Rethinking MY PKM: How I Organize Everything In Obsidian

Summary

在今天的视频中，我将分享如何在Obsidian中组织一切的旅程。这一旅程始于一年前我发布的“重新思考我的个人知识管理（PKM）”视频。如今，我准备分享我的整个系统的运作方式，包括六个原则和系统的14个组件。对于每个组件，我都会提供多个来自我的知识库的示例。此外，我还会分享一个链接，包含今天视频中使用的绘图，这样你就可以找到更多相关信息。我还将讨论如何利用Obsidian的各种功能和插件来优化信息组织，包括使用文件夹、标签、链接、模板和更多高级技术，以及如何应用这些方法来提高信息的可发现性和管理效率。

Takeaways

• 😀 作者通过Obsidian组织个人知识管理（PKM），并分享了六大原则和十四个组件。
• 📚 为每个PKM组件提供了多个实例，并通过Excalidraw绘图共享更多相关信息。
• 🔗 强调简化原则，每个组件具有单一目的，以减少混淆。
• ⚙️ 使用模板和数据视图等工具减少操作摩擦，实现部分自动化。
• 📁 接受“布朗菲尔德现实”，即PKM系统中会有来自旧系统的信息混杂。
• 🚫 避免移动文件以免破坏链接，而是保持文件在原位置。
• 🗂 应用“LATCH”原则（位置、字母、时间、类别、层级）优化信息查找。
• 🔍 坚持链接一切，以提升文件在知识库中的可发现性。
• 🏷 使用标签为页面定义类型，但每页限用一个标签以保持一致性。
• 🌐 通过命名空间和文件命名约定来组织和检索文件，如使用特定前缀或日期格式。
• 📅 使用日常笔记创建时间层级，并通过地理标签（Geo-tags）增加位置维度。
• 📈 在上下文中显示任务，使用动态列表和数据视图查询来管理待办事项。
• 🔧 通过诊断和维护页面监控孤立文件和未命名图片，保持库的整洁。

Q & A

Obsidian中的PKM系统是什么？

PKM系统是个人知识管理系统，旨在帮助个人收集、组织和分享知识。在Obsidian中，这涉及到使用软件的功能来创建一个高度组织和互联的知识库。

视频中提到的六大原则包括哪些？

六大原则包括保持简单、最小化摩擦、接受现实、避免移动文件、应用LATCH和始终链接。

什么是LATCH原理？

LATCH代表位置（Location）、字母顺序（Alphabet）、时间（Time）、类别（Category）和层级（Hierarchy），这是一种组织信息的方法。

视频中提到了哪些Obsidian的核心组件？

核心组件包括文件夹、标签、链接、模板、地理标签、日常笔记、动态列表和维护页面等。

视频中提到了哪两个主要工具用于减少操作摩擦？

减少操作摩擦的两个主要工具是Templater和Data View。

如何在Obsidian中实现有效的文件管理，避免文件混乱？

通过使用文件夹命名空间、遵循一致的文件命名规范、应用模板以及利用标签和链接来创建清晰的组织结构。

为什么视频中强调避免移动文件？

因为移动文件可能会导致链接断裂，尤其在Obsidian中，虽然软件提供了一定程度的链接控制，但移动文件仍可能导致问题。

什么是‘棕地现实’？

‘棕地现实’指的是，大多数人之前已经有旧的PKM系统和信息存储方式，因此新系统需要能够整合和接受这些旧的数据和结构。

在Obsidian中如何利用LATCH原理来增强信息的可查找性？

通过组织信息以便基于日历（时间）、物理位置、类别等多种方式进行查找，利用Obsidian的功能如地理标签和日常笔记来实现这一点。

如何在Obsidian中处理孤立文件问题？

通过创建更多的链接，确保每个文件都至少链接到其他文件或被其他文件链接，使用维护页面来监控和减少孤立文件的数量。

Outlines

00:00

📚 个人知识管理系统的原则与组件

本段介绍了作者在Obsidian中如何组织个人知识管理（PKM）系统的历程，包括六大原则和14个组件。作者提到了系统的简化、最小化摩擦、接受现实、避免文件移动、应用LATCH（位置、字母、时间、类别、层次）原则以增强信息的可发现性，以及始终进行链接。此外，还提到了使用Excalidraw绘图来辅助说明，并会在视频描述中提供链接，让观众可以深入了解。

