Published in Workings·PinnedMember-onlyWriting Using Canvas and Kanban in ObsidianObsidian now contains a set of tools that are quite similar — at least in part — to what Scrintal or Scrivener offers to researchers and writers. — I’ve written in the past about using the Kanban plug-in in Obsidian as a support for writing: see Card-Based Writing in Obsidian Using Kanban. I described the use of the Kanban as a means to aggregate materials for my Work Futures newsletter: When I find something to add to the…Obsidian5 min readObsidian5 min read
PinnedDig your own hole, sharpen your own shovelAll work is personal. In a recent post (see Deep business culture eats shallow corporate culture), I took a somewhat different path to the question of reengagement in business. It’s well known that only 30% of the respondents to a recent study considered themselves engaged at work (see Why are…Tech5 min readTech5 min read
Published in Workings·PinnedMember-onlyHow I Take Notes When Doing ResearchFollowing a suggestion by Clive Thompson. — Clive Thompson recently wrote How I Take Notes When I’m Doing Research, in which he lays out his thinking about research, and — to a limited extent — the tools and techniques he employs. He ends the piece he asks ‘Let me know if you do something like this, what…Research7 min readResearch7 min read
19 hours agoMember-onlyShared Comments on Obsidian CanvasLet’s imagine sharing functionality on Obsidian canvas The (relatively) new Obsidian canvas — which provides a interactive work area where cards, notes, and images can be arranged in a free-form manner — is a great means to compose mindmaps and other ways to visualize information. I’ve been fantasizing about Obsidian…Obsidian4 min readObsidian4 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyWord of the Day: BocketyEtymology — From Irish bacaidí, from bacach (“lame”). Pronunciation [ˈbɑkətiː] Adjective bockety (Ireland) unsteady, wobbly, tottering, rickety (likely to fall over) Don’t sit on that chair, it has bockety legs. The baby smiled happily…Word Of The Day1 min readWord Of The Day1 min read
Mar 9Member-onlyWord of the Day: FlexFlex — verb To show off, gloat, boast, or exaggerate accomplishments. noun Any activity intended to show off, gloat, boast, or exaggerate accomplishments. Last week, the influencer Alix Earle took a break from her regularly programmed makeup routines to share a tour of her home on TikTok. There’s a shot of “casa…Flex1 min readFlex1 min read
Jan 14Member-onlyHeadaches with Obsidian Block ReferencesI thought changing the name of my journal folder would be easy, but… — So I fell into 2023. Hooray. I had been keeping my daily journal and related docs in a folder called journal 2022 but today I realized that my 2023 notes and files were being directed to last year’s folder. I fooled around with moving the 2023 files and docs into…Transclusion3 min readTransclusion3 min read
Published in Beacon Streets·Jan 7Member-onlyMara Gay on New York Democrats’ ChallengesMostly, I agree with Gay, and the Democrats have a huge mess on their hands. — In New York Voters Put Democrats on Notice. Was the Message Received?, Mara Gay is pretty accurate about the self-inflicted damage the New York State Democrats have caused. But in some cases she goes too far, and in others, not at all far enough. …Kathy Hochul6 min readKathy Hochul6 min read
Published in Workings·Dec 11, 2022Member-onlyA Few Snags With Obsidian CanvasCanvas is a huge breakthrough, but there are some basics that need fixing. — I have spent only a few hours with the new Obsidian Canvas feature, available only to Obsidian insiders right now. I am very excited by the opportunities that Canvas offers. In a nutshell, an Obsidian Canvas presents A new type of obsidian file, .canvas , which when opened presents the…Obsidian3 min readObsidian3 min read
Nov 7, 2022Member-onlyNothing Seems RealNewest issue of Work Futures posted 2022–11–07 — Future Of Work1 min readFuture Of Work1 min read
