California attorney David Sparks has been producing great educational content for an incredibly long time. His iPad at Work book was groundbreaking when it came out over a decade ago, and he then moved on to electronic publications in iBooks and then more recently to online Field Guide courses. This latest iteration is the best format yet. Each Field Guide features incredibly well-produced videos in which David explains and shows you exactly how to use an app or service. His Field Guides always come with fantastic examples, and you get a transcript along with the video which makes it easy to find exactly what you need. I highly recommend his Shortcuts Field Guide and his more recent Shortcuts for Mac Field Guide for anyone looking to take better advantage of Shortcuts, regardless of whether you are an absolute beginner or a power user looking to do even more.
Now that David has given up his law practice to focus on creating tech-related content, he has been releasing so much great and helpful stuff. Yesterday, David released his latest Field Guide, this time focusing on the powerful app Obsidian. It is called, as you might expect, the Obsidian Field Guide. Obsidian is primarily used on a Mac or PC, but it also works on the iPad and even the iPhone. It is a note-taking app, but unlike many other note-taking apps, it makes it fast and easy to have your notes cross-reference each other. With Obsidian, you can jot down lots of different ideas and then the app can help you to organize and make sense of it all. If you have heard of Roam Research, Craft, DEVONthink, or Notion, they are all somewhat similar, but Obsidian is noteworthy for the comprehensive set of tools that it gives you to work with, including plug-ins.
I've heard about Obsidian many times, but I haven't yet used Obsidian myself. In part, this has been because I was a little intimidated by the app, and in part, this has been because I wasn't sure how the app might be a good fit for one of my projects. I suspect that many of you would fall in the same camp. David's new Field Guide is perfect for people like us because it does a fantastic job of explaining the projects for which an app like Obsidian excels and then providing great advice for using this app. This includes not only using the basic app but also how to work with tons of different plug-ins that bring advanced functions to the app. Follow along with David's examples and before you know it, you will be a power user.
David gave me a free preview version of this new Field Guide a few days ago, and I've enjoyed starting the course. The quality of his videos is excellent, and the Field Guide is well organized. There are 78 video tutorials, about six total hours of content, and tons of workflows and usage samples.
Want even more? David is also selling a "plus" version of his Field Guide that gives you access to live online webinars with David that you can attend and/or re-watch later.
The cost of the Field Guide is $49, or $99 if you want the "plus" version. However, for a limited time you can use the discount code OBSIDIANLAUNCH to get 10% off.
If keeping track of information, organizing information, and using information is a part of your life, then Obsidian may be for you, and David's new Obsidian Field Guide is the perfect accessory to the Obsidian software.
Click here to get the Obsidian Field Guide by David Sparks ($44 with discount)
