I recently used linked thinking in Obsidian to do some critical meme analysis for therapy. It was a good exercise in creating index notes, e.g. a meme crossing over Marvel and The Good Place wouldn’t fit in a folder for either one.
I’m not sure if it counts, but I’ve been using Joplin for a couple years now to keep notes on various things in my life, ranging from gaming/movie logs to how to properly install some self-hosted service on a NAS. I’m curious to learn more about PKMSs though.
I would say that counts! Is there anything specific you’re curious about? Particular issues in your personal system or interesting things you’ve seen from others?
I keep information I need to return to for work and personal life in there. I’ve been less disciplined lately as I’ve been doing a lot of journaling to explore my mental health needs
I’ve been trying to get into org-roam for research since I already use Emacs as my text editor for most of my other research needs (writing scripts, LaTeX, input files for programs). But I can’t keep consistency with PKMS in general. I last at most a semester and as soon as I take any vacation I lose all my habits.
I hope this comes across in good faith rather than pithy, but have you tried making a note of the habits you want to keep?
My main problem is going back to those notes. Whether I use Org+Dropbox, google docs/calendar, a physical BuJo, messages to myself on Whatsapp, etc… At some point checking the system slips my mind, regardless of the system.
I’m just using emacs org-mode and Obsidian for task management, and keeping track of my learning new code-y things… but no backlinks or anything yet. Was trying Zettlr as well. Waiting for an excuse to get really fancy with it.
Honestly? I use it for fun, mostly, at the moment. The first thing I really flexed it for was playing Elden Ring and actually understanding what’s going on story-wise, because I love FromSoft’s narrative style but without taking notes it’s impossible to keep it all in your head.
I’m doing the same with Dune right now (actually doing a reading club thing on Discord) and eventually I’ll do so for Gene Wolfe’s Solar Cycle, probably the most FromSoft-ish books ever written.
I’m also writing an Elder Scrolls supplement for the TTRPG Mythras, using it to store links / info about obscure websites that seem cool, and generally writing down anything I want to keep written down.
I struggle to understand using Obsidian for scheduling / task organization kinda stuff, because I can’t make Obsidian yell at me to go do something. I just use the calendar on my phone and alarms for that. I’m not disciplined enough otherwise. I see Obsidian more like a personal wiki builder.
