@KanikaBK: A 58-year-old machinist put 24 years of paper notebooks into Obsidian over one weekend and.... the Obsidian graph that …
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A 58-year-old machinist digitized 24 years of paper notebooks into Obsidian over a weekend, creating a powerful personal knowledge graph that impressed his daughter and enabled instant retrieval of past repair solutions. The article covers 12 Obsidian tricks for effortless organization.
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A 58-year-old machinist put 24 years of paper notebooks into Obsidian over one weekend and….
the Obsidian graph that came out stopped his daughter mid-sentence when she saw it.
He searched a 2009 repair problem and got the answer in two seconds with three linked notes he had never connected on paper.
I know this is a crazy story!
My article covers the 12 Obsidian tricks that make that kind of organization feel effortless for normal people.
Full guide below.
Yes that true
Thanks
That’s the power of linking ideas instead of just storing them.
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