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Getting Start with Logseq: The Perfect Digital Journal

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Logseq is being used as a dedicated “digital journal” that cleanly separates day-to-day capture from long-term knowledge management—while still...

Logseq SetupDigital JournalingTime Blocking

Cal Newport’s Time-block planner in Logseq

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Logseq is used as a daily “clean slate” planner by structuring every entry around a three-part journal note: daily metrics, an “engineer’s book” for...

Logseq JournalingTime BlockingTemplates

Getting Started: Taking Smart Notes in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 2 min read

Obsidian is set up as a fully local, Markdown-based note system built around linking ideas rather than sorting them into rigid folders. After...

Obsidian Vault SetupDaily NotesZettelkasten Slip Box

Building a Second Brain with Dendron

Joshua Duffney · 2 min read

A project-first “second brain” setup can stay organized without constant folder shuffling by using Dendron’s flat-file system and the PARA method’s...

PARA MethodDendron SetupSecond Brain

Take Smart Notes in Obsidian a Daily Workflow

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Smart Notes in Obsidian is built around a simple daily-to-permanent workflow: capture ideas instantly in a low-friction “scratch” space, then convert...

Smart Notes WorkflowObsidian Daily NoteFleeting vs Permanent Notes

Use the Feynman Technique, Logseq, and Obsidian for Slow Learning

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Slow learning gets a practical workflow: use the Feynman Technique to turn scattered reading into a navigable knowledge base that exposes gaps and...

Feynman TechniqueSlow LearningLogseq Notes

Different ways to take Literature Notes in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Literature notes in Obsidian work best when they function as a fast “index of ideas,” not a second draft of the original reading. The core shift is...

Smart NotesLiterature NotesObsidian Workflow

Take Literature Notes in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Literature notes are best treated as a live test of understanding—not as exam cramming. As Joshua Duffney frames it, turning passages into notes...

Literature NotesObsidian WorkflowSQ3R Reading

Use Structure Notes to Organize Topics in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

The core challenge in building an Obsidian slip box isn’t collecting notes—it’s resisting the urge to impose rigid order too early. Knowledge is...

Slip Box OrganizationStructure NotesObsidian Links

A Common Place for Remembering, Organizing and Using Everything You Read

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

A digital commonplace book in Obsidian is being built to capture “analytical reading” artifacts—bibliographic details, re-outlined arguments in the...

Commonplace BookObsidianAnalytical Reading

How a Digital Minimalist uses Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

A digital minimalist uses a strict “detachment” weekend to prevent information overload, then funnels the day’s fleeting ideas into Obsidian through...

Digital MinimalismObsidian WorkflowInformation Overload

Add Smart Notes to the slip box in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Smart Notes in Obsidian get “smart” only after a disciplined filing workflow: create a sequence when a new note belongs between existing ones, add...

Slip Box WorkflowSequencesNote-to-Note Links

Take Fleeting Notes in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 2 min read

Smart learning depends less on consuming information and more on processing it—turning “fleeting” ideas into usable knowledge through deliberate...

Smart NotesObsidian Daily NoteFleeting Notes

Robert Greene And Ryan Holidays' note-taking system in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

A practical note-taking system for long-form writing is only useful if it stays aligned with the writer’s workflow—so the system should help a...

Obsidian NotesGreene Holiday MethodZettelkasten

Take Project Notes in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Obsidian can handle project management cleanly by introducing a dedicated “project note” layer that acts as an entry point, a curated container for...

Obsidian Project NotesSmart NotesUlysses Drafting

Get Started with Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Obsidian’s biggest early hurdle isn’t missing features—it’s the lack of a built-in “starting point.” The setup here turns a blank vault into a...

Obsidian Vault SetupDaily Note TemplateTime Blocking

How I converted my physical Zettelkasten (slip-box) to Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

The core takeaway is a practical workflow for converting a physical Zettelkasten (“slip-box”) built from Smart Notes into Obsidian without...

Zettelkasten ConversionSmart Notes WorkflowPermanent Notes

Take Fleeting Notes in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

A practical system for “fleeting notes” in Obsidian is built on one core idea: capture fast, then route each note into the most useful...

Fleeting NotesObsidian WorkflowSmart Notes

How to write better Smart Notes

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Smart Notes work best when “permanent notes” are judged solely by one outcome: how effectively they set up future writing. The core shift is away...

Smart NotesPermanent NotesAtomic Ideas

Link-first Navigation in Obsidian for Smart Notes

Joshua Duffney · 2 min read

Obsidian’s “slip box” is designed to be browsed—not searched—because the payoff comes from stumbling into connected ideas you’d otherwise forget....

Slip Box NavigationGraph ViewStructure Notes

Build projects from Smart Notes in Obsidian

Joshua Duffney · 2 min read

The core move is turning “Smart Notes” into a practical Obsidian workflow by using a dedicated project outline inside Obsidian—then keeping reference...

Obsidian ProjectsSmart NotesMarkdown Outlines

How to Learn FASTER

Joshua Duffney · 3 min read

Learning difficult skills faster comes down to turning them into tightly scoped projects—then practicing them in the real context where the knowledge...

Project-Based LearningUltra LearningDirect Practice

Take Permanent Notes From Conference Talks

Joshua Duffney · 2 min read

Permanent notes are built to turn conference takeaways into a single, reusable “atomic idea” that can be recalled and acted on later—without...

Permanent NotesLiterature NotesZettelkasten