Learning Obsidian Through Real World Examples
During the era when I was regularly teaching people how to use Salesforce as a fundraising database, I learned that inserting the characters in Downton Abbey into the demos to explain familial connections, multiple residences, and estate gifts was far more effective than making up information on the fly or using Jane and John Doe as donors.
When absorbing new information, it's nice to have a known element to follow. It grounds your understanding because the example focuses on something that you already comprehend. That frees your brain to concentrate on what's new.
Most of the videos on the internet discussing Obsidian are using examples that hold no meaning while trying to show you how to use not only a new application but a new approach and way of thinking. Consequently, these tutorials don't have any impact and are often downright confusing, less than ideal.
By framing examples and tutorials with concrete information, we remove the hurdle of following the big picture and are able to focus on the important question — do you understand how Obsidian organizes information?
