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0:00:00 Welcome
0:01:18 Intro
0:01:29 What We're talking about today
0:02:17 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
0:02:37 An Important Caveat about the fluidity of a PKM system
0:03:56 WHAT IS A PKM SYSTEM
0:04:56 What is your end goal
0:06:27 quick capture
0:08:44 Status tracking
0:10:34 Search and filter how do you find anything
0:12:11 publish.obsidian.md/bryan-jenks/Tag+Taxonomy
0:12:34 forum.obsidian.md/t/cataloging-classification-information-science-pkms-and-you/10071
0:12:40 brimwats.com/
0:16:22 Association Traversal
0:18:35 How rigid of a structure
0:25:55 Temporal Components
0:28:41 Input Types
0:32:28 Curation
0:33:54 notes.andymatuschak.org/
0:36:57 Aesthetics
0:40:30 bryanjenkstech.ck.page/d4ec0713d5
0:40:40 Automation
0:42:54 Smart Lens
0:46:12 The how where what not the why
0:49:11 WHATS IN MY PKM SYSTEM
0:49:20 My Goals
0:55:08 courses.santiyounger.com/p/logseq/?affcode=775338_wu68gpko
0:55:09 kzbin.info/www/bejne/amSzfKBmicushM0
0:58:25 My Quick Capture Workflow
1:00:06 Todoist
1:02:30 I externalize as much of my brain into software as possible
1:02:53 Note Templates
1:03:19 publish.obsidian.md/bryan-jenks/Tag+Taxonomy
1:09:39 My meta Templater Template
1:12:22 Kanban Boards
1:13:55 The Dataview kanban board
1:16:00 Mobile quick capture
1:16:23 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHTKkGiOiZKLbK8
1:17:37 My Status Tracking Strategies
1:22:31 How I Search and Filter My Notes
1:36:18 How I Traverse My Notes
1:47:54 bryanjenkstech.ck.page/d4ec0713d5
1:48:50 How I Leverage Temporal Components
1:52:54 LITERATURE NOTE PROCESSING
1:53:28 BOOKS
1:53:30 analog
1:54:11 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH3ZlH2vj86ci6s
1:55:38 textsniper.app/?ref=bryanjenks
1:58:59 pdfs
2:01:41 kindle ebooks
2:04:03 TWEETS
2:07:11 PODCASTS this one is a mess
2:16:00 VIDEOS
2:16:44 memex
2:21:59 ARTICLES
2:22:46 raindrop io
2:27:24 my raindrop binary tags
2:32:36 RESEARCH PAPERS
2:34:12 Research Rabbit magic to come
2:35:50 Zotero extension to get all your research papers
2:39:34 Zotero workflow
2:41:05 Zotero collections
2:47:09 Writing in Gingkoapp
2:49:20 academic networking services bonus
2:52:19 THOUGHTS
2:55:00 EVERGREEN NOTES
2:56:45 Atomic notes
2:58:25 evergreen notes
2:59:34 API note titles
3:01:25 external frameworks for thought
3:02:14 heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-a-programmer/
3:07:15 MAPS OF CONTENT
3:13:25 ZETTELKASTEN PKM ADHD AND YOU
3:22:01 WHAT PLUGINS AM I USING
3:22:15 add codemirror matchbrackets js
3:23:31 advanced tables
3:26:09 Better word count
3:26:41 calendar
3:27:32 copy code block
3:28:25 cycle through panes
3:29:55 Dataview
3:30:33 editor syntax highlight
3:30:43 extended mathjax
3:31:08 file explorer note count
3:32:04 full-screen mode
3:32:23 highlgiht public notes
3:33:11 kanban
3:33:35 kindle highlights
3:33:56 metatable
3:34:24 mindmap
3:35:36 NLP dates
3:36:10 pane relief
3:36:42 paste URL
3:37:21 periodic notes
3:37:44 recent files
3:37:59 relevant line number
3:38:33 show current open note
3:38:45 review
3:39:43 sliding panes
3:40:42 super charged links
3:41:11 random note
3:41:39 tag wrangler
3:42:22 templater
3:46:05 zoom
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4:03:15 Closing
4:03:19 THANK YOU, SPONSORS AND PATRONS
4:04:05 outro

[@BryanJenks]

Some men just want to watch the world learn 😊I hope you all enjoy this behemoth of a video! I don't have it in me to do courses right now with all my priorities, but if you enjoyed the video and want to show some form of appreciation, these are the best ways: Free: - Share the video, send it any/everywhere, interact with it, comments, likes, subscribe you know the whole deal One Time (links in description): - Paypal - BuyMeACoffee Ongoing support Best to least greatest (links in description): - GitHub Sponsors - Patreon - BuyMeACoffee Membership - KZbin Membership Affiliate Links: - TextSniper: textsniper.app/?ref=bryanjenks

[@bitesizemath8886]

Bryan, nice video!! And thank you so much to put this out. Do you mind share what app you used to tape this? Is it Loom or something else? thx!!

[@BryanJenks]

@@bitesizemath8886 i just use Streamlabs OBS :)

[@austeinganoe294]

Bryan, thank you so much for freely giving of so much wisdom. Curious, do you use GTD for task and project org?

