Advanced Slides on Nicole van der Hoeven

Making Notes Actually Useful in Obsidian

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 15:57:17 +0000

How do you go about making notes actually useful? Using notes well entails taking good notes in the first place, processing them, and then creating something new out of them. In this video, I talk about the plugins that I use in every stage of the process, and some guidelines for how I actually make a note on something I’ve learned into content that I (and others) can make use of.

This video was sponsored by Brilliant. Thanks, Brilliant! :)

How to Make Your Notes Visual in Obsidian

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:21:10 +0100

In this video, I demonstrate how to make your notes visual with visual PKM plugins like Excalidraw, Excalibrain, Advanced Slides, and Mind Map. Adding visual elements to your notes, whether through distinguishing text or adding images and video, helps make notes more meaningful to you, increasing understanding and retention.

How I Learn in Obsidian - Keeping up with tech trends

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:17:11 +0100

Here’s how I learn in Obsidian by processing articles I’ve read into consolidated notes that help me understand technical concepts. I also show how I improve my learning by incorporating visual elements using Obsidian Excalidraw, Excalibrain, and Advanced Slides.

Presentations as Code - How to use Obsidian Advanced Slides

Fri, 27 May 2022 17:00:03 +0200

The Obsidian Advanced Slides plugin is a great way to create presentations as code (or notes) from right inside your Obsidian vault. Using this plugin has helped me reduce the friction and the time between creating something and sharing it, whether that’s a presentation, a coding project, a video, or a blog post.