Serendipity and Obsidian

I love moments of serendipity, when you discover something by (fortunate) accident. My Zettelkasten in Obsidian has well over thousand individual notes. Although they are heavily linked, there's no way I could possibly be aware of every note all the time.

So, I've set up a little DataView script in my daily note. It goes like this:

```dataviewjs
const time = Number(dv.current().file.ctime)
const files = dv.pages('"pages/Zettelkasten/Permanent Notes"')
const idx = time % (files.length-1)
const randomNote = files[idx]
dv.paragraph('[[' + randomNote.file.name + ']]')
```

Place it anywhere you want and it will surface a random (but stable) note from the folder you specify.

More than once did I discover a note that significantly added value to my day, just because it was there, and gave my mind a nudge into a different direction.

Published 2024~07~29

Link Graph

Yeah, I know, the 2000s knocked and wanted to show you their ideas about knowledge navigation, but I really like those graphs, even if they are not the most practical instruments, plus I actually developed a network-based knowledge management system called 'Serendipity' back in the day, so please stop making fun of me.