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Jesse Saenz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://uddannelse.social/@mosgaard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mosgaard</span></a></span> My wife is currently raving about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> and I think it has folders and tags; she uses the tags like we use them on social media to connect all the topics, regardless of the project; and uses folders for specific projects shes working on</p>
fedithom<p>So, <a href="https://social.saarland/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> is killer for note taking and structuring <a href="https://social.saarland/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a> notes. In one campaign I then export my notes to HTML and put them online. Great stuff.<br>But: is there a way to have a search functionality in the exported website using only Obsidian and plugins?</p><p><a href="https://social.saarland/tags/PleaseBoost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PleaseBoost</span></a></p>
Anthony Baker<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lol/@jbaty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jbaty</span></a></span> I’ve been looking at going back to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> for notes of late and have been digging into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kepano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kepano</span></a></span>’s vault template and his use of relatively limited YAML and Bases. I have to say, I’m impressed and amazed and what you can now do.</p>
Thomas Mathoi<p>Die tägliche Notiz in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> ist eine jener Funtkionen, von der ich täglich Gebrauch mache und die aus meinem Alltag nicht mehr wegzudenken ist.</p><p><a href="https://www.mathoi.at/2025/07/20/taeglich-im-einsatz/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mathoi.at/2025/07/20/taeglich-</span><span class="invisible">im-einsatz/</span></a></p>
PR EV AL<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nahe.social/@yuliyan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yuliyan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@obsidian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>obsidian</span></a></span> <br>Obsidian has huge potential, no doubt. I'm new to this team. :bd253: <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a></p>
Ю ⁂<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@obsidian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>obsidian</span></a></span> appreciation. My most important functions meet me on every start of Obsidian. The buttons are written in pure HTML and styled with in-line CSS. And of course they are responsive. </p><p>It's not much but I find it so nice to be able to switch to HTML and build more complex structures in notes when needed. </p><p><a href="https://nahe.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://nahe.social/tags/html" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>html</span></a> <a href="https://nahe.social/tags/css" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>css</span></a> <a href="https://nahe.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a></p>
PR EV AL<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Bluedepth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bluedepth</span></a></span> <br>Synchronizes with Syncthing. Synchronization is successful with it.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a></p>
Bluedepth<p>That took way too long. I found a rather gnarly bug in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a>. I have a personal vault, my name with "Vault" at the end. I had been syncing it with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SyncThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SyncThing</span></a> and ran into a situation where my vault on my iPhone would load in the Obsidian app, it would build the index, and then 3/4 of the way through, crap out, jettison the app, restart app, and tight cycle stuck trying to rebuild the index, endlessly. I thought it was media files, audio, PDF, big files, strange files. No. (1/2)</p>
Austin Govella<p>One of the most common questions people ask about Obsidian is how they should set it up. The standard answer: depends on what you want to do, customize it to your workflow, and just start taking notes and let the structure emerge.</p><p>While these statements bear some truth, you can leverage some common personal knowledge management patterns to accelerate your set-up. Based on your objective, there are some well-known and well-worn starting points:<br><a href="https://medium.com/obsidian-observer/get-started-with-obsidian-when-you-dont-know-what-you-re-doing-3c6e19ea5dc5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/obsidian-observer/g</span><span class="invisible">et-started-with-obsidian-when-you-dont-know-what-you-re-doing-3c6e19ea5dc5</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a></p>
cliff538<p>Daily Obsidian user here. Big fan of no analytics and tracking. <br><a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kepano/114871343744754732" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@kepano/114871</span><span class="invisible">343744754732</span></a></p>
kepano<p>No one knows how many users <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> has</p><p>I think it's around 5-10 million people but I'm not sure?</p><p>Anyone can download the app and start using it without creating an account or talking to anyone, and there are no analytics built-in 🤷‍♂️</p>
Vorinstanz :mastodon:<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Tipp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tipp</span></a> - Die Backlinks ("Erwähnungen") einer Notiz sollen erstmal ohne Kontext und sortiert zu jeder Notiz angezeigt werden. Und dies standardmässig</p><p>Lösung: relativ unbekanntes Plugin "Backlink Setting" installieren, funktioniert bei Dektop und Mobile</p>
Mike Hostetler<p>After years with Obsidian, I've found that Emacs/Org offers the flexibility and power I need. Using Denote for note management, Xeft for searching my old vaults, and DEVONThink To Go for mobile access.</p><p>The transition wasn't without challenges, but the customization possibilities are endless.</p><p>Read about my journey and setup: <a href="https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/from-obsidian-to-emacs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mike.hostetlerhome.com/from-ob</span><span class="invisible">sidian-to-emacs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/OrgMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrgMode</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/NoteTaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoteTaking</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a></p>
