# Articles


Since the start of 2023 I've been publishing writing on the internet, sharing information about what I've learned in my life, around PKM, note-taking, productivity and more.

You can now find all of these pieces here on [parazettel.com](https://parazettel.com/articles)! Have a click around, learn something new and discover old favourites...

## Pages

- [My Current Obsidian x Hermes Setup (Full Configuration Breakdown) ](https://parazettel.com/articles/current-obsidian-hermes-setup-breakdown/)
- [Obsidian's New Age (AI x PKM): A Complete Guide (August 2026)](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidians-new-age-ai-agents/)
- [My PKM Took Off When I Started Using Daily Notes Correctly](https://parazettel.com/articles/daily-notes-pkm-took-off/)
- [My Updated Software Stack For Building My Own Digital Tools](https://parazettel.com/articles/my-stack-of-software-technical/)
- [Please *Don't* Copy My Obsidian Vault (Revisited)](https://parazettel.com/articles/please-dont-copy-obsidian-revisited/)
- [I Let Hermes Agent Process My Obsidian Vault Overnight](https://parazettel.com/articles/hermes-agent-manages-obsidian-overnight/)
- [This Obsidian Plugin Lets You Use Claude or Codex (Almost) Natively in the App](https://parazettel.com/articles/claudian-obsidian-plugin/)
- [Obsidian x Hermes Agent Is So Good I’m Actively Deleting Day-to-Day Apps](https://parazettel.com/articles/hermes-obsidian-deleting-apps/)
- [How to Change Your Life With Note-Taking](https://parazettel.com/articles/note-taking-changed-life/)
- [An Assistant and Intern (Both AI) Run My Operations Now](https://parazettel.com/articles/personal-assistant-and-intern/)
- [Why I Stopped Selling My Flagship Template](https://parazettel.com/articles/why-i-closed-flagship/)
- [Two Claude x Obsidian Tweaks I've Started Using That Actually Help Out](https://parazettel.com/articles/a-couple-of-claude-related-tweaks/)
- [Lessons From Breaking Down Obsidian's CEO's Personal Vault Template](https://parazettel.com/articles/what-i-learned-after-kepano-vault/)
- [How I'm Using Obsidian (and Claude) to Write My First Book](https://parazettel.com/articles/using-obsidian-to-write-book/)
- [3 Free Tiers So Good I Didn't Upgrade](https://parazettel.com/articles/best-free-tier-apps/)
- [Using Obsidian to Build a Software Startup](https://parazettel.com/articles/launching-startup-with-obsidian/)
- [The TL;DR of Claude Code Inside Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/tldr-claude-code-in-obsidian/)
- [How I Manage All My Websites From Obsidian (Plain‑Text, No 3rd-Party Site Builder)](https://parazettel.com/articles/websites-in-obsidian/)
- [My Claude Code Now Has Its Own Second Brain in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/claude-code-has-second-brain/)
- [Claude Code x Obsidian: Time to Stop Ignoring AI in PKM?](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-x-claude-code/)
- [Addressing the Pandemic](https://parazettel.com/articles/addressing-the-pandemic/)
- [Frictionless Progress Tracking in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/frictionless-progress-tracking/)
- [Minimal Note-Taking: A Guide to Simplicity in a Distracted World](https://parazettel.com/articles/minimal-note-taking-book/)
- [What You Need to Know About The PARAZETTEL Changes of Late](https://parazettel.com/articles/parazettel-changes-late-2025/)
- [Maps in Obsidian? The New Potential of Bases](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-maps-bases-api/)
- [The Power of a Zettelkasten at Critical Mass](https://parazettel.com/articles/zettelkasten-critical-mass/)
- [Obsidian for Travel: My First Impressions + Web Clipper Tips](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-travel-web-clipper/)
- [Here are Two (Ethical and Non-Invasive) Ways to Use AI in Your PKM and Writing](https://parazettel.com/articles/ethical-ai-pkm-writing/)
- [A PKM system so good it's impossible to give in to shiny object syndrome](https://parazettel.com/articles/pkm-shiny-object-syndrome/)
- [I Switched from Google Workspace to Proton Business Suite and Couldn't be Happier](https://parazettel.com/articles/google-workspace-to-proton/)
