Obsidian For Beginners 📝 Non-Linear Note Taking, Plugins & Templates

In this tutorial, Callum, also known as wanderloots, introduces Obsidian, a note-taking app designed for non-linear note-taking and personal knowledge management. He explains why Obsidian is superior to traditional note-taking apps, emphasizing its emergent structure and bi-directional linking capabilities. Callum guides viewers through installing Obsidian, creating vaults and notes in Markdown, linking notes, and utilizing settings, templates, and plugins. He also touches on organizing vaults, incorporating tags and topics, and leveraging community plugins like DataView and Templater for advanced customization. The tutorial includes a practical example of linking notes from books and integrating the CODE framework (Capture, Organize, Distill, Express) for effective knowledge management, and briefly discusses the potential of AI integration with Obsidian.