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Posts tagged #productivity
A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.
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obsidianNov 10, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian as Your Default Markdown App: Opening Files Outside the Vault
Obsidian 1.14 can finally open a Markdown file that isn't in a vault. Here's how to make it your default .md app, what works on stray files, and what doesn't.
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obsidianOct 27, 2026· 3 min
Obsidian Bases Formulas: Computed Columns Your Notes Never Have to Store
Bases formulas let you calculate deadlines, flags, scores, and labels from properties you already have, so your frontmatter stays small and views stay smart.
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obsidianOct 13, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Quick Capture on iOS: Stop Losing Thoughts to the Loading Screen
Obsidian's Quick Capture for iOS 26 lets you jot a note from the Lock Screen or Control Center without waiting for your vault to load. Here's how it works.
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obsidianOct 2, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Bases Kanban: A Board That Is Just Your Notes
Obsidian 1.14 adds a native kanban layout to Bases. Here's how to build a board where dragging a card rewrites a property, and where it still falls short.
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obsidianSep 25, 2026· 4 min
The Obsidian CLI: Script Your Vault From the Terminal
Obsidian 1.12 ships an official command line interface. Here's how to capture notes, query tasks and Bases, and run vault health checks from shell scripts.
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obsidianSep 22, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Bookmarks: The Core Plugin That Replaces Your Dashboard Note
Bookmarks can pin saved searches, headings, blocks, and whole tab groups, not just three notes, which makes the hand-maintained dashboard note redundant.
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obsidianSep 1, 2026· 3 min
Obsidian URI: Your Vault Has an API You're Not Using
Obsidian ships with a custom URI protocol that lets scripts, browsers, and phone shortcuts read and write your vault without you touching the app.
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obsidianAug 21, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Hotkeys and the Command Palette: Building a Keyboard-First Vault
Most Obsidian friction is the round trip from keyboard to mouse and back. Here is how the command palette, a short list of hotkeys, and a little usage data…
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obsidianAug 18, 2026· 4 min
Obsidian Workspaces: Stop Rebuilding Your Layout Every Time You Switch Tasks
Workspaces is a core Obsidian plugin that saves your entire pane layout under a name and restores it in one command.
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obsidianAug 11, 2026· 3 min
Obsidian Search Operators: Find Anything Without a Plugin
Obsidian's core Search has a real query language hiding behind the search box. Here's how file, path, line, block, section, task, and property operators…
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