- [New PARAZETTEL Updates, Graduation & the Future](https://parazettel.com/articles/parazettel-updates-graduation-future/)
- [Obsidian's New Bases Feature is The Biggest Update Since Properties](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-bases-biggest-update/)
- [You Might Not Need a PKM System At All](https://parazettel.com/articles/might-not-need-pkm-system/)
- [Using Obsidian and Wispr Flow for Lightning-Quick Voice-to-Text Notes](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-wispr-flow-voice-notes/)
- [Obsidian Complete Guide (May 2025)](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-complete-guide-may-2025/)
- [The Obsidian Plugins That I Used All Throughout My Degree](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-plugins-throughout-degree/)
- [Your PKM System Should be Treated the Same Way You Treat Your House](https://parazettel.com/articles/pkm-system-like-house/)
- [Note-Taking Theory 101 - The Most Useful PKM Ideas](https://parazettel.com/articles/note-taking-theory-101/)
- [Note-Taking Templates: The Limitations of a Done-For-You Approach](https://parazettel.com/articles/note-taking-templates-limitations/)
- [Improve Your Knowledge Management by Building These Two Traits](https://parazettel.com/articles/pkm-two-traits-perseverance-patience/)
- [Clipping The Internet To Obsidian — All The Platforms & Tools I Use](https://parazettel.com/articles/clipping-internet-obsidian-tools/)
- [Obsidian Adds Web Browsing in Its New 1.8 Update](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-web-browsing-1-8-update/)
- [Teaching Obsidian: Writing vs Videos — Which is Better?](https://parazettel.com/articles/teaching-obsidian-writing-vs-videos/)
- [Obsidian and PKM Content on YouTube — Finally!](https://parazettel.com/articles/pkm-youtube-finally/)
- [Obsidian Complete Guide (New and Updated for November 2024)](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-complete-guide-november-2024/)
- [How to Keep Improving Your Note-Taking Practice](https://parazettel.com/articles/improving-note-taking-practice/)
- [How to Not Over-Complicate Productivity](https://parazettel.com/articles/not-over-complicate-productivity/)
- [Meet Obsidian's Brand New Official Web Clipper](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-official-web-clipper/)
- [PARAZETTEL's First Birthday — Lessons From a Whole Year of Selling an Obsidian Vault](https://parazettel.com/articles/parazettel-first-birthday-lessons/)
- [Trying Out a Complete Journaling Solution in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/journaling-solution-obsidian/)
- [What I've Learned From Tiago Forte](https://parazettel.com/articles/learned-from-tiago-forte/)
- [How I Use Obsidian Right Now — Complete System, Plugins and Projects Insight](https://parazettel.com/articles/how-i-use-obsidian-complete/)
- [Obsidian Are Improving Their Mobile App](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-improving-mobile-app/)
- [Questioning the Zettelkasten's Usability — The System You Could Consider Instead](https://parazettel.com/articles/zettelkasten-usability-alternative/)
- [How My Knowledge Management Practice Kept Me Productive Whilst Recovering from Assault](https://parazettel.com/articles/pkm-productive-recovering-assault/)
- [How My Obsidian Vault Looks Now vs At the Start](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-vault-now-vs-start/)
- [AI Tools I Use Now + An Updated Philosophy Surrounding AI Use](https://parazettel.com/articles/ai-tools-philosophy/)
- [The Small Handful of Obsidian Plugins I've Ever Used Consistently](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-plugins-consistent/)
- [How to Eliminate Shiny Object Syndrome for Note-Taking Apps](https://parazettel.com/articles/shiny-object-syndrome-note-taking/)
- [Obsidian for Mobile — My Setup and Opinions on Sync](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-mobile-sync/)
- [Why I Built a Personal Website in the Age of Social Media Dominance](https://parazettel.com/articles/personal-website-social-media/)