[@austeinganoe294]

Hey Bryan - thank you so much for all of this free information. What do you do for email, specifically annotating and organize read later?

[@devangann6570]

Is there any way you'd share the outline note you go over at least in the beginning? My ADHD is struggling to ingest all the information at once this way lol

[@pablov6919]

Dude 4 hours of pure productivity extasis. This man works so hard and releases all this info for free, thanks a lot Bryan

[@ariahemin1000]

My only question why? Why all this complexity? I have no time for this i have to get working now💪. Looking for a very simple system 😁

[@joelhedtjarn9]

​@@ariahemin1000 This is all about production capacity (PC). By spending time improving your skills and processes, you will increase your capacity of producing (P) good work. If you spend the majority of your time producing (P) and not improving the way you work, your level of productivity will probably stay the same, ie. not improve. Ideally, there should be a balance between P and PC, so it's up to you whether you want to prioritise improvement or production. This person probably started off with a simple system, but wanted to improve it further to help him become more productive. The complexity is a byproduct of that.

[@Jack-gp3rk]

@@joelhedtjarn9 That's an important point. I guess one probably needs to start with a simpler system and maintain discipline to it for some time. Then reflect, adjust, try for some time and again - reflect, adjust. With the time you'll get to some complexity but in an organic way - that's a more effective way than starting with top-down planned, complex systems. The one shown here by Bryan looks very neat, though might be overwhelming at the beginning, nobody has to copy it 1:1. For me it's a source of great inspiration, so I'll grab some ideas from it, adjust for my style and will something working for me - as I think everybody should do by himself/herself.

[@murali6188]

Lol I had to 1.5x but its worth :)

[@paperlessmove]

1:55:33 is pure gold. Key Takeaway: "Most people just listen to the author's passive voice in their head when reading a book instead of having an active thought process to what they are actually reading."

[@BryanJenks]

❤️

[@e_f_o]

This video took me from "Obsidian looks cool, but is it useful?" to "I really understand how this works and what I am going to do" in 4 hours. Thanks, Bryan!

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alejofernandez2283]

This kind of videos are game-changer. This along with "How to take smart notes will definitely level-up your knowledge system as I think Obsidian is the most appropiate app to build bottom-up notes. I'm sure Luhmann will be proud of you :)

[@AlexPlatte]

I'm only mad at myself that I waited this long to check out this video. This is tremendously helpful, and I can't thank you enough, not only for sharing your own personal choices and sophisticated system, but giving so much background on *alternatives* and your *reasoning* behind the choices you've made. As someone early in building PKM inside of Obsidian, this is invaluable--even many months later.

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it helped!

[@nisheetpatel2654]

My man, you are an absolute beast! It makes me so happy to see people like you in the world. You are pretty much what every person with ADHD dreams to be someday. I cannot thank you enough for putting out such quality content for free.

[@BryanJenks]

[@mwalderino5110]

This is my first KZbin comment...ever, but I had to leave it because as a young woman with AGRESSIVE ADHD, the fact that you were able to get me to sit down and watch a 4 hour video AND digest it. My elementary school teachers wouldn't believe their eyes. Thank you so much. Great work! Your commitment and passion for your work shows. This might actually be the first organizational system (in a long, long list of unfinished to-do lists, productivity apps, planners) that works for all aspects of my life. Thank you Bryan!

[@BryanJenks]

This was lovely to hear ❤️ im glad you enjoyed the video!

[@josepineda-yt]

IMO, Best video to learn Obsidian PKM... including pay courses. Great, great content... as usual.

[@chrisso1973]

Bryan, you are an absolute legend. Thank you for your skill, knowledge and generosity. This is a course in itself. So, who the hell would give this a thumbs down?!!! Bloody trolls!

[@BryanJenks]

didnt have the headspace to package it as a course, so hoping donations to show the love will shine through 😅

[@dlm2133]

Probably other ADHD youtubers who are competing. 🙄

[@jorgeburgos6491]

¡Gracias!👏

[@BryanJenks]

Thank you for the support!

[@StevenMichels]

There's so much wisdom here--a must-watch for anyone who uses Obsidian. When I was not learning something new, I was affirmed in my current practices. Many thank yous, Bryan!

[@BryanJenks]

Glad you got so much out of it!

[@carrieben-yisrael8206]

Gorgeous and right on time. As I am working toward completing my masters in instructional design for adults and a PhD in adult learning and leadership - this is GOLD on so many levels - from content and how to structure my learning environments for neurodiversity. Thank you!!

[@BryanJenks]

My pleasure! And your pursuit sounds SUPER interesting! Glad to be able to help :)

[@dustinduits373]

I am SO excited to have found another Heathen ADHDer who is using Obsidian to PKM. I was using Roam and am moving over to Obsidian now and your content is super helpful and I totally vibe with it!

[@BryanJenks]

haha thats a lot of my eccentricities all in a single sentence! glad youre enjoying the content :)

[@diegos1905]

Seriously thank you. You have put an unthinkable amount of effort on this and content quality never drops through the video. Respect my man.

[@BryanJenks]

❤️ glad you liked it!

