Hack your brain with Obsidian.md [Part 1]  ## Metadata - Author: [[YouTube]] - Full Title: Hack your brain with Obsidian.md [Part 1] - Category: #articles - Document Note: --- tags: [obsidian, note-taking, pkm] author: No Boilerplate source: YouTube reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk date created: 2024-01-15 10:30 --- # 🏷️ Title: Hack your brain with Obsidian.md [Part 1] ## 🧰 Action Inbox - [H1] Install Obsidian and create first vault — setup/getting started #setup - [H2] Enable core plugins like tags and backlinks — configuration #plugins - [H3] Try dataview plugin for database-like queries — advanced features #dataview ## 🧭 Table of Contents - [📝 Summary](#-summary) - [📖 Main Content](#-main-content) - [🗒️ Notes](#️-notes) - [📚 References](#-references) - [🗣️ Paraphrase](#️-paraphrase) - [📰 Newsletter](#-newsletter) - [✅ Action Items](#-action-items) - [🧪 Hypotheses](#-hypotheses) - [📊 Methodology](#-methodology) - [❓ Questions](#-questions) - [🔮 Future Research](#-future-research) - [💡 Implications](#-implications) - [🧠 Learning Styles Assessment](#-learning-styles-assessment) - [📊 Accessibility Assessment](#-accessibility-assessment) - [🌍 DEIB Assessment](#-deib-assessment) - [✅ Logical Validity](#-logical-validity) - [🛡️ DARVO Analysis](#-darvo-analysis) - [🎯 Conclusion](#-conclusion) ### 🔗 References - [Obsidian Official Website](https://obsidian.md) - [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/0atman/noboilerplate) ## 📝 Summary - Tris from No Boilerplate demonstrates Obsidian as a second brain tool that extends cognitive capacity through linked markdown notes - Why it matters: Traditional note-taking tools hold data hostage; Obsidian stores everything as portable plain text while providing powerful linking and visualization - Key audience: Knowledge workers, researchers, students, and anyone building a personal knowledge management system - Risks: Vendor lock-in concerns mitigated by plain text storage; learning curve for advanced features - Bottom line: Obsidian transforms note-taking from linear documents into an interconnected knowledge graph that mirrors how we actually think ## 📖 Main Content Obsidian represents a paradigm shift in personal knowledge management, built on the principle of "active externalism" - the idea that our minds extend beyond our physical brains to include external tools. Unlike proprietary systems like Notion that trap data in formats difficult to export, Obsidian stores everything as plain text markdown files that remain accessible even if the software disappears. The core power lies in bidirectional linking between notes, creating a knowledge graph that reveals connections between ideas. This approach mirrors how human memory works through association rather than hierarchical filing. The visual graph view shows not just what you know, but gaps in your knowledge through gray nodes representing linked-but-not-yet-created notes. While Obsidian itself is closed-source freeware (free for personal use), the commitment to data portability through plain text storage addresses typical vendor lock-in concerns. The extensive plugin ecosystem, with over 1,000 community plugins, allows customization from simple enhancements to complete workflow transformations. ## 🗒️ Notes #### ⏱️ [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=0) — [H1] Introduction and background with note-taking tools - Key idea: Author has used many note-taking tools but none improved thinking like Obsidian - Evidence: "I have used many note-taking tools over the years simple note notion and extensively emacs org mode none have improved my thinking in the way obsidian has" #### ⏱️ [01:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=75) — [H2] Extended mind thesis and active externalism - Key idea: Obsidian functions as an extension of human cognition beyond the physical brain - Evidence: "the theory I'm using here is called active externalism part of the extended mind thesis the idea is that our mind is more than our physical brain" #### ⏱️ [02:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=150) — [H2] Data portability and plain text storage - Key idea: Unlike proprietary tools, Obsidian stores data as accessible plain text markdown - Evidence: "my data is open stored as plain text markdown the two-person company behind obsidian may eventually go away but my data is stored on my computer in plain text" #### ⏱️ [03:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=225) — [H1] Cross-platform availability and sync capabilities - Key idea: Obsidian works everywhere with superior sync compared to cloud storage solutions - Evidence: "obsidian sync is fantastic and the reason I switched better than Dropbox better than iCloud better than get or sync think" #### ⏱️ [04:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=270) — [H2] Plugin ecosystem and extensibility - Key idea: Over 1,000 plugins available with JavaScript-based customization system - Evidence: "at the time of recording obsidian has 1014 plugins in the built-in plugin installer and you may easily sideload your own" #### ⏱️ [06:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=360) — [H1] Getting