|||

i saw someone say that note titles should be like API names (from @davestridsr on the Obsidian Discord)

It was Andy Matuschak.

An app adds an API when its developers want other developers to be able to extend and work with the app’s functions, e.g., to develop other features or to let services interact with one another.

Some “good” features of an API in software development might be that the API is: (1) deep (you can get at as many functions of the underlying app as are useful), (2) expressive (you can fine-tune interactions between your extension and the app), and (3) intuitive (by looking at an API function’s title and parameters, it’s pretty easy to guess what it allows you to do).

Andy’s saying that a good note title fits those parameters too. The metaphor goes: you “extend” an atomic evergreen note by invoking its title in a new note. By doing so (and if done right), you can grasp the details of that note easily while, at the same time, you can reinterpret it in its new context.

    Next → → Cross-post: Intuition is confident abductive-inferential thinking Intuition is really just confident, logical thinking ← Previous → Why and how to use Obsidian and NotePlan together
    Latest posts
    → Italian Edition of The Rise of Integrated Thinking Environments
    Stream annotations from your PDF reading sessions with DEVONthink
    → There is only one next action for any project
    A systems model of anxiety-driven procrastination
    Personal automation for augmenting intelligence: A shortcut to stay on task
    An Obsidian Homescreen for iPhone and iPad
    Obsidian, Roam, and the rise of Integrated Thinking Environments—what they are, what they do, and what’s next
    An Integrated Qualitative Analysis Environment with Obsidian
    Your Notes are an Information System: Lessons from Information Systems for Personal Knowledge Management
    DEVONlink - Integrate Obsidian and DEVONthink
    DEVONsave v3: A shortcut to help you clip articles to clean PDFs in DEVONthink To Go 3 (and DEVONthink 3)
    Connect DEVONthink PDFs, Bookends references, and Obsidian summary notes with this script
    → Cross-post: Intuition is confident abductive-inferential thinking
    → Note titles as API calls
    Why and how to use Obsidian and NotePlan together
    The best of both worlds: One-click reference metadata for Bookends with Zotero
    Distraction Deterrent
    Today’s Plan: A shortcut for planning your day with a text-based list and Fantastical
    DEVONsave: A shortcut to help you clip websites to DEVONthink To Go quickly and cleanly
    Fulcra → A turn of events
    Systemics and design principles in support of Tiago Forte’s PARA framework