In the spirit of sharing and collaboration I thought it would be good of me to share how I am using the TiddlyWiki and how all of you have helped me.
I work for a large company that has a massive IT department coordinating all of the "tools" available to us . . . Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Communicator, Lotus Notes, Blackberry for selected few, etc. I have continued to be frustrated by the lack of innovation in the use of IT technology as a tool to make our work more efficient, effective, better. Especially in light of the fact that we are going through a large manpower reduction initiative and now more than ever need to work in a collaborative, group share environment. We have a large intranet structure and multiple sites sharing information across the organization. Our particular manufacturing facility has not yet utilized our Plant Website to share information with our approx. 1600 employees. This is because we as a site utilize a shared drive structure for data and files. Also, the website is not interactive and does not allow for dynamic input, no blogs, postings,etc. I am looking to utilize the TiddlyWiki as a "wrapper" for our Shared Drive structure (this is what a intranet is anyways, right?). It will become the front end for data sharing and collaboration. Employees can create local TiddlyWiki's that can emphasize critical documents that Windows Explorer is unable to do. Users will not only be able to create files and store, but will now be able to provide content to the stored files emphasizing importance and usage. Also, in light of the fact that the Sharepoint tool has been put on hold due to funding concerns, this tool is even more attractive. The TiddlyWiki I have been putting together with the help of this discussion group is a Workorder Posting, Tracking, Knowledge Share TiddlyWiki. Traditionally we have utilized Microsoft Excel or Access to track project items. These files sit on a shared drive and get updated by a few people with little interaction, getting presented at periodic intervals to staff (no interaction). I felt that I needed to create a TiddlyWiki usage that resided inside the TiddlyWiki where other employees would have to go to see status of workorders and provide updates to others about the status of their projects. Using the CommentsPlugin, DiscussionPlugin, FormTiddlerPlugin, DataTiddlerPlugin, ForEachTiddlerPlugin, TableSortingPlugin have allowed me to create a tool that I believe will increase workflow communications, tracking, input, collaboration, etc. All users will be able to input workorders, view open and closed workorders through canned queries, interact with the requestors and workers as work is performed, and document status of the project as it progresses. I am excited to kick this off next week. Sorry for the dialogue, but thought other users would appreciate how this tool will be used. Thanks again. Sites used to help me . . . (thank you) http://www.giffmex.org/twfortherestofus.html - David Gifford's help file - used to learn http://no-sin.com/wiki/WorkTracker.html - Ken Girard - example of sortable table http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/ - Udo Borkowski site used for DataTiddler, FormTiddler, ForEachTiddler Plugins http://tw.lewcid.org/ - Saq Imtiaz for the TableSortingPlugin http://www.tiddlytools.com - Eric Shulman site used for CommentsPlugin, DiscussionPlugin, SearchOptionsPlugin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
