obsidian for work for over a year now, and I am generally enthusiastic about it, though there are some downsides.
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