- [How I Manage LARGE Projects in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/large-projects-obsidian/)
- [Why I Keep My PKM and Task Management Separate](https://parazettel.com/articles/pkm-task-management-separate/)
- [The 3 Apps Responsible for Building My Life](https://parazettel.com/articles/three-apps-building-life/)
- [How Photography Fits Into My PKM](https://parazettel.com/articles/photography-pkm/)
- [3 Steps for Content Creation PKM + Lessons From Hosting a Workshop](https://parazettel.com/articles/content-creation-pkm-workshop/)
- [The 3 Most Common Reasons I Hit Productivity Ruts + What I Do About Them](https://parazettel.com/articles/productivity-ruts-reasons/)
- [Organising Your Notes in Obsidian — A Complete Guide](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-organising-notes-guide/)
- [Addicted to the internet? Here are the fixes that worked for me](https://parazettel.com/articles/internet-addiction-fixes/)
- [What Students Get Wrong About Note-Taking](https://parazettel.com/articles/students-note-taking-wrong/)
- [Why I *Still* Use Obsidian for Notes — Revisiting the Piece That Started It All](https://parazettel.com/articles/why-still-use-obsidian/)
- [Using Obsidian's Graph View Productively](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-graph-view-productive/)
- [Workspaces — A Powerful Obsidian Workflow Enhancer](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-workspaces-plugin/)
- [If it's not getting me to £10k/month then I don't care — A Lesson In Essentialism](https://parazettel.com/articles/lesson-in-essentialism/)
- [I Quit Task Management Apps](https://parazettel.com/articles/quit-task-management-apps/)
- [How to Use Obsidian to Improve Your Life in 2024](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-improve-life-2024/)
- [Top Apps for PKM, Online Business and Writing in 2023](https://parazettel.com/articles/top-apps-pkm-2023/)
- [Obsidian - An Up-to-Date Guide (November 2023)](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-guide-november-2023/)
- [The Right Way to Develop Your PKM System](https://parazettel.com/articles/develop-pkm-system/)
- [The 4 Obsidian Workflows Driving My Daily PKM](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-daily-workflows/)
- [Using Obsidian to Build a Website](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-build-website/)
- [Low-Budget Digital Product Launch Stack](https://parazettel.com/articles/low-budget-product-launch/)
- [The Ultimate Online Content Creator's Tech Stack, Based on Obsidian (Free to $20/Month)](https://parazettel.com/articles/content-creator-tech-stack/)
- [Fusing Building a Second Brain and Zettelkasten in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/fusing-basb-zettelkasten-obsidian/)
- [How a Beginner Writer Earned $1.2k on Medium in 2 Months](https://parazettel.com/articles/beginner-writer-1-2k-medium/)
- [How to Simplify Your Obsidian Vault](https://parazettel.com/articles/simplify-obsidian-vault/)
- [Secret Way to Produce 4x More Work (Without Sacrificing Quality)](https://parazettel.com/articles/produce-4x-more-work/)
- [The Top 5 Best Habits for Writers](https://parazettel.com/articles/top-5-habits-writers/)
- [Writers, Dump Your Morning Routine. This is More Effective...](https://parazettel.com/articles/writers-dump-morning-routine/)
- [The Top 3 Books to Develop Your Mindset](https://parazettel.com/articles/top-3-mindset-books/)
- [The Biggest Growth-Ruining Mistake a Beginner Writer Makes and How to Fix It](https://parazettel.com/articles/beginner-writer-growth-mistake/)
- [How I Use Obsidian's New Properties Feature Productively](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-properties-productive/)
- [How to Synthesize Content You Consume in Order to Create](https://parazettel.com/articles/synthesize-content-creation/)
- [How I Set Up My MacBook Air for Productivity](https://parazettel.com/articles/macbook-productivity-setup/)
- [The Obsidian Templates That I Still Use After Simplifying My Vault](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-templates-simplified/)
- [How I Set Up My iPhone for Productivity](https://parazettel.com/articles/iphone-productivity-setup/)