[@dannythedabbler]

I've been trying to get a foothold in understanding obsidian and how people use it for days with no luck until I found this video. It even has all the acronyms that I've been trying to get resolution on!

[@BryanJenks]

[@Sterlingrose4]

Watching this incredible video and not paying for it would be indecent. I joined your Patreon, hope others will too. What a generous act to share this, Bryan. Thank you.

[@BryanJenks]

Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@gideon9136]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎥 The video covers an updated comprehensive workflow for Obsidian and Zettelkasten note-taking system. 00:39 📚 The video introduces the personal knowledge management (PKM) concept and the importance of setting clear goals for your system. 01:21 📝 Quick capture of ideas is crucial for effective note-taking and productivity. Different methods like daily notes, task management software, and capturing prompts are discussed. 02:03 📌 Tracking the status of notes throughout the processing stages is essential. Different stages of processing and tracking methods are explained. 06:01 📂 The video compares rigid and less rigid note organization systems. It covers Johny Decimal, a method for structured folder organization, and the benefits of freeform folder systems. 07:41 📆 The importance of adding dates (ISO 8601 format) to note titles is emphasized for chronological sorting and tracking, aiding searches and temporal organization. 08:52 🧰 The video explains the benefits of using filters and saved searches to navigate and traverse your note collection effectively. 10:58 🔄 The presenter highlights the fluid nature of these methods and systems, emphasizing the need to focus on achieving productivity and meaningful outcomes. 12:49 🛠️ The video demonstrates the practical implementation of concepts like special symbol taxonomy, regular expression searches, and Johny Decimal in Obsidian. 18:28 📚 The benefits of a flexible note organization system are reiterated, where notes can be easily tagged, linked, and categorized without the limitations of rigid folder structures. 22:23 📚 Freeform vs. Rigid Structure: There's a preference for a freeform approach for idea connections, but rigid systems like JohnnyDecimal can be useful for certain needs. 23:04 🧠 Hierarchical Notes: Creating higher-order notes to group related content instead of connecting every note individually, providing a more organized approach. 25:08 🗃️ Folders vs. Freeform: While freeform note organization can work, having some level of structure with connections, indexes, and mock maps helps with scalability. 26:19 ⏰ Temporal Components: Utilize temporal components like daily notes or journal entries to create timelines and track progress through linked content. 28:54 💡 Thought Facilitation: Use techniques like ABC lists to generate associations and connections between notes, helping flesh out content and connections. 30:48 🔍 Curating and Reviewing: Strategies for curating your notes include randomly traversing your connections, reviewing notes at intervals, and focusing on specific topics for curation. 35:12 🛠️ Tool Selection: Choose tools and plugins that enhance productivity and align with your goals, rather than getting distracted by unnecessary features. 42:51 🚀 Iterative Approach: Start with a minimum viable product, build your system over time, and iterate based on your evolving needs and insights. 43:18 📅 Using Data View queries and smart folders for efficient note organization and tracking edits. 44:14 📊 Utilizing network graphs in Obsidian for visualizing note connections and relationships. 46:20 📚 Practical aspects of a Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system, including organization and curation strategies. 48:12 🤔 Focusing on practical use cases rather than abstract theories of why a PKM system is beneficial. 54:07 💻 Migrating technical notes to specialized platforms while keeping Obsidian for creative and broader knowledge management. 56:01 📜 Separating different use cases within your Obsidian vault for better organization and focus. 58:36 📝 Utilizing Todoist for efficient task quick capture and organization, along with natural language processing. 01:04:53 📝 Purple tags indicate notes with information or citations requiring further research. 01:05:23 🌱 Different tag levels distinguish seedlings, ferns, incubators, and evergreen notes. 01:06:49 📅 Task management integrates with Obsidian and TODOist for specific knowledge-related tasks. 01:07:29 🗺️ Maps of content are created to visualize relationships between different subjects. 01:07:57 ⚙️ Utility notes help organize and navigate the Obsidian vault more effectively. 01:09:21 🏷️ Templates are used to automate note creation and categorization using the Templater plugin. 01:10:30 ✏️ Text expansions via Alfred App speed up tagging using specific shortcuts. 01:12:22 📊 The Kanban plugin helps manage processing stages and track note progress. 