OBSIDIAN Tutorial

The Johnny.Decimal system
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It would be really useful if we could actually get a beginners guide to implementing the JD system using Obsidian, and how to set up Obsidian for the LAS system.

Obsidian is a bit abstract, so hard to understand

Its not clear which minimal no. of Plug Ins are actually truly helpful for the JD system

It would help to know how to set up an obsidian note template properly and why on the website.

Has the above been covered somewhere, or could it be placed into a location somewhere so people can read it.

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I started showing Lucy how to use Obsidian – we released 2 episodes – then we realised that there are already 1,000,000 Obsidian tutorials and me creating another probably wasn’t the best use of our time. (Honestly I’m not even that good at Obsidian. People in the Discord pointed out a bunch of stuff I’d missed.)

It is a bit ‘abstract’, I agree. It’s a powerful program with a lot to it – but to use it as an effective JDex you don’t need to use 95% of those features. I don’t. I use it as a note browser and editor. You don’t need any plugins. Plugins just add complexity – the base app does it all.

I don’t use note templates. Again, complexity. Start a note, and type whatever you need to type into it.

I actually think a “beginners guide to implementing the JD system using Obsidian” is a good idea … last time we focused on Obsidian the app vs. just showing how I use it to manage JD. The problem is just time, unfortunately.

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Basically you take the folders and save them inside your vault then make an index page that links everything together. The basic plugins I recommend are Sync, Calendar, ReadItLater and TimeStamper. But if you are running Obsidian on Windows or Linux you need to know that it’s possible for the plugin creator to get into your computer files. Here is the link to the info. https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/comments/1nlyk5f/is_it_true_that_community_plugins_have/?share_id=rAUhEqoVZAX3xJkYWBWJK&utm_name=ioscss

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I maintain my JDEX in Obsidian - using the one note per ID system. They are grouped into area and category folders.

I also keep a daily note in Obsidian which can link meeting events and tasks back to the JDEX, so the JDEX note entry serves as a type of project log. In writing type projects, I may draft materials in Obsidian before moving them into my file system.

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