PKM Weekly - 2026-07-05
A look at the latest Personal Knowledge Management PKM news from the past week.
Hi Everyone,
We are back with another episode of PKM Weekly. Let’s see what is in store for us today.
Obsidian
Nicole’s reMarkable Obsidian workflow
Nicole shares her workflow for bridging analog and digital note-taking using reMarkable E Ink tablets and Obsidian.
The core solution is a two-step pipeline:
The community plugin “reMarkable Sync” (by Tim Dommett) automatically syncs handwritten pages from the reMarkable into her Obsidian vault as PDFs
Since PDFs alone aren’t searchable, she runs OCR to convert the handwriting into editable, linkable text -using an AI agent setup for full automation.
She even shows how to turn the OCR prompt into a reusable Claude “skill” for one-command transcription.
https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/blog/20260703-my-remarkable-obsidian-workflow/
Interesting Reddit Posts
Thymer
Check out: https://thymer.com/markdown-mirror for more info.
Next up on the road to beta is a whole bunch of UI/editor polish, bugfixes and then iOS testflight.
Things are nicely taking shape. Join the unofficial Discord for more chat and updates on when the beta might be released.
Tana Outliner
A bit of a struggle to find any meaningful Tana updates, but apparently “Hosted MCP, possible next week” is a thing. Hopefully the Tana team will also release a few more things, as it has been over a month since anything decent hit Tana.
Vellum
No app yet, but a few more images were posted in Discord showcasing what it can do and what the devs are trying to do.
Check out vellumnotes and if interested in joining the Discord for early chats with the devs and help shape Vellum, join the Discord.
Logseq
Some updates from Tienson in response to a question raised in Discord:
The #1 priority is making sync stable and cutting a beta release. On ocaml experiements, yes, I’ve been using our version of ocaml datascript for a few apps, e.g.
For datascript, I’m seeing 2x ~ 4x perf improvements on writes, for 2 (simple-outliner), both the performance and ux are much better than current logseq mobile app, e.g. app load time takes about ~ 300ms than 2 ~ 4s, much lower memory usage and fully native ux.
do we have to wait another 6 years or do you think you can translate the current architecture easily in few months?
Our top priority is still get sync stable, cut a beta release and then build Pro. You don’t have to wait another “6” years, the transition will be incremental, you’re already using the ocaml cli with the nightly release.
Capacities
Getting Things Done with Capacities
How to implement David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology in Capacities. This video covers everything from initial setup and project tracking to weekly reviews.
Octarine
v0.47.0 out now!
File Tree Multi-Select - Select multiple notes and folders directly in the file tree, then act on them together from a floating action bar.
Use
Cmd/Ctrl + Clickto add or remove items,Shift + Clickto select a range, andCmd/Ctrl + Ato select all visible items.Move selected items, delete them, or apply a note type in one pass.
Graph Views
Clicking a note in Graph View now opens it in a preview sheet, with navigation between graph notes;
Cmd/Ctrl + Clickstill opens the note in a new tab.Views can now switch into Graph View, connecting notes through matching property values, tags, backlinks, related notes, and content stats.
Improvements
Added a custom editor width option under
Settings > Editor > Layout, with a percentage slider for large displays.Note typescan now be set for a single note or an entire folder (applies to all notes inside the folder recursively) via the context menu.
And much more - changelog.
Outl
My internet buddy Avelino has been building a local-first, markdown app of late, called outl.app.
Well worthwhile checking this app out.
Noteey
New version!
Whiteboard export to PNG/PDF is now much more stable — what you see is what you get and improved the text editing experience with automatic text box resizing based on content.
Verso Notes
Taking shape nicely - thinking release date very soon. more
That’s all for this week. Thank you very much in advance for reading and I look forward to bringing you more PKM news next week.