Obsidian As A Second Brain: The ULTIMATE Tutorial

This is the only Obsidian tutorial you'll ever need, from start to finish.

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== DESCRIPTION ==
I'm dabi, a doctor and YouTuber, and I've made the single most in-depth YouTube guide to Obsidian on the internet. I've created this 13-part course that was initially $97, but now I've released it to you for free!

This is my opinionated guide to how I use Obsidian as a Second Brain and Zettelkasten.
Make Obsidian a digital Second Brain, so that you never ever forget anything you think about
Use Obsidian as a Zettelkasten
Capture thoughts extremely quickly, without worrying about structure until later
Use Obsidian's powerful search functions to find anything you've ever thought about
Synthesise and distill important ideas as part of a Zettelkasten, so that your most important thoughts are always top of mind
...and more!

I spent a ridiculous amount of time on this course (a ridiculous amount), because originally I set out to make the most in-depth paid course.

📚 Make sure to bookmark it and share it with your friends, so you can come back to it as needed! There's no need to do it in one go, as originally it was meant to be done one lesson at a time.

🎉 THIS VIDEO IS FULLY SUBTITLED. I've tried to make the subtitles as accurate as possible, to make things easier to understand, so I recommend turning them on. :) but I do apologise if I mess up here and there.

00:00:00 - Once $97, now a YouTube video!
00:00:36 - Introduction: Pages and Links
00:23:31 - Hashtags
00:27:52 - Links vs Hashtags
00:38:47 - The Obsidian Zettelkasten
00:53:46 - Search
01:07:14 - Special Formatting
01:16:33 - Dataviews in Obsidian
01:27:45 - Version Control
01:37:03 - Templates
01:40:43 - Backing Up Obsidian Files
01:42:49 - PDFs in Obsidian
01:45:31 - Plugins in Obsidian
01:58:02 - Yay, finished!

== WHO AM I? ==
I'm Dr David Liu - a medical doctor (specialised in General Practice/Family Medicine) and YouTuber who loves anime. :) My channel is about medicine, tech, note-taking software, books, anime, and AI! I nerd out a lot about ways to do things smarter and ways to create cool stuff.

== COURSES I MADE ==
📸 My YouTube Storytelling for the Algorithm Course ➡️ https://go.dabido.com.au/youtubeStory...

🧠 'Life Hacks for Memorising Anything' course on Skillshare ➡️ https://go.dabido.com.au/memoriseAnyt...

📝 Notion for Students/Professionals Course ➡️ https://go.dabido.com.au/notionPodia

🎞 YouTube Case Studies Course ➡️ https://go.dabido.com.au/YouTubeStudies

📈 The YouTube Algorithm Explained In-Depth ➡️ https://go.dabido.com.au/YouTubeAlgo

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== TOOLS I USE ==
🎼 Epidemic Sound (the royalty free music I use): https://go.dabido.com.au/epidemicsound
(but I composed some of my own music for this video)

✍️ Ghost, the blog platform I use:
https://go.dabido.com.au/ghostBlog

📸 Descript, the video editing software that lets you edit videos like a Word document:
https://go.dabido.com.au/descript

📚 Shortform, which has fantastic actionable summaries of HEAPS of books:
https://go.dabido.com.au/shortformYT

== OTHER CHANNELS ==
💻 DABI'S CREATOR CASES: where I talk about helpful things specific to YouTubers about making videos that are algorithm friendly: https://go.dabido.com.au/creatorCases

== SOCIALS ==
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