Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo — Channel Summaries
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Obsidian for Beginners: Start HERE — How to Use the Obsidian App for Notes
Obsidian’s biggest payoff for beginners is that notes stop being isolated text files and start behaving like a connected knowledge network—so ideas...
Give Me 15 Minutes. I'll Teach You 80% of Obsidian
Obsidian’s biggest advantage is that it turns note-taking into a local-first, link-driven system: notes live as plain Markdown files inside a vault...
Obsidian for Beginners: 6 Keys to Markdown (2/6) — How to Use the Obsidian App for Notes
Markdown isn’t mainly about looking fancy—it’s a practical way to keep ideas portable and connected, so notes don’t get trapped inside a single app....
Obsidian for Beginners: 8 Key Settings (3/6) — How to Use the Obsidian App for Notes
Obsidian’s power comes with a long settings menu, but the practical path is to enable only the few options that protect your workflow—especially...
Obsidian Canvas
Obsidian Canvas is pitched as a fast, spatial way to “reorient” when mental momentum collapses—turning scattered thoughts into a navigable map that...
What Nobody Tells You About Organizing Folders in Obsidian
Folder organization in Obsidian works best when it starts from your actual workflow needs—not from rigid folder recipes—and when it grows “from the...
Obsidian Plugins — My top plugins in the Obsidian app
Obsidian’s community plugins can turn daily-note writing from a static log into an interactive workflow—especially when four tools are combined:...
If I Had To Start In Obsidian, Here's What I'd Do
Starting from a blank Obsidian vault, the fastest path to a useful “idea verse” isn’t importing old notes or building folders—it’s creating a small...
Obsidian Bases Just Changed Everything
Obsidian Bases introduces a new core plug-in that turns any set of notes into a fast, queryable database—so users can filter, sort, and view...
Build a Year Map and Finally Be Prepared
A linear calendar is a single-page (or single-canvas) view of an entire year that replaces the usual day-by-day grind with a “shape of the year”...
Obsidian Outlining — How to outline masterfully fast in the Obsidian app
Obsidian’s built-in folding and heading/list controls can be paired with a small set of keyboard hotkeys—plus one community plugin—to make outlining...
Obsidian Just Won
Obsidian’s “Note Wars” win hinges on a simple bet: keep knowledge in local, plain-text files so AI can plug in without locking users into fragile...
Ultimate Guide: Top Obsidian Plugins (1-Hour Course)
Obsidian’s biggest advantage isn’t just that it stores notes—it’s that the right mix of built-in tools and community plugins can make thinking...
The Ultimate Learning Technique (You Might Be Ignoring)
Personal knowledge management (PKM) is framed as a way to make sense of the world—and the stakes are practical: without a system, people drown their...
Folders or Links? The key to both is A.C.C.E.S.S.
Personal knowledge management keeps running into the same three-way friction: people need knowledge to make sense of the world, action to turn that...
How to Switch From Evernote to Obsidian
Evernote is framed as a “toxic” knowledge partner—tracking user behavior, leveraging contact data, and potentially using stored text in ways people...
Give Me 20 Minutes. I'll Teach You 80% of Claude Cowork
Claude Co-work turns a folder of files into an AI workspace: it can read what’s already on a computer, propose changes, and then actually reorganize...
A Notes System for Your Ideas (Obsidian Template)
A Notes system for Obsidian called “Idea Verse” is built to make ideas reliably available—so thinking feels calmer, clearer, and more actionable. The...
Obsidian + AI: How to Do It The Right Way (Claude Code + Obsidian)
AI can be used with Obsidian without turning a private “idea verse” into a dumping ground for other people’s thoughts—if the workflow is designed for...
Obsidian Bases: Obsidian's Biggest Upgrade (Complete Guide)
Obsidian Bases’ biggest upgrade isn’t just faster organization—it’s the way it turns note links into live, contextual “dynamic links” that update as...
