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Major Obsidian Update: Bases

Published 7 months ago • 1 min read

Digital Note Taking Obsidian 1.9 released with a magnificent new feature: Bases

Dear Scholar,

Obsidian is my software of choice when it comes to organising academic information. I have used this tool for many years and accumulated hundreds of thousands of words in notes.

This week, the team behind Obsidian released a new version, 1.9, that features a very long-awaited update called Bases. I spent many hours experimenting with it and discovering new ways to organise my information and navigate the vault.

This article presents three main topics: 1. Using Bases to display collections of nodes, 2. Using the Base’s context-awareness feature to create a custom navigation where the contents change depending on which note is currently active. Lastly, it compares Bases to Data View and Notions tables.

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About half of the audience of this newsletter has not yet taken advantage of joining the free note-taking course that I have designed. In 21 days, you will be introduced to Obsidian, the basics of my note-taking system, and how I organise bigger projects. Today's post will be most valuable for people who have already completed this course.

The course is free and consists of one email per day with a short homework. It is intended for academics who have no prior experience taking digital notes with Obsidian.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

​
Ilya Shabanov, The Effortless Academic​

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