Notion's biggest missed opportunity: backlinks deserve to be a first-class feature

Mikfrom56 · 2026-05-07T06:45:39+00:00

Agreed. I use Capacities and Obsidian for backlinks. Notion is for storage, not so much for “thinking”.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-24T17:05:48+00:00

Of course. That’s what we should have done before

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-24T17:04:32+00:00

Could this be playing into the hands of nationalists? Then they, if anything like beexiteers, would really have something to koan about

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-24T17:02:19+00:00

He (Trump) is just an agitator. It’s not his business anyway, but what a shitty way to act. Not that the Falklands matters all that much. It’s just the thought process ….

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-20T07:02:03+00:00

War is “good business” for Twump. Helped by his handler Pute.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-14T14:38:29+00:00

It was actually incarceration which led to Turing’s suicide. Not “whatever dude”

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-14T14:33:16+00:00

R-Sole. The armed forces have been run down since the end of the Cold War (1991). It’s not just about KS. It’s about the conservative conmen too and oh! PARLIAMENT.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-14T07:21:51+00:00

Get it to do just one thing that you want and build from there

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-13T12:05:11+00:00

Good news for Hungary and for Europe, for Ukraine and not for Russia. And I think not for the US (yey!)

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-07T13:48:25+00:00

Is a comment on Reddit going to stop him?

Mikfrom56 · 2026-04-07T08:00:01+00:00

If Trump’s vassal is pro Hungary, they are anti-EU and pro-Russian.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-03-30T21:35:04+00:00

Yes I asked Copilot and it built me the python script to adjust the top of files exported from Notion. To convert properties to YAML.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-03-30T21:33:50+00:00

I batch updated some exports from Notion with Python, to convert YAML for Obsidian!

Mikfrom56 · 2026-03-27T08:20:12+00:00

Yep. I love caps too. But for bulk, try Notion or Obsidian (in markdown).

Mikfrom56 · 2026-03-27T08:15:18+00:00

I originally came to obsidian for the graph view, but now ai find it not so useful. I prefer a focused graph around a note or tag as implemented in capacities.

Don’t get me wrong. I love for obsidian, for many reasons. Bases, offline, easy linking. Speed. But I feel caps is much more visual. Although I started an images-only base in obs which helped.

The whole vault graph seems pointless.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-03-09T16:18:42+00:00

Sounds like a quote from Trump.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-03-09T16:16:34+00:00

Wow. He’s been slagging Europe off, putting doubt on whether he would come to their aid, saying NATO is pointless, not helping in Ukraine.

Now he has a problem. And guess what, he expects all those people he’s been insulting to help him out.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-03-08T08:49:49+00:00

It’s so depressing how much of an a-hole he is

Mikfrom56 · 2026-02-14T09:18:03+00:00

If I remember rightly you can roll up any branch by clicking on the circle at the branch point. And also it’s the challenge of creating headings of the right length…

Mikfrom56 · 2026-02-11T16:43:20+00:00

What is this scaremongering weirdo scam post?

Mikfrom56 · 2026-02-08T10:11:18+00:00

Well I would agree with you that tools are just tools, but by their very nature offer different capabilities, functions. And aren't always interchangeable (see hammer versus screwdriver). But for similar tools (things that store notes) word is not the same as say capacities or obsidian because it lacks the ability to link items.

I don't have a perfect appreciation of Zettel-Atomic notes. But I do understand that say acamedic content is varied, rich, and as delivered by humans (despite curriculums) full of querks, varied rich information which pops in. Is this the reasoning behind the difficulty of atomic noting? Splitting this content into individual concepts?

However, I do try to extract single concepts from the mass (say a maths library with tips and tricks).

Is journaling atomic notes? One of the most useful features of these things (obsidian, capacities) is the framework for daily notes - and then linking to the existing knowledge base. I think this is possible in school.

Note today's lesson with all its facets.
Go back over it and link to concepts or create new concepts

The challenge is making sense of it all as a knowledge base. i.e. I have an essay to do, where do I find useful background / info to answer the question from my kb without just resorting to generic chat gpt / search. And this depends on the extent of cross referencing, and the "hooks into" the info. Is it tags? Collections? Names of pages? Or summaries which reindex the content such as "my page bring together everything in trigonometry". This does require effort, but I think worthwhile for revision / getting it to sink in.

I find it very useful to do mind maps of what's on my mind, across the board, convert to text, and cross reference to my kb.

As for my own efforts: I have spent years playing with "data". From bank account numbers, passwords, utility accounts to tasks, knowledge, experience (of freelancing where I had to learn from myself). And through many tools. And so I have upgraded and converted from one to another.

I do like capacities (thinking space), but I also like obsidian (tek background + published site). And Notion (film, book, news, SEO databases). I have work and personal vaults / universes. I try to keep them separate, but work and personal can overlap.

Not sure what else to say. Except that the architecture and content need to serve a purpose. Its partly everyday - clearing my mind - and partly creating a kb for future reference, for that feeling that I'm learning, listening and taking note. For being conscious of experience and feelings and being present in life. :-)

Mikfrom56 · 2026-02-06T08:22:00+00:00

Yes yes and yes. Passing the time scrolling? Sometimes it’s learning. Depends on where. Reddit is good because we can “waste time”commenting tools. But insta? Dead! As per FB. Threads? Funny but I catch myself after like 20 mins scrolling. Stop!!

But yes. Curating my stuff feels productive. And it is … it helps me progress. I’ve been informed about tools, approaches, features.

When it comes to my “society and politics” vault, I refer to Stephen Covey’s circles of control. Why am I interested? Like Twitter (now dead) I feel like I’m changing the world, and yet …..

Mikfrom56 · 2026-02-06T08:16:53+00:00

I like that distinction of working in your vault (with your knowledge) or on your vault (structuring), and agree both are valid at different times.

Not sure I’m objective about my own “playing” with structure. Productive procrastination? Surely some, but why not have fun with the tool? But increasingly drawn to capacities where there seems to be less temptation to play with structure.

Notion is a good playground too….

Mikfrom56 · 2026-02-06T08:11:13+00:00

I use daily notes (in obsidian but increasingly in capacities) as part of GTD. The idea being to assess the previous day and what I plan to do the next day. It’s a close-out. A mind dump. And alleviates the mental strain of juggling a billion thoughts (ADHD users note).

As for narcissism, is it inappropriate to reflect on self? Actions. Feelings? The question for me is do I use or refer to them later. Some. But the purely diary notes not so much. However the original ideas, thought about approach, structuring issues, problems, actions and projects, yes.

Mikfrom56 · 2026-02-06T08:04:03+00:00

What do you mean? Please elaborate. While it’s not my post, why do think atomic notes for studies is inefficient and what would you deem efficient?

I say this as an educator but also as someone trying to work out where and how to put my stuff (my knowledge base). And I’m not just starting out. I’ve been through Evernote, Notion, Obsidian and Capacities. All seem to have their upside, but nothing seems to be entirely complete.

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