How to take Cornell Notes in Obsidian: Full Workflow
Cornell notes work in Obsidian because the method’s real power isn’t the layout—it’s the built-in pressure to turn reading into active thinking....
Idea Emergence Q&A Part 1: How to Create MOCs, How to use Tags & Folders
Content maps (MOCs) are presented as the fastest way to turn scattered notes into usable thinking—especially once a person hits a “mental squeeze...
Give Me 13 Minutes. I'll Teach You 80% of NotebookLM
NotebookLM is built to turn a pile of your own documents—PDFs, notes, websites, YouTube links, even audio—into a research workspace where answers...
Overcome Tab Addition: Arc Browser 101
Tab hoarding—opening new windows and piling up dozens of tabs until a browser becomes unusable—isn’t just a personal quirk; it’s a sign that...
How to turn your notes into published articles and books using the Obsidian app with Eleanor Konik
Turning raw reading notes into publishable articles isn’t about collecting more information—it’s about filtering for a purpose, converting highlights...
Obsidian Block References — Now in the Obsidian App!
Block references in Obsidian are a new way to link not just whole notes, but specific paragraphs, quotes, or other “atomic” blocks inside a...
Why Obsidian is Still the Best Notes App in 2026
Obsidian’s staying power in 2026 comes down to a simple promise: notes should be private, portable, and owned by the person writing them—without...
How To Use Words Like Shakespeare
A digital thesaurus built for “linked-based thinking” is presented as a practical antidote to the shrinking vocabulary that makes people easier to...
How to manage projects, tasks, people, and yourself using the Obsidian app with Francisco Bricio
A practical Obsidian-based system keeps projects moving by forcing a weekly rhythm: every active project must advance at least one “next step,” so...
My Complete Obsidian Masterclass (FULL GUIDE + SETUP)
Obsidian becomes a “thinking system” once notes are treated as connected objects—created in plain Markdown, linked with back links, and explored...
How to Create an Obsidian Ideaverse: Step-by-Step Guide (Free Template)
Linking notes in Obsidian turns scattered ideas into a self-reinforcing “idea verse” where knowledge becomes navigable, updateable, and easier to...
Obsidian Graph Filters — The Universe is on Fire!
Obsidian’s Graph view in version 0.9.0 adds filters and layout controls that turn a sprawling network of notes into a practical creativity...
The Notetaking Method You Should Be Using (Notemaking 101)
Linked notes only work if someone first creates good notes—and the biggest upgrade comes from shifting from “note-taking” to “note making.” Note...
The Most Useful Calendar View in 2026 That No One Told You About
A single, static “linear calendar” view can replace the usual week-by-week grind by giving people a full-year picture they can actually use—both to...
Create Your Digital Home: Obsidian Walkthrough
Ace—short for Atlas, calendar, efforts—is presented as a practical way to organize lifelong thinking by matching three “headspaces” to three...
Make Better Notes by Linking Your Thinking (LYT Kit Lesson 1) w the Obsidian App
Linking your thinking is presented as a practical way to turn scattered notes into a navigable “ideaverse” that makes insights easier to generate and...
Do You Have a Dashboard for Your Thoughts? (Obsidian Tutorial)
A unified Obsidian system built around links—rather than folders—aims to keep ideas flowing from capture to connection to communication, so knowledge...
The Biggest Obsidian Upgrade I’ve Made in Years…
A single “Home Base” note is positioned as the control center for an Obsidian workspace, turning scattered notes into a navigable system for...
How to use Zotero with Obsidian featuring Eleanor Konik
Zotero is positioned as a practical reference manager for non-academics who want research PDFs to feed directly into an Obsidian knowledge...
How to Manage Projects with Four Intensities
The core takeaway is that “efforts” are a more workable way to manage real-world work than rigid “projects,” because efforts let people adapt as...
