Obsidian - Connected Notes 4+

I love having full freedom from the note taking apps. I know my notes will always be mine and I'll never have to worry about Evernote going down or such. Although this app could be definitely improved, having the full power of the desktop application is just awesome. And there are loads of plugins to make your experience even better. Also great community. It takes a bit of time to get used to, but I've grown to love this app, specially in conjunction with the Spaced Repetition plugin to replace Anki and the Templater plugin that allows me to create really complex templates with the full power of a turing complete language like JavaScript.

After using obsidian and enjoyed its extensive functionality on the desktop. I was concerned that a mobile version would not be up to scratch /be a second class citizen but I have to say that I was wrong… for a first version it is excellent and I am not really finding much that I can seriously fault at the moment. It is a little difficult to use on a small mobile screen, just down to screen real estate but it does still give access to all my desktop notes and their relationships. On an iPad it works well. Worth trying some of the appearance templates to find one that suits you best.. apart from my dislike of obsidian being based on Electron bloatware on the desktop the functions I feel need to be improved to close the gap with other notes apps are in respect of web sending/clip sharing .. other apps can do with just one or two ‘clicks’ Obsidian is still however pretty damned great 👍 😊 .. but there are also a couple of new competitors also looking good at the moment .. good times for the user! 🙂

Where do I start? Obsidian is amazing as a tool for learning and retaining knowledge. It is infinitely customisable, and has a multitude of plugins to work with other apps that are developed within the community. As an engineering student, I create evergreen notes and questions within Obsidian that I can then review inside Anki. I’m encouraged to link notes from different modules by looking at backlinks and the amazing graph module. I can resurface notes to review them and see them again and add more information at set time intervals. Obsidian is an amazing tool - you should start using it if you haven’t already!