Welcome to the MORCs Obsidian Kit! a structured starting point for organizing your thoughts, knowledge, and ideas within Obsidian.
This kit is inspired from Chris Pomeroy's video "How to achieve more while studying less - Obsidian & Conceptual Notes" and Nick Milo's LYT (Linking Your Thinking) kit. It aims to blend the best of both approaches: the structured organization of Nick’s vault and the focus on concepts (in this case, Cards) from Chris.
I found the breadth of Nick's kit a bit too extensive for my use, as I believe Obsidian excels primarily as a note-taking and learning tool. For other purposes, like planning or management, I prefer to use Notion. Similarly, while Chris's freeform approach to note-taking initially seemed appealing, I realized the need for some structure to prevent information from becoming unmanageable over time.
This kit adopts two key components from Nick's approach: the MOCs and Cards. MOCs (Maps of Content) are used as a broad content atlas, while Cards are more granular pieces of information like concept notes, atomic notes, reviews, etc.
I realized there was a need for an intermediate concept, which I call "MORC" (Middle-of-the-road concept). MORCs are essentially more specific than MOCs but broader than a single concept (Card). For example, under my broad interests like Computer Graphics and Game Development (MOCs), a MORC related to Computer Graphics could be a technology like WebGPU, which is significant within the scope of computer graphics but not as broad as a larger topic (MOC)
You could perfectly organize your second brain without MORCs, but they offer a broader and more specific vision of your topics of interest, those that will be part of your tech stack for example, that you will end up putting into practice, and who knows what relationships you may find between them.
At this point, i consider "morcs" is just the name of this kit because it was an innovative concept i created to better organize my knowledge, but more than that, its main goal is to create the best fit way to organize knowledge in order to improve my learning process.
This kit organizes your knowledge into 4 main key folders, and others that serve as complement. It also has an entry point for your second brain, the "Home" note.
- MOCs (Maps of Content): Broad themes that serve as major reference points in your knowledge network.
- MORCs (Middle of the Road Concepts): Not as expansive as MOCs, but more detailed than simple notes.
- Cards: Contains atomic notes - distinct, clear concepts, ideas, reviews, recipes, etc.
- Insights: Contains all your obsidian canvases.
- Backlog: Default folder for newly created notes, awaiting further polish and categorization.
- Diary: For daily reflections or journal entries.
- Templates: Ready-to-use templates for various types of notes.
- Assets: A place to store resources like images or audio files that support your notes.
- Home: An introductory note, serving as the central hub for navigation and overview of the vault.
The 'MORCs' kit is ideal for a broad range of users who seek a straightforward and simple approach to organize their Obsidian vault as a Second Brain. It is designed for storing all kind of information and suits for those focusing on learning and clarity through atomic note-taking, It is particularly beneficial for visualizing the second brain using three types of notes: MOC, MORC, and Cards.
This kit is not designed for users seeking features like project management, personal life management, habit tracking, or any kind of planning. Its primary purpose is to manage and visualize a second brain, not to serve as a comprehensive tool for life or project organization. Therefore, it might not be suitable for users who need advanced functionalities beyond knowledge management and note visualization.
the following are the current note templates, basically non-blank .md notes, to serve as a blueprint for new notes.
- Customize each folder according to your personal or professional needs.
- Use the Home as an overview to understand the overall structure and to access different sections efficiently.
- Feel free to add, remove, or modify any part of this kit to better suit your individual workflow.
This kit is a guideline to help you start building your own personalized digital knowledge base in Obsidian. Explore and adapt it to create a system that works best for you.
To help you get started, some folders contain example notes. These serve as practical note examples of how each folder can be utilized. Feel free to explore these examples to better understand the potential uses of each section.
- Buffers (from backlog)
- Computer Graphics (from MOCs)
- WebGPU (from MORCs)
- wgpu (from MORCs)
- Github contribution workflow (from Cards)
- Pipeline (from Cards)
- Primitive State (from Cards)
- Rust Paths (from Cards)