05:02

📁 文件夹结构与使用

本段深入探讨了文件夹在作者PKM系统中的作用，包括如何通过名称空间的方式组织文件夹以优化Obsidian的同步设置，以及如何利用年月日的文件命名规则来增强文件的时间序列性。作者强调了不愿意移动文件的偏好，解释了这种方法如何帮助保持链接的完整性并简化了文件管理过程。

10:04

🏷️ 标签的独特应用

作者描述了在Obsidian系统中对标签的独特应用，只给每个页面分配一个标签以确定其类型，并通过Excalidraw插件使不同类型的页面在视觉上有所区分。此外，通过使用名称空间，即使文件还未创建，也能通过链接预先定义其类型，从而增强了信息的组织性和可检索性。

15:06

🔗 链接与本体论

本段讨论了链接在作者PKM系统中的作用，特别是如何利用本体论（ontology）来定义文件之间的关系，并通过Excalidraw插件在视觉上展示这些关系。作者解释了如何使用数据视图字段来创建和管理这些链接，以及如何通过Excalidraw的设置来优化链接的管理和表示。

20:08

🔄 原子笔记与转录

作者介绍了如何通过原子笔记和转录来优化PKM系统，通过重用和转录笔记来最大化笔记的价值。例如，通过将重要的单个笔记（如日历项目或摘要部分）以一致的方式重用和链接，来提高效率和减少重复工作。此外，作者还提到了将图片和其他笔记内容分解为可重用组件的方法。

25:09

📚 文件命名与模板

讨论了文件命名约定和模板在作者PKM系统中的重要性。通过使用一致的文件命名规则和模板，作者能够更容易地管理和检索信息。例如，所有的地图内容（MOCs）都以特定方式命名，而模板则用于简化和自动化文件创建过程，包括如何通过模板创建复杂的文件结构和图形模板。

30:09

🗓️ 日常笔记与地理标签

作者展示了如何通过日常笔记和地理标签来组织信息，利用日常笔记来创建基于时间的信息层次结构，并通过地理标签将信息与特定位置关联起来。此外，还介绍了如何利用Obsidian的Map View插件来可视化地理位置标签，从而提高了信息组织的空间维度。

35:13

📝 任务管理与维护

最后一段讨论了任务管理和系统维护在PKM系统中的重要性。作者通过在相关页面上显示动态任务列表来保持任务管理的上下文相关性，并使用数据视图字段来创建这些列表。此外，作者还分享了如何通过检查孤立文件和未命名图片等来进行系统维护，从而保持PKM系统的整洁和高效。

Keywords

💡知识管理

知识管理就是组织和管理个人获得的信息和知识,以提高工作效率和创造力。视频中,作者详细解释了他在Obsidian软件中组织信息和知识的方法。

💡原子笔记

原子笔记指简短而包含单一概念的笔记。视频中,作者通过重用图像和标准章节格式创建了一致的原子笔记体系。

💡模板

模板可以自动创建复杂的文件和文件夹结构。视频中,作者使用模板提高工作流程效率,例如创建YouTube视频时使用模板。

💡文件夹

作者将文件夹视为命名空间,用于组织和管理同步设置,而不是存储位置。这有助于保留信息架构,同时控制同步带宽。

💡标签

作者为每篇笔记只使用一个标签,以定义其类型和在Xmind中外观。标签有助于可视化信息图谱。

💡Link

链接可以嵌入项目、关联笔记和概念。视频中,作者通过链接、基于LATCH的组织和Xmind创建信息关系图。

💡LATCH

LATCH代表Location(位置)、Alphabet(字母)、Time(时间)、Category(类别)和Hierarchy(层级)。作者使用这5个维度组织信息以最大化可查找性。

