Familiarity Can Be Dangerous

March 11, 2023

(to your knowledge management system)

Stop Asking. Start Answering ChatGPT's questions

February 5, 2023

I suspect it will happen like this. Fed up with answering humanity's stupid questions about what year the war of 1812 was fought, a sentient AI will decide to eradicate humankind.

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Tags Big and Small

January 18, 2023

A tagging system can be frustrating. Ask anyone who has adopted some form or another for a Zettelkasten or PKM.

My Obsidian Life Operating System

January 11, 2023

Dataview, buttons and dashboards.

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The Destruction of My Obsidian Daily Notes Journal

January 4, 2023

…which leaves me with, well, nothing remaining to enter in my Daily Notes Journal.

Obsidian Update: Dictionary, Keywords, or a Lexicon?

November 23, 2022

I had yet to plan on creating another Obsidian update; however, I wanted to review my thinking process behind using keywords inside a Zettelkasten.

Zettelkasten Methodology, Obsidian Daily Journal, and Footnotes

November 16, 2022

I first tried footnoting my Zettel notes in mid-October 2020, and after a few sputtering starts, I finally settled into a steady rhythm that helped make my Zettelkasten come alive.

Obsidian Update (The Week of: October 19, 2022)

October 26, 2022

Ten percent. Well, technically, 9.89% of my notes formerly contained in my old note-taking software, TheBrain; I have successfully transferred to Obsidian.

Obsidian Update (The Week of: October 12, 2022)

October 19, 2022

How do we keep track of the things we've written before? Sterling W. Sill suggests that part of Ralph Waldo Emerson's success stemmed from his writing down his thoughts.

Obsidian Update (The Week of October 5, 2022)

October 12, 2022

Instead of an update, this week's Obsidian essay is more of an "I should have known better."