I use Obsidian to think, take notes, write essays, and publish this site. This is my bottom-up approach to note-taking and organizing things I am interested in. It embraces chaos and laziness to create emergent structure.
In Obsidian, a “vault” is simply a folder of files. This is important because it adheres to my file over app philosophy. If you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Obsidian gives you that freedom.
The following is in no way dogmatic, just one example of how you can use Obsidian. Take the parts you like.
Vault template
Download my vault or clone it from the Github repo. Unzip the .zip file to a folder of your choosing. In Obsidian open the folder as a vault.
My theme Minimal with the Flexoki color scheme.
Obsidian Web Clipper to save articles and pages from the web, see my clipper templates for specific sites I clip from.
Obsidian Sync to sync notes between my desktop, phone and tablet.
Obsidian Bases to view notes by category.
Obsidian Maps for maps used in some of my templates.
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