Automators Podcast (Obsidian Vault)

Welcome to the GitHub repository for an Obsidian vault dedicated to the Automators podcast from Relay FM. The aim is to provide a resource to complement the episodes and help you find further sources of information, connections between episodes, and discover the wonderful world of automation through the Automators podcast. The vault consists of hundreds of linked Markdown files covering the episodes, technology, organisations, people, and approaches.

Tip

We highly recommend that you listen to the podcast episodes in your podcast player of choice for the best Automators experience and then use this as a helpful reference after the fact.

Important

Please note this repository is not produced by the Automators podcast or Relay FM. The content, brand, etc. of those podcasts remains the property of those creators and this resource is intended as a resource to support listeners (and hosts) of the podcast.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Vault Structure
3. Getting Started
   • Direct Download
   • Clone via Git
4. Load the Vault in Obsidian
5. Contact
6. License
7. Donate a Coffee

Introduction

This repository contains a wealth of information primarily in Markdown format. They are structured for use with Obsidian, but can be used with other applications.

The vault contains pages for each of the podcast episodes that include details about the episode, the show notes, and a transcription. The episode notes have been enhanced to include links (Obsidian's intra-note links) to additional details such as hosts, guests, apps, automations, concepts, methodologies, organisations, etc. This Obsidian vault is much more than a set of episode transcriptions, and makes both easy to explore and an excellent reference for anyone interested in the automation topics covered in the podcast.

Tip

While an Obsidian vault is primarily just a collection of Markdown files and you can download and use the content of this repository with any applications that support Markdown, we would recommend using Obsidian and the plugins included in the configuration for the best experience.

Important

This vault is a work in progress and while the core content around episodes is in place, and a lot more besides, there is still a lot of work to build up the additional content to support the episodes. Please be patient while the backlog of content creation is addressed. We will be trying to keep up to date with new episodes and technology content as well as going back to add relevant earlier content and build out existing content. It simply takes time to do this.

Vault Structure

📂 Vault Root
├── 📁 Automations
├── 📁 Concepts
├── 📁 Episodes
│   ├── 📁 000-0049
│   ├── 📁 050-0099
│   ├── 📁 100-0149
│   └── 📁 150-0199
│   └── 📁 Meta
├── 📁 Events
├── 📁 Meta
│   ├── 📁 Assets
│   ├── 📁 Documentation
│   ├── 📁 Scripts
│   ├── 📁 Templates
│   └── 📁 Vault
├── 📁 Methodology
├── 📁 Organisations
├── 📁 People
│   └── 📁 Meta
├── 📁 Podcasts
├── 📁 Sponsors
├── 📁 Technology
└── 🚀 Dashboard

• Automations/: Details for automations specifically referenced in the podcast.
• Concepts/: Notes about ideas and explanatory pieces for things mentioned in the podcast episodes.
• Episodes/: Notes for each of the Automators podcast episodes.
• Events/: Notes
• Meta/: Meta-information used across the vault in other notes, and information about the maintenance of the vault.
• Methodology/: Notes about ways of working mentioned in the podcast.
• Organisations/: Notes about organisations that are referenced in other notes.
  • These are not sponsor pages, but some organisations may also be sponsors.
• People/: People who have been on the Automators podcast.
• Podcasts/: Contains notes about podcasts mentioned in the Automators podcasts, and/or hosted by people who have appeared on the Automators podcast.
• Sponsors/: Contains notes about the podcast episode sponsors.
• Technology/: Contains notes about technology including apps, protocols, and standards.
• Dashboard: This is an Obsidian canvas page and provides an overview and launching off point for using the vault.

Getting Started

You can get a copy of the vault by either downloading it directly or cloning the repository via Git.

Direct Download

1. Go to the Releases page.
2. Download the latest release zip file.
3. Extract the downloaded zip file to your preferred location.

Refresh

• To refresh the vault, just download the latest ZIP again from the releases page and overwrite the previous set of files.

Clone via Git

1. Make sure you have Git installed on your device.
2. Clone the repository using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/sylumer/automators.git

3. Navigate to the cloned directory:

   cd automators

Refresh

• To refresh the vault, you simply need to issue a pull request to the remote repository.

  git pull origin main

Load the Vault in Obsidian

1. Open Obsidian.
2. Click on "Open another vault" in the bottom left corner.
3. Select "Open folder as vault."
4. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded or cloned the repository.
5. Select the folder and open it.

Now you can browse through the notes and explore the detailed information about each podcast episode and related topics.

Contact

For any requests, errors, problems, etc. please submit an issue and it will be categorised accordingly and addressed as time permits.

• Issues

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Donate A Coffee

If you do find this vault useful and want to say thanks with a coffee, you can do so here...