01:13:17 ⚠️ The Urgent tag is rarely used, as Obsidian and TODOist handle different urgency levels. 01:13:44 👥 People notes categorize individuals and notable figures in the vault. 01:14:11 🔗 Graph groupings and custom CSS aid visualization of note connections. 01:15:56 🕵️‍♂️ Search techniques involve combining symbol taxonomy, dates, and tags for efficient retrieval. 01:39:21 📝 Utilizing links and emojis instead of folders reduces cognitive load, friction, and facilitates organic growth while maintaining a flexible and easily scalable structure. 01:49:37 🌐 The speaker highlights the utility of organizing notes using a low friction, interconnected system, such as linking daily, weekly, monthly, and annual notes. 01:52:12 📚 The speaker outlines his workflow for processing books, which includes reading physical books with Obsidian, using Zotero for PDF books, and capturing Kindle highlights. 02:04:06 🎧 Air application, available on iOS and in beta for Android, allows users to record and transcribe podcast clips (called "air quotes") with added notes for efficient note-taking during podcasts. 02:09:24 📄 Sharing air quotes via long pressing the share button and sending as markdown via AirDrop. 02:16:18 📺 Using Memex browser extension to capture annotations and time-stamped links from KZbin videos. 02:20:06 📚 Storing and processing articles using Raindrop.io, capturing snapshot archives for web page content. 02:22:18 🗂 Organizing articles with nested collections and using tags, such as "0" for unread items. 02:23:50 📬 Transitioning items from the inbox to a focus area for detailed processing and note-taking. 02:30:17 🔗 Processed notes go into "Settle Cost and Inputs Archive" with proper organization, sorting, and tagging. 02:32:35 📚 Discusses research paper workflow involving tools like Research Rabbit, Zotero, and Ginkgo app. 02:47:15 ✍️ Recommends Ginkgo app for writing and organizing research notes with its card-based system. 02:49:38 🔄 Orchid and Lens.org for networking, identification, and sharing academic work. 02:50:36 📊 Use Lens.org and Orcid to track research impact and discover scholarly works. 02:52:02 📄 Workflow for processing research papers using Zotero and tablet annotation. 02:52:30 🎙️ Utilize voice assistants and Todoist for capturing quick ideas. 02:54:23 🧭 Create atomic notes, link them, and curate a framework for thought. 03:01:07 📝 Apply the external framework for thought to writing and creativity. 03:09:07 🏷️ Use tags and graphs to identify potential MoCs and refine your system. 03:11:16 🧩 Dataview in Obsidian doesn't directly connect links in data view to the notes themselves, but offers a lens into connected content. 03:12:09 🌐 Creating maps of content in Obsidian offers an organic and non-nested way of organizing information with higher-order views. 03:13:33 🧠 ADHD struggles can align well with Zettelkasten systems, using structure, top-level organization, and reduced decision-making to manage cognitive load. 03:18:02 🔌 Plugins like "Better Word Count," "Calendar," and "Copy Button for Code Blocks" enhance the Obsidian experience with useful functionalities. 03:18:30 ⚙️ ADHD management benefits from tools like Obsidian and Zettelkasten, reducing cognitive load by externalizing thoughts and utilizing software. 03:22:11 💻 Obsidian plugins such as "Advanced Tables," "Cycle Through Panes," and "Dataview" enhance organization, navigation, and content management within the software. 03:32:03 🧠 Obsidian has various plugins that enhance workflows. 03:33:43 📚 Kindle Highlights plugin aids in managing Kindle notes. 03:34:11 📋 Meta table plugin creates collapsible visual metadata display. 03:34:25 🗺️ Mind map plugin visualizes note structure. 03:36:05 📎 Plugins for paste URL, pain relief, and history navigation. 03:37:03 🔄 Periodic notes plugin facilitates creating monthly notes. 03:37:47 🚪 Sliding panes improve note visibility. 03:39:05 🛠️ Templater plugin for creating and using templates. 03:40:15 🔍 Zoom plugin for focused writing. 03:47:05 📚 Recommended resources include "How to Take Smart Notes," Obsidian, Raindrop.io, Kindle, and more. 03:53:21 🐇 Research Rabbit is a paper discovery service that aids in finding research papers. 03:54:45 ✍️ Ginkgo App is a paid, versatile writing application with focus and card workflows. 03:55:14 📑 Memex helps annotate KZbin videos; Highlights is a PDF viewer for Mac. 03:55:39 📖 Highlights is a freemium PDF editor with useful features for research. 03:56:07 📃 Text Sniper is a Mac OCR tool for easily copying text from sources like PDFs. 03:56:50 📚 Speed reading with browser extension aids reading retention. 03:59:00 📝 Logseq, a free and open source app, helps organize technical notes and code. 03:59:40 ⌨️ Alfred App on Mac is a versatile app launcher and productivity tool. 04:00:20 ➗ Math Picks is useful for capturing and exporting math equations. 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[@BryanJenks]

