Why I write articles with Obsidian

Summary

The author writes about the benefits of using Obsidian as a writing tool for Medium articles, emphasizing productivity and a distraction-free environment.

Abstract

The article discusses the author's experience with using Obsidian, a note-taking application, to compose articles for Medium. The author highlights Obsidian's features such as note linking and the graph view, which facilitates connections between notes that might not be obvious to the writer. The transition to Obsidian from Medium's built-in editor has been beneficial for productivity, with features like auto-pairing brackets saving time and making the writing process more comfortable. A significant advantage noted is the distraction-free environment Obsidian provides by allowing the author to close browser tabs and focus solely on writing. This has led to the creation of higher quality content. The author also recommends an AI service, ZAI.chat, as a cost-effective alternative to ChatGPT Plus, offering similar performance and functions.

Opinions

Obsidian is praised for its ability to link notes and visualize connections, enhancing the writing process.
The author finds Obsidian's productivity features, such as auto-pairing brackets, to be time-saving and comfort-enhancing.
Writing on Obsidian, away from the browser, significantly reduces distractions and improves focus.
The author believes that using Obsidian has contributed to producing more quality content.
A recommendation is made for ZAI.chat, an AI service that is presented as a more affordable alternative to ChatGPT Plus, with similar capabilities.

As a medium writer, choosing the right article editor is important.

It’s been a long time since I’ve started using Obsidian for taking personal notes. It excels in many fields, including linking your notes with others. With the graph view, you can easily see the similarities between your notes, while your brain wouldn’t have made the link: that’s why we call it an extension of your brain.

So I tried writing Medium articles on Obsidian. Here’s what I learned.

You would think, why on earth writing Medium articles on Obsidian? There’s already an editor included in Medium! Well for a lot of reasons. First of all, Obsidian compared to Medium has some features that help me be more productive. For example, it assists you in taking notes. By putting the left bracket, you get the right bracket too so you save some time. Little things like that makes writing more comfortable.

Distraction-free

But something I really appreciate is that I’m distraction-free when I use Obsidian. Let me explain. That doesn’t sound like it, but using the Medium editor can be distracting. Why? Because you are on a browser where social media is always one click from your article. Moving to Obsidian made a big difference. When I write on Obsidian, I close all browser tabs, and I start writing.

I’ve just started writing on Obsidian.

It allows me to concentrate on my articles, rather than anything else, in a world where we’re so distracted. And since I’m more focused on my articles, I’m making more quality content (at least I hope!).