💡地理标签

地理标签允许按位置组织信息。视频中,作者使用日记与地点相关联,在Xmind中创建地理信息时间线。

💡任务

作者在相关页面内嵌入任务,基于数据视图提供上下文相关提示。这提高了工作成效。

💡Maintenance

《Maintenance》页面提供诊断信息,例如识别孤立文件。这有助于监控系统运行状况。

Highlights

Six principles: keep it simple, minimize friction, accept messy reality, avoid moving files, apply LATCH, always link things

14 key components for PKM system: folders, tags, links/ontology, atomic notes, file names, templates, maps of content, daily notes, geotags, tasks in context, diagnostics

Uses folders as namespaces to structure information, not just physical storage

Gives one tag per note to define its type/look in graph view

Ontology describes relationships between notes with parent/child/lateral connections

Reuses visual components as atomic nodes via transclusion to create connections

Standard sections like "summary" and "quotes" in notes enable easy embedding

Map of contents (MOCs) summarize topics with links, images, ontologies

Daily notes form time hierarchy, geotags capture location based on LATCH

Tasks queried via dataview fields on relevant note pages for context

Diagnostics check for orphaned notes, unlinked references, unnamed images

Consistent file naming conventions by type and source

Templates automate complex workflows like note/folder creation

Visual Thinking Workshop open for registration to dive deeper

Transcripts

hey everyone in today's video I'm going

to share with you how I organize

everything in obsidian this is the end

of a long journey that started almost a

year ago when I first published

rethinking my PKM one and since then

I've been releasing various videos on

the topic and now I'm ready to share how

my entire system works so in today's

video we are going to look at the six

principles of my PCM and the 14

components of my system and for each of

them each of the components I'm going to

try to give you multiple examples from

My Vault

also the drawing that I'm going to use

in today's video I'm going to include a

link in the video description to this

excalator drawing so you can open this

and you will find lots of additional

information

links to various videos that I've shared

and links to blog posts and other

materials so you can really dive into

the topic that interests you the most

just a quick reminder the visual

thinking Workshop cohort for is starting

this Saturday if you're interested to

learn more about visual thinking if you

want to learn from me about organizing

your information and obsidian this is an

awesome opportunity to meet with me and

to work together I'd love you to join

cohort for

so now let's dive in and let's start

with the six principles

so my first principle is to keep it

simple

each component each of the 14 components

has a clear purpose and a single purpose

and I try to keep these separate from

one another so I don't get confused

about it

second I'm keen on minimizing friction I

use two primary tools for this templater

and data view but of course there are

some other automations as well but

automation is an important part of my

workflow

third

I live in the Brownfield reality and I

bet most of you also this means that

I've had previous PKM systems where I

stored information I had my file system

so I've every time I upgrade my PC I

store the previous PCS content in a

folder called archive so this is archive

in an R Hive in an R Hive in an R Hive

going back to the 1990s so there's lots

of stuff

also I use multiple tools like the brain

Evernote ROM research Etc and I've

imported materials from there but this

means that overall my volt is a mess I

try to get on top of the categories or

tags or the folders but it is really

hard with this Brownfield reality and I

decided to accept reality for what it is

fourth I'm keen on avoiding moving files

around I make this point because Thiago

forte in building a second brain

proposes a workflow where you move files

into a folder for the project and when

the project completes move your files to

somewhere else

I don't like to move files around

because then links break even in

obsidian where you get some control

around it there are some issues with

moving files around so I place the file

somewhere and I stick to that location

even if it sometimes means that things

don't end up in their correct folders

fifth I apply latch latch stands for

location alphabet time category and

hierarchy and this was coined by Richard

Warman he is the founder of TED talks

and he said that everything in the world

can be organized by these five means and

by these five means only and the way I

apply latch or the reason I apply latch

is to maximize the vase how I can find

information so I can find information

based on my calendar I can find the

information based on the physical

location if it was force some reason

memorable I can find it based on

categories and with the other methods as

well using latch and applying latch to

each pieces of information in my world

helps me maximize findability and

finally I always link now this is

something that I've not been always

deliberate on I looked at how many

orphan files I have in my Vault and I

was surprised to see that it was in the

high hundreds meaning five six hundred

orphan files and this is because often

I'm using folders in a way that they

