Obsidian Quick Start Guide (2024)

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It's easy to get overwhelmed with all the options, features, and customizations in Obsidian. You need to get started!
But how?
In this video, we dive into how you can QUICKLY get started with Obsidian -- RIGHT NOW.
=== GEAR ===
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=== PKM Stack ===
📝 Obsidian: obsidian.md
📖 Readwise: readwise.io/ju... (affiliate)
✅ Todoist: todoist.com

[@yomanyo327]

"The first thing im going to do is switch to light mode" YOU'RE GONNA WHAT NOW?!

[@luciusrex]

ya that was the exact moment i went blind.

[@efaulkner]

I had to bail because of that. Why?!!!!

[@luciusrex]

@@efaulkner I use it when I'm outside

[@sfield541]

Even as an advanced Obsidian user, the focus on refactoring help to bring me back to basics. Thanks Justin.

[@EffectiveCo]

So glad that was helpful!

[@LooseOrangeJuice]

You get to the point within the first 5 seconds of the video. I subbed based on that alone.

[@Coryoutloud]

Great video and thanks for keeping it simple yet dynamic. Kudos

[@user-hy2mb7zf1w]

Fantastic intro video! I've learned so much in just 10 mins, thank you!

[@iamhritikpawar]

1:46 bro really flashbanged his audience.

[@cryptogenik]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Obsidian has a little barrier of entry with all it's shortcuts and minimalistic interface, I wish this video was linked from the initial installation or on their website

[@EffectiveCo]

I'm so glad you found this helpful!!

[@WHERESDrManhattan]

Just started trying to use Obsidian - perfect explanation as an intro!

[@JimAult]

A nice, clear walk-through of note taking fundamentals with Obsidian. I am signing up for your email kickstart program. Thank you. the advanced organization definitely comes later this summer.

[@ericmaina6779]

I like how you simplify it. great job

[@EffectiveCo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bengreenberg1]

Good video thank you. Seems like Obsidian will be great for some people but not me. Sorry to say it, because I get that's it's beautiful, just way way way too complicated. In the future tools like this will just evaluate your text and just work vs. needing markup / refactoring etc.

[@santiagopuente660]

Excelent Video!! Thanks!

[@Sunset248-j3t]

Thank you this video was great!

[@serenartix]

Thank you bro! That was very helpful

[@EffectiveCo]

Glad it helped!

[@Tanaka_Mhuka]

My eyes, my eyeeeees. When he switched to light mode

[@dimitrydoronkin]

Thank you.

[@Rubbernecker]

Excellent video!!!

[@EffectiveCo]

Glad you liked it!

[@BFC1372]

Thanks!!!

[@dms06dotte]

Nice walkthrough, but I immediately wanted to thumbs down when you switched from dark mode to light mode. Why blind us?

[@EffectiveCo]

I’ve gotten feedback that dark mode is hard to see on video, so that’s why. Sorry for blinding you - hopefully you can still see 🙈

[@dms06dotte]

@@EffectiveCo S'all good. Keep up the nice obsidian vids!

[@timbushell8640]

@@EffectiveCo In both modes, the 'lines' and dots of the graph view are general too thin and not zoomed into when there are say a dozen or so nodes...

[@WrittenTalesMagazine]

I like the light mode. Darkmode is to make you blind.

[@drlauch2256]

It should be a crime to use it in whitemode :-9

[@1conscience0dimension]

light mode really? this guy is retro

[@4GENS]

The first thing you do is set it to light mode.. I just had to dislike the video quickly, will keep watching though

[@EffectiveCo]

Yeah apparently I can't keep everyone happy - when I have it in dark mode I get comments asking for light 😅

[@gravelmann_outdoor]

left bracket?? WTF``

[@enlightenment6278]

What a load of gobbledygook how does that actually work as a bloodied database mate