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E14 Zsolt Viczian: How to Unlock Your Visual Thinking Power Inside of Obsidian

Mar 1, 2023

01:18:30

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Visual thinking, characterized by the use of sketches and imagery, is highly effective at facilitating retention and understanding.

Tools like Excalidraw and Excalibrain in Obsidian enable users to create structured visual networks of thoughts and visualize relationships within a graph.

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The Power of Visual Thinking in Note-Taking and Organization

Visual thinking, characterized by the use of sketches, diagrams, and imagery, has proven to be highly effective at facilitating retention and understanding. By combining visual elements with written notes, individuals can create a more structured and engaging network of thoughts and ideas. This approach, exemplified by tools like Excaladra and Excalabrain, allows users to navigate between images and sketches, using visuals as the content itself. Visual thinking can be applied to various contexts, such as note-taking in meetings, mind mapping ideas, presenting information, collaborative work, and even journaling. The flexibility and creativity that visual thinking affords make it a valuable tool for personal knowledge management.

A Visual Tool for Navigating Images and Sketches

01:02

NaN:NaN

Using Visual Tools for Productivity

01:33

Obsidian's graph view allows color-coded hierarchies

01:08

Introduction

4min

Excaladra - A Daily Reflection

4min

How X-Colocutrol and X Colocutor Brain Have Been Used for So Many Things in Your Life?

4min

What's the Difference Between Traditional and Visual Note-Taking in Obsidian?

5min

The Visual Representation of the Notes in Class

1min

Is There a Difference Between Text Based Note Taking and Mind Mapping?

5min

How Visual Thinking Can Really Help You on a Project

3min

Is Mind Mapping a New Thing?

4min

Post Hosted Notes Are the Essential Components of Visual Thinking

5min

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Is Visual Thinking Better Than Post-It Notes?

2min

11.

Using a Map View Is a Visual Tool

6min

12.

Is There a Latch Framework That You Can Use to Visually Represent Your Memory?

6min

13.

Organizing Your Notes in Obsidian

4min

14.

The History of the Universe

5min

15.

Obsidian and Hierarchies

5min

16.

Visual Thinking in Obsidian or Outside?

2min

17.

Taking Notes in Your Own Words

4min

18.

Using a Visual Approach to Brainstorming

2min

19.

What Are the Three Books That Have Resonated With You Most?

5min

20.

Zolt - Is There Anywhere Outside of the Podcast That People Could Reach You on Twitter?

2min

Zsolt Viczian is a YouTuber, blogger, and plug-in developer for Obsidian. He creates content on business analysis, algorithms of thought, note-taking, journaling, and visual thinking inside of Obsidian. He’s the creator of two plug-ins, Excalidraw, a visual-spatial drawing tool inside of Obsidian, and Excalibrain, a plug-in for visualizing relationships in your markdown documents.

In this podcast you will learn:

What visual thinking is
Why it's so effective at facilitating retention and understanding
How Zolt implements visual thinking into Obsidian.

Zsolt's Twitter: https://www.google.com/search?q=zsolt+twitter&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS951US951&oq=zsolt+twitter&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l4j0i390l2j69i60.1805j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Zsolt's GetHub: https://github.com/zsviczian
Zsolt's Visual Thinking Workshop: https://www.visual-thinking-workshop.com/
Zsolt's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/visualpkm/featured

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