How I Use Zettelkasten and Obsidian to Keep My Notes Organized

How I Use Zettelkasten and Obsidian to Keep My Notes Organized

From Life Hacking Tech Brief By HackerNoon by HackerNoon

September 25, 2025 · 3 min

About this episode

The episode discusses how to use Zettelkasten and Obsidian for effective note organization and productivity.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-use-zettelkasten-and-obsidian-to-keep-my-notes-organized . I use Zettelkasten and Obsidian to make a connected web of notes that help me with being more productive and learning new concepts much faster than normal. Check more stories related to life-hacking at: https://hackernoon.com/c/life-hacking . You can also check exclusive content about #productivity , #note-taking , #building-knowledge-base , #zettelkasten , #obsidian , #learning , #learn-to-code , #knowledge , #web-monetization , and more. This story was written by: @vinib . Learn more about this writer by checking @vinib's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Zettelkasten proposes a way of writing connected notes, and not just a collection of notes. The human brain is non-linear: we jump from idea to idea, all the time. The difference to other systems is that you create a web of thoughts instead of notes of arbitrary size and form, and emphasize connection, not a collection. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base on top of a folder of plain text Markdown files that you can organize in whatever way you want.

Topics covered

  • note-taking
  • productivity
  • knowledge management
  • learning
  • life hacking

Keywords

  • Zettelkasten
  • Obsidian
  • note-taking
  • productivity
  • knowledge base
  • learning
  • life hacking

Mentioned in this episode

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Products: Zettelkasten, Obsidian

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