I think of TW as a content operating system. It is extremely powerful and can be hacked to do almost anything. Somehow it has not got more popular, but as more complete products arise, it will have wider adoption.
For instance, you could replace wordpress with TW, a WYSIWYG and a blog theme (you would need to make lighter though, perhaps by making a public version of the blog without editing capabilities). That would be an awesome product. You could also have a spreadsheet on drugs that is not limted to columnar data (there are already many plugins that allow you to do this, but having sample apps could help). I remember I also saw a TW that allowed you to build presentations. However it was not intuitive at all. As you mentioned it is a matter of building those products thoroughly, documenting, promoting, polishing the products and maintaining them. I would say it is a platform for building platforms. El jueves, 20 de septiembre de 2018, 20:16:19 (UTC-6), TonyM escribió: > > Folks, > > I wrote this for a broader audience but would love your feedback, and to > strike up a conversation about this "Overview" of tiddlywiki as I see it. > > How would you let people know about tiddlywiki its infinite potential, > without scaring them off? I would love to read your views. > Regards > Tony > > > *On TiddlyWiki* > > Have you ever come across something so powerful, so capable of addressing > many different needs that it is difficult to tell others about it, without > leaving out a lot of details? > > I have, and it has a quirky name "TiddlyWiki". However a rough translation > may be "little Wiki" it hardly does it any justice, even if you do > understand the power of the modern Wiki. > > As a result I have come to describe it as "The TiddlyWiki Platform", this > in some ways sidelines the name yet retains its unique and quirky name that > serves it well. Before we move forward, I must tell you it is open source, > has a powerful community behind it and you can make it your own in a few > minutes. Any time invested in these words may prove to be a turning point > in your life, as it was for me when I discovered TiddlyWiki myself. > > *Why use the word platform?* > Well we can all imagine a platform such as a stage on which all the works > of Shakespeare could be performed, or the platform we call foundations on > which a house of your dreams or the tallest buildings may be built, and for > those familiar with the Internet, software or computer platforms upon which > we can build almost anything. > > *TiddlyWiki as a platform* > There is no doubt TiddlyWiki is a platform on which to build many *things*, > and by its nature TiddlyWiki is like a powerful notepad on which you can > write or design almost anything you can think of, these "things" can also > be Applications (Apps), websites, documents, databases, training material > and much more. > > I was original attracted to TiddlyWiki due to its catch phrase "a > non-linear personal web notebook" the meaning of which which may escape > many. To me the "non-linear" implies no structure is imposed on you, but > you can impose structure upon it, "personal" means you can take control of > it to your own ends and "Web Notebook" has come to mean to me, making use > of Standard Web/Internet Technologies such as the browser and all that > exists there in. > > *So what are its features?* Well to be honest they are so numerous that > if I listed them for you, its many and varied applications would include > terminology and jargon from so many fields that may be meaningless to you. > Instead in this article I would like to suggest you take my broad > statements at face value and engage your imagination. If I were to mention > a feature, like it can be a single file website, or a Document, you may be > inclined to think it can not be a multi-file multi-user Website which it > can also be, but if you understood what I just said, you may think it could > not be an application on a phone, or a personal organiser, a book you are > authoring or a mapping or dash board tool. Similarly you may suddenly feel > it must be so complex that you feel it could not be for you, when it can be. > > In the end and after considerable deliberation, and discussions within the > Community I have come to realise only a few will ever identify its value > for its broad potential use. and most will discover its use, as a result of > stumbling upon a specific and focused application that meets someone > current needs. With this in mind I plan to build a set of focused solutions > sites, to publicise its uses and then let people discover it's broader > potentials when they are ready. Few would take the proverbial "Red Pill" > before harbouring a deep and profound curiosity that there is something > behind this. > > *Why is it important to consider TiddlyWiki a platform?* > Apart from helping people go beyond its wonderful and quirky name, and > suggesting there is a lot more to TiddlyWiki than first meets the eye, > recognising it as a platform illustrates that adopting TiddlyWiki as a key > personal or business tool will have long term advantages, in effect it is > an investment in you or your business. Knowing it is a platform, helps you > suspend disbelief, that it can be so much, to so many, and tells you it is > something you can build "much upon it". > > Another reason for calling it a platform is that, it is in turn built on > other platform grade technology and standards including HTML, JavaScript > <http://127.0.0.1:8088/Instances/PSaTSuitnew.html#JavaScript>, CSS that > has such a large level of adoption the world over that the optional > learning of these technologies not only increases what you can do with > TiddlyWiki but what you can do in a number of related areas. > > *So what is the best thing you can do with TiddlyWiki?* > This question is yours to answer, but even then you may find that you can > never make such a simplistic summary of its powers, to place any of its > uses, in a best of list, is almost irrational (like most such lists). > > *So here is one of my favourite uses of TiddlyWiki* > In both the Classic and Current versions I have build my own personal > organiser to manage tasks, documents, references projects and life domains > including work, personal, domestic and artistic pursuits. This solution > evolves with me, adding a feature as I need it, building on previous > successes and "deprecating" the failures or week solutions. I design and > import algorithms I discover out in the world that minimise effort, yet > maximise possibilities and productivity. I own my data secured privately, > yet I can take it to the cloud or onto any device as needed. It is my > continuous improvement platform, my muse and my reliable assistant. > > *A final word* for those who have only learned of TiddlyWiki recently. > TiddlyWiki is easy to use, but starts with the discovery of some concepts > behind the way it works, but as an experienced Information and Knowledge > Management professional I have to say, such concepts are invaluable and > fundamental to today's world, the information age on the super highway of > the internet. TiddlyWiki is a journey you can take, one which is on its own > journey into the future. > > *This document has being prepared in TiddlyWiki using, BJ's Visual Editor > and Running on Top of The Bob multi-user/multi-session single executable > version. * > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/07968b1d-6431-4839-9cb5-8b105db7dc28%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
