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    Scott Kingery
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    Systems Analyst. Exploring the digital life. #NASASocial alum. Fan: Padres, Seahawks, craft beer. #MoreSignalLessNoise

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    🚀via @sb

    Original Mastodon Post

    A few years ago I #degoogled my life by finding replacements for each and every one of the MANY google services and products I became reliant on over the years. I was spending around $30/m on their cloud products both for application development and personal use (Drive, Calendar, Mail etc.).

    In just a few weeks I transitioned to a #selfHosted #nextcloud and haven't looked back. It handles my files, calendars, email, documents, backups, contacts and more - more than google even. A built in #WebDAV server allows you to sync your note apps like #joplin and #obsidian.

    For #android users there's a wonderful app on #fdroid called #DAVx5 by @davx5@fosstodon.org, which allows you to auto sync your contacts & calendars. It works a treat. Really, this was just a long-winded way to give a shout-out to DavX5 for the great app! I only think about it when I change servers or phones, and that's a complement!

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    🚀via @ellane

    Original Mastodon Post

    Cat-themed illustration of what it’s like to add new-new shiny-shinies to your #PKM, and test / admire them from every possible angle — instead of getting on with catching mice / the work you should actually be doing

    Here's the link coz it looks like the quote post isn't working: mas.to/@markarayner/1123053431

    #productivity #obsidian #apps

    From: @markarayner
    mas.to/@markarayner@mas.to@mas

    Obsidian Tasks Custom Statuses

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    Earlier this evening I was trying to figure out if I could have Obsidian Tasks community plugin https://github.com/obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks alongside checklists. The Tasks plugin is nice for many reasons. One being that it prompts you with some values to help you set due dates and also automatically records when you complete a task. You can turn off the default stamping of completion dates but I find it handy.

    In my mind, a checklist doesn't really need a date completed. Let's take a Packing List as an example. If I mark the "Shirts" item as done that merely indicates to me that the item is in my bag I have no reason to have a date on there.

    The solution to this is custom statuses in Obsidian Tasks.

    Screenshot of Obsidian Custom Statuses

    In Obsidian Tasks settings you can set all kinds of custom statuses. Here I have set 2 of them. What this allows is for me to create a note and put in the markdown something like:

    - [?] Shirts
- [?] Socks
- [?] Jeans

    When I click on one of the list entries, it fills the check box with 'o'. In other words, lets say I've packed my Shirts and Socks, the list would look like:

    - [o] Shirts
- [o] Socks
- [?] Jeans

    The advantage here is that the way I have these states set up in the settings, neither one is a 'DONE' state to the Tasks Plugin. Thus, we don't get the date stamp. Exactly what I want for this purpose.

    Here's the non-markdown view of the above:

    Screenshot of Obsidian packing list checklist

    Happy list making in Obsidian! Obsidian Notes