Obsidian is the Winamp of productivity tools. If you are as old as I am, you may remember that the best part of this once matching music player expansion was the large number of plugins and topics that you could install to do better and built all of enthusiasts.
Obsidian is a good note application for itself, which is filled with all types of functions: You can organize notes in folders, link notes from other notes and even use extended options such as Mermaid diagram. But as with Winamp, Obsidian really shines when she immerse yourself in his extensive plugin ecosystem. At this point, over 2,000 obsidian plugins are available and you can use them to turn obsidian into what you can think of.
Many of these plugins are small in the area, but not all. Some of the extensions are extensive enough to replace entire applications that you may otherwise have used. So I used Obsidian plugins to replace four different productivity tools.
Your Kanban app
My real Kanban board is full of secrets, so enjoy this wrong.
Credit: Justin Pot
I used to be a big fan of Trello, once a modest Personal Kanban planner. Fifteen years of bloating and uppers mean that the application cannot be recognized today with which I am okay because obsidian works better for me than Trello ever. I owe everything that Obsidian Kanban Plugin.
Install it and you can create as many Kanban boards in Obsidian as you want. Each card can contain as much text as you want and be formatted in obsidian as well. This includes on the left – each card can link to the sides with which you manage your projects.
I am a freelance journalist who writes for a handful of publications, including the one you are now reading. I usually write around 20 items a month, which means that I always have several projects on the go. I use an obsidian Kanban board to keep an eye on everything. I have columns for “Plan this month” to “plan to write this week”, “sketch”, “submitted needs”, “do not work on”, “do not pay”, and finally “pay”. This system enables me to see everything I work in a place and to pursue my progress on everyone. To be honest, I don’t know if I could manage my workflow without it. And because I also make my whole letter directly in Obsidian, I can jump directly to a project from my dashboard.
This is just an example – I am sure that you can imagine other uses. But maybe my favorite part of this system is that every Kanban board in Obsidian is actually only a market document that combines a few lists, which means that I can export it and keep it an archive, even if I stop using obsidian.
Your journaling app
Credit: Khamosh Pathak
Lifehacker wrote a lot about it Journaling apps Over the years and I personally have tested every example that you can imagine. All of them have advantages and disadvantages, and I will not pretend that obsidian is the best tool for everyone. What I will say is that I use obsidian for my personal journal and I cannot imagine using something else.
My colleague Kamosh has already written Use obsidian as a journaling app, So I will refer you to him to get more information. But I will add that I recommend installing them Journal Review Plugin So that you can look back on previous entries regularly. You can also examine Obsidians templates If you want to use the same outline for your diary every day. I used it to create something similar to a bullet journal with questions about my day.
Your reading-it-Later app
Credit: Justin Pot
Obsidian started a few months ago Obsidian Clipper that saves the website in your personal “vault”. This is an expansion for every large browser with which you can save entire items from the web. This is useful for research, but also means that you can use obsidian as a replacement for Read-it-Later applications Like bag or instapper. Simply set up a dedicated safe for items that you would like to read later, indicate the plugin to this safe and open your reading-it-Later safe every time you want to catch up on your backlog. You can even add things like highlight or your own notes while reading without having to pay for a subscription.
Your to-do app
Credit: Obsidian tasks
The problem with many to-do apps and the reason why Lifehacker Apparently will never stop writing about it– is that everyone has different productivity requirements and not a single app can serve them all. If you have never found a to-do system that is perfect for you, it is understandable.
But if you are and you are a fan of obsidian in general, take a look at them Tasks Plugin. This tool goes through every single note in your vault and collects all the Markdown tasks you have created. It is a perfect add-on if you already use obsidian to outline your projects. With the expansion, you can also add due dates, including recurring tasks, and determine your priorities.