started - vault creation and setup - Key idea: Obsidian vaults are simply folders containing markdown files - Evidence: "in obsidian terms this is called a vault but it's just a folder put it in your documents directory" #### ⏱️ [07:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=435) — [H2] Markdown formatting basics - Key idea: Simple markdown syntax provides rich formatting without complexity - Evidence: "markdown is really simple to use and is designed to look good in both plain text and rendered as Rich Text" #### ⏱️ [08:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=510) — [H1] Graph view and knowledge visualization - Key idea: Visual graph reveals connections between ideas and knowledge gaps - Evidence: "nodes in Gray are linked to but not created yet this is huge this allows you to fill in the gaps in your knowledge incrementally" #### ⏱️ [10:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=600) — [H2] Bidirectional linking and backlinks - Key idea: Links work both ways, allowing exploration in multiple directions - Evidence: "obsidian allows you to follow links both ways along your knowledge graph allowing you to explore your brain" #### ⏱️ [12:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=735) — [H2] Canvas plugin for spatial organization - Key idea: Canvas allows non-linear arrangement of notes beyond traditional tabs - Evidence: "this allows instead of working with your notes in tabs or splits or Windows you to throw them on a canvas in whatever layout you would like" #### ⏱️ [13:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=810) — [H2] Tagging system and organization - Key idea: Tags provide alternative to folder hierarchy with front matter metadata - Evidence: "you can tag your notes in two main ways in the body of the note with a hashtag or in the front matter of the page" #### ⏱️ [15:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=900) — [H1] Dataview plugin for database queries - Key idea: Treat your vault as a queryable database using SQL-like syntax - Evidence: "dataview allows you to treat your Vault your brain your collection of linked tagged markdown files as a database you can query" #### ⏱️ [16:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=1005) — [H3] Maps integration for geographical data - Key idea: Location data can be embedded and visualized within notes - Evidence: "this will open up a location search for any place in the world the results provided by openstreetmap" #### ⏱️ [17:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk?t=1050) — [H1] Network effects and exponential value - Key idea: As your vault grows, connections multiply and value increases exponentially - Evidence: "just like the internet as you build your your brain the links between notes become exponentially greater and obsidian becomes exponentially more useful" ## 📚 References - [Obsidian Official Website](https://obsidian.md) - [No Boilerplate GitHub](https://github.com/0atman/noboilerplate) - [Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org) - [Extended Mind Thesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_mind_thesis) ## 🗣️ Paraphrase - Obsidian transforms note-taking from isolated documents into an interconnected web of knowledge that mirrors how human memory actually works through associations - The tool's commitment to plain text storage means your data remains accessible forever, even if the company disappears, unlike proprietary systems that lock in your information - Through plugins and customization, Obsidian can evolve from a simple markdown editor into a complete personal knowledge management system tailored to individual workflows ## 📰 Newsletter **Transform Your WordPress Documentation with Obsidian's Second Brain Approach** WordPress developers and site builders often struggle with fragmented documentation, scattered notes about customizations, and difficulty tracking relationships between themes, plugins, and configurations. Obsidian's approach to connected knowledge could revolutionize how we manage WordPress projects. By treating your WordPress knowledge as an interconnected graph rather than isolated files, you can link plugin configurations to specific sites, connect troubleshooting notes to related issues, and visualize dependencies between different customizations. The plain text storage ensures your documentation remains accessible regardless of future tool changes. Consider using Obsidian's dataview plugin to query all sites using specific plugins, or the maps plugin to track client locations. The bidirectional linking naturally reveals patterns in your WordPress work that traditional folder organization might miss. Resources: [Learn WordPress](https://learn.wordpress.org/), [Developer Docs](https://developer.wordpress.org/), [WP-CLI](https://wp-cli.org/) ## ✅ Action Items #### DevRel - Developer advocacy: Create Obsidian templates for API documentation with bidirectional linking between endpoints and use cases - Education: Develop workshops showing developers how to build technical knowledge graphs for complex codebases - Developer experience: Document plugin architectures