I do like the sound of Cardo. On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Michael Joseph Rosenthal < michael.the.awes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the USA/Texas, About 4/5 times I say "TiddlyWiki" to someone, they seem > disgusted. At least 2 of those times they'll outright say "that's a > horrible name". > I agree that renaming TiddlyWiki shouldn't be a top priority, and it might > not even be worth the switching cost. But given that "tiddler" makes so > many people think "active pedophile", I'd say renaming the project at the > first practical opportunity is a good idea. > > On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 9:04:17 PM UTC-5, David Szego wrote: >> >> Hope this doesn't offend, especially Jeremy, but it's due to common >> reactions in conversations lately. >> >> When I've been showing my Cardo project to people, and explaining that >> it's based on this awesome self-contained javascript development >> environment in a single html file that lets you completely contain your >> entire knowledge store in a wikified hypercard sort of metaphor etc. etc. >> called "TiddlyWiki"... >> >> ...the reaction I get is usually along the lines of one raised eyebrow, a >> bit of a disgusted look, and the words "Tiddly winkie?" repeated back to me. >> >> I get that "Tiddler" is probably a very fine British term (I'm assuming?) >> meaning a reminder, or something.... but here in Canada at least, just >> saying Tiddler or Tiddly reeks of pedophilic abuse. Especially with the >> extremely unfortunately paired term "wiki", which ends up making it all >> sound too much like "diddlywinkie" - "playing with your peepee." >> >> That's a big part of why I called it "Cardo". And let's face it - TW >> Classic and TW5 are basically the amazing evolution of Apple's Hypercard. I >> have a hard time even typing "Tiddler" in these forums, let alone saying >> it, but no problem talking about "Cards", which they essentially are, by >> look and feel as well as by function. >> >> So... Maybe the next evolution of TW should be towards something more >> user-adoptable, like calling it WikiCards or something? >> >> Again, sorry to offend... but judging by the reaction I get when talking >> about the tool, (no innuendo intended there!!), I can't be the only one. >> >> Cheers, >> David. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWikiDev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tiddlywikidev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to tiddlywikidev@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/tiddlywikidev/dbf005e5-11f5-4731-83f1-ac472505a700% > 40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/dbf005e5-11f5-4731-83f1-ac472505a700%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywikidev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywikidev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/CAJ1vdSR20SA%2BKLqcmmMEmT0S3AnBxOYKpKNQR_ZPEKDcc-y7dw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
