Field Notes · The workshop
Tools I build
Small, opinionated Obsidian plugins for people who think for a living — built on plain Markdown you own forever.
What I’m actually building
Not productivity apps. The smallest tools that let a good habit survive.
I kept renting my thinking from whatever app was trending — accounts, sync, subscriptions, a new place for my notes to get trapped.
So I started building inside Obsidian, on plain Markdown files I already owned, under one rule: if the plugin vanished, nothing of mine should vanish with it.
These are the tools that came out of that rule.
What every plugin promises
Plain Markdown, always
Every plugin writes plain text into your own vault. No database, no proprietary format, no export you have to trust. Your notes outlive the tool.
The method is the product
I don’t ship features looking for a use. I ship a way of working — BuJo, spatial thinking — kept close to how it’s done by hand.
Calm by default
Fast, quiet, and out of the way. The tool should disappear so the thinking can happen. Paper doesn’t nag; neither should software.
The suite
Three tools, one promise.
Oak
A beautiful, fast Bullet Journal that’s just your Markdown files. Rapid logging, mindful migration, daily reflection — Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Future Log spreads, an Index, folios and volumes.
Explore Oak- —Rapid logging
- —Mindful migration
- —Daily reflection
- —Folios & volumes
Bullet Journal
The original BuJo system — bullets and signifiers, the four core spreads, the Index, and mindful migration — kept deliberately close to the analog method. All plain Markdown.
Explore Bullet Journal- —Bullets & signifiers
- —Four core spreads
- —Index
- —Migration
Freeform Canvas
An infinite canvas with sticky notes, live Markdown mind maps, groups and embeds — for thinking spatially when a linear note won’t hold the shape of the idea.
Explore Freeform Canvas- —Sticky notes
- —Live mind maps
- —Groups
- —Embeds
The whole point
You own the files. Forever.
No account. No sync server. No proprietary format. Every plugin writes plain Markdown into your own vault — so your work outlives the app, the company, and every trend after it.
Start here
Begin with Oak.
The flagship — a Bullet Journal that’s already yours. See the philosophy in practice.
Explore Oak →