Erica Xu @_ericaxu

Co-founder of @obsdmd and @DynalistHQ obsidian.md Joined June 2013

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Obsidian @obsdmd

2 years ago

Obsidian Properties. A simple way to add structured data to your notes: dates, tags, checkboxes, lists, even links. You can also search notes by property and value. ✨ Now available to all with Obsidian 1.4. As always, your data is stored durably and privately on your device.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

2 years ago

A few meta skills in cooking (excluding pâtisserie) that I'd like to improve at: 1. Fermentation, generates flavor 2. Stock making, extract flavors, primarily umami 3. Various frying batters 4. Various kind of doughs 5. Infused oils, fried and cold 6. Sauces 7. Plating

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Obsidian @obsdmd

2 years ago

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

2 years ago

Just made my first Obsidian plugin today. Feels pretty good.

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John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack

2 years ago

From a DM, just in case anyone else needs to hear this.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

Back to work.

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kepano @kepano

3 years ago

The new Obsidian Publish design is now live! You can check it out by exploring the @obsdmd help site: help.obsidian.md More Publish improvements to come 😊

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

You can roughly divide knowledge into "how things work" and "what happened". "How things work" is a condensed version of "what happened". Less stores, more patterns. I find it helpful to alternate between the two so one doesn't get bored.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

Don't rely on second-hand information to make judgement. Always think from first principles when you can. You might have fewer ideas, but each of them is more sound and stable than what other people tell you.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

The more owners a company has, the less human it will be. Megacorps would do things no individual would ever do. When they're owned by so many humans, they're behaving much more like a computer that solves for max profit than a human.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

Even I would think I'm reading a book that tells me why Obsidian is important, but this is just a children education book by Papert.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

I found my Hacker News submission from 2014 and loved this comment: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8299192 Too bad I can't seem to get in contact with this person. Worse, I lost my blog. But that's ok, I have the blog post saved in my Obsidian vault.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

I have trouble describing why tabs in Obsidian are useful. It's like having to describe why chocolate chip cookies are great. It just... is?

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

We naturally want to learn about extraordinary things. Tallest man on earth. Person who lived to age 120. We also naturally interested in ourselves. The high school we went to. Our favorite album in high school. This path from "me" to "wow" is self-improvement.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

Concepts are linked via knowledge, and people are linked via experiences.

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Erica Xu @_ericaxu

3 years ago

Connected thoughts are like magnets. They will come to you automatically, but only if you get close enough. So build connections. The more connections you have, the larger your network's surface area gets. That's how you get close to the good ones.