- [Using a Second Brain to Generate Unlimited Unique Content Ideas](https://parazettel.com/articles/second-brain-content-ideas/)
- [Minimal Note-Taking: A Complete Guide](https://parazettel.com/articles/minimal-note-taking/)
- [3 Reasons Almost Everyone Should Use Obsidian For Taking Notes](https://parazettel.com/articles/reasons-use-obsidian/)
- [Why I Stopped Bullet Journalling Even After I Vouched for It Just Months Ago](https://parazettel.com/articles/stopped-bullet-journalling/)
- [The 7 Most Important Things I've Learned From Growing to 50k Views on Medium in 6 Months](https://parazettel.com/articles/medium-50k-views-lessons/)
- [Obsidian's New Properties Feature Brings a Notion-Like Experience to Metadata](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-properties-feature/)
- [The Most Important Notes in My Obsidian Vault](https://parazettel.com/articles/most-important-obsidian-notes/)
- [3 Simple Things That Help You Make the Most of Life](https://parazettel.com/articles/make-most-of-life/)
- [Simple Obsidian Project Notes and Tasks](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-project-notes-tasks/)
- [How I Finally Cured Instagram Addiction by Deleting The App for Good](https://parazettel.com/articles/cured-instagram-addiction/)
- [I'm Late to the Party With This Popular Obsidian Plugin](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/)
- [I Uninstalled Most of My Obsidian Plugins. Here are The Ones I Kept...](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-plugins-kept/)
- [Apps Worth Paying For (IMHO)](https://parazettel.com/articles/apps-worth-paying-for/)
- [Why You Should Look Back Through Your Old Journals](https://parazettel.com/articles/look-back-old-journals/)
- [Creators, You Might Not Need a Task Management Solution — Here's What You Need Instead](https://parazettel.com/articles/creators-task-management/)
- [3 Ways to Reduce Distraction in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-reduce-distraction/)
- [How to Balance Creating Online With Being a Student](https://parazettel.com/articles/balance-creating-student/)
- [How to Write Medium Stories the CEO Enjoys Reading](https://parazettel.com/articles/write-medium-stories-ceo/)
- [A Complete Guide to Minimising Digital Distractions](https://parazettel.com/articles/minimising-digital-distractions/)
- [What Makes a Good Note-Taking App?](https://parazettel.com/articles/what-makes-a-good-note-taking-app/)
- [The 7 Best Obsidian Plugins Under 20,000 Downloads](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-plugins-under-20k/)
- [How To Make Obsidian Like Trello With The Kanban Plugin](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-kanban-trello/)
- [Obsidian vs Capacities From a Creator's Perspective](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-vs-capacities/)
- [Setting Up My New MacBook as a Lifelong Windows User](https://parazettel.com/articles/macbook-setup-windows-user/)
- [The Best AI Tools I’ve Used This Year](https://parazettel.com/articles/the-best-ai-tools-ive-used-this-year/)
- [How a Student Connects Apps Using Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/student-connects-apps-obsidian/)
- [Your Productivity System WILL Evolve, And That's Okay](https://parazettel.com/articles/productivity-system-evolution/)
- [A Complete, Up-To-Date Guide to Obsidian (June 2023)](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-complete-guide-june-2023/)
- [Power-Up Your Tagging in Obsidian With The Secret Building a Second Brain Bonus Chapter](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-tagging-basb/)
- [You Can Use Obsidian to Replace Todoist - Here's How](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-replace-todoist/)
- [Obsidian's YAML Metadata Feature is Underrated (With Examples)](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-yaml-metadata/)
- [Your Task Management System, Simplified](https://parazettel.com/articles/task-management-simplified/)
- [Obsidian Core Plugins - Get These Right First](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-core-plugins/)
