The Second Brain Implant: Exploring the Interface Between Artificial and Human Intelligence
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Type: Talk/Presentation Expected Duration (min): 60 Presenter: @paubric Technical Requirements: A brief look through past projects from Psionica and MML is recommended (Mentioned below).
Longer Description by presenter:
Just like there are sound frequencies we cannot hear and wavelengths of light we cannot see, there might very well be thoughts we cannot think. However, just like there are advanced sensors that can help us detect sound and light beyond our bodily senses, there are transformative tools that can help us think beyond what was previously thinkable.
We can engineer “spacecraft” for venturing into the depths of conceptual space, exploring what lies beyond the pale blue dot of native human cognition. AI is especially well-positioned to fuel this expansion through its unique ability of manipulating abstract representations.
This talk aims to:
provide an overview of recent trends in cognitive augmentation,
highlight the potential of the second brain architecture as a research platform, and
offer a glimpse into the future development of collaborative, embodied, and enactive tools for thought.
The intended audience for this talk consists of:
people curious about ways of augmenting their knowledge work today,
makers interested in building the tools for thought of tomorrow, and
academics interested in the more abstract dimension of cognitive augmentation.
This talk is based on the recent work of Psionica, an open collective on a mission to augment thought for all, although it will also comment on work done by giants from MIT Media Lab.
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This will be the **2nd** talk! It will take place on [date=2021-04-24 time=16:00:00 timezone="Africa/Johannesburg"] and will be moderated by @nickmilo.
Please feel free to ask any question you might have, or share any input on this talk [dedicated forum post](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/zotero-101-obsidian-community-talks/16248).
Zotero 101
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Type: Talk/Presentation Expected Duration (min): 50 Presenter: @argentum Technical Requirements: Yes, Zotero and the three plugins of the talk should be installed beforehand.
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I can give a talk about Zotero, why you might need a reference manager, and how to set up the holy trinity of plugins: BetterBibtex, Zotfile and Mdnotes.
This is for anyone who is new to Obsidian. We will discuss backlinking, settings, search, embedding and many other features. It is a general walkthrough of the program along with some ideas about how to store, connect, and find notes.
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# Notetaking for university students - Discussing the best practices for studying in Obsidian
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Type: Short Presentation with a focus on Q&A Expected Duration (min): 20-30 Presenter: @Wace#0765 Technical Requirements: None
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I would love to share my current process of notetaking in obsidian as a university student. Using Obsidian has completely changed the way I take notes and study, it’s the program where I spend most of my days and the core of my entire learning process. I will probably also briefly touch on things outside of Obsidian, like my organization and general study process, in order to give better context to the way I work in Obsidian.
The main goal would be for my presentation to be the introduction to a collaborative analysis where we dicuss what are the best practices to use Obsidian as a tool for learning and studying.
This is a tentative proposal to see if anyone is interested in this topic or would like to collaborate on making it a reality! Please feel free to contact me on the forum or Discord if you’d like to participate.
Type: Talk/Presentation Expected Duration (min): open Presenter: None yet, feel free to post in this thread if you would be interesting in presenting something about this topic or moderating a discussion/workshop/hands-on Technical Requirements: open
Longer Description by initial requester: Preferably in fiction writing. Fiction marketing is also of interest.
Longer Description by initial requester: Journalling can be done for different purposes. I am interested in hearing about why you keep a journal and how you use Obsidian for it. Moreover, I am interested in particular strategies or prompts to make establishing a journalling habit easier and the journalling itself more effective.
Longer Description by initial requester: none given
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Story/visual art development using Obsidian with other tools
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Type: Talk/Presentation Expected Duration (min): open Presenter: open Technical Requirements: none
Longer Description by initial requester: none given
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Obsidian for Consulting
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Type: Talk/Presentation Expected Duration (min): open Presenter: open Technical Requirements: none
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alternate title given by @Lithou: “Obsidian CSS 101 - Getting Started” (polls cannot be edited).
The Many CSS tricks of Lithou
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Type: Talk/Presentation Expected Duration (min): 60 mins (20 min presentation w/ 40 min Q&A) Presenter: @Lithou Technical Requirements: Will be held via Discord. If you want to follow along, the hands-on will require computer with Obsidian installed and VSCode or other editor of choice.
Longer Description: This will cover the basics of getting started with CSS in Obsidian including some of the basic concepts of how CSS works and interacts with Obsidian.
I don’t know who requested this one, but did you (or anyone else) have specifics in mind? Did you want specific examples covered? More of a Q&A type workshop? I’m down for whatever is most helpful to others.
Technical Requirements: This talk will use pandoc to convert between the two formats. I am going to do a talk on that first so that this knowledge doesn’t have to be covered twice.
Description
I will show how you can use the reveal.js framework to make slideshows out of markdown. Reveal can be used to make auto-animated, interactive, custom-themed slideshow presentations. The final result is an HTML output that can simply be sent to anyone to open in their browser. You can see the power of Reveal here: https://revealjs.com
Type: Collaborative hackathon Hands-On / Workshop / Discussion Expected Duration (min): 60 - 90 Presenter: @tallguyjenks Technical Requirements: Yes, Obsidian, a method of emoji insertion (Alfred on mac, or default mac utility, win+. on windows, some solution on linux)
Longer Description by presenter:
Aim for a discussion around how to use things like symbols, temporal components, emoji’s, tags, links and more with intention to lay foundational architecture for a knowledge base to grow and scale without hindering search, rediscovery, and organization. And some ways we can bend markdown to service these needs.