using Obsidian's graph view to visualize dependencies - Developer marketing: Use canvas plugin to create visual developer journey maps and content strategy - Community management: Implement tag-based organization for community feedback and feature requests #### OSPO - Policy & Governance: Create linked policy documents showing relationships between different compliance requirements - License Compliance: Use dataview plugin to query and track license obligations across project dependencies - Security Management: Build knowledge graphs connecting vulnerabilities to affected components and mitigation strategies - Software Inventory: Develop SBOM templates with linked components and ownership information - Developer Support: Create searchable knowledge base using bidirectional links between common issues and solutions - Community Engagement: Track upstream relationships and contributions using visual graph connections - Strategic Alignment: Use canvas view to map OKRs and KPIs to specific initiatives and outcomes #### Community - Maintainers: Develop governance templates with linked decision trees and process documentation - Contributors: Create onboarding knowledge graphs showing pathways from first contribution to maintainer - Sponsors: Build transparent impact reporting with linked outcomes and funding sources - Ecosystem: Map cross-project relationships and shared dependencies using graph visualization #### WordPress - Core: Use graph view to visualize feature dependencies and release planning relationships - Core Performance: Link performance metrics to specific optimizations and their impact areas - Documentation: Create bidirectional links between DevHub technical docs and HelpHub user guides - Community: Develop knowledge graphs for meetup organizers showing connected resources and templates - Training: Build learning paths with linked prerequisites and skill progression maps - Support: Create searchable knowledge base with linked solutions and escalation pathways ## 🧪 Hypotheses - Organizations using connected knowledge management systems like Obsidian will show measurable improvements in knowledge retention and cross-team collaboration - Technical documentation structured as knowledge graphs rather than hierarchical folders will reduce time-to-resolution for developer questions - Teams that visualize project dependencies through graph-based tools will identify and mitigate risks earlier than those using traditional linear documentation - Personal knowledge management systems that emphasize linking over filing will lead to more innovative connections and creative problem-solving ### 📊 Methodology - A/B test documentation approaches: traditional folder structure vs. Obsidian-style linked knowledge graphs with developer teams - Longitudinal study tracking knowledge retention and application in teams before and after implementing connected note-taking systems - Comparative analysis of time-to-resolution for support tickets using traditional documentation vs. graph-based knowledge systems ### ❓ Questions - How does the cognitive load of maintaining bidirectional links compare to traditional hierarchical organization for different types of learners? - What specific patterns of knowledge connection emerge in technical domains that could inform better documentation architectures? - Can graph-based personal knowledge management systems be effectively scaled to team and organizational levels without losing their core benefits? ### 🔮 Future Research - Integration patterns between personal knowledge graphs and enterprise knowledge management systems - AI-assisted relationship discovery and suggestion systems for large knowledge graphs - Collaborative editing and conflict resolution in shared knowledge graph environments ### 💡 Implications - Practice: Shift from document-centric to connection-centric knowledge work requiring new skills in link management and graph thinking - Policy: Need for data portability standards in knowledge management tools to prevent vendor lock-in - Security: Plain text storage offers transparency but requires careful consideration of sensitive information handling - Education: Curricula should include graph-based thinking and connected knowledge management as core digital literacy skills - Funding: Investment in tools and training for knowledge graph approaches may show significant ROI through improved innovation and reduced knowledge silos ### 🧠 Learning Styles Assessment Reading level estimate: 12.5 Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level #### 👀 Visual learners - Present: Extensive graph visualizations, canvas layouts, color-coded node relationships - Improve: Add architectural diagrams showing plugin relationships and data flow patterns #### 🔊 Aural learners - Present: Video format with clear narration and pacing - Improve: Provide 5-minute audio summary focusing on key concepts and practical next steps #### 🗣️ Verbal learners - Present: Clear analogies (brain extension, internet comparison), defined technical terms - Improve: Add more metaphors for database concepts and expand glossary of markdown terms #### 🧩 Kinesthetic learners - Present: Step-by-step vault creation, hands-on plugin installation, interactive demos - Improve: Provide downloadable starter vault with sample notes and pre-configured plugins #### 🧠 Logical learners - Present: Clear cause-effect relationships, structured progression from basic to advanced features - Improve: Add decision trees for choosing between organizational approaches and plugin selection criteria #### 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social learners - Present: Community plugin ecosystem, GitHub repository sharing - Improve: Create discussion prompts for comparing note-taking approaches and collaborative vault templates #### 🧘‍♀️ Solitary learners - Present: Individual vault creation, personal knowledge management focus - Improve: Add reflection questions about knowledge organization preferences and self-assessment rubrics #### 🌿 Naturalistic learners - Present: Organic growth metaphors, ecosystem thinking about connected knowledge - Improve: Emphasize sustainability of plain text storage and long-term knowledge preservation ### 📊 Accessibility Assessment #### Screen reader semantics - Present: Video format limits screen reader access to content - Improve: Provide full transcript with proper heading structure and alt text for visual elements #### Keyboard navigation - Present: Obsidian software supports full keyboard navigation - Improve: Document specific keyboard shortcuts and navigation patterns for accessibility #### Contrast and readability - Present: High contrast in software interface demonstrations - Improve: Ensure all graph visualizations meet color contrast requirements for colorblind users #### Text resizing and reflow - Present: Video format doesn't support text resizing - - Document Tags: [[setup]] [[plugins]] [[dataview]] - Summary: Hack your brain with Obsidian.md [Part 1] - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbsAQSIKQXk Hi friends, my name is Tris, and this isNo Boilerplate focusing on fasttechnical videos. I have used manynote-taking tools over the years: SimpleNote, Notion, and extensively Emacs OrgMode. None have improved my thinking inthe way Obsidian has. Today is a deepdive into my second brain, and if youtake my advice, your second brain, too,everything you see in this video, fromthe script to the images, are part of aMarkdown Obsidian document available onGitHub under a public domain license. AsI mentioned in my Coping Mechanismsvideo, I have built my whole workflow forlife around Obsidian. I used to use Emacs Org Mode, and actually, for a certain kindof delicate nerd, I recommend it morehighly than Obsidian. I wrote the firstyear and a half of my sci-fi podcast,Lost Terminal, using Org Mode, and it'sreally great. Try Space Max if you wantto give it a go. There is much discussionof the pros and cons of Org Mode versusObsidian that you could find online, butfor me, the syncing story specificallyonto my mobile phone was unacceptable.Contrary to popular belief, I don’t spendall my life in front of a computer.Sometimes I go out for food, and when II can't leave my brain behind. The theory I'm using here is calledactive externalism, part of the extendedmind thesis. The idea is that our mind ismore than our physical brain; it extendsto paper, computers, abacuses, and your fingersfor counting. For me, Obsidianis freeware and not open source,and while that usually is a problem forme, it's not in this instance. My data isopen, stored as plain text markdown. Thetwo-person company behind Obsidian mayeventually go away, but my data is storedon my computer in plain text. WillDropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud allexist in 10 years? I wouldn't bet my brain on it. Obsidian is free forpersonal use, and the two value-addservices, sync and publish, have a fairmonthly fee to support the company. It'sperhaps as good a time as any to saythat this video is not sponsored; I justlove Obsidian. Obsidian works everywhere,and where it doesn't, I still have thedata in plain text so I can edit andread it with any text editor. Obsidiansync is fantastic, and the reason Iswitched. It's better than Dropbox, better thaniCloud, better than Get or Sync Think,better than whatever you're thinking of. You don't need to pay for Obsidian Sync;however, there are many plugins thatsupport Dropbox or Git. But getting thoseworking on a phone is non-trivial, sothey get my money for their seamlessnative sync. Offline first means that thedata is stored on your computer or phone;you control it. It's just plain textfiles like a wiki. Obsidian is a set oflinked pages or notes. Building knowledgethrough links between pages is awesomelyuseful and why we built the web in thefirst place. At the time of recording,Obsidian has 1,014 plugins in thebuilt-in plugin installer, and you mayeasily sideload your own without goingthrough this method if you would like. Plugins are written in JavaScript andcan change any part of the system.Obsidian is the most popular of theMarkdown-based note takers and, in myopinion, the best of all note systems Ihave tried. I’ve tried nearly every cross-platformnote-taking app of the last two decades.The ones I've used seriously start