- [You Can Replace Notion With Obsidian - Here's How](https://parazettel.com/articles/replace-notion-with-obsidian/)
- [3 Obsidian Plugins for Online Creators Looking to Level Up Their Workflow](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-plugins-online-creators/)
- [Obsidian vs Notion - Functional System vs Shiny Object](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-vs-notion/)
- [A Complete Workflow for Information Capture and Idea Creation in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-information-capture-workflow/)
- [Obsidian Has a New Icon - Here Are Some Tips to Upgrade The App's Appearance](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-appearance-tips/)
- [Your New Obsidian Superpower - How to Use Folder Notes](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-folder-notes/)
- [AI in Obsidian: The Correct Way to Generate Ideas](https://parazettel.com/articles/ai-obsidian-idea-generation/)
- [6 Obsidian Plugins for Ease of Use](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-ease-of-use-plugins/)
- [4 Resources to Upgrade Your Note-Taking](https://parazettel.com/articles/pkm-resources/)
- [Tips to Overcome Obsidian's Learning Curve Quickly](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-learning-curve/)
- [Where AI Fails in PKM and Content Production](https://parazettel.com/articles/ai-pkm-mistakes/)
- [Use Obsidian to Manage Content Creation and Grow on Medium](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-content-creation/)
- [3 Irreplaceable Plugins for Your Obsidian Vault](https://parazettel.com/articles/irreplaceable-obsidian-plugins/)
- [2 Things You MUST Balance for Efficiency in Using Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-efficiency-balance/)
- [Fusing the Two Most Powerful Note-Taking Systems in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/fusing-the-two-most-powerful/)
- [Using Obsidian and Anki to Learn Anything](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-anki-learning/)
- [Don't Copy my Obsidian Setup and I Won't Copy Yours](https://parazettel.com/articles/build-your-own-obsidian-system/)
- [I Tried Tana, Anytype and Notion, Then Bought an Obsidian Catalyst Licence. Here's Why](https://parazettel.com/articles/why-i-chose-obsidian/)
- [The Best Obsidian Plugins for Academic Writing](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-academic-writing-plugins/)
- [Obsidian Plugin Dev's Tips for Using AI in Your Vault](https://parazettel.com/articles/obsidian-plugin-dev-ai-tips/)
- [ChatGPT and Other AI for Students — How to Use This Technology for Maximum Efficiency](https://parazettel.com/articles/chatgpt-ai-for-students/)
- [AI for Obsidian Users — Enhance Your Second Brain with the Power of Large Language Models](https://parazettel.com/articles/ai-for-obsidian-users/)
- [Making an AI Writing Team that Generates Realistic Articles in Obsidian](https://parazettel.com/articles/ai-writing-team-obsidian/)
- [You're not Immune to Recency Bias — 3 Ways to See the Forest in Spite of the Trees](https://parazettel.com/articles/recency-bias/)
- [Dopamine — Andrew Huberman's Hacks for Improving Motivation](https://parazettel.com/articles/dopamine-huberman-motivation/)
- [How to Write by Hand More Often, and a Few Reasons Why You Should](https://parazettel.com/articles/write-by-hand/)
- [Two Lessons You Will Learn From Lifting Weights](https://parazettel.com/articles/lessons-from-lifting-weights/)
- [How Digital Minimalism Will Change Your Life](https://parazettel.com/articles/digital-minimalism/)
- [Why You Should Use a Pen and Paper for Idea Capture](https://parazettel.com/articles/pen-paper-idea-capture/)
- [Why We Should Honestly Discuss Sensitive Topics More](https://parazettel.com/articles/discuss-sensitive-topics/)
- [5 Tips to Escape a Productivity Rut](https://parazettel.com/articles/escape-productivity-rut/)
- [Meditation — What Nobody Tells You](https://parazettel.com/articles/meditation-what-nobody-tells-you/)
- [4 Lessons I Learned From A-levels That Will Serve Me For Life](https://parazettel.com/articles/lessons-from-a-levels/)
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