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Posts tagged #note-taking — Page 2
A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.
tag: #note-taking
obsidianJun 5, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Canvas: Turn Your Vault Into a Visual Thinking Space
How to use Obsidian's Canvas core plugin for project planning, brainstorming, and connecting notes spatially — plus a look at the open JSON Canvas format and the Advanced Canvas community plugin.
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obsidianJun 3, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Properties and Frontmatter: Stop Treating Metadata as an Afterthought
Obsidian's Properties panel makes YAML frontmatter approachable for every note, and pairing it with typed fields and Dataview queries turns your vault into a genuinely queryable database.
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obsidianMay 27, 2026· 4 min
Tags vs. Folders in Obsidian: How to Organize Your Vault Without Going Crazy
Folders and tags both have a place in Obsidian, but they solve fundamentally different problems. Here's how to use each one effectively so your vault stays navigable no matter how big it gets.
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