The Gratitude Subscriptions, February 2026

In February, my gratitude subscription was expressed with a donation ($10) to Johan Sanneblad, lead developer of Notebook Navigator.

Notebook Navigator is an excellent plugin from Obsidian that made me fall in love with Obsidian all over again.

I wrote that Bear was definitive, and in fact he was for a long time. This was primarily for two reasons: because it’s beautiful to use, and because its nested tag system, rather than folders, has always made managing my notes faster, quicker, and more personalized.

Notebook Navigator, among many other things, allows you to manage notes with nested tags, add icons to them, change their colors, add a calendar and customize many other aspects of the daily use of the application and its two-panel interface that, not like Bear but almost, I would even lick Obsidian, right now.

I’ve replaced many plugins with this one, reducing the complexity of my vault. And it’s fast. Both the plugin itself is fast, and Johan’s development is incredibly fast. It has many features, and releases are consistent and rapid. It was one of the most downloaded plugins of 2025, and it deserves my full compliments. It’s also worth a try if you use Obsidian. But even if you don’t.

In short, thanks to Notebook Navigator, I’ve rediscovered the pleasure of using Obsidian again (though I no longer sync it to iCloud) and have significantly reduced its complexity.

All my gratitude to you, Johan.