Zotero -> zotfile -> mdnotes -> obsidian -> dataview Workflow

I would like to offer a heretic question in this thread. Why use Zotero at all?

I can create citations - but i still end up using Obsidian for notes, Zotero for PDFs. And a very complicated process to link them. I found a much easier solution in my own workflow.

1 - Store all your PDFs in Obsidian, highlight in any app that reads PDFs (even zotero)

2 - Make notes in obsidian. I find it helps understanding if you don’t go into the PDF, but do it “fresh” in obsidian, with your own words.

3 - Use DOI as metadata in your notes. This way you can generate citations.

4 - A small dataview snippet can generate you a list of DOIs for any note that links to notes you created in 1.

5 - If you publish then you have to go to bibtex once, copy paste your DOI list and generate a pretty text with citations. That’s all.

I described it with some videos in this Twitter Thread

Burn me on the stake for not using Zotero but I find it so much easier not to use it at all. Prove me wrong?

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