Visual atomic note taking with Obsidian Excalidraw
Visit brilliant.org/Nicolevdh/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Visual atomic note taking in Obsidian can be a great complement to taking notes in text form if you use tools like the Obsidian Excalidraw plugin. Obsidian Excalidraw lets you link and backlink with images, tag them for querying later, and even embed images AND parts of images. It's an essential part of taking notes visually while not missing out on the benefits of plain text.
// RELATED RESOURCES
Image references in Obsidian Excalidraw: • Block reference parts ...
Flaticon: www.flaticon.com/
The Noun Project: thenounproject.com/
// TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:57 Why Obsidian Excalidraw
01:56 Create an Excalidraw folder
04:18 Getting something into Obsidian
06:44 Creating visuals in Excalidraw
11:58 Links and backlinks for visuals
13:02 Adding tags and metadata to images
16:38 Embedding drawings and parts of drawings
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Visit brilliant.org/nicolevdh to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. THEMES USED: Minimal (light) PLUGINS MENTIONED: Obsidian Excalidraw, ExcaliBrain, Dataview
@ayurvedalearn
Жыл бұрын
Hi can u please help me with text generator plug-in prompts I can't get my head around ways to using them they are too confusing sort of.?
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
I have no idea what you're talking about, sorry.
@devakichandrika3516
Жыл бұрын
@@nicolevdh hi can you please help me how to download this excalidraw plugin in obsidian account
You have the best content on obsidian and on learning. Thank you for being such a great person!
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Muito obrigada outra vez, Luciano!
this gotta be the hardest ad segue ive ever seen - the ad genuinely incorporated into the video and not from out of nowhere??????? LETS GOOOOOO
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha! Thanks for noticing. :) I would not talk about a product that DOESN'T fit into what I want to say.
You're always extremely clear, thank you!
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
I try! (I don't always succeed but I try!) Thanks Giacomo! :)
Thanks! You are a great presenter! Happy Holidays!
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Awww, thank you so much, Jeffry! Happy holidays to you too!
Her videos always deliver!!!!
400nth like, boom. Thanks for continuing to create such great content 😊
Gracias por tu tiempo y conocimiento, conviertes lo complejo en simple y bello, saludos.
awesome, thanks Nicole
Penjelasan yang bagus. Terima kasih Nicole! dari Indonesia 😇
Thanks Nicole. I love excalidraw and excalibrain. I sometimes differentiate between atomic and concept, finding some collections of concepts need each other for context, not doing too well as composable, lonely islands. Love and light. ❤
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Hi again, friend! That is exactly why I'm not too strict about making something a "lonely island" (lovely imagery). I often have larger-than-atomic notes, just like in tech not everything has to be a microservice. Whatever works!
@mageprometheus
Жыл бұрын
@@nicolevdh Have a great holiday. 🌹
The best channel!!! saldos desde Colombia tu trabajo es genial!
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Hola, Camilo! Muchas gracias. Estoy feliz de que te guste mi canal :)
Great video, thanks for providing a use case! One of the things I really love about this atomic note ecosystem here is that it accommodates a spectrum of visualization and textual possibilities. Whether someone needs just a little visualization or a lot, it's very accommodating to set it up in a way that is optimal for each individual, and that is a huge draw for me.
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Exactly!! I totally agree. I'm not as sold on pure visual note-taking as others, but having the option to mix and match and choose what works best for me along the spectrum is fantastic. Obsidian is really great at being flexible enough to suit many needs.
@j-maffe
Жыл бұрын
@@nicolevdh Wow! Amazing that they were able to comment and you replied 2 days ago! That account sure looks interesting.
@nidhishshivashankar4885
Жыл бұрын
@@j-maffe happens on a lot of channels, because patreon subs etc get early access to videos
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Yep, @Nidhish is correct. I post video previews to my Patreon: pulse.ly/oakkbg4s6u
thanks for the sharing~
Great video, thanks for sharing. I messed up the embedding part and had to watch the part again 18:26
Obrigado! Desejo que continue sendo sempre essa linda e iluminada pessoa! ❤️
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Muito obrigada! Agradeço o incentivo!
The excalidraw plug-in constantly blows my mind.
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
You and me both!
