Table of contents : Cover Jacket Brief Contents Contents Introduction Key Concepts Make Your Own Notes Note-making Tool vs Note-collecting Tool Speed Matters Rules Improve Ease of Use Quality Drives Utility Knowledge Base is a Knowledge Graph The Freedom and Authority of Plain Text Notes Note Titles Matter Markdown Files are Just Simple Formatting Instructions Explore by Jumping Around in Your Knowledge Base Three Steps to Grow the Knowledge Base: Capture - Digest - Connect Techniques Write Daily Notes in Obsidian to Increase Your Engagement Apply a Theme That Makes You Happy to Read and Write in Obsidian Top-Level Notes for Books with Linked Ideas for Developing Key Insights Flat Knowledge Base of Distinct Concepts with Related Links Add Visual Explanations with Editable Diagrams Standardize New Notes Using Templates in Obsidian Colorful Emojis for Tags in Notes Special Note Title Prefixes to Quickly Filter Notes by Type Add Instructions to Every Obsidian Knowledge Base to Re-orient Yourself Quickly Short Note Titles Make Graph View More Useful Notes by Content Source Enhanced with Tags and Wiki Links Develop Ideas Simultaneously with Multiple Editors in Flexible Panes Codifying Structure That Emerges from Connected Notes Conclusion Obsidian On the Web Obsidian User Community Tutorials and Walkthroughs by Expert Users More Books