Posts
Short answers about Notion's views, links between pages, and seeing a workspace as a graph.
- Building a knowledge graph in Notion6 November 2026A zettelkasten and a knowledge graph both want the shape linked notes make, not a single note. What mentions, relations and subpages already give you in Notion, the one thing missing, and how to see it.
- Notion second brain: where it stalls a few months in5 November 2026A second brain in Notion builds fine and stalls later, when you can no longer see what is tied to what. Why PARA does not solve that, the three symptoms, and how to see the links you already have.
- Notion backlinks: where they show, and why they sometimes don't4 November 2026Backlinks list the pages that point at the one you are on, above the title. The three reasons one is missing — nothing links yet, it is a relation, or permissions — and the one thing the list cannot show.
- How to make a mind map in Notion4 November 2026Notion has no mind map feature, so there are two ways: nested toggles, or an embedded Miro or Excalidraw board. The steps for each, what each one cannot do, and what to use for pages you already wrote.
- Notion relation property vs rollup: what each one shows3 November 2026A relation ties pages together; a rollup walks across the tie and brings a value back. One-way vs two-way, where people get stuck, and the one thing neither property can show.
- Notion vs Obsidian: the graph view gap1 November 2026Only Obsidian has a graph view; Notion does not. What that screen actually shows, why the choice splits on it, and how to get the same picture of a Notion workspace without moving.
- Does Notion have a graph view?1 November 2026Notion has no graph view like Obsidian's and no official plugin that adds one. What its database views actually show, and how to see the links between your pages instead.
- Does Notion have mind maps?1 November 2026Notion has no mind map or graph view — its database views are table, board, timeline, calendar, list, gallery and chart. The three options that remain, and when each one is the right answer.