Exploring Digital Gardens: Building Salman.io and Enhancing Engagement

🌱 Digital gardens are a concept where individuals publicly share their notes to receive feedback and improve their learning.

🌿 The creator discusses their decision to build a digital garden and the struggles they faced, as well as the new motivation they found for using it.

💻 The creator shares their digital garden website, notes.salman.io, and explains how they integrate it back into their main site for better organization.

🌱 The speaker initially found it challenging to regularly contribute to their digital garden, but they discovered two ways to make it more relevant and active.

📝 The speaker realized that the sections from their weekly newsletter could be turned into great notes for their digital garden.

🔀 The concept of 'flipping the script' was introduced, which involves looking beyond platform metrics and focusing on other important aspects.

💡 Taking notes allows for more freedom and the ability to easily reference ideas.

📌 Converting newsletter editions into notes helps prevent unique ideas from getting lost.

🔄 Sharing the process is another valuable use case for notes.

💡 Writing is like peeling an onion, removing layers to make room for what comes next.

📝 Compilation of personal writing process guide from process learnings.

🌐 Disruption of user experience due to separate website for notes, instead of having everything in one website.

🌱 Building Salman.io using different technologies and integrating notes into the main website.

📝 Markdown files used for both websites, allowing easy integration and editing experience.

💻 Using Obsidian, a tool for note-taking, to edit the Markdown files locally.

📝 Using Obsidian, you can open a folder of markdown files containing notes and essays in the same repository.

🖋️ It is easy to add and publish content with Obsidian, ensuring a seamless workflow.

📚 The speaker feels more organized with the ability to list videos and have everything immersed in one place.

🌱 Integrating a newsletter landing page and a gallery on the website to showcase best editions and art.

🔍 Focus on optimizing SEO and integrating a landing page for art.

🎨 Exploring ways to make the site more visually appealing with animation and color.