Obsidian! 1996 called and it wants its database back.
Mar 29, 2024
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A deep nerd chat about Obsidian, existential freakout about Claude Opus, dance your PhD competition, building a second brain with PARA, Markdown, YAML, Zotero, and more. Mishaps on fishing trips, efficient bibliography management with tarot connectors, embracing messiness of writing, AI tools, generative AI in education, nostalgia, database management, Obsidian software, unexpected emojis, privacy concerns, and more.
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Quick takeaways
Obsidian centralizes text and ideas, serving as a comprehensive artist studio.
Generative AI tools like Chatty and Claude aid in creating unexciting text efficiently.
Utilizing a single Obsidian vault enhances writing cohesion over project-specific vaults.
Mobile Obsidian vaults facilitate quick note-taking and idea capturing on the go.
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Using Obsidian as an Artist Studio
To use Obsidian as an artist studio, the first step is to write everything in it. This includes drafts of books, ideas, briefing notes, long emails, and more. Obsidian serves as a central location to capture all your text and ideas in one place.
Writing Boring Content with Generative AI
Write everything that doesn't require craft but involves intellectual effort using Generative AI tools like Chatty and Claude. This includes unexciting, repetitive text content that can be efficiently created with AI assistance.
Avoiding Separate Vaults for Projects
Initially attempting to use separate vaults for different projects did not work well. It is more effective to keep all content in a single Obsidian vault for a more streamlined and cohesive writing experience.
Utilizing Obsidian on Mobile Devices
Having a separate Obsidian vault on your phone allows quick note-taking on the go for capturing ideas, interesting thoughts, or details while away from your computer. The mobile vault enables easy access and searchability for recorded content.
Elysit: A Literature Review Game Changer
Elysit is an AI tool that automates literature reviews, providing summaries of top papers and extracting key aspects like methods used. By connecting your Zotero library, Elysit can analyze papers based on your queries, offering insights and saving time. While costly in AI credits, its effectiveness in surfacing detailed research information makes it a must-try for efficient literature reviews.
Safari's latest update introduces profiles to create separate browsing identities with unique histories and settings. This feature allows users to segregate personal and work-related searches effectively. By organizing browsing activities into distinct profiles, Safari enhances user experience and facilitates seamless online tasks.
Digital Divide and AI's Impact
Exploring the digital divide, a conversation delves into AI's role in bridging or widening this gap. Despite expectations, AI solutions may not significantly address the digital divide issues. Concerns about AI's energy consumption and its potential consequences complicate hopes for digital inclusivity through technological advancements.
It's been quite the month. Jason was pulled over in the Tinny (again), Inger had a mole taken off her foot. We skipped the mailbag in favour of a deep nerd chat about Obsidian starting at 32:51. The discussion gets waylaid part way through by a mutual existential freakout about Claude Opus. It's... a lot. Enjoy!
