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Obsidiana version 1.1.0 brings the Canvas core plugin!
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Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 13, 2022 at 01:09 PM
I’ve steadily converted all my task management duties over to Obsidian.
It takes a while to master core plugins like Tasks, or external plugins like Dataview, but boy is it worth it.
Finding a “perfect” task management approach is remarkably difficult. But the range of options you have with Obsidian is so ridiculously large, you can experiment with pretty much any model that occurs to you.
The various smart searches/filters make it extraordinarily easy to focus on specific items of information using tags, paths, dates or pretty much anything else.
And of course you can keep all your precious references, notes and amusing anecdotes in there as well.
Deciding on the best form of organisation takes time. But I’d rather take time in a hyper-flexible program like Obsidian than be constrained to a specific model by excellent but dedicated apps like e.g. Things.
Posted by steve-rogers
Dec 13, 2022 at 01:31 PM
I’d very much like to learn about how you do this, Bill. Care to share a bit about specifics?
Steve
MadaboutDana wrote:
I’ve steadily converted all my task management duties over to Obsidian.
>
>It takes a while to master core plugins like Tasks, or external plugins
>like Dataview, but boy is it worth it.
>
>Finding a “perfect” task management approach is remarkably difficult.
>But the range of options you have with Obsidian is so ridiculously
>large, you can experiment with pretty much any model that occurs to you.
>
>The various smart searches/filters make it extraordinarily easy to focus
>on specific items of information using tags, paths, dates or pretty much
>anything else.
>
>And of course you can keep all your precious references, notes and
>amusing anecdotes in there as well.
>
>Deciding on the best form of organisation takes time. But I’d rather
>take time in a hyper-flexible program like Obsidian than be constrained
>to a specific model by excellent but dedicated apps like e.g. Things.
Posted by Chris Thompson
Dec 13, 2022 at 03:43 PM
It really is astonishing how well Obsidian has evolved into a general-purpose toolbox. I saw a post the other day from a mom who has built a very intricate system for keeping track of her life in Obsidian. Some of it was quite creative, like using the kanban plugin not for tasks but as a visual multi-column index of Obsidian pages. Obsidian has become a little like Emacs org-mode for non-technical people.
One of my concerns with the Obsidian system though is that it relies too much on plugins that don’t always work together. For example, there’s a calendar plugin and a “full calendar” plugin, but neither one of them appears to be able to show tasks from the Tasks plugin actually on the calendar. There’s another calendar plugin that does this, but it doesn’t integrate with the other two calendar plugins. Then there’s the daily notes plugin that’s built-in, and the periodic notes plugin that replaces daily notes but works a little differently. And there are at least two plugins that provide outlining, but in slightly different ways.
As good as the canvas thing is, it might make sense for the Obsidian developers to focus on building core functionality where there is clear overlap in the plugin ecosystem, like calendaring and outlining.
—Chris
MadaboutDana wrote:
I’ve steadily converted all my task management duties over to Obsidian.
>
>It takes a while to master core plugins like Tasks, or external plugins
>like Dataview, but boy is it worth it.
>
>Finding a “perfect” task management approach is remarkably difficult.
>But the range of options you have with Obsidian is so ridiculously
>large, you can experiment with pretty much any model that occurs to you.
>
>The various smart searches/filters make it extraordinarily easy to focus
>on specific items of information using tags, paths, dates or pretty much
>anything else.
>
>And of course you can keep all your precious references, notes and
>amusing anecdotes in there as well.
>
>Deciding on the best form of organisation takes time. But I’d rather
>take time in a hyper-flexible program like Obsidian than be constrained
>to a specific model by excellent but dedicated apps like e.g. Things.
Posted by steveylang
Dec 13, 2022 at 06:11 PM
Thanks for the FYI. Yeah, I’ve been skating by using it free for personal use. But in the few months that I’ve used it, Obsidian has become one of my favorite pieces of software of all time, so happy to chip into the pot.
Instead of spending time looking at and trying out new PKM apps, I mainly just look forward now to the Obsidian Roundup on the weekends to see what new updates and plugins are coming out. ;-)
Canvas is off to an absolutely tremendous start IMO, with a great foundation to build on.
Paul Korm wrote:
The $25 is a contribution toward development, but is not required. All
>the contribution gets you is early access—usually a few weeks before
>updates are released to everyone.
>
>steveylang wrote:
>>But this $25 one-time purchase price…I think I should jump on it now,
>>because I’m all in on Obsidian now and $25 is way more than worth it.
>
Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 14, 2022 at 12:53 PM
I’d be happy to share what I’ve learned/done so far. It’ll have to wait a bit so I can get the details right.
I too have started to use the kanban plugin as a kind of tag/subject tracker – it’s a great idea, and works remarkably well.
I’ve been experimenting with different ways to enter tasks, taking ideas from all the major task management apps (Todoist, Things, 2Do, OmniFocus, etc.), as well as some neat ideas from independent apps such as Notebooks, NotePlan and Purelist, and have finally – for the time being, at least – found an approach that seems pretty robust.
However, I’ll never be free of the CRIMPer’s drive… ;-)
I’ll be in touch!
steve-rogers wrote:
I’d very much like to learn about how you do this, Bill. Care to share a
>bit about specifics?