Nice

[@enzorocha2977]

The points you've made here are real eye-openers. For example, that comment about folders and data being messy because they're not organized into said folders isn't really the nightmare we all were trained to believe from childhood. Mind blown! And that's just early in the video; what a goldmine. Thanks so much.

[@BryanJenks]

glad it resonated :)

[@gsatwood]

I'll be honest, I let out an audible sigh when I say how long the video was, but I broke it up into chunks and watched it all (some parts more than once). Excellent walk through of how you process information and full of great suggestions for people (like me) who struggle with this. Some of it was over my head, but that's OK, because it's good to see how people have created more advanced systems even if even component isn't clear. There are lots of nuggets here for everyone to use, however. For example, I love the empty "tag" page (you called it "society" in your example) that can turn into a MOC later. I also liked the way you described using long descriptive names for your new notes. Thanks so much for taking the time to share. It's really appreciated.

[@BryanJenks]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) it's a long one for sure but thats why i add all the time stamps xD

[@themaikimo]

Finally completed full 1st pass through. I can tell I'm making progress because more of your clever ideas make sense sooner. 😉 Thanks so much!

[@BryanJenks]

[@ryanwhite6381]

Thanks!

[@BryanJenks]

My pleasure :)

[@danrfletch]

First time I stumbled across your channel. I'm honestly blown away at just how comprehensive, in depth and useful this video was. Hats off man, thank you 👏

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pcartisan2721]

Thumbs up given at 1:26 No need to wait, all of your videos are good Bryan!

[@TheAmazinRaven1]

Thank you for this beast of a video, Bryan. I wish I had time to watch it in a straight shot bc this is so incredible 😭

[@BryanJenks]

take your time :) glad you enjoy it!

[@kacperch7211]

Well, I've spent 4 hours yesterday to take notes and comprehend workflow video from 2020, and now that i've found that one, i can look in what those are different and build onto knowledge gathered yesterday to improve. Buy this man a coffe!

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it helped!

[@huangwei9664]

A hardcore video for sharing the obsidian workflow, respect! I have learned a lot and got many insightful ideas and cool tricks. Thank you so much!

[@BryanJenks]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@guidocalderini2381]

Thank you very much for taking the time to do this. It really is a game changer for my master's degree.

[@BryanJenks]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@nexuslux]

I've rewatched this video in chunks in 5-6x. You're a legend.

[@BryanJenks]

♥️

[@yongminkim3187]

I can't speak English well, but I watched all the videos. Thank you. Thank you for opening my eyes.

[@BryanJenks]

glad you liked them!

[@noahshaju2401]

Bryan, simply put, i'm left speechless by the grand value and insight of this video! Brilliant effort!

[@BryanJenks]

[@thomascurro1405]

Wow this content is so good. I'm just 15mins in but already so many challenging questions have come to mind regarding my folder based setup. Thanks so much Bryan !!

[@tofuredbull]

I appreciate your effort to make this video for us. It is one of the best videos about Obsidian that I've watched !

[@BryanJenks]

Wow, thank you!

[@지구과학지니쌤]

I loooooooove this vedio. I’ve had a million of note taking apps and a bunch of zettlecasten books. But this one vedio dump the overwhelming shits and get me back on right track.

[@BryanJenks]

Glad you found it helpful :)

[@지구과학지니쌤]

As another person who deal with ADHD, it’s much more meaningful 😂😂

[@AndiMeyer]

I tought about Obsidian for quite a while now. I will retire in September, so I will not need MS Office anymore, and I decided to move my notes form OneNote to Obsidian. Your Videos really helped me with my decision. One remark: The tagging with red or yellow squares is not working for me. It just triggers a negative emotional firework (Help, I havt to many loose ends). I decided to use ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 instead ... and all the negative emotions are gone.

[@BryanJenks]

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@danieldurling]

🐄 this is amazing! I was just working through your previous markdown deep dive (and am going to check out your RStudio stuff too). Thanks!

[@BryanJenks]

Enjoy!

[@fighterlife3644]

謝謝！

[@BryanJenks]

thank you for your support!

[@MrCromakey]

WOW Priceless 🙏 Bryan, thank you for your generosity!!

[@pursiii6345]

Dude, your graph view is a literal work of art.

[@BryanJenks]

thank you :)

[@slimepsychic]

I'm using Obsidian these days. Its nice to finally have an app that uses concepts I've been using for 15+ years now (plain text/markdown, taxonomies, tags, hyperlinking, etc). I used to hyperfocus on this stuff a lot, writing about the LoC system, RSS, book notes, sketchnoting conferences etc. You're doing a great job of explaining things. Please take care of yourself, as the burnout around productivity hyperfocuses are a bitch.

[@BryanJenks]

im trying to :) therapy and my partner have helped a lot and things seem to be mellowing out a lot lately so 🤞🏻️

[@lorriemaseyLMS]

I have come back to this video many times! I know it is a lot of time, but I would love to see your 2023 or 2024 setup!!

[@BryanJenks]

Gonna try to do a 2024 :)

[@FeryalKurdi]

I know we shouldn't be transcribers, however, sometimes things are too novel and difficult for initial processing. For us to branch out with unique ideas, we must first "memorize" and store the given data in our "skills toolbox" for later use. What are your thoughts?

[@BryanJenks]

do what works for you :)

[@glassrooster]

So so helpful! Thanks you for sharing! I appreciate the work you put into this. Your over view and explanations are excellent!

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@samplayzmc3756]

This video is so descriptive and insightful. A video on how you use Obsidian with your studies in College would be very interesting. I am currently in first year of College and I would find a lot of value from a video on how you use Obsidian to link material and notes. Especially since you doing a Computer Science based course.

[@BryanJenks]

since i study a more technical field its basically just me working on my dev notes, not really notes how most others think of them, and most of my studying is just Anki flashcards and watching videos 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Hope-xl9ut]

Honestly, I've watched a ton of videos and keep *thinking* I get it only to add the template I made during said videos to my first note and have things quickly crumble as I stress about what templates *I* need, all the options and possibilities, etc. Which is to say, I kept wondering if perhaps all the KZbinrs sharing info about Zettelkasten/Obsidian just don't deal with ADHD :P Not even 5 minutes into this and you've already mentioned ADHD and I can see in your script that you'll talk about it later. Yours isn't a perspective I would have thought to seek, but now I'm realizing it's one I very much need. Really appreciate the hard work you've put into this, thank you!

