In this talk, I show why I think taking notes for work with Obsidian has not just helped me learn faster but improved my career working in tech as a Developer Advocate and performance engineer. I take notes continuously as a way to keep my skills relevant. This is a rehearsal of a presentation I gave at EuroSTAR 2023.

EuroSTAR 2023: https://conference.eurostarsoftwarete...
How I use Obsidian for work as a software developer advocate:    • How I use Obsidian for work as a soft...  
My published notes: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com

// TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:38 Keeping up with tech trends
04:26 New way of taking notes: continuous notetaking
08:43 What is Obsidian?
10:50 Getting started with Obsidian (demo)
16:13 Logging a devlog/test log
19:48 Learning in Public
23:13 Advantages of continuous notetaking
26:24 My personal Obsidian graph


// ABOUT ME
Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com
Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole
Videos for my work at Grafana Labs:    • My work at Grafana Labs  
Adobo & Avocados (with Marie Drake), a channel about intersectionality in tech:    / @adoboandavocados  
Beyond the Character Sheet (with Leah Ferguson), a channel about TTRPGs:    / @beyondthecharactersheet  

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Obsidian: https://obsidian.md
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Reclaim: https://go.reclaim.ai/eg0tgbamp7cb
Snipd: https://link.snipd.com/Cx7S/nicole
Napkin: https://napkin.one/?via=nicole

// GEAR
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