provide a structure and often I just

simply place a document with the topic

in that file but of course that reduces

findability so recently I've decided

that I'm only going to place files in my

vol if I'm able to link it to somewhere

to My Graph so these are my principles

and then let's dive into each of the

tools I'm going to start with folders

and first of all you can see my folder

hierarchy here

it is

a relatively lean folder hierarchy so

you can see I have these are my folders

there are some folders that I would love

to get rid of but because I don't want

to move files and because of the

Brownfield reality I cannot so archive

the brain is there it has lots and lots

of files where you can see there it has

almost

4500 files and the Thousand subfolders

so that is a big mess but also Hobbies I

would love to move on their projects but

again lots of files here lots of folders

and I just decided to leave it there it

is by the way I think of folders not as

physical storage locations but as name

spaces so let me show you what I mean by

that

so when I create

a new link to a file that doesn't exist

in My Vault let's imagine I'm adding a

new book to My Vault and I want to add

the author I don't just write the name

of the author for example Dan Rome but I

create the author in the people author's

namespace which simply means that I type

in and here in search we can actually

take a look at this so I type in

a link that starts with people then

slash author and then slash I continue

with the name of the author so in this

case you can see I have a number of

ghost links so ghost link means that the

actual folder for the author has not

been created so you can see here Dan

Rome or Eliezer yutkovski you can see

here a couple of Hungarian poets as well

as some other authors

by doing this then I create the file or

when I create the link to the name of

the person I can

already give it a type I know it's an

author even without creating the file

and adding a tag author to me this is

helpful

second I like folders because they help

me manage what gets synchronized with

obsidian sync so here in obsidian sync

settings you can actually

specify exclude folders so here on my

Mac I have nothing all my videos are on

my desktop PC

there I have lots of folders that are in

the exclude because for example I

exclude all the folders with the video

files and voice files because they are

large and there's no point in

synchronizing them however I keep them

in obsidian but I can ring fence that

content and not move it around with

obsidian sync

and then

I try to name YouTube Project files and

other files as well or rather folders

with a year month date naming this is

something new that I've started so I

don't really have many examples of this

but here you will see that some of the

folders that are now created recently

followed this naming convention what

this helps me with is it gives me a

chronological order for my videos

because you can see I have whole bunch

of files here and sometimes it is a bit

of a difficult

thing to find the video however I do

remember the time when I created that

video

and then in obsidian you can set up the

attachments folder and also the new file

so here if I come to settings under

files and links there are these

additional settings that you can create

so first of all the default location for

new notes for me is the same folder as

the current file which means that if I'm

working on a topic and I just simply

write the name of a new file not using

the namespace then that file is going to

be created in the same folder if I want

to place it somewhere else then I follow

this namespace approach and I type out

the location of the file

and second I keep my attachments under

the subfolder of the topic for me

attachments and the

notes are very closely connected and

this is why for me this makes sense so

for example here if I come to input this

is where all my inputs are for example

articles and assessments and books and

conferences films if here's for example

my book notes on deep work and you can

see here that I have my attachments

folder which includes all of my

illustrations for deep work so that's

about folders now moving on to tags I

only use one tag per page there's one

exception to this which is more a

stylistic thing and I didn't even

include it here

but you will see it in the next step

when I talk about data View and how I'm

using search so

for now

the point is I

aim to give a single tag to each

document and that will give that

document a type so for example if we

open this page and I'm going to navigate

here

if I open this page you can see that

this is a map of content and you can see

I have my tag map of content here and

now if I open xcoli Brain for this page

then what you will see here is based on

the tag on the page I'm going to give

this file a different look and feel in X

call your brain so all my map of

contents are with this red color and

have this icon of a map there all my

people file so you can see couple of

people here Thiago Fort and Nick Milo

are they have this person at the

beginning all my books have this book

there then I have ex College Road

drawings have this painter's palette

