10 things Obisidian fascinates me
I wrote this article in English for 3 reasons: first, my advisor saw me taking notes in Chinese several times and strongly suggests I use English instead; second, a few days ago I saw a blog from a newly graduated Ph.D. student - she is Chinese but she writes long English articles which inspires me a lot; third, it’s a great time to compare some grammar checking tools, like Grammarly, ProWritingAid, etc.
Back to our topic, I start using Obisidian last August, at the beginning, I just want a writing tool that has a better typing experience. Although I know Typora provides an excellent experience, I prefer a writing app with a workspace that can help me manages all the files. When I transferred from MarkEditor to Obisidian, I indeed got a seamless experience. So that’s it! Unlike most people, I got attracted just because of the good writing experience, rather than their selling point - bi-directional links.
During the first few months of trial, I use Obsidian in a primitive way. But things have changed in 2021 - the booming of community plugins make it different. Up to now (2021-05-15), 197 community plugins can be found on the official search engine. With these powerful plugins, I got an unparalleled writing and note-taking experience. In this article, I will introduce 10 things I like about Obsidian and I can’t wait to share all this with you!