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How Obsidian notetaking becomes knowledge
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Stowe Boyd

February 2024

Swimlaned Kanbans in Obsidian
The Kanban plugin doesn't support swimlanes natively, so here's a workable hack.
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Stowe Boyd

November 2023

Tags versus Links, and More
I am weighing in on a timeless controversy, and arguing for links.
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Stowe Boyd
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The 'Share Note for Obsidian' Plugin and Tufte Sidenotes
A new plugin uploads Obsidian themes and CSS snippets to style online shared pages.
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Stowe Boyd

July 2023

Obsidian Tufte-style Sidenotes
TfT Hacker has a beta of Sidenotes as part of Cornell Notes.
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Stowe Boyd
True Transclusion in Obsidian
The make.MD Flow Editor is the tweak I have been dreaming of.
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Stowe Boyd
Using Cornell Notes CSS to ‘Fake’ Tufte-style Sidenotes
It almost works, but has a few critical flaws. [updated: Now works!]
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Stowe Boyd

April 2023

The Philosophy of Organizing Our Notes
Pragmatists versus essentialists. Or both.
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Stowe Boyd
A Bicycle for the Mind: An Odyssey
Not second brains, but mind bikes.
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Stowe Boyd
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October 2022

‘Kanbanibalization’ in Obsidian
Moving from Search and Dataview to Kanban, all the way down
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Stowe Boyd

September 2022

How I Take Notes When Doing Research
Following a suggestion by Clive Thompson.
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Stowe Boyd

July 2022

Wonkish: Obsidian Footnotes As Sidenotes
Following in Edward Tufte's footnotes, er, footsteps.
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Stowe Boyd
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