Organizing your Obsidian vault for scalability and context

📁 I avoid binary organization structures and prefer flexible ones.

🔩 I prioritize scalability and minimize additional upkeep for my notes.

🌐 I value structures that provide context for note placement.

🔀 I aim to minimize duplication and create modular, reusable notes.

🗒️ Using feedback tags to track feature requests, bugs, and questions.

📚 Nesting tags to categorize and organize notes.

📝 Benefits of using tags for content creation and note organization.

📂 Folders are used to establish a namespace and restrict scope in organizing files.

🖼️ An assets folder is used to store non-markdown files, such as graphics and PDFs.

💾 Databases are used to track Kickstarter projects and videos, making them searchable through notes.

📔 Notes are organized in an obsidian Playbook, with the intention of packaging it up later.

🔌 Plugins, like initiative tracker and canvas tools, generate their own notes for specific purposes.

🔒 Private files, such as sensitive meeting notes, are kept separate and not shown.

📚 Readwise is used as a separate bucket to store a large number of items.

📚 The speaker uses folders to organize their Obsidian vault.

🗂️ The folders are categorized into different sections, such as scripts, sources, system, projects, and TTRPG.

🔍 The TTRPG folder has the most notes, with 2700 out of 8620 notes in total.

📂 Using folders for organization limits the ability to add context and nuance, so instead, the speaker uses a map of content or parent note in their Obsidian vault.

🔗 Links within the map of content allow for easy navigation and connection between notes, while also providing additional context and resources.

🔍 Data view queries are heavily used for organization, specifically with the kickstarters database, providing efficient access to relevant information.

📂 Using folders to track content and organize notes

🔍 Creating a table of pending projects for tracking purposes

🎲 Utilizing data view queries for tabletop role-playing games

📷 Generating AI mid-journey photos and summaries for sessions

🤝 Tracking meetings and conversations with data view queries

🔖 Using bookmarks for organizing core principles and notes

📝 Organizing notes in a hyper-connected node structure reflects the way the speaker thinks and sees the world.

💡 Structure notes with a mix of organization and chaos to spark Serendipity and challenge one's thinking.

🔗 Personal organizational structure should align with how one processes information and makes sense of the world.