Sönke Ahrens - How to Take Smart Notes with Obsidian

How to Take Smart Notes with Obsidian is the official companion course to Sönke Ahrens's book, teaching the Zettelkasten method inside Obsidian.

About Sönke Ahrens - How to Take Smart Notes with Obsidian

This is the official companion course to Sönke Ahrens's book How to Take Smart Notes, applied to the note-taking app Obsidian. It shows how to build a Zettelkasten, a linked note system, inside Obsidian, covering setup and daily workflow. The course is meant to be used alongside the book and takes a practical, tool-based approach to its ideas.

According to the page, you install Obsidian and essential add-ons, optionally integrate the Zotero reference manager, and customise Obsidian into your own system. You learn to capture fleeting, permanent and literature notes, link and tag them, and avoid pitfalls that may appear years later. It is hosted on Teachable.

What You'll Learn

• Setting up Obsidian and add-ons
• Capturing fleeting, permanent and literature notes
• Linking, tagging and connecting notes
• Integrating Zotero reference management
• Avoiding long-term note-taking pitfalls

Who Is This Course For?

• Readers of the book who want to apply it
• Students and researchers organising literature notes
• Writers building a note-based workflow
• Obsidian users new to Zettelkasten
• Zotero users linking references to notes

Suited to students, researchers and writers who want a working Zettelkasten in Obsidian.

Why Choose Sönke Ahrens - How to Take Smart Notes with Obsidian?

According to the official page, this is the companion course to Sönke Ahrens's book on smart notes, taught inside Obsidian. It covers installing Obsidian and add-ons, building a Zettelkasten, capturing fleeting, permanent and literature notes, linking and tagging, optional Zotero integration, and avoiding pitfalls that can appear years later. Its tie to the book's method is the main differentiator.

Course Highlights

• Official companion to the book
• Obsidian setup and add-ons
• Zotero integration lesson
• Note types and linking lessons
• Long-term pitfalls guidance

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