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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

1 Oct 2022

At some point, we could build hierarchy by typing Tab and Shift-Tab. Outliners were born. Now, we can build connections by typing [[link]]. Tools for Thought were born. When can we build structured data by typing stuff? What will be born?

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Obsidian

@obsdmd

31 Aug 2023

Obsidian Properties. A simple way to add structured data to your notes: dates, tags, checkboxes, lists, even links. You can also search notes by property and value. ✨ Now available to all with Obsidian 1.4. As always, your data is stored durably and privately on your device.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

5 Jul 2023

A few meta skills in cooking (excluding pâtisserie) that I'd like to improve at: 1. Fermentation, generates flavor 2. Stock making, extract flavors, primarily umami 3. Various frying batters 4. Various kind of doughs 5. Infused oils, fried and cold 6. Sauces 7. Plating

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Obsidian

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30 May 2023

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

2 Apr 2023

Just made my first Obsidian plugin today. Feels pretty good.

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John Carmack

@ID_AA_Carmack

18 Mar 2023

From a DM, just in case anyone else needs to hear this.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

11 Mar 2023

Back to work.

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kepano

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23 Feb 2023

The new Obsidian Publish design is now live! You can check it out by exploring the @obsdmd help site: help.obsidian.md More Publish improvements to come 😊

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

16 Feb 2023

You can roughly divide knowledge into "how things work" and "what happened". "How things work" is a condensed version of "what happened". Less stores, more patterns. I find it helpful to alternate between the two so one doesn't get bored.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

10 Nov 2022

Don't rely on second-hand information to make judgement. Always think from first principles when you can. You might have fewer ideas, but each of them is more sound and stable than what other people tell you.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

26 Oct 2022

The more owners a company has, the less human it will be. Megacorps would do things no individual would ever do. When they're owned by so many humans, they're behaving much more like a computer that solves for max profit than a human.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

20 Oct 2022

Even I would think I'm reading a book that tells me why Obsidian is important, but this is just a children education book by Papert.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

16 Oct 2022

I found my Hacker News submission from 2014 and loved this comment: news.ycombinator.com/item?id… Too bad I can't seem to get in contact with this person. Worse, I lost my blog. But that's ok, I have the blog post saved in my Obsidian vault.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

12 Oct 2022

I have trouble describing why tabs in Obsidian are useful. It's like having to describe why chocolate chip cookies are great. It just... is?

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

12 Oct 2022

We naturally want to learn about extraordinary things. Tallest man on earth. Person who lived to age 120. We also naturally interested in ourselves. The high school we went to. Our favorite album in high school. This path from "me" to "wow" is self-improvement.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

10 Oct 2022

Concepts are linked via knowledge, and people are linked via experiences.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

4 Oct 2022

Apple has rough equivalent for Microsoft's OneNote, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. But not Microsoft Access. I wonder if it's because Access is strictly for business, which is not Apple's domain? Or for personal use, it's just hard to design database apps to be friendly enough?

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

4 Oct 2022

Way before Notion and Airtable, Microsoft Access was first released in 1992 (!).

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

4 Oct 2022

But regardless how difficult a database system is to use, I feel most people do not have that much structured data to find them worth the cost of maintaining it. Maybe for the 1-2 focused areas, but definitely not for everything.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

30 Sep 2022

Connected thoughts are like magnets. They will come to you automatically, but only if you get close enough. So build connections. The more connections you have, the larger your network's surface area gets. That's how you get close to the good ones.

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