Thank you. Interesting.
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Glad you thought so! :) Thanks for watching!
I'm loving your channel! excellent, interesting, informative and thorough! A wee bit of feedback on this particular video - I find the background music a tad too loud and it becomes distracting. I understand why some use background music, but my view is that, if it is used at all, it should be very much in the background.
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! I'm always trying to improve, so I'll keep that in mind for next time. Audio is a hard thing to nail! I'm happy you like my videos!
Never thought that the last word would be "terima kasih". The reply will be "Terima kasih kembali (formal)" or "sama-sama (informal)". Thx for the video.! "Salam from neighbor country, Indonesia"
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Happy to surprise you!
I love this video. Very clear explanation between excalidraw file and its corresponding markdown file. This case combines excalidraw(even including excalidraw image block embed), excalibrain and dataview. It is rather a complete workflow. But I have a question here. Does "parent:: crptocurrency" mean currency is the parent of "currency" or the other way around?
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Happy you liked it!! In the case you mentioned, the Cryptocurrency note would be the parent. What comes after the double colons is the value of the field. :) Hope that clears things up!
Nicole, I love Excalidraw plugin, by the way, do you experience issue with large files in Excalidraw? In my case with Ipad Pro 2020, whenever I draw and insert heavy image in my draw, I experience lagging issue later on
@Trecoolerok
Жыл бұрын
Did you solve the issue? I think the problem is in big files (like images)
I wonder if you can combine Canvas with Excalidraw and Excalibrain to get a more comprehensive outlook.
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
In Canvas, you can add Excalidraw drawings, but not not ExcaliBrain graphs, I believe! :)
Thanks!
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Hey, thank you, José! I appreciate your support! :)
@josef.morales7861
Жыл бұрын
@@nicolevdh Hi Nicole, In all sincerity, I wanted to give you my appreciation for your work making these videos. I'm a newcomer to Obsidian and your content has been invaluable. I'll tell you what I like... * You have a very tranquil and amiable demeanor when you present the information * You are multi-lingual! * You are clearly extremely technically competent * You present the developments in really a hands-on user friendly manner * You have these little touches conveying respect for the viewer...(paraphrasing..."This is what I do, you may want to do it differently") * amazingly, the examples you give of how you use things are almost all useful to me! * You introduce such cool & useful other tech tools, such as Readwise ... Por ejemplo, I'm going to go "meta" by using Readwise Reader to take notes on your recent "Taking notes from KZread videos in Obsidian"...PLUS...I got a subscription to Readwise cause the process you laid out is so cool * While there's more, I'll end by saying ... You have given me a content feeling as a newbie knowing that when I'm ready as I keep on learning that I have an excellent mother load of Obsidian learning material to go back to. * Btw, I'm using Obsidian to make a "snippet manager on steroids" for my 15 years worth of R snippets etc. Awesome cutting bait! Muchisimas Gracias!
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
WOW, thank you so much for this, José! I'm touched by the kind words. It's so nice that you appreciate what I do (or what I try to do!) and comments like this make my day. :) Glad to know I introduced you to Readwise-- it IS cool, right?! Gracias a tí. Agradezco tu apoyo <3
Terimakasih
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Kembali :)
I wish it had native password protection for each files like in one note, I don't want encryption, but a simple password protection from prying eyes, so I can show my friends particular files and they can't get into others
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Yep, not native, but there are plugins for it!
Great video! How did the algorithm wait 5 days to show me this? Does it even know me?!
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Haha! Dang that algorithm! :) Glad you found your way here anyway.
18:58 images for core principles , text for the nuances
Can you use Scalidraw with a stylus?
@_lyraspan
8 ай бұрын
yes! there are a few other plugins to make the experience even smoother, though I don't remember the names. even without, it's a great experience. you might find it helpful to bind a stylus button to H for the hand tool (panning).
Is there overlap between excalidraw and obsidian canvas...? Man, this is getting complicated. I'm going back to Notion. :-)
@nicolevdh
Жыл бұрын
Haha! Sort of. You can embed Excaldiraw drawings in Canvas as well. But if you're feeling like it's getting complicated, then I'd suggest you not use either. Or, as you mentioned, Notion is still solid (albeit lacking in these features).
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