Vladimir Campos (EN)

Having both Obsidian and Google Calendar constantly open, was driving me a little crazy because of all the back and forth.

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First, I converted the books to ePub using Calibre.

If you don't live in Portugal or Spain, it will be impossible for you to understand the feelings I'm trying to convey below.

🚨 UPDATE APR/2026 — A lot has changed in my setup since I wrote the post below, and I thought it was time for a series about it.

Proton has come a long way since I first tried it, but… The last time I was a Proton subscriber, it was known as ProtonMail, and the calendar feature was still in beta.

Obsidian is great, but learning is inherently hard 2025-04-03 If you are looking into switching to Obsidian, maybe my journey can help you.

Evernote's new PDF viewer is beautiful, but it's like a new skin over old problems 2025-03-25 Perhaps it is time to remove Evernote from the toolbox of options I suggest to my clients.

What I love about the Timeline System is how simple it is to change the status of an activity by simply moving a note from one place to another.

I have been testing the idea below for the past two months, and so far, everything is working wonderfully well.

I would say the target audience for Mountbatten: The Official Biography is people graduating in history or those, like me, passionate about it.

I love the conveniences of the modern world and have no intention of giving them up.

I remember seeing people reading and studding in pubs in the movies, but I always doubted it was a real thing.

Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies of all time, and, for that reason, the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

A few days ago, I finally got to the part of this book I wanted to read about: India's independence.

I am delighted to see that the pieces of my Obsidian setup are starting to come together in this organic way.

Scrivener and LanguageTool are remarkable tools that I use all the time, but they don't have an Android App.

Well, I'm not sure if you'll find it exciting, but I'm thrilled about it.

A Canonical Link or Canonical URL is the address of a page that search engines will choose as the most relevant version of duplicate pages.

After a few days with the new Obsidian vault I set up for the Supernote, it’s time to discuss some other little tweaks I made and issues I experienced.

After installing Obsidian on my Supernote I can clearly see that the battery it is draining faster.

🚨 UPDATE Jan 9, 2026.

Don't laugh at me, but I didn't realize I could go to an open-source project at GitHub and add suggestions or ask for new features.

Today, I woke up to a milestone message sent by YouTube.

There are a lot of configuration options in the new Obsidian Web Clipper.

Are you in control of your content and how it is distributed?

Update: I still believe in what I wrote below, but I switched to Obsidian.

A brief history of the pitfalls and struggles that ended up leading me to create the Timeline System.

Navigating Evernote's AI Journey: Balancing Privacy and Functionality.

Why can't companies simply leave perfect tech alone?

Tired of your Mastodon timeline being overrun with noise from big accounts?

Picasso once said, _Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working_.

I took the pictures below to illustrate a point in a conversation I was having on Mastodon, but something unexpected ended up happening.

Based on the videos I watched, the Orion AR glasses appear to be a huge step in the right direction.

Tired of Evernote's clutter?

Let's talk about building a community online, not just selling products.

Of course, I'm always trying to convince my family and friends.

Recently, I realized why I find reading e-books to be much more comfortable than paper books.

It took me much longer than I anticipated, but today I finally said goodbye to Substack.

Several months ago, I got stuck trying to code a complicated set of rules to try to automate the process of building my newsletter, while also making it more intuitive for readers to understand.

One important element of my Timeline System is what I call the Containers of Information, which can be created using any grouping feature, even tags.

I took the picture below this morning at around 8:30 a.m., and, so far (5 p.m.), there have been no visual changes.

That's insane.

The Supernote is helping me to rediscover the joy of handwriting my scripts.

I have a new idea that I'd like to share with you.

Since I am currently on a reorganization spree, I decided to experiment with an idea.

I don’t have any clients today, but I’ve decided not to write scripts or edit videos.

My Garmin Instinct 2 screen froze Sunday before a run, and even though there's a surprisingly simple fix, it took me a while to find it.