up: [[Obsidian]] Tags: #🌿 # How to use the Obsidian graph view for notemaking One of my favorite features of Obsidian is its graph view. It's one of the best ways to get a visual representation of your PKM system. It's also one of my favorite places for [[Notemaking]]. How do I use it for notemaking? #### Spot easy pickin's The graph view lets you spot easy pickin's by toggling off show existing files only. This is because you can spot unmade files attached to notes you have already fleshed out. By starting out fleshing out these easy pickin's you can get into a notemaking rhythm and enter the [[Flow State MOC]]. Then you can tackle those more difficult notes you have been waiting to process. #### Spot BOAT notes By toggling orphan notes you can spot BOAT notes, notes floating in the sea with no connections, that you can look to find places for in your system. #### Triangulation [[Triangulation]] is the process of determining a point based on the position of two other points. Using the graph view, you can triangulate by seeing how two notes can connect to a third. #### Local Graph Local graph is like normal graph but much more local. Better for spotting connections between things once you have found something through your bigger filtered graph view. #### Find your key ideas The visual nature of the graph view allows you to see which notes linked more to other notes because of their size. This makes it easy to determine what notes in your system form the foundations of your thinking which should be the cornerstones of your expression (YouTube, Blogging, Newsletters, etc.) Reference: Related: [[🌲 It’s Not Just a Pretty Gimmick In Defense of Obsidian’s Graph View]] [[Notemaking]]