[@BryanJenks]

glad you resonate with the content :)

[@PaulDickson7]

I love organising my files in folders. It's nice that you can still do both in Obsidian

[@BryanJenks]

Options!

[@EasyX2y]

Danke!

[@BryanJenks]

Bitte!

[@ProductivePM]

You Rock Bryan! So anticipating this . . . thank you for your efforts!

[@BryanJenks]

always great to see you here Greg :)

[@blakesmith7951]

As a person recently diagnosed with ADHD (at 24) hearing your experience with ADHD has been so valuable. Thank you so much for your work

[@BryanJenks]

im so glad you've found value in it

[@amakarov001]

Grazie.

[@BryanJenks]

Prego!

[@timothyreal]

2:52:40 The other man who invented calculus was Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz. He's also well-known for being parodied by Voltaire in his book "Candide".

[@BryanJenks]

That rings a bell! thank you!

[@arjaye1528]

Thank you so much, as someone just getting into using Obsidian and Zettelkasten, this video is heaven-sent. However I have some confusion about tags/keywords. In “How to Take Smart Notes” the author mentions that the Zettelkasten isn’t meant to be used as an archive (not to assume that you mainly use it this way but perhaps this software makes it possible without getting overwhelmed in which case why not use it that way too?) and that as opposed to selective and economical use of keywords, broad keywords/tags(or links in your case) like “Psychology”, “Society” might make it more difficult to gather notes focused/structured to the specific context suited to our needs as a significant part of the thinking process.. in his words, “with an eye towards topics we are working on or interested in, never by looking at the note in isolation.” I can understand how it might help in serendipitous discovery of ideas using the MOCs on first hitting critical mass yet these MOCs themselves may collect thousands of notes over a long period of time and form too similar collections with other MOCs that make it difficult to navigate through to create something meaningful in a different context is this because this software/ your organizational method accommodates this kind of approach as well as the streamlined archiving capabilities of Obsidian that you use it this way? Or in your experience, do you find that it helps your process more to do it this way? Or is there another reason?

[@BryanJenks]

having trouble digesting the wall of text (ADHD) question would be better suited for github.com/BryanJenksCommunity/FAQ/discussions and with some bullet point questions :) apologies

[@OttoVanluchene]

Halfway through! Thank you for the breakdown. Will continue tomorrow.

[@BryanJenks]

awesome :)

[@jessatlife]

Omg yay! Can't wait. :) Thanks for doing this, Bryan!

[@hacker-dom]

Thanks

[@BryanJenks]

thank you for your donations :)

[@senorcoconut5635]

This is so very well done, thought, explained, and generously shared. Many thanks from the old continent Bryan.

[@BryanJenks]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@abdullahalhashem986]

Joined because you mentioned Johnny decimal, I missed that so much ! Thanks :)

[@BryanJenks]

my pleasure!

[@treymoore5109]

This is great. Thanks so much for putting this together. I plan to listen to all 4 hours!

[@karjala.]

1:08:13 Thanks for the video. Can you explain why do you both the "@" symbol and 👤 emoji for people? Why one method is not enough and whats the benefits of having those two?

[@BryanJenks]

multiple ways to search/sort/filter gives me options as my vault scales in size

[@Erick-hl3nm]

Finally I finish 4 hours !! thanks a lot Bryan for your job! this video is really useful

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kedityt]

Really good job man. Watched it from start to finish taking notes on taking notes. It’s really reassuring to know once I practice enough this system can become this powerful.

[@BryanJenks]

its fun for sure

[@felix393]

great video! took me a while to fully process all the things you said, but it surely inspired me to change a few things in my own vault. I was wondering though, given the fact that you use emojis as an integral part of your tagging system already, why don't you use them to prefix your notes instead of the symbol taxonomy (i.e.: @ for people)?

[@BryanJenks]

it doesnt play well on windows and really makes cross platform utilization difficult

[@felix393]

@@BryanJenks many thx for the reply! I use them to prefix almost all my files and as a windows user myself I havn't experienced any such issues yet, but I'll def keep my eyes open now that you have mentioned it.

[@BryanJenks]

@@felix393 weird that you havent had issues, i specifically had an issue with using ✅ in a note name. odd

[@nijataliyev9372]

thank you for sharing this valuable information! I am glad you decided to do KZbin!

[@BryanJenks]

You are so welcome!

[@Jaszunai]

Really great information. Anyone know if there is a way on PC to go back 30 seconds in a video? Sometimes I miss something and want to go back and hear it again.

[@BryanJenks]

Left arrow key?

