Welcome to the Brain Bank!, a meticulously crafted knowledge repository designed to enhance your note-taking experience. Whether you’re a seasoned researcher, a creative writer, or a curious learner, or an experienced programmer, BrainBank provides a robust foundation for organising your thoughts, ideas, and insights. Whether you’re storing research notes, creative sparks, or project outlines, this vault could act as your digital brain.
BrainBank is more than just a collection of notes—it’s a dynamic ecosystem that empowers you to:
- Structure Your Notes: Say goodbye to chaos! BrainBank comes with a pre-configured folder structure that neatly organises your notes, templates, and resources. No more hunting for that elusive piece of information; everything has its place.
- Harness the Power of Tags: Tags are your trusty companions in the world of knowledge management. BrainBank encourages the use of descriptive tags, making it effortless to connect related concepts and find relevant content.
- MOC (Map of Content): The MOC notes (also known as “Maps of Content”) act as your compass within BrainBank. These interconnected notes provide a high-level overview, guiding you through the vault’s landscape. Navigate seamlessly between topics and explore the web of knowledge.
- Dashboard for Quick Navigation: A sleek dashboard using Obsidian Canvas offers a bird’s-eye view of your notes. Jump directly to frequently accessed sections, recent additions, etc. Efficiency at your fingertips!
- Community-Driven Plugins: BrainBank thrives on collaboration; and have integrated several community plugins that enhance your experience. From productivity boosters to visualisation tools, these plugins elevate your workflow. Feel free to customise and tailor BrainBank to your liking.
- Folders and notes are colour coded for easy identification in the Explorer view and Graph view
- Download and Install Obsidian:
- If you haven’t already, download and install Obsidian on your preferred platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux).
- Configure the vault
- Grab a copy(ZIP file) of the latest release of BrainBank from https://github.com/febinjoy/brainbank/releases to get a copy of the Brain Bank Vault:
- Unzip the folder to a convenient location.
- Instead of creating a new vault within Obsidian, choose the option to open an existing folder as a vault.
- Navigate to the location where you saved the repo.
- Obsidian will recognise it as a vault and load all the contents.
- You may be prompted if you trust the authors of this vault. Choose appropriate option. If you want to review the plugins used, choose - Browse vault in Restricted mode. For more details, refer section - Community plugins used in this document.
- Customise and explore
- Once opened, explore the BrainBank structure, tags, and templates.
- Add, remove, or modify folders as needed. Tweak the dashboard layout, adjust themes, and experiment with plugins. Make it truly yours.
- Enable or disable any community plugins used as required.
- Make any necessary customizations to fit your workflow.
- Dive into the notes, explore cross-references, and contribute your insights.
- Share your discoveries with the Obsidian community—we’re all learners here.
- Back Up Regularly: Safeguard your Brain Bank by regularly backing up your Obsidian vault. You can use OneDrive or Google Drive to do it. If you want to add version control features to it, use a private git repo.
- Link Notes: Use [[double brackets]] to link related notes within your vault.
- Explore Plugins: Obsidian supports plugins. Explore the community plugins to enhance your experience.
Remember, the Brain Bank is now your digital sanctuary for thoughts, ideas, and knowledge. Feel free to adapt, expand and customise your vault as your knowledge grows. Remember, the vault is only as powerful as the ideas it holds.
May your digital brain thrive!
Please refer BrainBank's wiki here - https://github.com/febinjoy/brainbank/wiki for detailed instructions and details.
BrainBank, owes its seamless experience to the brilliant minds behind various community plugins. These plugins enhance functionality, boost productivity, and elevate your note-taking game. Let’s give a virtual round of applause to these talented authors!
Treat your Obsidian Vault as a database which you can query from. Please refer to https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview for more details.
This plugin for Obsidian creates a simple Calendar view for visualising and navigating between your daily notes. Please refer to https://github.com/liamcain/obsidian-calendar-plugin for more details.
This plugin helps to create a markdown-backed Kanban boards in Obsidian. Please refer to https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban for more details.
This plugin acts as a day planner from a task list in Obsidian. Please refer to https://github.com/ivan-lednev/obsidian-day-planner for more details.
This plugin displays a list of most recently opened files in the sidebar. Please refer to https://github.com/tgrosinger/recent-files-obsidian for more details.
This plugin helps to open a specified note, canvas, or workspace upon launching Obsidian. Please refer to https://github.com/mirnovov/obsidian-homepage for more details.
This plugin helps to count the words of a selected text in the editor. Please refer to https://github.com/lukeleppan/better-word-count for more details.
The Periodic Notes plugin expands on the idea of daily notes and introduces weekly and monthly notes. Please refer to https://github.com/liamcain/obsidian-periodic-notes for more details.
This Plugin adds a Dictionary to the Obsidian. Please refer to https://github.com/phibr0/obsidian-dictionary for more details.
This plugin Create a table of contents for a note. Please refer to https://github.com/hipstersmoothie/obsidian-plugin-toc for more details.
This is a simple plugin to add an estimated reading time for the selected note to the StatusBar. Please refer to https://github.com/avr/obsidian-reading-time for more details.
This plugin for Obsidian allows you to select colors for your files and folders in the file explorer. Please refer to https://github.com/ecustic/obsidian-file-color for more details.
Automatically fetches metadata from an URL and makes it as a card-styled link. Please refer to https://github.com/nekoshita/obsidian-auto-card-link for more details.
Better Export PDF is an Obsidian PDF export enhancement plugin that adds the ability to export bookmarks outline, export preview and add page numbers to PDF compared to the official PDF export function. Please refer to https://github.com/l1xnan/obsidian-better-export-pdf for more details.
This plugin helps you to enter Zen more to focus on writing. It provides you with a full screen mode providing a distraction free writing more. Please refer to https://github.com/cmoskvitin/obsidian-prozen for more details.
This is a simple plugin that maintains a changelog of recently edited files in your vault. Please refer to https://github.com/badrbouslikhin/obsidian-vault-changelog for more details.
This plugin helps you view the differences between two files with merge options. Please refer to https://github.com/friebetill/obsidian-file-diff for more details.
This plugin allows you to easily embed tab controls in your notes. Please refer to https://github.com/ptournet/obsidian-html-tabs for more details.
This plugin allows you to highlight specific keywords in your notes, making it easier to locate and organise important information. Please refer to https://github.com/marcel-goldammer/obsidian-keyword-highlighter for more details.
This is a plugin for Obsidian that allows you to merge notes selected in the context menu into a single note. Please refer to https://github.com/fnya/merge-notes for more details.
This plugin render PlantUML Diagrams in Obsidian. Please refer to https://github.com/joethei/obsidian-plantuml for more details.
Remember, these plugins are like spices in a rich stew. Customize BrainBank to your taste! Explore, contribute, and keep the Obsidian community thriving.