Obsidian

I developed a script to export a canvas to HTML. Then you can open the HTML file in your browser and print to PDF. Any external links in your canvas will be clickable in the PDF. First, open your canvas in Obsidian and zoom/pan to whatever view you want to export. Then open Developer Tools and run this script: // Get a copy of the canvas content element let view = app.workspace.activeLeaf.view; if (view.getViewType() !== "canvas") { throw new Error("The active view is not a canvas"); } let c...

Last week I posted some of the things I learned to do in Obsidian through trial and error and it went over pretty good, so here are 10 more. I want to show folks not to be afraid of extensions. Many of them don’t alter your data in any way so you won’t get locked in by using them. They just perform actions that make Obsidian run in a more customized way for you.

I’ve been collecting these for a while and sharing them out of my Google Drive but it would probably be better for you to see the original source so you can discover some of these resources on your own. See all my Obsidian posts Dataview Example Vault: A example vault to collect and showcase various dataview queries. Created on behalf of AB1908 (github.com) Personal-Wiki: A showcase to help others to organize their notes.

A scratchpad for temporary text snippets Published blog posts Bookmarks via Raindrop.io People you work with (co-workers) Customers/Clients A record of your daily appointments Weather reports Restaurants where you’ve eaten Recipes Watched YouTube videos Watched movies Watched TV shows Music you’ve listened to Games you’ve played/bought Apps you want to buy Receipts via email Apps you own Analytics reports from your web site or blog Registration info for software you’ve purchased A record of interactions with your family members who live separately Random photos Saved blog posts from writers you like Phone numbers and contact information Two Factor Authentication backup codes Copies of your insurance cards Lyrics to your favorite songs Profile pictures to use on web sites Your bank routing number Podcasts you want to subscribe to Books you’ve read/want to read Vacation plans Your favorite memes Copies of vital documents like birth certificates, marriage licenses etc.

Many of us were introduced to note-taking apps by the once great but now diminished Evernote who’s web clipper helped move it to the forefront of productivity apps. The web clipper exists as a browser extension to capture whole web pages, snippets, simplified articles or just links. It’s pretty versatile. It’s made by Evernote’s developers and using it is included in your subscription price. Obsidian, on the other hand, doesn’t have any native wen capturing capability.