there

Etc so I use the tag for the page to

also Define the look and feel of this

page in X color brain and just to show

you how I configure this in excalib

brain so here if I come to excalibrane

settings I can scroll down here here are

all the different tags listed that I'm

using in My Vault with a special purpose

and here if I choose one of the tags so

let's look at the Moc that we looked at

a second ago you can see that I have my

prefix which is this map emoji and then

I have the background color and the text

color specified and I can see that this

is how these are going to look and for

example if I look at a person then you

can see that this is how a person node

looks like in X color brain I need to

add these Stacks here and then they

appear here in the list and finally on

tags I have this article call and on the

link that I'm going to include in the

show notes that will take you to

excalator.com with this drawing there

you will find this link and you can

click on this so back in the time when I

was working in the brain I had this

whole

color scheme of how I used the different

thought types and these are actually the

equivalents of tags or the way I use

them in obsidian and I had different

color ranges so read the range were all

the media that I consumed the yellow

range was for example all the people

friends family colleagues all these

purple items were companies or legal

entities

Etc so each color had its own purpose

and then I looked at my graph then I was

able to understand it immediately or

understand it much better

so moving on talking about links so

we're going to look back to my PKM Moc

and you will see how I'm using links

here so or the ontology so the ontology

is defined here in the front by this

data view field with double columns

after it and then I have the link the

way this is going to appear on the graph

in X color brain is here if you take a

look you will see that these tags that

are here on the left hand side appear

here as related to examples

example examples Etc author you have the

different type of relationship so I use

ontology in My Vault

and I use it to describe the

relationship between this file and the

next file to me this helps to think

about why I have that link there it

what's the purpose of the link actually

coming up with the ontology is sometimes

a challenge in ex call it brain there's

a feature that I get prompted with these

ontologies so if I type triple double

colon then this list comes up and I can

just simply type and we'll get all the

different type of ontologies I have

defined and each of these has a

definition index color brain whether

they're a parent a child or a friend so

again here in ex call it brain you can

see that these are all the fields that

our parents or children and friends I

have some

excluded ontologies of HR there for some

other technical reasons and I have also

a couple of

unregistered ones that I either still

need to register to make it explicit in

X color brain or they're just there

because over time these were created

anyway so this trigger oh and let me

just show you this so you can see here

you have the ontology suggestor is

something you can turn on and then using

these features these hot combinations

the suggestor comes up so if I only want

to see friend relationships then these

are all the type of ontologies I can

apply here that will create a lateral

Link in escalate brain for me

so the lateral link just to show you

that as well they'll look like this so

everything here the central idea is the

document I have open and everything on

the left hand side are lateral links

these are parent

links and these are children nodes so

that's the logic and I use the ontology

to specify where each item gets on my

graph linking also

includes embedding items into the

excalator storyboard so again let me

just show you how this storyboard looks

like so the document we are looking at

right now so again I'm going to open

excalibrane and now in the center you

can see that this is the file we are

looking at so this is mypkm design text

links folder ontology Moc zettel custom

Etc and you can see that all of these

items that are embedded here are also

present here so for example here I have

this calendar icon that's embedded I'm

not going to navigate to this because

that will take us off on a tangent but

you can see already that this icon is

actually used in four other places so

it's used in five places so already with

this I'm making a connection to

somewhere else where I talk about time

and calendaring

Etc but so for me when I embed an object

into my X call it raw storyboard for a

topic then that already will create a

link

and on the ontology we already talked

about the ontology bit so we are going

to take this topic off as well the

ontology describes the relationship

between notes and I differentiate

between parent child and lateral

connections I implemented with data view

fields and I visualize it with

excalibraine here's a video where I talk

about this in more detail

then the next important element of my

organization system is I'm trying to

work with atomic nodes and use

transclusion so for example as just I

