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Ilya Shabanov Profile picture
@Artifexx
Jan 22, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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If you're serious about thinking, take notes.

If you're serious about notes, use Obsidian.

If you're serious about Obsidian, there's still a 99% chance, you don't know these hidden features.

Join the 1%.
👇

#ScienceTwitter #AcademicTwitter
1. Quick Switcher

Find any note in seconds.

If you want to learn one hotkey for Obsidian, this is the one.
⌨️ CTRL + O (Win) or CMD + O (Mac)

Similar to this is the hotkey for "Command Palette". Allow you to do the same but to find actions, like "export".
2. Stacking Tabs

Having dozens of tabs open - try stacking them.

Now you can scroll horizontally to switch between the tabs.

New tabs open into the stack, right of your current note.

Click the arrow on top right & select "Stack Tabs".
3. History: See older versions of your notes

Accidentally overwritten or changed something?

Activate the File Recovery feature: Settings > Core Plugins > File recovery

Now you can view how your note looked in the past and compare with the current version.
4. Audio Recorder

Record notes using Audio (esp. for mobile).

Activate in Settings > Core Plugins > Audio Recorder.

Click the mic button on the left, speak, click it again to stop.

Your audio clip is now embedded into the note.
5. Use multiple cursors

Hold "alt" as you click into the text.

See multiple cursors blinking

You can now type in multiple positions at once 🤯

Absolutely great for bulk editing.
6. Presentation mode

Go to Settings > Core Plugins > Slides and activate it.

Now in your note simply insert --- to separate slides.

Hit the three dots on the top right and select "Start presentation".

Use the buttons on bottom right to switch through the slides.
Summary

► Quick Switcher: Find any file in seconds
► Stack tabs: Horizontal scrolling through all open tabs
► History: Recover old versions of notes
► Audio: Record audio directly in obsidian
► Multi Cursor: Bulk Text editing
► Presentation: Step through sections of a note
Obsidian is the "Swiss army knife" for anyone serious about knowledge – like academics!

Using it, is why I learned in 5 months what takes others 4 years to master.

Learn how, in my Obsidian for Academics Workshop on Jan 28th.

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Ilya Shabanov Profile picture
Jun 19
Almost done with the slides for this upcoming webinar.

It will be aimed at note-taking and synthesis.

Here is a sneak peak:
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Note Taking

Most people take notes in the order they learn about the content.

This is wrong.

Conceptual notes are much more powerful.

Because you don't repeat yourself and use links instead.Image
Academic Note-taking

For academia, special rules apply.

You must protect yourself from plagiarism and always know where you learned what.

This is why you must use a source note template.Image
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Jun 18
Everybody uses Google Docs.

But most don't install any of the 100+ extensions.

Unlock hidden features and save time with these 4 must-use extensions: 👇
(I use them for scientific papers)
What are extensions?

Extensions add functionality that Google Docs does not have.

Each extension adds a sidebar where it can be configured and activated.

Google does not develop these extensions but they gain access to your content.

Be aware of privacy issues.
1. Cross Reference

Allows you to generate numbers for figures automatically.

If you rearrange the figures, just click a button and all names and mentions are updated.

Works equally well for tables or equations.

Irreplaceable for academic work.
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Jun 12
I thought I would spend days on this lit review.

It took me just 10 minutes (no joke)!

Here is how and what tool I used:
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My Topic:

I am figuring out how forests react to climate change in New Zealand.

The big question: Who has done it before?
(A vast literature review question that can take hours)

Googling it, I found only a single paper: [Wardle 1992]
Really!?Image
To check if there is really only one paper, I searched for this paper [Wardle 1992] on @LitmapsApp ... Image
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Jun 10
Struggling with the discussion section?

Here is an unconventional strategy:

1. Lay out findings from papers on a canvas
2. Link each one to the PDF
3. Group by Topic
4. Summarize what you see as text
5. Flesh out and polish

Let's look at the details:
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For this, I am using the @obsdmd Canvas feature. If you are unfamiliar, check out this thread:

1. Lay out the findings of others

Copy quotes from related papers and link to the paper.

(yellow links lead to PDFs, blue links to my note on the paper)

Link them together, here for example are two estimates of a number that are quite far apart - discussion material!Image
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Jun 7
Lost in your research?

Create a research map - it's easy.

Here's how to start and find that research gap:
👇Image
1. Use @drawio

A free tool for building research maps.

Drag boxes from the left sidebar.

Customize it with the buttons on the right sidebar.
2. Define what each box means

Each box is an actor that can interact/be connected to others.

Here are some ideas for functional ecologists:Image
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Jun 3
Every academic wants to find meaningful research gaps.

❌ Old way: Read 1000s of papers
✅ New way: A step-by-step, visual strategy

Here's my workflow using Obsidian, Litmaps, Consensus and DrawIO:
(and a webinar on how to do this!)
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1. Start with finding research questions

Sometimes there are papers dedicated to identifying them.
This will make your literature review process ENJOYABLE, as you won't follow ideas that are irrelevant (but inspire you personally).

Here are two examples:
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2. Next find key papers on this topic.

One of the fastest and easiest ways to get started, is to use @ConsensusNLP GPT.

Find it in the GPT store or just use their website.

Here I just copy and pasted question 8 from the previous image.

The first hit seems reasonable! Image
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