After years with Obsidian, I've found that Emacs/Org offers the flexibility and power I need. Using Denote for note management, Xeft for searching my old vaults, and DEVONThink To Go for mobile access.

The transition wasn't without challenges, but the customization possibilities are endless.

Read about my journey and setup: https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/from-obsidian-to-emacs

#Emacs#OrgMode#PKM #Obsidian#NoteTaking#Productivity

After years with Obsidian, I've found that Emacs/Org offers the flexibility and power I need. Using Denote for note management, Xeft for searching my old vaults, and DEVONThink To Go for mobile access.

The transition wasn't without challenges, but the customization possibilities are endless.

Read about my journey and setup: https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/from-obsidian-to-emacs

#Emacs#OrgMode#PKM #Obsidian#NoteTaking#Productivity

Joan Westenberg on why she deleted all her Obsidian notes and a response by Elizabeth Tai.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted-my-second-brain

https://elizabethtai.com/2025/06/29/i-support-deleting-your-second-brain

I never maintaned such elaborate systems of notes as the process felt like work. I usually take raw, metadata-less notes I have an immediate or short-medium term need for, and archive only a fraction of them.

#obsidian#NoteTaking

Joan Westenberg on why she deleted all her Obsidian notes and a response by Elizabeth Tai.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted-my-second-brain

https://elizabethtai.com/2025/06/29/i-support-deleting-your-second-brain

I never maintaned such elaborate systems of notes as the process felt like work. I usually take raw, metadata-less notes I have an immediate or short-medium term need for, and archive only a fraction of them.

#obsidian#NoteTaking

The subtitle icons themselves function as buttons, which re-direct to a note that is generated via a template containing a geomap widget, and the coordinates as the note title, stored when either of the two ViewToolbar buttons is pressed.

#tiddlywiki #digitalgarden #gps #geolocation #notetaking #personalwiki

Now the subtitle—in addition to showing the timestamps—contains a location pin icon for the origin GPS coordinates, and a globe icon for the last modified version GPS coordinates.

These are set manually, just to keep things more intentional and optimized, via two new ViewToolbar buttons: fetch current coordinates (for the most recent coordinates) … and set created coordinates, which will populate fields for a tiddler's origin coords.

#tiddlywiki #digitalgarden #gps #geolocation #notetaking