withEvernote and end with Obsidian. All of thesetools are great, and if you don't get onwith Obsidian, you could have a look atthem. But all of them, except the last two,hold your data to ransom. Notion. Especially, it is very insidious because itlooks like markdown in their prettybrowser editor. But if you export it, theexport is full of proprietary tags andsymbols that are not portable. Keep thatin mind. If you take my advice, you'll tryObsidian first. You can download it forall platforms, even weird ones such asWindows for ARM, Raspberry Pi, and mydistro Asahi Linux running on AppleSilicon. After you’ve installed it, you willbe asked where you would like to storeyour notes. In Obsidian terms, this iscalled a vault, but it's just a folder.Put it in your documents directory, inDropbox, on a USB drive, or wherever youwould like it to live. You can also opena folder full of markdown files as a newvault. This is very handy for editingexisting markdown folders, perhaps books,blogs, or GitHub repos. The last option lets you log in with yourObsidian Sync account and download oneof your synced vaults. When you first setup your Obsidian vault, it will be empty:no markdown files, no notes, and you willbe greeted with this screen. Let's do asit says and create a new note with Ctrlor Command N. For this demo, I'll name thefirst note the topic I’m currentlyResearching, which we'll say is how theweb works, by pressing Ctrl N, I cancreate new files like here, a web browsernote where I'm going to write up myresearch, including links to other ideasas they come up. It's worth talking aboutmarkdown formatting at this point. Obsidian, like Slack, Discord, manywebsites, and sometimes Facebook,depending on the phase of the moon,formats text using a lightweightstandard called Markdown. Markdown isreally simple to use and is designed tolook good in both plain text andrendered as rich text. Unlike HTML, whichis unreadable by most people unlessrendered in a browser, here we've got aheading denoted by the hash symbol,italic with underscores, bold with doubleasterisks, and links using double squarebrackets. There are a few more options available, which you can look up here, butthis is the overwhelming majority offormatting you'll need on a day-to-daybasis. Back to the demo, I followed thelink into my DNS resolution note andadded a few tasks for myself usingmarkdown checkboxes and some tags. We'llsee both of those again later, but nowthe thing every Obsidian demo mustHave the graph. The graph is accessedthrough the command palette and is howyou get quick access to everythinginside Obsidian. Hit Ctrl P to open it. Every function button and feature ofObsidian is searchable from the list, andif you don’t know exactly what you’relooking for, just type some likely searchterms. It’ll fuzzy find it all. Here isour graph so far. In the middle, our webbrowser note and everything we’ve linkedto from that page. See, we’ve onlyactually made notes for DNS resolutionand the top-level "How does the web work?"note. That’s why they are in white nodes;in gray are linked to, but not createdyet. This is huge. This allows you to fillin the gaps in your knowledge incrementally. Here it’s clear I’ve notlearned about JavaScript yet. It’s a linkto a note that doesn’t exist. Studentsand researchers, pay attention: all thisworks on mobile, by the way, perfectlysynced with Obsidian Sync or whatevermethod you would prefer. It’s all justplain text files. This is an example of mymature-ish graph. By the way, I’ve coloredlost terminal scripts green, my dailyjournal notes orange, and in red is myvideo schedule main note — very pretty. Let's click back to our original howdoes the web work. Note there are noMarkdown links here, but I've clicked thebacklinks tab on the right, and we cansee that the web browser note links backto this note. This, for database nerds, islike a foreign key relationship: a listof all notes that link back to thenotes you are currently reading. Obsidianallows you to follow links both waysalong your knowledge graph, allowing youto explore your brain. You click normallinks to get from the web browser noteto the other two notes on the right, andto go back, you follow the automaticallygenerated backlinks. If we open the DNSresolution note again, we can see thebacklink to the web browser note heretoo. Let's open that web browser note; youcan see in purple the links we just saw,but I also have clicked on the outgoinglinks tab on the right, and we can seethem there too. Note the two differenticons indicating a link to a page thatexists and pages that don't exist, sameas the white and gray nodes on our graph. Same as the bright and dim purple linksin the note body itself. Okay, okay.Tutorial over; go test it out foryourself. It's way easier in person. Let'sLook at the plugins. Plugins change theway Obsidian behaves in small or largeways, up to and including embeddingentirely new ways of working with yourdata. Like here, the built-in canvasplugin, which I used earlier, allowsyou, instead of working with your notes intabs or splits or windows, to throwthem on a canvas in whatever layout youwould like. Notice that I'm actuallyediting