How to Write Mini Essays (in Obsidian)
Mini essays are a practical antidote to passive consumption: writing one idea per page (100–300 words) in your own words forces comprehension,...
The Man Who Built the Second Brain Movement (Tiago Forte)
Thiago Forte’s “agency” framework boils down to a simple but demanding idea: when something feels bad, confusing, or stuck, the fastest path forward...
The LYT Framework - Q&A Part 1: Zettelkasten, Folgezettel, and PARA
A “map of content” (MOC) is less like a static index and more like a flexible, link-driven workspace for sharpening ideas—especially when paired with...
Ali Abdaal - The Keys to Joyful Work and Being Batman (or Professor X)
Ali Abdaal’s central message is that sustainable productivity comes from alignment—choosing work that matches what actually energizes a person—and...
Using color to think better (and have more fun) in the "LYT Mode" theme in Obsidian
Color isn’t just decoration in Obsidian’s new “LYT Mode” theme—“Light Mode” is built to make note-taking feel more legible, more structured, and more...
Creating the Brainforest: How Sana A. Ahmed uses the LYT frameworks (Obsidian)
Sana A. Ahmed’s capstone for the Light workshop reframes personal knowledge management as a “world-building” experience: she builds an Obsidian-based...
The Ultimate Guide to Moving From Evernote to Obsidian | Part 2
Evernote’s long decline traces back to a mismatch between its original “every note… at any time in any place” promise and a later push to chase...
LYT Kit 6: Your starter kit to build your PKM system (+free download for your Obsidian app)
A linked-note system in Obsidian can make knowledge feel “alive” by letting notes reference each other in both directions—mirroring how human memory...
How to create a workflow to support your research and knowledge creation efforts (Obsidian app)
A researcher’s Obsidian-based workflow aims to stop research notes from turning into a “mess” by separating intake, processing, and writing—while...
Anne-Laure Le Cunff - How to Design Tiny Experiments Like a Scientist @neuranne
Success doesn’t have to mean reaching a predefined destination. Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s core pitch is to treat life and work like science: define a...
Stop note taking. Start note making: Learn the NoMa Method
The NoMa method reframes learning from passive capture to active “note making,” arguing that the real payoff isn’t storing information—it’s...
Obsidian Updates — 3 ways to work better
Obsidian 0.9.3 introduces three small features—saved workspaces, expanded hover preview, and “copy search results”—but each one can quietly reshape...
10 Digital Tools that Quietly Changed the Way I Work
A tight set of “quiet” tools—mostly capture, writing, and coordination apps—has reshaped daily work by making ideas easier to collect, move, and...
Obsidian Bookmarks: Save your place, save your headspace!
Obsidian’s new “bookmarks” plugin is less about replacing starred notes and more about creating a reliable navigation system for your knowledge—so...
Obsidian App Q&A - 100K Subscribers!
The celebration centers on a milestone—100,000 subscribers—and turns that momentum into a practical, wide-ranging Q&A about using Obsidian for...
Get Your Ideas out of your Head and onto the Page!
Capturing “sparks” before they fade is the central goal: instead of letting resonant ideas evaporate after reading, listening, or talking, the...
The 4 Levels of Obsidian
Obsidian’s newest “bases” and workspace switching can turn one vault into four distinct cognitive environments—each optimized for a different kind of...
Why. Make. Notes.
Digital notes matter because they’re the infrastructure for memory, meaning, and long-term thinking—not just a way to jot things down. The core...
Everything New in Obsidian! October 2025 (Groups, Summaries, List View)
Obsidian’s October 2025 update adds a trio of base-focused features that make project dashboards far more actionable: grouping by properties,...
Think Better with the Graph View + Live note-making session (in the Obsidian app) - Full Version
Graph view in Obsidian is presented as a practical thinking engine: it turns a pile of notes into a navigable map where “unexpected intersections”...
