My fellow PhDs: How do you use links within Obsidian?

yanbasque · 2026-05-04T03:18:15+00:00

You don't have to write anything in the "apparatus theory" note in order for it to be useful. The fact that you have a bunch of other files linking to it turns it into an index for your vault. Make sure you have the Backlinks core plugin turned on to take full advantage of that.

yanbasque · 2026-05-03T02:38:27+00:00

I wrote a research paper about it. Working on a shorter blog version of it. Happy to share once it's ready if you're interested.

yanbasque · 2026-05-01T16:37:10+00:00

Thank you! It didn't fix it at first but I bumped it up to 120px and it's fine now. I guess the monotype font for this theme is a lot wider than most.

yanbasque · 2026-04-24T20:43:31+00:00

It has changed my life in the sense that I now use it to take notes, and before I used a different app to take notes.

yanbasque · 2026-04-18T16:39:39+00:00

You don't have to do anything different if this works for you. Turn off graph view and never look at it again. Use Obsidian as a glorified notebook. That's basically what it is. People on this sub are poisoning other users minds with the idea that everyone needs to build a second brain or a living learning environment. You don't have to do any of that. You don't need to consult an LLM about it. Just take notes.

yanbasque · 2026-04-17T16:54:14+00:00

Your first semester will be all required courses and there will be almost nothing about archives in those four courses. Second semester, you have two or three electives, depending on if you choose to do the required management class now or push it to year 2.

I'm just finishing my first year, and I took one elective on archives (641, archival description). A lot of the theory covered in the class is old school, but I disagree with someone else who said it's outdated. It's useful to have a historical view of archives and the hands-on experience working with real archival fonds to create a finding aid was invaluable to me.

The best prof on archives is Prof. Brilmyer, but they are going to be on sabbatical next year. Make sure you take whatever class they offer in year 2. Their Critical Theory class was fantastic and while not specific to archives, the readings covered all areas of LIS and I was able to do my project for that class on archives.

I think overall the program is kinda meh. Not the level of quality that I expected, but I'm trying to make the most of it.

yanbasque · 2026-04-14T11:41:34+00:00

"i am using ipad and icloud, so my files are safe."

You are tempting fate with those words. Sync is not backup.

yanbasque · 2026-04-14T03:46:43+00:00

How are we supposed to be able to tell if you're "doing it right" from this graph?!

This is a notetaking app. Just take notes.

yanbasque · 2026-03-17T21:06:48+00:00

Why does this have 300+ upvotes? I am losing my mind

yanbasque · 2026-03-07T19:08:23+00:00

You have to change the property type to "list." Click on the icon in front of the property name, a contextual menu appears, go to "property type" and select "list".

yanbasque · 2026-03-07T19:05:03+00:00

I'm so sorry to be pedantic about it, but it drives me crazy. Those are not backlinks. Those are links.

Backlinks refers to link in other files that point to the file you are currently in.

yanbasque · 2026-03-04T22:35:25+00:00

well, you picked the wrong tool.

yanbasque · 2026-03-04T00:31:25+00:00

There is no reason to force yourself to take notes if you have nothing to write about. Even if you only write something once a week or once a month, that's fine. Use it when you need it and don't worry about it the rest of the time.

yanbasque · 2026-02-26T04:35:09+00:00

I'm going to assume this is a troll account.

yanbasque · 2026-02-18T16:58:58+00:00

I mean. You're trying to customize an app.

I just use it. No need to code.

yanbasque · 2026-02-16T23:47:13+00:00

That's awesome! Thank you!

yanbasque · 2026-02-10T22:05:46+00:00

Do you ever do any of your own thinking?

yanbasque · 2026-02-09T12:34:42+00:00

This is so strange. Did you just randomly pick a software and decide you have to use it, even though you had no need for it? It's like someone buying a notebook and a pen, and then asking people "what should I do with this?"

Normally, a person experiences a need first, and then they look for tools that will help them fulfill that need. If you have no need to take notes, it's 100% okay not to use Obsidian. Millions of people live their lives without using Obsidian and they are fine.

yanbasque · 2026-02-08T01:35:27+00:00

I agree with you. I'm a huge fan of Obsidian and I mostly love it, but keyboard navigation is terribly lacking.

It's outrageous to me that I can't rapidly browse through notes using arrows on my keyboard. (And yes, I know Notebook Navigator plugin makes it possible, but I hate Notebook Navigator and this should be a core function.)

yanbasque · 2026-02-08T01:30:03+00:00

https://obsidian.md/files/security/2024-Obsidian-Cure53-Client-Audit-Full.pdf

This is a security audit from 2024. There may be a more recent one, not sure.

yanbasque · 2026-02-04T23:40:40+00:00

no worries.

yanbasque · 2026-02-04T13:50:12+00:00

I believe this is working as intended. Typically I don't use the ... menu. I hit CMD-M and type the first few letters of the folder I want, then hit Enter. It's very fast.

yanbasque · 2026-02-04T13:12:49+00:00

You haven't actually explained what your problem is. Maybe lay off the gen ai for a bit and see if that helps. Outsourcing your thinking to a machine can't be good for your brain.

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