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Graphic Designer Leah Ferguson joined us from the Toronto, Canada area to share how she uses OmniFocus and Obsidian to manage her multifaceted life.

Leah Ferguson is an environmental graphic designer specializing in wayfinding design and strategy. She’s passionate about shaping experiences in the built environment through design, research and planning. She thrives on design systems and enjoys translating complexities into something that’s simple for end users.

During this session, Leah took us on a tour of her OmniFocus setup and workflows. She shared why she chose OmniFocus and highlighted various ways that she uses OmniFocus to manage all aspects of her life.

Leah is also an avid user of Obsidian, a popular personal knowledge base app that’s built on a folder of textbased Markdown files. She shared how and why she uses Obsidian as her PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) app. Leah also showcased ways that she uses Obsidian alongside OmniFocus.

00:00:00 Welcome
00:00:27 About Learn OmniFocus
00:03:44 What's New
00:07:44 Giving Tuesday: Supporting Farm Radio
00:09:33 Introducing Leah Ferguson
00:11:51 Leah's Design Background
00:14:31 Leah's Tech Stack
00:15:46 One app to rule them all?
00:19:13 Meet Johnny Decimal
00:22:56 Strategic Use of Tags
00:27:54 Linking OmniFocus and Obsidian with Shortcuts
00:32:02 Navigating the Day with OmniFocus and Obsidian
00:37:33 Time Blocking OmniFocus Actions
00:38:48 Avoiding Overwhelm
00:41:24 Case Study: Managing a Blog with OmniFocus + Obsidian
00:45:19 From Idea to Action
00:51:11 Creating Views to Get Things Done
00:55:40 Q & A | Linking from Obsidian to OmniFocus
00:58:10 Q & A | Managing Complex Tasks in OmniFocus
01:01:17 Q & A | Obsidian can be whatever you want it to be.
01:02:56 Q & A | Obsidian Sidebar
01:06:04 Q & A | Daily Note in Obsidian
01:07:23 Q & A | Using the OmniFocus Review Perspective
01:09:23 Q & A | Sharing Information in Obsidian
01:09:49 Q & A | Archiving Obsidian Notes
01:10:43 Q & A | Reviewing Brain Dumps
01:12:07 Q & A | Sharing the Sidebar
01:12:23 Q & A | Building a System Over Time
01:13:57 Closing