How to Organize Your Files Better Than 99% of People
Clutter isn’t just visual noise—it quietly taxes attention, making it harder to think clearly and act on ideas. A “big clean” process tackles that...
Bible Study: How Joschua uses the LYT frameworks (Obsidian)
A personal knowledge system built in Obsidian is being used to keep Bible study from turning into scattered reading—by turning scripture into a...
Obsidian Publish — The World is Your Oyster
Obsidian Publish turns a plain-text Obsidian vault into a live, linked website with the same internal structure as offline notes—so ideas don’t just...
Do less note-taking. Do more note-making. Supercharge your Ideaverse (LYT Kit Lesson 2) w Obsidian
Linked notes are positioned as the antidote to digital clutter—turning “highlights into insights” by shifting daily practice from passive note-taking...
What is a Note?
A “note” is more than any scrap of information—it’s a container of thought that has meaning for the person who made it. That definition matters...
Designing Ideas: How Jonathan Splitlog uses the LYT frameworks (Obsidian)
Jonathan Splitlog’s Obsidian system is built to turn scattered reading, listening, and conversations into “mature,” evergreen knowledge—organized...
The LYT Framework - Q&A Part 2: Note Size, Maps of Content, and Evergreen Notes
Evergreen notes work best when they’re treated as “stars” in a personal knowledge system—clear, opinionated anchors that connect to broader...
How Lionel Davoust writes fiction books using the LYT Frameworks (Obsidian)
Lionel Davoust’s core claim is that long-form fiction becomes manageable when the writing process is treated like a system for handling...
3 Ways To Use ChatGPT Right Now
ChatGPT is already useful in three practical ways: it can act as a fast research assistant, help users capture and organize answers directly into...
How to write in Obsidian for a fun, clean, distraction-free experience
A fiction and non-fiction writer uses Obsidian to build a “clean room” workspace—minimal folders, a single home note per project, and emoji-based...
On the Wonders and Joy of the Thesaurus (in Obsidian)
Language control can shrink thought, but a richer vocabulary can widen it—and a digital thesaurus built for linked notes turns that idea into a...
Research to Notes to Stories feat. Eleanor Konik (Obsidian App) | LYT House Episode 1
Eleanor Konik’s Obsidian workflow centers on a practical fix for a long-standing tension in personal knowledge management: how to keep source...
This Secret Principle Will Transform Your Notes
The core insight is that creative work and problem-solving stall when people stay stuck in only one mental mode—either rigid, top-down “architect”...
The Knowledge Process - A primer
In an era of information abundance, the biggest differentiator isn’t collecting more inputs—it’s creating a deliberate “space” between encountering...
How to Design Your Obsidian app as an Integrated Thinking Environment | LYT House Episode 5
A single Obsidian “source of truth” can be turned into a practical integrated thinking environment by wiring your phone or tablet home screen to live...
The Knowledge Loop is ENCODED
A simple “knowledge loop” can be broken into five repeatable mental stages—encounter, noting, connecting, organizing, and expressing—so people can...
How to Eliminate Distractions in Obsidian
Staying focused in Obsidian often comes down to reducing “open loops” and making the workspace feel calm enough to reorient. The core approach is...
3 Ways to Think Better Using Triangles Δ
Triangulation—using two known points to infer a third—functions as a built-in “sense-making mechanism” that people rely on constantly, whether...
Hate Your Life, Change Your Life - Epicly (Obsidian Template)
Scheduling private, uninterrupted time is hard—until a short personal retreat makes it possible. The core takeaway is that a structured “Wheel of...
This Book Will Help You Finish What You Start (Intentional by Chris Bailey)
Finishing what you start comes down to one fix: stop treating goals as isolated “middle-layer” wishes and instead build a connected intention stack...
Inside Nadja's "Vaultiverse" in Obsidian
Nadja Bester’s “Vaultiverse” in Obsidian is built to prevent burnout by treating personal knowledge management as a relationship with the...