mentioned with the calendar item and

maybe we can

we can actually navigate to that

calendar to see where else we are using

the calendar so by reusing or maybe

here's the check mark and we're going to

navigate to this

by if I click here this will open the

check mark and here I can

come to the various documents

so for example evaluating evidence this

is actually a part of my book on a page

for the book rationality so here I'm

using exactly the same check mark and

using the same check mark I can navigate

to to the topic sometimes these links

are

irrelevant oftentimes this comes as an

interesting surprise that yeah that that

visual link that I reuse

also provides a contextual linking

so that's about Atomic notes I also use

this the construction of images there

are two videos here I'm not going to go

into this because this is a big rabbit

hole that goes down into this hole how I

deconstruct excel drawings into sub

drawings but this is a very important

part of my whole methodology of reusing

components not redrawing and using these

components to create links but also

I tried to do this by creating

consistent sections in my other notes as

well so here are two examples here's an

example of an article and you will see

that the article has a summary section

and by the way if you look at my book

notes then the book note also has a

summary section by way of having this

commonality I know that if I'm

referencing a book I can immediately

write hashtag summary and just get the

summary embedded into the location so if

I transclude this so let's say I open

today's daily node and I want to

transclude building a second brain

summary so then I would write

building a second brain like this and I

would immediately write hashtag summary

and with this I'm able to embed this

here and I would also probably add a

reference here so in this case the

reason I'm putting this here is because

this is an example so I would add my

ontology like this but by having this

consistent approach of always calling

the summary summary this just simplifies

my life because with this consistency I

can easily embed items and reference

them the same with quotes don't ask me

why I ended up with P but every quote

that I have so for example here's the

daily quote from today if I look here in

markdown then you will see that here I

have this quote from Napoleon Hill and

here I have this reference with p and

again I know that if there's a quote a

single quote in a file that is worth

referencing then it's going to have a

block reference p and that just helps me

easily find these items in My Vault this

file this example book is a good example

for Section headings

so there is a trade-off between

embedding files and in reference or or

creating larger files so if I look at

building a second brain you can see here

that I have couple of notes here and

these notes are just simply typed here

so I'm I'm not embedding anything here

in this case I made some notes about the

book some of my research as I was

reading the book and here under notes I

simply added these items and that's all

but for example if I would open another

book I'm going to open for example

emergence

so if I open emergence then here you

will see that I had a bit more content

here and in this case

I included or transcluded content here

and some of them I only translated the

summary in other cases I transcluded the

whole material but in these cases the

files actually live in their proper

location so this file lives here in its

input folder under YouTube so this is

the input YouTube folder that's where

the file is and here it's a block

reference so you can see this as a block

reference so that's the trade-off if I

have lots of files or lots of notes that

I want to include then I start to break

them out into their relevant files and I

make them embeds that have a link if I

don't have that many I typically start

by typing these topics here

and then break them out later if I feel

that that is required so moving on let's

move up to the top here

so file names I have a couple of file

name conventions which I find pretty

helpful All My Mocs start with an

underscore like you can see here so

let's just to show you some of the other

mocs if I come to call it brain and I

think with that we can also cover mlc so

here these are the various map of

contents in My Vault you can see these

right here

and you can see that each of them have

the same file name but similarly I have

naming conventions so for example

book cover

will bring up all the book covers I have

in my Vault or if I type in

logo then this will bring all the logo

images if I type icon

then it will show all the icons in My

Vault I also use this I have some

automations around it I'm going to

include that link here as well so here

if I open the image Library so it's here

I also have a local library so maybe

let's open the local library then this

will

show me all the logos in My Vault so all

of these files will start with the word

logo so there's my you can see my Apple

logo here if I

press Ctrl o and type logo

Apple logo then you can see that indeed

that Apple logo is right there also in

my naming convention you can see that at

the end in this case and in most of the