[@gouisedeau]

Hi Bryan, This is amazing to see how you master and manage this system of note taking. And still I watched this 4h video from A to Z, I'm overwhelm by all the stuff you've putted in. I would love if you could find the time to make a series of tutorials of how to set up this entier thing. I'm whiling to pay ;)

[@BryanJenks]

this is why i do consulting :) www.bryanjenks.dev/consultation

[@onlybryanliu]

I needed a water break after 1hr mark; I don't know how you went on for 4 hrs. Good stuff, really appreciate your insights on this

[@BryanJenks]

took me 8 months to get this thing filmed 🙃

[@Grizzlywer]

I just watched this whole video while taking notes in Notepad++ and downloading + setting up plugin for Obsidian. Hopefully I will get into practice and do not let my theoretical knowledge fall off.

[@BryanJenks]

❤️

[@patrickprucha5522]

Not finished your video yet, but wanted to add some comments / ideas while i was watching the video a) You are very articulate when doing your video. Also, just generally, you are very well spoken b) Im intrigued by your method and reasons for doing the vault and pkm. Another idea that popped up while you were describing the different facets of capturing,classifying, processing,etc data/notes makes me think your method or process work flow would be ideal for AI. I would be surprised if the computer scientist are not using something very similar to this process. c) and to prove b), the network graph view of your vault looks very much like a brain to me. And by AI using a similar process that you describe, would have a similar view of its brain! just letting you know what thoughts popped out while watching your video! Excellent by the way :)

[@BryanJenks]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Like an AI model I’m constantly training on new data and adjusting the workflow :)

[@edgardawson5384]

Thank you and congratulations. Your work is a sign of excellence.

[@BryanJenks]

Thank you!

[@SuperMastiff]

Så gøy å høre at du lærer norsk! Takk for videoen 😊

[@BryanJenks]

Bare Hyggelig! Norsk er et fint språk!

[@martinmusli3044]

The audacity to upload a 4 hour video... but 160k people actually watching it... Amazing!

[@BryanJenks]

well, tried to pack it full of dense and valuable information so it seems to have paid off :)

[@balabunat]

Wish i have at least 1/100 of your workflow setup and so fine tuned information pipeline. This video is worth to be instant favourites for further dismantle and applying these techniques in action 👍

[@BryanJenks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@frederickthethird5302]

My brain is being expanded very second I watch you! I hope it won't explode.

[@BryanJenks]

🤯

[@HumbleScience]

Todoist seems amazing! But...they are not at all privacy, data protection, or algorithmic risk concerned, which is a total drag. Is there a second-best option that addresses these needs in addition to the various ones connected with quick capture?

[@BryanJenks]

i settled on todoist so im not too sure

[@chayatonsubchavaroj1285]

3:38:45 Mind sharing the Templater code you use to automate the dates on daily journal that works with Review?

[@BryanJenks]

ask me here: github.com/BryanJenksCommunity/FAQ/discussions

[@chickenwings273]

Thank you for this Bryan! Great insights and perspective on using different apps for a really wonderful workflow.

[@BryanJenks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@themaikimo]

Not only thank you, but also bravo for getting it made!

[@BryanJenks]

Thank you very much!

[@heleneschaunard5549]

It's a great video, but it seems a bit too advanced to me. I'm really new to the whole knowledge management thing, is there a beginner's guide on it?

[@BryanJenks]

i have an older comprehensive video, and if you need hands on 1:1 help i also offer consulting for this type of work www.bryanjenks.dev/consultation

[@atmamont]

Okay I immediately started to follow your advices and put a link to this video in my daily note!

[@BryanJenks]

[@lucabartsch123]

This is awesome. Thank you for your content, it's really helping me with my work.

[@BryanJenks]

You're very welcome!

[@Mindreaderli]

Hi sir, thanks for your hard work on this serious topic….to learn to master something,there is no short cut.

[@BryanJenks]

[@johndray2326]

Bryan, thank you! This is such a treasure trove. A 🐄. Even better, you can link Research Rabbit to Zotero, making that workflow even slicker.

[@BryanJenks]

My pleasure :)

[@baumgartner53]

Thank you so much for learning from your thinking and experiences! I started learning Obsidian two weeks ago; therefore, your video was a fantastic opportunity to get an overview of everything I have to consider! --- After watching your video several times (!) I still have some questions. Hopefully, this is the right place to ask: (A) Could it be that you mixed up the description of the Full-Screen Focus Mode plugin with the Maximize Active Pane plugin? (3:32:04) (B) I agree with your (almost no) tags approach in Obsidian, but why the difference with so many tags in Zotero? Is it the progressive tagging feature in Zotero? But progressive tagging would also be feasible in Obsidian by creating an `AND` search. (C) Do very long note titles or special characters in front of note titles not destroy the fantastic "Unlinkend mentions" feature of Obsidian? (D) Could it be that processed input notes will grow and become, after some time, evergreen notes? Then you need to change many things (titles, tags) because you differentiate between the source/genesis of your notes, e.g., you have a different system for input notes and for your own ideas/notes. Or did I misunderstand the whole idea? Please forgive me if some (or all) questions are nonsense…

[@BryanJenks]

i may have mixed them up, not sure

[@MK-un5qp]

Thank you so much for the detailed and dedicated tutorial!

[@BryanJenks]

my pleasure!

