Is Obsidian the True Second Brain? ft. Nick Milo

Nick Milo has the creamiest complexion 😍

This was a great video. I teach people a lot in my role. I have learned that there is no substitute for direct demonstration and training on how to do something like this. That approach turned this into a great video. Nice job.

I love how Tiago humbly considers concepts from other “pkm/2nd brain” people out there.

The one thing I hate about obsidian is that it’s software, and as an employee, I can’t just install random software on my work computer. I prefer it to notion, but I love that I can access notion via a web browser.

Awesome!

Too much laborious. I prefer logseq or Tana, which is what I use now.

This was really interesting. I am, however, curious why your focus is becoming more Obsidian-centered. An earlier video you did of Logseq convinced me to begin using it and I haven't looked back (too much). In this video, everything you showed can be equally accomplished using Logseq. Is there a reason you are focusing on Obsidian? You also had a video where you discouraged use of back-linking note taking apps because the data wouldn't be portable should the tool be discontinued. This would seem to rule out both products. I would appreciate your thoughts.

I bought an Evernote annual subscription because of your past videos, Tiago. This is like telling me to buy an ugly dress, then showing up with Nick Milo making a 29-minute video on why that dress is ugly and why you should have bought the prettier dress. You broke my heart.

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Was moving towards OneNote after using Evernote for a few years now. OneNote is missing a few key features, but I was ready to settle. This demo showed that Obsidian has a lot of the features I'm looking for and will likely work better. Thanks!

A really nice overview @linkingyourthinking !

Fantasic video - and I can't believe you went through all of that and didn't once jump into the Graph View. (I'd understand purely from a time perspective), but even just a glimpse of it to understand what that can show and represent. The Notion guys minds are going to explode when they see that... and DataView... and Properties... and Canvas... oh my

My problem is now to not see how every bit of knowledge I have should belong inside of Obsidian 😄

Tiago is a thief. Go Next

I really liked this video, the experience was incredible, showing someone who really didn't know anything about working using obsidian, explaining the ideas and showing the step by step. I use Obsidian daily for my studies and notes, but with this video I was able to get a new perspective on how to organize projects and ideas efficiently with an extremely practical example. I fully support more videos like this, whether using Obsidian or any tool, just objectively exploring a project was satisfying to watch.

Really like this kind of "guided experiment" for tools. This is the most productive for me!

To give an illustration, it is like the difference between a video of "what is a hammer" and a video of you creating a table with the hammer.

Really like your content!

I loved the last 2 years on Obsidian but have since migrated because I found there is a plateau in how effective you are when you have a large number of files and folders; it was this realisation that made me decide I needed to move to another tool that released me for this restriction, where I could completely live on the Graph.

Obsidian is a great tool to start with and maybe the only Note-Making tool you ever need however, please recognise that a tool has to work for you and not the other way around.

This shit is over kill😂😅

I use obsidian because of the ![[your cool]] feature
Its awesome

Is there a way to generate a MOC via Canvas? I find it easier to drag and drop rather than cut and paste

That was an awesome tutorial, thank you both so much!

The graph view in Obsidian is amazing, but a huge downside is that the text editor there is very basic and you can only style in Markdown (even when I downloaded plug-ins). One Note has the best features tbh, if they could just add this graph/cluster view.

I tried Obsidian and although I like it found myself coming back to Notion as I feel it's better at capturing things outside of notion like articles, videos, and so on. The mind map thing is cool though, but I am a big fan of Notions database solutions with boards and spreadsheet style layouts feel those are better implemented.

Such a great video! Very calm, detailed and positive. Live walkthrough and perspective. Very inspiring and informative

Are you a blood related of Elon Musk? You two's appearance and the actions are similar.

Kudos Tiago and Nick ❤

Best solution for MOCs ever

One of the best videos about creating a 2nd brain with Obsidian I've watched, I've learn a lot with you guys here. The idea of creating a map of content from scratch along with the explanations step by step with an expert and a person that is learning how to do it was simply amazing

Loved this ❤

Obsidian the TOP for linking notes app imho, but quite not easy for begginers!

I see Obsidian, I like

some really great frameworks for thinking about how to use Obsidian here so great vid :)

Please do more videos of live editing / live thinking !!!
It's great to see the thought process instead of only the final setup - the questions and doubts are so insightful

You..didn't show...him...the graph.... can't believe it 😅

Even God needs a tutorial!😂

Great episode!

Be aware: obsidian can be an everlasting love

The map of content. Mind blown! 🤯 and Nick is just getting started.

I like paper and pen 🖊

This was so much fun nerding out in Obsidian. The linking, the clustering, the LIVE mapmaking! What a joy to see the process of moving a project into a linked-based environment and seeing what resulted.

What a great video. It’s cool seeing both Tiago and Nick’s mindsets in action here.

Can you talk about Microsoft Loop? Is that an alternative, for us office drones that ate stuck with Microsoft Ecosystems?

Even knowing the Linking your thinking channel I only understood the idea of creating MoC by watching your conversation and Demo! Very helpful, thank you! Is there a reason you didn’t „fly“ through the Graph of this new vault? I remember this one video by Nick doing this and developing connections between notes in this visual exploring and linking way …

Obsidian feels like the best option for BASB because it works so much like our brains; it's all about creating relationships between ideas, and that makes it very intuitive to navigate and find new and interesting connections.

When I first started, I used Notion, but realized that I care enough about keeping this information forever that I can't depend on a company to reliably continue to offer their service to me for free forever. Obsidian is a great replacement since it's all just local markdown files behind the scenes. Then, once you start using plugins like dataview, you get powerful functionality similar to Notion's databases, and it starts to become very dynamic.

Obsidian hits Tiago. I hope the spark and the magic jumps over. The graph view hasn't been shown what makes up the power of obsidian. Excalidraw and canvas such powerfull plugins. Dive deeper to this powerfull tool and Tiago becomes unstoppable.

Thank you both for this clear beginning step in creating links in place of folders. I see a series using this format for Tiago's evolution while implementing Obsidian for various aspects of his professional and personal life. And Nick continues to light the way for a deeper practice of using the vast array of plugins available. I'm waiting...

I've been hearing a lot about Obsidian but I switched from Evernote to notion a while back and that was quite a move. I would love to see a comparison of notion vs obsidian video. Honestly I feel like switching apps again might kill me.

That piece about the TV audience age hits REALLY hard. Makes you think about your own age.