Here are a few screenshots of how TheBrain was used reading this thread and trying to understant how Obsidian was more than a wiki. Screenshots makes it small, I hope you will be able to see.
I created the Obsidian node about two weeks ago, while I stumbled upon Roam:
Information is added below the Obsidian node regarding references (yellow), questions (orange), key concepts and bits of information (white).
Above it shows that Obsidian is part of the “Take notes”, “Markdown” and “Backlinks” concepts. Actually, I am also going to add “Transclusion” right now. I have just created “Backlinks” and “Transclusion” yesterday. They are two new concepts below which I might add more information one day.
On the left side, it shows that Obsidian is compared to Roam. Roam has a lot of buzz these days so it seems it’s a kind of reference.
On the right side are nodes that are related to the four parents (“Take Notes”, etc).
Now, if I click on Mardown, I get this:
I have added some information from this thread (thanks!)
We can see that Obsidian is referenced among other software that have something to do with Markdown.
And if I click on Take Notes, I get this:
Obsidian is also referenced there, but this time among other software that have something to do with taking notes.
Since I discovered the Zettelkasten methode at the same time, I have added it about 4 weeks ago. Same with the book of Sonke Ahrens, that I am currently reading and find quite good.
And so on…
The graphic visualisation makes all the difference in this case because the focus is not so much on linear text but rather on linking concepts and creating some order that makes sense to me.
For each of the nodes, you can add a note, and the note accept hyperlinks to other nodes. So, TheBrain could also be used as some kind of wiki. But Notes are not as sophisticated as in Obsidian/Roam (no backlinks, transclusion, outline, basic search engine, etc) and they remain kind of lost in the graph. So now you know why I am here