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  • Increase your writing output with distraction free text editors

    Regular short bursts of writing with distraction free text editors will add up over time more than more sporadic long sessions.

  • Giving early drafts substance with plain text

    The early drafts of any piece of writing aren’t meant to ‘be good’. They’re about giving early drafts substance.

  • Using Obsidian for academic writing

    In this video I explain how I use Obsidian to support and enhance my process of academic writing and creative idea generation.

  • Weekly review: Using Obsidian to close open loops

    In this video, I do a walk-through of the weekly review that I do every Friday afternoon. The weekly review is a sweep through my entire personal and professional life, where I try to wrap up everything that might cause me any worry after I leave work. I call this a process of closing all…

  • Creative thinking with Obsidian

    In this video I’m talking to Ben Gordon about an experiment in creative thinking with Obsidian, which we tried in the early stages of a writing project. We were frustrated with the limitations of working in Google Docs. Even though Docs is great for many purposes – including collaborating with someone on the other side…