MacSparky Obsidian Field Guide

[Bmosbacker]

Your Field Guides are outstanding, some of the best I’ve seen. We are blessed to have you producing them.

It’s so tempted to purchase it to see what I’m missing, having used Obsidian multiple times but then defaulting to default apps. Oh that Siren Song!

[cornchip]

Hey, if you are like me you aren’t an Obsidian user, but you’re buying the guide just for the master lesson on how to teach (plus the generalizable applications!)

[Cindy]

@Bmosbacker

It’s so tempted to purchase it to see what I’m missing

I’ve tried and dismissed Obsidian more times than I can count. Each time I tell myself I just don’t like that app.

And I just purchased the Obsidian Field Guide Plus Edition.

[neonate]

@Cindy

I’ve tried and dismissed Obsidian more times than I can count. Each time I tell myself I just don’t like that app.

I was in that camp (for years), until I purchased the Field Guide.

I really like Obsidian’s modular approach. I like that I can install and uninstall both core and community plugins. Change the look and feel that works with my brain.

[RussWinn]

David,

Just curious: Is there an upgrade path from the Standard Edition to the Plus Edition if we buy the standard, and later on determine that we need more?

Thanks,
Russell

[tonytm]

Just in case you need a refresher

The Siren Call Grows Fainter, but Not Yet Silent

I recently reread the article The Paradox of Choice, which was referenced in this post: The Paradox of Choice To my pleasant surprise, I realized that after wrestling too long on selecting apps, especially my note taking and writing apps., that the Siren Song of app switching has grown increasingly faint with each passing day. I attribute this to: Frequenting this forum a little less often (several times per week rather than daily or multi-times per day). Significantly cutting down on the te…

[MacSparky]

If you want to upgrade later @RussWinn , send me an email.

[Clarke_Ching]

You got there @MacSparky.

For everyone else:

• I’ve been using Obsidian for the last year and a half, and I like it, but I’ve never felt comfortable living within it.
• I’ve done a few courses but they all overreached or oversold.
• I’ve had David’s guide for a few weeks now, and I’ve been dipping in and out of it, and it’s genuinely helped me tweak how I use Obsidian so it’s easier to live in.
• The content is straight-forward (there’s no hype - yay!) and the lessons build nicely upon each other so it’s (a) easy to learn incrementally, while also (b) easy to wander around the, cherry-picking what I most want to learn.

(I don’t love the teachable platform, but it is good enough and it got easier to use when I turned off my content blockers!)

I only have two questions: what font do you use for your interface font in your personal vault? what theme are you using?

[Bmosbacker]

You are not being helpful at all!

[Bmosbacker]

That’s what I need, a vaccine in my own words.

[MacSparky]

@Clarke_Ching - Typological. Really nice, right? Here’s a screenshot for folks who haven’t seen it.

[DIYerUK]

I think it was released today.

[logic2design]

Another great course from @MacSparky.

I am about halfway through it. It is a good refresher but also highlights features that I was unfamiliar with. Definitely worth it for a new user.

The downside is that it has prompted me to rebuild my vault to incorporate new workflow processes and design features.

Truth be told though, tinkering with Obsidian is one of its joys , its flexibility to allow you to design a personalised system is really one of its key points.

[svsmailus]

@MacSparky am I right in thinking that “Properties” is part of the insider programme release as 1.4 is not yet been released?

[svsmailus]

I’ve completed everything except the plus content. An excellent course that I would highly recommend. It’s bad news for CRIMPERs . I would suspect Obsidian users will increase due to this course. Well done and thank you @MacSparky !

[RussWinn]

@MacSparky Cool! Thanks. I went ahead and bought the plus edition last night anyway.

Thanks for your help with this program. The class kept me up last night!

[MacSparky]

Gang – you all are making feel great about the course and how it came out. I’ve got several guests lined up for the plus content as well as some stuff I want to teach further. Stay tuned. Announcement soon.

[Bmosbacker]

The Siren Call has subsided. I’ve learned (slowly) that if I give these things a few days, my impulse to jump to something subsides. Upon reflection, I reminded myself that regarding Obsidian (and other apps, for that matter), I’ve jumped in and out several times, which, though I’ve learned things, was nevertheless a net loss of time and productivity.

I’m sure, given the excellence of David’s Field Guides, that I’d learn new skills. But at the end of the day, I don’t need them. Regarding Obsidian specifically, because I do a minimum of 50% of my work on the iPad, trying to make do with an electron mobile app in which many plugins do not work is counterproductive. I want and, in many instances, need my mobile apps to have nearly 100% feature compatibility with the desktop versions.

I’m glad I dodged that bullet.

[Jimbo]

Today at my CORE team meeting at school the reading specialist and staff development teacher were placing bets (over/under) on how many new note taking apps I will use this year. I think I need to follow your lead and avoid the Siren Call…at least for this year.

[MortimerJazz]

Just got to the end of it - and found it really helpful.

Just one thing - not sure if it’s just me as I tend to download the large files and watch them on Plex. Anyway, the sound seems to go half way through the Core Plugins video. Anyone else experienced this?

Other wise thanks very much for your efforts @MacSparky - looking forward to the future content!