The Joy of Writing with Rok Sanda (made better through Obsidian)
Creative breakthroughs, in this account, come from treating writing as a non-linear discovery process—and using Obsidian’s linking and graph tools to...
The Book of Connections - My "National Treasure"
A 168-year-old thesaurus—Peter Mark Roget’s “Thesaurus”—is being reframed as a modern antidote to notification-driven distraction, offering a way to...
The LYT Framework - Q&A Part 3: LYT Kit, Tags, and Atomic Notes
Prefix-based file naming in Obsidian is used as a practical sorting and navigation tool: fixed numeric prefixes ensure key notes (like “home” and...
Idea Emergence, Zettelkasten, Note Shapeability, 2022 PKM Superpowers, Obsidian 1.0 on Product Hunt
Idea emergence is framed as the mechanism behind major breakthroughs: starting from “nothingness” (a feeling that something matters), capturing it in...
Quick notes & Cognitive scaffolding: Livestream w/ Eleanor & Nick
The core takeaway from this livestream is that effective note-taking in Obsidian isn’t just about capturing information—it’s about designing...
Considerations of Design: How Ehsan Noursalehi uses the LYT frameworks (Obsidian)
Ehsan Noursalehi is building an “open socket micro book” in Obsidian—an interactive, link-driven alternative to a traditional linear book—because his...
Any Model. Any App. Build Your AI OS to Work Everywhere.
The central idea is to build an “AI OS” that stays yours even when AI tools change—by keeping identity, knowledge structure, and repeatable processes...
How to Generate Insights with Your MOCs feat. Jeremy Gavin
Aphorisms work like a “horizon” for thought: they draw a boundary around what’s knowable, then reward the reader for walking toward it—even if the...
3 BIG "Benefits" of Caffeine + 3 BIGGER Benefits of No Caffeine
Caffeine is portrayed as a three-part driver of anxiety, impulsivity, and distractability—while going caffeine-free is framed as a route to regained...
How Mike Schmitz uses the Obsidian app as a Content Creator | LYT House Episode 2
Mike Schmitz uses Obsidian as a “brain map” for turning books, sermons, and writing into searchable, connected knowledge—without letting note-taking...
Idea Emergence Q&A Part 2 - Accelerate Your Career by Developing Maps of Content (MOCs)
Maps of Content (MOCs) are framed as a career accelerator because they “future-proof” a person’s knowledge: building interconnected maps across...
Visualize the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Beautifully and Powerfully | LYT House Episode 6
A new visualization of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) turns philosophy research from “one article at a time” into a navigable web of...
Building a better thinking environment
A cluttered notes system can quietly sabotage deeper thinking, and Justin Horton’s Obsidian setup is built to prevent that by separating “note...
What is Lean Forward Learning? Online Education Needs It!
Online learning improves most when it forces learners to “lean forward”—actively practicing the exact skills they want, not passively consuming...
Idea Emergence Q&A Part 3 - How you can use MOCs in different ways
A central theme emerges around how to organize “maps of content” (MOCs) so ideas flow into publishable writing without turning note-taking into a...
Anne Laure Le Cunff & Nick Milo: How can we do Combinational Creativity?
Combinational creativity reframes creativity as a controllable practice: new ideas don’t arrive from a mysterious muse, they emerge by combining...
Exclusive interview with Readwise on the new Readwise to Obsidian plugin | LYT House Episode 4
Readwise’s new “Readwise to Obsidian” plugin is built to keep highlight notes continuously up to date inside Obsidian without destroying what users...
Creating, Tracking, and Repurposing Content using Obsidian and LYT
Amy Scott built an Obsidian-based system to organize a decade of content for Nomadtopia—then designed it so the same ideas can be tracked, reused,...
LYT Sensemaking Session - Highlights and Q&A
Sensemaking through note making is presented as a practical way to strengthen thinking—turning passive highlight-taking into active “note making”...