Archive - Manuscriptions

💎 Claude + Obsidian Got a Level Up

How to get the most out of Claude + Obsidian as somebody who is not a programmer or entrepreneur and is just trying to make life easier

Jan 22 • Eleanor Konik

💎 How Claude + Obsidian + MCP Solved My Organizational Problems

I thought they were just a gimmick, but MCP Servers are unusually reliable — and useful — compared to most AI tools I've tried.

Jul 16, 2025 • Eleanor Konik

🌲 The Konik Method for Making Analog Notes

Life is tradeoffs. Analog notes last longer but aren't as searchable. They are, however, useful, beautiful, and less distracting to create.

Sep 3, 2025 • Eleanor Konik

🌲 Takeaways on efficiency, passive learning, & optimization

Thoughts on how to take notes that actually matter.

Oct 11, 2023 • Eleanor Konik

🌲 A Personal Take on Using LLMs

Navigating the ethics -- and effectiveness -- of new AI tools as a writer.

Dec 16, 2023 • Eleanor Konik

🌲 The Konik Method For Maintaining Sane Task Lists

... despite having a full-time job, two kids underfoot, and a history of severe depression

Apr 20, 2024 • Eleanor Konik

🤖 Oz, Ender's Game & my favorite e-ink devices

How the Boox Palma and Go Color7 revitalized my family's love of fiction.

Jul 6, 2024 • Eleanor Konik

🌲 The Konik Method for Organizing Electronic Notes

An update to the award-winning 2022-era Konik Method for Making Useful Notes, now that AI can do the grunt work for us.

Oct 1, 2025 • Eleanor Konik

🌲 Themed logs are still more useful than daily notes

I group notes by purpose, not chronology. This method allows for more focus, easier retrieval, and less context switching.

Aug 29, 2024 • Eleanor Konik

📚 Thinking rigorously, with tools, lists, & agency

Micro reviews of nonfiction I read recently. On problem-solving, offloading our thoughts, AI tools & the struggles centaurs would face.

Dec 30, 2023 • Eleanor Konik

🌲 Secondary sources are pretty great, actually

On the difficulty of learning from first principles, and how to pick what information to rely on

Jan 13, 2024 • Eleanor Konik

🌲 On the Difficulty of Being Pithy

Bylines vs clever pitches, and remembering to share ideas that are difficult to sum up.

Oct 28, 2023 • Eleanor Konik

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