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1/7 I am coming up on my two-year anniversary with @obsdmd.

I have to admit, I didn't think then I would stick with it for more than a few months, but I was wrong. Let me highlight a few things that have kept me with Obsidian. #TfT
2/7 Markdown

I now get the markdown religion. The nature of simple text file keeps things flexible and easy to work with. Plus future safe. I have found this useful many more times than I anticipated.

Learn more about Obsidian's design principles here:
medium.com/@tfthacker/obs…
3/7 The engineering quality of Obsidian is top-notch. It just works and in the two years, I can't recall any major issues or minor issues for that matter.

Speed is at the heart of Obsidian on desktop & mobile.

If it is slow for you, check out:
tfthacker.medium.com/improve-obsidi…
4/7 The plugin ecosystem is one of the best in the TfT space. The plugins range from small enhancements to major and rich features. Some of my favs: Dataview, Kanban, Spaced Repetition, ExcaliDraw, ExcaliBrain, Outliner, @readwise & of course the suite of Obsidian42 plugins.
5/7 The Obsidian Mobile app for phones and tablets is on par with the functionality on the desktop. Basically, this means that just about anything you can do on the desktop you can do as a mobile warrior. Document in mobile editor
6/7 The pace of progress

While maintaining quality, the Obsidian team has continued building out the product. For example, in the last year:
+ Live Preview
+ Spatial Canvas
+ Tabs in the UI
+ better window/pane management
+ Improvements to the API

tfthacker.medium.com/spatial-canvas…
7/7 While I continue to use & experiment with other tools, Obsidian remains at the core of my day-to-day workflows & I don't see that changing any time soon.

As you reflect on your Obisidan experience, do you have any "anniversaries" coming up? What has kept you with this tool?

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Apr 1
1/5 I have started work to give my Obsidian plugins some love, starting with BRAT. This is the Beta Reviewer's Auto-update Tool for @obsdmd.

It helps with installing, testing, and updating plugins under development. #TfT #Obsidian

obsidian.md/plugins?id=obs…
2/5 It is a tool for side-loading plugins that are in development. It helps developers diagnose issues with their plugins and get feedback from testers.

The challenge with Obsidian is for many users it's a painful process to install a plugin manually, BRAT makes it easy.
3/5 BRAT does a lot more though, it also has tools for quickly opening the @github repository for any plugin available in the Obsidian ecosystem.

This makes it easy to jump to repos for reading docs and working with developers.
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Mar 16
1/7 Artificial Intelligence - a mixed bag

As with the rest of the planet, I am experimenting with AI and while I am excited about it, there is a need for great caution with it.

It is easy to fall under its spell as if it's smarter than it really is. #TfT
2/7 Don't get me wrong, I am not saying AI isn't good. I have been using GitHub's CoPilot for some time and it is amazing.

chatGPT has also been excellent at helping with generating code or understanding code.

chatGPT has also been useful for the general exploration of topics.
3/7 However, for topics where I consider my self well-informed or even a subject matter expert, I am very concerned by its answers.

For such topics, I am shocked at how easy it is to get misleading and even incorrect answers.
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Mar 14
1/6 This interview with @kepano CEO of @obsdmd was excellent. I love how centered the company is on its vision. Here are some interesting thoughts from this interview. #TfT

youtube.com/live/TkNTuFF2t…
2/6 The most interesting detail was the estimated number of Obsidian users:

Obsidian company has no way of knowing for sure the number of users, but they estimate based on a number of known factors that their user base be at least about a:

MILLION users!! Mind-blowing!!
3/6 Another amazing fact is they have 5 full-time employees.

Since they are self-funded (no VC money), its an indication that their business is profitable.

Why is this important? A company has to be profitable to be sustainable.
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Feb 15
1/14 SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE OVERLOAD

I have to say, in the last few years, I have subscribed to many more tools and services that ever before.

While all the fees related to subscriptions are justifiable, I have to admit they really add up with time.

Let us talk about this. #TfT
2/14 First, I believe in supporting companies & content creators.

Its not fair to expect them to create, advance & maintain stuff we use every day & to do so for free.

Nothing is really free. While it might be free to use, it costs someone & without support, it can't last.
3/14 This is especially true for startups like @obsdmd, @logseq, @rem_note, etc. While they all have free offerings, if we have the means to support them, we should.

Adding content creators to this list @rjnestor, @OneStuttering, @cortexfutura, @zsviczian @tracyplaces, etc
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Jan 25
1/2 The End of Organizing by @danshipper. A great read about the future of our notes & AI.

Whether AI solves significant issues with long-term use of our notes is still to be seen, Dan makes good points about how our current approach can fail us. #TfT

every.to/superorganizer…
2/4 This article outlines how AI models like GPT-3 can be used to simplify the process of organizing notes. These models can automatically tag and link notes, enrich notes as they're written, and synthesize them into research reports.
3/4 They can also be used to resurface key information from previous notes, creating an autocomplete experience that uses the entire note archive to help make the user smarter as they type.
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Jan 15
1/3 So, I want to delete my @LastPass account, and they have a way to do that. But some users can't delete their accounts and get this message.

Helpful right? Error with no message.
2/3 So I emailed tech support, hoping they would fix it. I got back a survey that is so long & complicated. Also, this is mostly information already stolen by hackers after their big hack... not sure why I need to provide the info to them; they already have it (note the sarcasm)
3/3 The irony is that the community has many questions that LastPass hasn't answered that will help us to know the severity of the damage, information that should be disclosed.

I can't wait for the class action lawsuit.
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