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Using Obsidian for academic writing and creativity

Jun 17, 2023

in Productivity, Writing

academic productivity, academic writing, calm productivity, commonplace, commonplace notes, creative writing, creativity, daily notes, head space, literature notes, note-taking, note-taking software, notes, obsidian, online course, productivity, writing

In this conversation with Dave Nicholls, I describe how I use Obsidian to support my academic writing and creative process, in response to Dave’s question: Is using Obsidian worth it? I explain how I’ve set up different vaults in Obsidian, depending on what it is that I’m trying to do, and use examples from my…
‘Structured serendipity’ in collaborative writing

Aug 23, 2021

in Technology, Writing

academic writing, collaboration, collaborative note-taking, collaborative writing, creative writing, dropbox, note-taking, obsidian, research, writing

In this video I’m talking to Ben Gordon, a physiotherapist in Boston with an interest in the role of machine learning in clinical practice. Ben and I have been working on the very early stages of writing an article together, and quickly became frustrated with the limitations of working collaboratively in Google Docs. We started…