[@krystinacdg]

A huge congratulations for such a useful video, I enjoyed every minute of it, three times :)

[@BryanJenks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@qwertyqart]

10:50 "so how do you find what you need to find in that mess" - well, great that you ask that question because this video is 4 hours long, there's a lot of good tidbits in this video. so how do I find what I need from this video?

[@BryanJenks]

The time stamps I meticulously made in the description

[@DjNarrative]

Thanks so much for this Bryan & your other videos - i find this really helpful in navigating my own adhd after setting up a couple of previous complex systems with notion & evernote that had too much friction to work well enough for my use case. I wanted to ask you if you had any experience integrating the breadcrumbs plugin, as from what i can see it seems to add some useful functionality to a zettelkasten based system, and so im wondering if it contains any functionality that is particularly useful, that is otherwise not possible with your current structure setup. All the best & thanks again for your sharing.

[@BryanJenks]

i played with that plugin a little bit but i prefer the dot notation of dendron over that plugin specifically

[@DjNarrative]

@@BryanJenks Thank for replying Bryan - That looks well above my my of technical level so id better stick with breadcrumbs if its worth integrating :) I've followed the guides but would you be able to suggest if using breadcrumbs enable any particular functionality for a newly setup zettelkasten based system if im already using the hard links, tags & MOCs mentioned in your tutorial?

[@jagadish_das]

Thank you Very helpful and clear video! I wish you every success!

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it helped!

[@blubblubber9460]

I'm not even planning on using obsidian, but this video contains a lot of great concepts that I can apply to other software (in my case emacs).

[@BryanJenks]

thats the aim :) tool agnostic enough yet still targeted for obsidian, glad you got value out of it!

[@davidlythgoe809]

Thank you, Bryan. You are a rock star!

[@BryanJenks]

[@heathblandford6493]

this video is incredible. a tremendous resource. thank you!!

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tomato778]

Curious how do you study for CompTIA certification using Obsidian(Heard you saying in one of your LiveStreams about CompTIA)? Have you created a video around this topic. I am intrested to see how do you utilize a concept heavy technical topic in Obsidian. No youtubers have really shown how obsidian can be actually used for technical heavy topics. Would love to see some real usecases of Obsidian. b.t.w this is a great video.

[@BryanJenks]

I'm actually just using Anki, reading the material, doing the labs, and sometimes notes in Logseq for technical content, thats about it!

[@KiraTheUnleashed]

Thanks a lot for the great video :) Because of your help I was able to get ligatures working in Obsidian :)

[@BryanJenks]

awesome!

[@iot3136]

Hi Bryan, Thanks a heap mate🙏🏽. This is excellent. @2:44:56 to @2:50:00 you are mentioning how your annotated notes are extracted to Obsidian. If you don’t mind may I ask ; what plug-in used to convert extracted notes to .md files? And when you open that file I noticed in your Obsidian there are other text other than the extracted notes. Did you extracted those notes to a template.md file? or Did you manually added those meta data? (i.e. Date, Title, Authors, Bibliography - because i didn’t notice you highlighted those data in your pdf file before extracting). Thank you again.

[@BryanJenks]

zotfile rips annotations to zotero notes, mdnotes takes zotero notes and extracts the markdown and templates in mdnotes in the zotero settings can configure it to export metadata like author, etc. :) i have several videos on this workflow!

[@iot3136]

Thanks a heap @@BryanJenks

[@jesparent-JOPRO]

This is really useful ty. Any plans to make any upcoming updates for 2022? It doesn't seem to be particularly outdated, so I wouldn't expect it.

[@BryanJenks]

lol no plans as of yet, it took too long to even make the 2021 version lol biggest change is that i use dendron for my DevLog these days

[@griselaugustin1919]

Hi Bryan, I really loved your video. Thank to you I am now organised in my notes and in my scientific papers!! Thank you so much. I have a question: in a way, I have the feeling that my inputs and their summarization can already give me all the information I need. Nevertheless, in order to chunk the knowledge, I can create a note regrouping multi inputs. But by doing this, I might repeat myself in the notes or miss restoring important information from the input. What is the proper way?

[@BryanJenks]

maybe, but i prefer to split out the analysis into atomic notes and link them together as they associate to each other, the input note and my first wave analysis is just the rough draft of the notes i plan to make

[@sephirxthunkonwn2954]

With such a long video, in addition to organizing the content with time stamps, I would love to see some sub-section titles, thank you very much.

[@BryanJenks]

if you make'em i'll post-em

[@d6h597]

Hi Bryan, can you tell me how are your settings for the supercharged links plugin or where can I find a good explanation? I am a pianist, not a programmer. I really do like the visual effect that this feature brings in the timeline note. thank you!🤓

[@BryanJenks]

ask me here: github.com/BryanJenksCommunity/FAQ/discussions

[@KP-di2up]

I managed to watch the video in four days!!! This is really helpful. Thank you!! ^_______________^

[@BryanJenks]

Glad it helped!

[@dobi26jo37]

this was so amazing + inspiring, thank you so much!!

[@BryanJenks]

❤️

[@dobi26jo37]

@@BryanJenks I love this video so much because I keep coming back & finding out new info I missed which I earlier thought wasn't relevant to me but it actually was! I'm a student but once I get a job I'll def try to support this channel :>