Magnus having a pint of bitters in a London pub

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Essential tools: Hugo PaperMod theme Visual Studio Code Obsidian DigitalOcean App Platform AI is used as an assistant. I’m doing the writing, but with help (usually in the form of proof reading or helping with structure). I bounce around between a variety of tools. Claude - Often integrated with other tools like vscode, Obsidian, AnythingLLM. AnythingLLM Ollama Open WebUI ChatGPT - Largely Claude is replacing this. But I still use it some.

logo for Obsidian notes, which has a low poly obsidian stone rendering, and a minimalist font in all caps that says 'obsidian'

migrating Obsidian from iCloud to native Sync

Context Now that I’m getting into the swing of using Obsidian, and realizing how powerful the tool can be for organizing my busy meetings at work, I wanted to start using Obsidian in my work day. But without allowing my employer-issued MacBook to have full access to my iCloud drive. I’d originally set up my vault to sync to iCloud to make it easy (and free) to sync to my mobile devices, which are also all Apple devices. ...

obsidian notes linkup

This site is going to start showing more small “notes” that will usually be without a cover image or heavy composition. I’m working on a workflow for keeping notes in Obsidian while easily exporting my notes in one direction from Obsidian to Hugo. As I work through the book Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte, these pages will show referential links back and forth to one another. ...