Carlos Cámara<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neopaquita.es/@Shine_McShine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Shine_McShine</span></a></span> yo uso <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logseq</span></a> diariamente desde hace años. Va bien, es casi idéntico a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a>. Tiene dos diferencias importantes. </p><p>1) que todo parte de un diario, y desde allí enlazas o creas otras notas. La verdad es que va muy bien porque es rápido y no tienes que preocuparte de donde guardas notas inicialmente (luego puedes moverflas fácilmente siempre, sin romper links)</p>
BSM (sw.s) 🇨🇭<p>Für alle, die sich mit <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Notion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Notion</span></a>, <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a>, <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/AppFlowy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppFlowy</span></a> oder ähnlichem beschäftigen/abmühen: versucht es doch einfach mal mit <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Anytype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anytype</span></a> (vlt. in Kombination mit <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Joplin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Joplin</span></a>).</p><p>Anytype ist echt eine Wucht, was es alles kann. Ja, die Lernkurve ist etwas steiler als vielleicht sonst so, aber „Hut ab“ vor den Entwicklern und der Community für dieses tolle Werkzeug.</p><p>- <a href="https://anytype.io" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">anytype.io</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- <a href="https://joplinapp.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">joplinapp.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/md" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>md</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a></p>
Vorinstanz :mastodon:<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Tipp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tipp</span></a> Wann Ordner? Tags? Verlinkung? @obsidian.md </p><p>Tags: Texte alltagssprachlich zuordnen, direkt im Text</p><p>Verlinkung: Notiz kontextualisieren, hohe Flexibilität bei <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a></p><p>Ordner: für Bildung von Grobstruktur (OS)</p><p>Ordner =strukturell, Tags =semantisch, Verlinkung =kontextuell</p>
Dr. Anna Latour<p>Hi everyone,</p><p>I feel like a re-introduction is long overdue!</p><p>My name is Anna, and I'm an assistant professor of Algorithmics at the Delft University of Technology, specialising in combinatorial optimisation, symbolic AI, constraint programming, propositional model counting, operations research and reasoning under uncertainty.</p><p>I'm a nerd, a feminist and a traveller, not always in that order.</p><p>In my spare time I like to hike and go geocaching. I try to go swing dancing a few times a week. I am a Trekkie. I want to learn how to draw. I am an Indomie and Obsidian enthusiast. Based in the Netherlands, I miss Belgium, Canada and Singapore.</p><p>Since a job in academia somehow always is personal, I have chosen to mix professional interactions with the more personal ones on this platform. At least for now. Obviously, my opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer yadiyadiyada.</p><p>Hope to keep interacting with you all!</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Algorithmics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithmics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SymbolicAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SymbolicAI</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CombinatorialOptimisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CombinatorialOptimisation</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ConstraintProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstraintProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ModelCounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelCounting</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/OperationsResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationsResearch</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ProbabilisticInference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProbabilisticInference</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Geocaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geocaching</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/LindyHop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindyHop</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SwingDancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SwingDancing</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hiking</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TUDelft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TUDelft</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MastoMiGoreng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoMiGoreng</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Indomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indomie</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GNUTerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNUTerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Catstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Mastocats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastocats</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caturday</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ExpatLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExpatLife</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MakanApaToda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakanApaToda</span></a></p>
Toran Shaw<p>Does anyone know when <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> v1.9 will be released for the rest of us? Seems like I've been waiting for weeks for the new version!</p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/ObsidianMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObsidianMD</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/NoteTaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoteTaking</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a></p>
Anthony Baker<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pkm.social/@ellane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ellane</span></a></span> I use Raindrop but think I'll be moving to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> for this, building my own. The Obsidian Web Clipper is wildly powerful, Bases now makes filtering/sorting/whatnot for these a snap, and —&nbsp;as you noted —&nbsp;leaving breadcrumbs or connecting links to overall topics of interest, projects, learning plans would make them ever more useful. </p><p>Fan of a "why I saved this" or commentary on the link as well, and can use this when sharing a link as part of a link post, newsletter, etc.</p>
Anthony Baker<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pkm.social/@TfTHacker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TfTHacker</span></a></span> I absolutely love it. Was looking for an app/service to do this and VoiceInk is the best I've come across. </p><p>And, as noted, lifetime license, private, and built and maintained by an indie developer (who's also a big contributor to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> community).</p><p>Can't recommend it enough.</p>