The Logos notes system could work with the markdown format like the Obsidian software creating a neu

Anderson Abreu

Logos could have its grading system redesigned to be more useful. I've started using the Obsidian software for grading notes with links between notes, so I thought it would be wonderful if Logos notes worked like Obsidian or Notion, which also creates links between notes.

For those who don't know Obsidian yet, I suggest you look for good videos of it on YouTube. Obsidian uses the markdown format, which allows you to import and export notes to other services. It aims to create a neural network of information, connecting it logically and creating links with existing files.

The idea is to have a notes system that acts as a "second brain". The notes are linked and interrelated in a fantastic index system, then it presents all the notes in a graphic system reminiscent of a neural network that is very similar to Logos' "Psalm Explorer" tool (which would already help in this process).

If Logos had this function of making links between notes and sermons, we could build our entire life of notes, studies and sermons in a way that everything could be classified, interconnected and more easily located whenever we need to remember a note or subject. Imagine it all in one place and the power it would bring to Logos.

Maybe, who knows, since everything you type in Obsidian is saved as simple .txt files to make it more compatible and exportable, Logos could have the function of letting Obsidian access your notes, or vice versa.

Who knows Obsidian? What do you think of the idea?

Vote for this idea here: 

https://feedback.logos.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/the-logos-notes-system-could-work-with-the-markdown-format-like-the-obsidian-software-creating-a-neural-network-with-your-notes-and-sermons

Jim

Your post is very interesting. I've just begun to investigate Obsidian.

My work process is to create a "Research" file on a Bible text or topic of interest. I use Logos Notes and Clippings while reading/studying, then copy everything to a Markdown file to which I add exegetical notes and then use to create a Sermon Prep file that morphs into a Sermon. 

Several years ago I dumped Microsoft Office products and began writing everything in Markdown, using LibreOffice for other types of files. I created Windows batch files that use Pandoc to convert between Markdown and .docx when I have to send/receive Word or Writer files (most people only know Microsoft Office). On my laptop, I use the best writing tool for Markdown, Typora, and Epsilon Notes on my mobile devices. If you know a little html or CSS, you can easily modify the formatting in these tools. (If anyone is interested in my tools, let me know)

I consider Logos Notes to be the utter bare minimum note-taking tool that is good for creating notes attached to text, but archaic and cumbersome for creating research/teaching material. Setting tags means I have to think of a system of tags that I'll remember over many years of use. Searching Logos notes is a waste of time since it only reveals which note contains the exact words I'm searching for, not the exact text within the note.

Clippings are very helpful for capturing info from books, however, they have to be sorted by hand and make it difficult to have a clipping file on a topic containing info from several references in any logical order (other than date). In addition, when I dump a whole clippings file I get all this wasted space full of separator lines, and the words Notes and Tags even when those are empty. I have to cull all that wasted space out with a text editor and regex tools.

Logos is stuck in a legacy model of information handling by using data sets and searching for exact matches. More and more I go to Google or one of the AI engines to ask for Bible verses on a topic or verses where I don't remember the exact words.

Logos notes needs a total revamp to allow notes to be interconnected by an AI tool. I like your idea a lot.  We'll have to see if they can change.