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Learning Obsidian( @obsdmd) in 4 short hours
It's so easy to get sucked into the tech rabbit hole and end up spending hours on researching, instead of producing.
I wanted to share my process on how I usually onboard myself on any new technology.
It's very raw. I am on hour 4.
It's so easy to get sucked into the tech rabbit hole and end up spending hours on researching, instead of producing.
I wanted to share my process on how I usually onboard myself on any new technology.
It's very raw. I am on hour 4.
1/ Disclaimer: my goal is to get to a "sufficient" state so I can focus on producing, instead of tinkering. Avoiding "procrastination by learning".
By no means am I an expert, and I have every intention to continue to learn more.
By no means am I an expert, and I have every intention to continue to learn more.
2/ TLDR; summary -
â˘Focus on the problem - think "what am I solving?"
â˘Get feedback ASAP - test drive the tech against your use case, hack it however you can to see if it works for you
â˘Write down your pain point, solve it
And yes, this was written using Obsidian in h4.
â˘Focus on the problem - think "what am I solving?"
â˘Get feedback ASAP - test drive the tech against your use case, hack it however you can to see if it works for you
â˘Write down your pain point, solve it
And yes, this was written using Obsidian in h4.
3/ Now the details -
â˘Hour 0 - learned about [[Obsidian]] from @roamhacker and decided to give it a test run https://twitter.com/roamhacker/status/1380610315168182281?s=20
â˘Hour 0 - learned about [[Obsidian]] from @roamhacker and decided to give it a test run https://twitter.com/roamhacker/status/1380610315168182281?s=20
4/ Hour 1
â˘Hour 1 - I followed RoamHacker's tweet and chased down a few YouTube tutorials before I went to bed last night https://twitter.com/roamhacker/status/1380798988438237184?s=20
â˘Hour 1 - I followed RoamHacker's tweet and chased down a few YouTube tutorials before I went to bed last night https://twitter.com/roamhacker/status/1380798988438237184?s=20
5/ Hour 2
â˘Hour 2 - I downloaded Obsidian and set it up on my computer following this
â˘Hour 2 - I downloaded Obsidian and set it up on my computer following this
6/ Hour 3
â˘Hour 3 - I took a leap of faith ("I will figure this out") and used it during our #ship30to30 office hour with [[Jack Butcher]]. It was very rough, I didn't even know how to do bullet points and was Googling on the side.
â˘Hour 3 - I took a leap of faith ("I will figure this out") and used it during our #ship30to30 office hour with [[Jack Butcher]]. It was very rough, I didn't even know how to do bullet points and was Googling on the side.
7/ Still Hour 3
I couldn't focus on the office hour and do research at the same time, so I created a new page [[Notepad]] and listed out all my pain points as I use the tool. My plan is to unlock them and figure it out later.
You can see how rough it is here -
![7/ Still Hour 3 I couldn't focus on the office hour and do research at the same time, so I created a new page [[Notepad]] and listed out all my pain points as I use the tool. My plan is to unlock them and figure it out later. You can see how rough it is here -](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyojZQAUUAQolK0.jpg "7/ Still Hour 3 I couldn't focus on the office hour and do research at the same time, so I created a new page [[Notepad]] and listed out all my pain points as I use the tool. My plan is to unlock them and figure it out later. You can see how rough it is here -")
I couldn't focus on the office hour and do research at the same time, so I created a new page [[Notepad]] and listed out all my pain points as I use the tool. My plan is to unlock them and figure it out later.
You can see how rough it is here -
8/ Hour 4
â˘Hour 4 - will spend the next 2-3 hours (after I go out for a walk) being uber-targeted on resolving these pain points.
This is how I went from 0 to sufficient with Obsidian. I've been knee-deep in Roam (and loving it) so it's fun to be a beginner again.
â˘Hour 4 - will spend the next 2-3 hours (after I go out for a walk) being uber-targeted on resolving these pain points.
This is how I went from 0 to sufficient with Obsidian. I've been knee-deep in Roam (and loving it) so it's fun to be a beginner again.
That's it for now!
If you find this useful, or you know someone who is also at hour 0 of learning this new tool. Feel free to jump back to the top to bookmark or share. https://twitter.com/JessicaShieh/status/1380957558198837251?s=20
If you find this useful, or you know someone who is also at hour 0 of learning this new tool. Feel free to jump back to the top to bookmark or share. https://twitter.com/JessicaShieh/status/1380957558198837251?s=20
This applies to learning anything new. It boils down to - jump into it, do it, get feedback, fix it. Rinse & repeat.
You'd be surprised how fast you learn this way.
The process is not pretty nor comfortable, but the speed to result speaks for itself. https://twitter.com/JessicaShieh/status/1380957562120507394?s=20
You'd be surprised how fast you learn this way.
The process is not pretty nor comfortable, but the speed to result speaks for itself. https://twitter.com/JessicaShieh/status/1380957562120507394?s=20