cases my file name has three parts it

specifies the type of file so is it the

book cover a logo an illustration a

photo an icon a whatever then there's

the actual keywords that Define the file

so in this case it's Apple logo but for

example if I open my image library then

you will see that I have longer file

names in my image Library so these are

all the icons in My Vault and here you

can see that you see the

headache frustration anger are the

keywords and then the final part of the

naming convention you will see here as

well is the source of the file so in

this case it's a flat icon but if the

source is something else then it's going

to be that other source so these are the

various naming so you can see here book

cover illustration thumbnail book on the

page starts with a bob literature note

starts with Ln

Etc and the date format I use is year

year months month and day day because

that consistent naming helps me find

stuff easier

then I use templates and I have lots of

templates so here if I open my template

folder

template or templates so you can see I

have a whole bunch of templates I

actually follow again the naming

convention here as well so I have

templates that create a new line so it

just creates a single line in the

document and I have templates that

create new pages and I have some other

templates as well

for many of the things I do I use these

templates and then some of my templates

actually automate the process of

creating folders and multiple files so

if there's a more complex activity then

I use that so for example the YouTube

workflow video that I explain here will

show you a case study where I have a

template that creates files

and folders and places stuff all the

places and the excalator templates shows

you different ways how you can create

graphical templates

maybe pre-filled templates for various

tasks so templates are an important part

of my setup

they already talked about ontology and

frankly we already looked at the maps of

content as well here's another map of

content just as an example so this is my

map of content about sketchnoting again

you can see here all the different

ontologies and links you can see lots of

material here so this is my map of

content for sketchnoting and I have a

good number of map of contents to

summarize various topics that I'm

working on and some of these so for

example here this map of content also

has some visual summaries as well so for

example this is a summary about some

sketchnoting listing some sketch noters

some YouTube channels some books and

some stuff about visual vocabulary

Etc then moving on

the way I use daily notes is I use daily

notes to create the time hierarchy based

on latch so this is the time aspect and

then we're going to talk about geotags

and that's going to be the location

aspect of organizing information so if

we look at this holiday last year June

we went to Rome with my wife

what I want to show you here is here if

I click to first I need to open here the

right hand side so we have the map here

with all sorts of different locations

and here if I open this to show this on

the map then you can see that this has

actually a location here and you can

also see the other components of our

visit the tickets to Vatican City and to

the Colosseum and then just going

further on here here's earlier this year

we went to Sicily and we visited the

Valley of the temples and the Turkish

stairs as well as moved around here

we've had to Aetna as well so here's the

family on Aetna and and so this is I

think a very useful way to organize

information I'm using the map view

plugin so this is the map view plugin

right here this is the settings for that

I find this very practical you can add

Geo tags so this is here a Geo tag if I

click here then you will see that this

is a geotag based actually in this case

a lat long coordinates but this can also

be an address depending on the type of

Link we are talking about you can also

see that I'm using the check-in checkout

inline ontology here so the way this

looks in excalib brain and that's where

we come back to the Daily note linkage

so if now again I open xcoli Brain then

you will see that our vacation in Rome

is linked to these days so this is when

we were in Rome you can also see we were

in Vatican City and the colossum and you

can see some other information here as

well but the point is by adding check-in

and checkout I can know when we arrived

and when we left

and by linking all of these events to

the Daily note

through the daily note I can navigate my

history and I can look at what happened

on that day I'm not going to open the

daily note because that typically

contains some personal information as

well that I don't want to share but the

idea is these daily notes you can see

here are linked to one another with the

tomorrow link and so this creates this

chain of days and each day I'm linking

what is happening on that day maybe to

show you just one more example if we

come to this page right here then

this page is linked to today's date

right there and this is when I'm working

on it you can also see that this is

linked to a couple of days ago as well

and I also worked on this so I know on

