Obsidian Plugins Review — 51
Elevate Your Obsidian Experience: Discover the Best New Plugins for Enhanced Note-Taking and Boost Productivity
In this week’s Obsidian plugins review, I will be exploring a diverse range of new plugins that promise to enhance your note-taking and knowledge management experience. From productivity tools like Pomodoro Widget and Pomodoro Planner to plugins like Yesterday, Alias Management, and Historica that streamline your workflow, there’s something for every Obsidian user to discover. Additionally, I will delve into plugins such as Date Inserter, Tekken Notation, Mxmind, and Media Notes that cater to specific needs, along with Vault Transfer, Movie Search, and Differential ZIP Backup for added functionality. Join me as we uncover the potential of these exciting new plugins in the Obsidian ecosystem.
Pomodoro Widget
This plugin adds a pomodoro clock widget to Obsidian. It has a ticking function to keep the user focused and can be customized to appear in the ribbon, status bar, or as a command. The plugin also includes a stopwatch feature. The widget’s appearance can be customized using class names that start with pomo- in the styles.css file.
Yesterday
Yesterday allows users for creating and editing a Yesterday journal, which extends Markdown with support for the following journal entries:
- dialogs (like Whatsapp, iMessage,…)
- dreams
- media content blocks
---
date: 2010-02-02 17:05:32 -04:00
location:
name: Times Square, New York, USA
latitude: 40.7580
longitude: -73.9855
weather:
summary: Icy
temperature: 3.06
sky: partly-cloudy-day
---
§§§
I found myself in an ancient library, its shelves stretching into infinity under a dim, mysterious light. Among the endless rows, a book with a cover that shimmered like stardust caught my eye. Just as my fingers grazed its spine, it fluttered away, leading me through a labyrinth of shelves. This chase brought me to a serene clearing where the duck from earlier awaited, its feathers aglow with an ethereal light. It spoke with a voice that resonated with both familiarity and otherworldliness, imparting wisdom that felt profound yet slipped away upon waking.
§§§
Today's adventure took us to the heart of the city, yet away from its clamor: Central Park. A green oasis amidst the concrete jungle, each path and bench tells a story. Our first stop was the Bethesda Terrace, its intricate stonework and arches a testament to craftsmanship and vision.
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Not far from there, the Bow Bridge presented a picturesque scene, its graceful curve reflecting on the calm lake waters, a perfect moment captured in the soft afternoon light.
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While walking home, Karen shared a joke that unexpectedly lightened the mood:
.Doctor: I'm sorry but you suffer from a terminal illness and have only 10 to live.
.Patient (anxiously): What do you mean, 10?
.Patient: 10 what?
.Patient: Months?
.Patient: Weeks?!
.Doctor: Nine.
.Patient: 😳
Alias Management
The Alias Management plugin helps identify duplicate notes based on similar aliases and filenames. It dynamically expands aliases and filenames at runtime, preserving file integrity. The plugin features interactive links, color-coded origins, and a reading mode for easy navigation and editing. Real-time updates occur as aliases or filenames change, ensuring current data representation. Disclosure widgets allow hiding or showing lists of aliases with a single click. Lists are sorted by the number of entries, with filename-derived aliases prioritized.
Historica
Historica creates a timeline from files in a vault. It supports multi-file inclusion, with directory paths relative to the vault directory. A “now” point can be pinned to mark a special time in the timeline.
Example:
```historica
start="2024/Jan/01"
end="2024/Jun/13"
style=1
include_files=["file1.md", "sub_dir/file2.md", "sub_dir2/sub_dir3/file3.md]
```
Date Inserter
Date Inserter is a plugin that allows users to insert a date at the cursor position using a calendar. The calendar used in this plugin is built with “vanillajs-datepicker”. The plugin’s calendar offers various formatting options for the inserted date.
Pomodoro Planner
Pomodoro Planner is a simple plugin that creates a daily plan using the Pomodoro technique. It is compatible with the “Obsidian Day Planner” plugin.
Tekken Notation
This plugin allows you to create codeblocks for rendering Tekken notation in Obsidian. Move Terminology is the input notation that the Tekken series follows. With Tekken Notation plugin you can represent fighting movements.
Mxmind
This plugin allows you to create mind maps. It uses the Mxmind.com remote service for some features. You may need to create an account on mxmind.com to save and sync mind map files.
Differential ZIP Backup
This plugin allows you to create differential backups of your vault and store it on compressed (zip) file.7
Media Notes
Media Notes allows seamless creation of media notes from YouTube, podcasts, and lectures. It offers features like inserting timestamps, customizable settings, and a fixed media player in the note pane. It also provides hotkeys to control the playback of media, customizable through the Hotkeys settings page.
Vault Transfer
Vault Transfer allows users to transfer the contents of a note to another vault and linking it. Multiple notes can be transferred at once, with the option to create a new folder in the target vault.
Movie Search
Movie Search plugin allows users to create movie notes. Use the command palette to search for a movie/tv show, and the plugin will query TMDB for that movie/tv show data. A note is then automatically created with that movie information.
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