the web browser note in thisscreenshot. It's not just about thelayout; how does Notion store canvas data? There are limits to Markdown, of course.The standard for storing non-documentdata is a human-readable JSON file.Canvas and all the other plugins storetheir metadata in this portable format.No binary databases anywhere; everythingis in plain text. All native Obsidianfunctionality can be toggled on and offinside the settings. Most of the coreplugins are enabled by default, so if youwould prefer a more minimal, streamlinedapp, you could turn them all off andstill have the best Markdown editor onthe planet. There are a few pluginsdisabled by default: publish, sync, slides, and workspaces are the big ones. One thatis enabled by default that I willHighlight is tag support; you can tagyour notes in two main ways: in the bodyof the note with a hashtag or in thefront matter of the page. The frontmatter is a section of configuration atthe start of the document where you canadd your own keys and values, and pluginscan then act on this metadata. Thebuilt-in tag plugin, for instance, readsthe list of tags from this front matteras well as inside the body of the note. Front matter is in YAML format, anotheropen standard. Now that I’ve tagged thenotes, how does the web work? Document withresearch web and to-do tags; they show upon the graph by default in a differentcolor. I also added some tags to theother documents. At the same time, you cansearch for tags; like here in the topleft, I’m searching for all notes withthe DNS tag. There’s only one result. Of course, linear folder organization is alittle restrictive, so let’s install thetag folder plugin from Community pluginsin Obsidian settings. This plugin showstags like folders. Here on the left, youcan search through nested tags in afolder-like structure. These are the twomain ways of organizing your Obsidianvault: by tags or folders. Either have no folders, organizingeverything with tags, or a traditionalfolder tree. I'm not sure which is best.Try them both. Now we’re going to unlockObsidian's real power with the Data Viewplugin. I think this plugin should bebuilt in. It’s so ubiquitous! Install itand then in the Data View settings,enable all the query toggles at the top.Here, side note: Markdown has a way to addcode snippets, perhaps HTML, JavaScript, orany other code you would like insidetriple backticks with an optional namefor syntax highlighting on the firstline. This is handy for writing codedocumentation of any kind, not justprogramming, but Wiki markup, BB code,Discord formatting, or anything like that. And Data View uses it to encode itsqueries. Data View allows you to treatyour vault, your brain, your collection oflinked, tagged Markdown files as adatabase. You can query this databasesimply using SQL, or get programmaticaccess to it using inline JavaScript. Ifyou know how to code, you can alreadyimagine how the JavaScript query SDKworks. So I will focus on simple SQLqueries, which are what mostnon-programmers will use. When you click away from it, it renders thedata view query and becomes a tablelisting all nodes tagged to-do, orderedby their creation time. Data view canfilter notes by date, length, tags, titles,links, backlinks, anything you can imagine.And you can build your own systems andrules simply using it. The last plugin Iwant to demo is the maps view plugin,installed in the same way as all otherplugins: through settings, then Communityplugins. Now, hit Ctrl P to open up thecommand palette and type map front matter. This will open up a location search forany place in the world. The resultsare provided by OpenStreetMap, though theGoogle Maps API is toggleable in thesettings. Here I've done that for UCL inLondon. Note the coordinates in the frontmatter of the document: UCL inCalifornia and UCB. Now, my research isreally starting to come together withthe primary ARPANET sites, the precursorto the internet, graphed inside myObsidian vault. Just like the internet, asyou build your brain, the linksbetween notes become exponentiallygreater, and Obsidian becomesexponentially more useful. I've run outof time; there are so many cool plugins. That I simply can't get around totalking about today: advanced slides, day planner, dice, Rolex, Scala, draw, GPT-3,notes, Kanban, language tool, and Linta. Myfull list is in the markdown document Ibuilt this video with, using Obsidian andthe advanced slides plugin. Try Obsidianout! I'm excited for you, and comment onthis video if you need any help. If you'dlike to support my channel, get early adfree and tracking-free videos and VIPDiscord access, head to patreon.comforward slash no boilerplate. If you'reinterested in transhumanism and hopepunk stories, please check out my sci-fipodcast, Lost Terminal. Or if urbanfantasy is more your bag, do listen to astrange and beautiful podcast I produce,called Modem Prometheus. Transcripts andcompiled checked markdown source code areavailable on GitHub. Links are in thedescription, and corrections are in thepinned errata comment. Thank you so muchfor watching! Talk to you on Discord., Hack your brain with Obsidian.md [Part 1], YouTube, 01ka8f49g46p95vd4brh9x3737.