what which days I worked on this

specific material so that actually

covers daily notes as my time hierarchy

and geotags now I like to see tasks in

the context where I need to talk about

them in my normal work I have many

projects happening in my organization

and I deal with lots of people so in

each situation I want to be reminded of

the actions that we discussed with that

person or with that vendor or with that

project at the last time we met

and I talk about this and how I do this

in it's about time so you can look at

this video

but I want to show you how this looks in

my demo of all so this is going to be an

example just to show you very quickly

how this works so for example this is my

note about Bob the Builder and the video

I'm referencing goes into more details

about this and walks you through how

this works

but you can see here that when I am on

the page for Bob the Builder I'm

immediately cognizant that there is a

topic where I'm waiting for Bob actually

it is related to project K and this

right here is a data view query it's an

extremely simple data view query I

explain everything about it in the video

the point I want to show you here is I'm

placing this information

on the page of the person and whenever

I'm meeting with someone or talking

about the project or whatever other

topic I always open the page for that

person or project or topic and most of

my templates or pretty much all of my

templates include the task section

therefore I always get the context

relevant tasks in the context when I

need it at the time that I needed so for

example you can see here there's an

action for Bob on a meeting to discuss

something with Mock and if I look at

Mock's page of course I'm going to see

all of these actions that are now for

mock the dump truck and you will see

that there's an action from the page

about the Builder and then there's

another action that was somehow

discussed on rolly or vid Rowley the

steamroller and then something from

Project B

one quick side note that this is the

other way I'm using tags and I only use

it in this specific instance so I have

three tags I have the they think four

discus with and promised too so these

are three tags I use frankly

I don't really search on them I could

actually categorize the data view query

here based on promise to discuss with

waiting for and I had a period of time

when I did that I recognized that it

didn't really matter that much right now

this is more for just stylistic reasons

for me it is important to know that I

noted something down because I need to

talk about that with the person or that

person has promised me something and I

need to wait for that and follow it up

or maybe I promise something to that

person and I need to be cognizant of

that when we meet so I can either share

the results with the person or be

proactive in apologizing that I haven't

yet done it but the point is that I want

to be reminded so in this case I'm also

using tags but here I'm not using it to

define the type of the page but I'm

using it just as a stylistic component

to remind me of the type of action that

I'm talking about

this is also then covering the dynamic

list so tasks are in the context then

where I need them and I use data view

fields and then I'm using various

Dynamic lists I'm using not only data

view but I also have embedded obsidian

queries as well and finally I have this

Diagnostics and maintenance page and

here I'm looking at stuff like orphan

notes which right now are the absolute

orphans are files that are just there no

one is pointing at them and it is not

pointing to anyone so they are

completely alone in the dark so I have

109 at the moment of these and then for

example I have this list of pasted

images so I like to name the images

either illustration or photo or whatever

wherever they came from so sometimes I

come here and clean up some of the

pasted images that I didn't name so I

have the properly named images

so that summarizes how I organize

information in obsidian it may be a lot

but to me this structure helps put

everything in place the key component

here is latch making sure that I have

multiple ways to find information either

by location or alphabet time category or

hierarchy and then you could see the

different tools and components that I'm

using to achieve this

so that's all I wanted to share with you

again just a quick reminder if you want

to learn more if you're interested in

exploring visual thinking and exploring

the use of obsidian with me sign up to

cohort for you still have a couple of

days to do that I'm going to close

registrations in a few days so if you're

interested to check out this page and

again this whole mind map or visual

summary that's here

I'll include in the show notes you'll

have a link and you can open this on

xcollegra.com and from there you can

either copy this into your own obsidian

or you can follow these links so all

around the page you will see these

YouTube links that take you to various

videos that are relevant in the subject

as well here you see this link to the

article so that's all I wanted to share

with you today thank you for watching

until the end and I hope to see you next

time