I have a draft just about ready for review, but it looks like the group as configured doesn't allow me to see the contact information of anyone who posted. Could everyone who was interested in participating please take 30 seconds to fill out this Google form with your email address?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetcYknEP3bbJN38u1jpp2QJIHQUyhYArdc-ZQk7aSrQuqskA/viewform?usp=sf_link I am looking at having this out to you all by the end of the week and would love to have your feedback gathered in by early to mid-March. I will email you with further details once you have filled out the form. Thanks! On Monday, February 1, 2021 at 7:10:44 PM UTC-6 springa...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm an absolute beginner. I'd love to help proofread it if you still need > volunteers > > On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 7:34:13 PM UTC-4 Soren Bjornstad wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> As the end of the year approaches and I start planning personal goals for >> next year, I thought I'd share an early update on a project I'm really >> excited about and hope will be a boon for the TiddlyWiki community: a >> TiddlyWiki textbook (written in TiddlyWiki, of course). >> >> Right now we have (mostly) good technical documentation for advanced >> users, a thriving Google group, and plenty of introductions to TiddlyWiki, >> but nothing that bridges the gap by helping new users who are serious about >> learning the ins and outs of TiddlyWiki to build a complete understanding >> of TiddlyWiki concepts. That's what I'm hoping to fix. >> >> One of the other things I'm excited about is my included prototype of a >> mnemonic >> medium >> <https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4rRX3qwSSJRsEkdXKwH2shamgHNeRthrMLiF> in >> TiddlyWiki built on top of my TiddlyRemember plugin. This allows simple >> prompts to be embedded in the text, then reviewed at regular intervals >> controlled by a spaced-repetition algorithm, either with a simple >> native-TiddlyWiki reviewer or in Anki <https://apps.ankiweb.net/> via >> TiddlyRemember. With this medium, learning and retaining large amounts of >> new terminology and syntax is much easier. >> >> [image: Screenshot from 2020-12-30 17-08-30.png] >> >> I've been working on this off and on for a few months and am hoping that >> within the next month or two, I'll have a solid draft. At that point I >> would like to send this out to a handful of people for an initial, rigorous >> round of private review and feedback. I would like to involve several >> expert users and several beginners (I'd love to see 2-3 in each category). >> Here's what I'd hope to hear from these reviewers: >> >> Experts: >> >> - See any outright errors? I'm sure I made a few. >> - Did I miss any concepts or features that you use all the time or >> think are essential? >> - For the resources at the end: What major resources or plugins would >> be worth including that I don't know about or haven't included? >> >> Beginners: >> >> - Did everything I wrote make sense? >> - How well did the mnemonic medium work? Were the prompts effective? >> Did you understand how to use it? >> - Did your TiddlyWiki skills improve? >> - Were the exercises too hard? Too easy? Lacking enough information? >> - Roughly how long did it take to work through the book? >> >> I would be looking for a commitment to read through the whole book, >> ideally do most of the exercises, and offer substantive feedback. The book >> is currently about 70,000 words and includes plenty of exercises, so >> although I have no data on how long it will take to work through the book >> at this point, I can't imagine it would be a one-evening task. As >> compensation, I can offer early access to the book, your name in the >> acknowledgements, a $25 Amazon gift card (maybe more if there are fewer >> reviewers or I can cram it into my budget), and a huge thank-you to anyone >> who's willing to help out. >> >> If you're interested in being involved when the time comes, please let me >> know here or by emailing contact at sorenbjornstad.com. If your ability >> to help out depends on the timeline, please let me know and I'll see what I >> can do. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/61a95eaa-e605-4e9d-bde5-e10a6b3728ben%40googlegroups.com.
