Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-25 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 25, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > I would "exemplary" uses. Shoulda been "I would add 'exemplary' uses." -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- You received this message be

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-25 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 20, 2011, at 5:14 PM, PMario wrote: > I think TW makes it sometimes too "easy" to tweak allmost every aspect > of the program. And since it is possible, it is done. __With many > other tools, you just couldn't do it__, so you have to get used to the > tools behaviour. I would say that whi

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-25 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 20, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Alex Hough wrote: >> What is needed is a writer who can put himself or herself in the position of >> a naive adopter." > > Or some kind of collaboration between newbie and a TW master? The writer might not be a TiddlyWiki devotee/expert. He/she might need to draw

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-25 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 20, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Alex Hough wrote: >> What is needed is a writer who can put himself or herself in the position of >> a naive adopter." > > Or some kind of collaboration between newbie and a TW master? The writer might not be a TiddlyWiki devotee/expert. He/she might need to draw

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-25 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:14 PM, PMario wrote: > On Apr 19, 6:26 pm, Alex Hough wrote: >> I also think that stories from people using TW would be interesting. I >> suspect that people have quite personal relationships with their TW, >> and they often contain private thoughts, so sharing can be a pro

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-25 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 19, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Alex Hough wrote: > I also think that stories from people using TW would be interesting. I > suspect that people have quite personal relationships with their TW, > and they often contain private thoughts, so sharing can be a problem Late getting to this, Alex. Yes,

[tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-20 Thread PMario
On Apr 8, 12:24 pm, Dani Zobin wrote: > Hey Alex, that's interesting. How that's? One of the prominent elements that > I noticed during my short time in this list, is that people here seem to be > JS/css developers, or half the way there,  as this is what needed to twist > the application (and it

[tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-20 Thread PMario
On Apr 19, 6:26 pm, Alex Hough wrote: > I also think that stories from people using TW would be interesting. I > suspect that people have quite personal relationships with their TW, > and they often contain private thoughts, so sharing can be a problem http://interview.tiddlyspace.com/ may be in

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-20 Thread Alex Hough
I wrote, "I think TW has changed the way I think" > Now this is very interesting. Can you say more on this? Yes of course, its a pleasure to be asked, and valuable to me as well. OK, I am thinking about a couple of my recent posts on the icons and tagging [1] thread. It's the whole TW environmen

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-20 Thread Alex Hough
here some more... >What is needed is a writer who can put himself or herself in the position of a >naive adopter." Or some kind of collaboration between newbie and a TW master? Over on the TiddlyDev someone (whatever I think) has offered payment to encourage documentation. Perhaps documentation

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-19 Thread Alex Hough
Eric, I think you make a good point here [1] I also think that stories from people using TW would be interesting. I suspect that people have quite personal relationships with their TW, and they often contain private thoughts, so sharing can be a problem Alex [1] Sophisticated users, especially d

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-08 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 8, 2011, at 6:24 AM, Dani Zobin wrote: > Hey Alex, that's interesting. How that's? One of the prominent elements that > I noticed during my short time in this list, is that people here seem to be > JS/css developers, or half the way there, as this is what needed to twist > the applicat

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-08 Thread Alex Hough
Now this is very interesting. Can you say more on this? 1) Which aspects of TiddlyWiki changed the way you think? And how? Ideas in a stack, one on top of each other. The container of a thought having three elements, title, text and tags. TW introduced me to object orientatedness. Wiki as a hyper

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-08 Thread Dani Zobin
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Alex Hough wrote: > I think TW has changed the way I think. I arrived at TW after using > many tools - mindmaps and Compendium (an open university hypertext > mapping project) > Now this is very interesting. Can you say more on this? Which aspects of TiddlyWiki ch

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-08 Thread Dani Zobin
> > For me its the ability to change TW without being a Computer Science > specialist. Its about making my own tool to aid my own thinking. Hey Alex, that's interesting. How that's? One of the prominent elements that I noticed during my short time in this list, is that people here seem to be JS/cs

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-08 Thread Alex Hough
For me its the ability to change TW without being a Computer Science specialist. Its about making my own tool to aid my own thinking. Also, I like community aspect, i read messages every day and enjoy reading about developments. There is a soap opera angle for me -- hope this does not sound so str

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-07 Thread Jeremy Ruston
I'd maybe emphasise an aspect that Eric Shulman mentioned: with TiddlyWiki, you can control your own data much more directly than using a service like WordPress. Many TiddlyWiki users value features that emerge from this capability: the ability to keep documents TiddlyWikis private, the ability to

Re: [tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-06 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 6, 2011, at 7:50 PM, iain wrote: > I use a version of "No Brainer notes" - I have a master formatted > version which I copy every time I need a TW for note taking. I do the same with a slightly modified version of TWT-Blackicity-Lite, itself tweak of a TW-Treeview, both by Morris Gray. I

[tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-06 Thread passingby
There are 2 adaptations which I use everyday. First is Notestorm and second is contacts book. I don't this wordpress can effectively do something like serving as a contacts/address book. On Apr 6, 7:50 pm, iain wrote: > Portability and ease of use (no cloud or net needed) are big selling > points

[tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-06 Thread iain
Portability and ease of use (no cloud or net needed) are big selling points for me. I use a version of "No Brainer notes" - I have a master formatted version which I copy every time I need a TW for note taking. It works well Iain -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

[tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-06 Thread Eric Shulman
On Apr 6, 11:06 am, axs wrote: > >>* build *complete "applications"* using plugins, scripts, stylesheets, > > +1 I should add: For the less technically-inclined, you can download an variety of pre- written TiddlyWiki "applications" that have been built and published by people in the TWCommunit

[tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-06 Thread PMario
It's highly customizable, to fit your personal taste. It has a very active community. -m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email t

[tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-06 Thread axs
>>* build *complete "applications"* using plugins, scripts, stylesheets, +1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywik

[tw] Re: What's so special about Tiddly

2011-04-06 Thread Eric Shulman
> My question, is, what is *so* special about Tiddly in your opinion? > > For me, Tiddly sounds like: 1) tags 2) search 3) wikilinks 4) timeline > All of this Wordpress can provide, but probably much slower, which is  my > motivation to pursue TiddlyWiki * personal wiki (tags, search, etc. - as yo