[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-26 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Ste, Mark S. & TonyM Mark says... "When referring to it in the company of adults, I tend to refer to "TW" (tee-double-you) or "TW technology". TonyM wrote... ... I would think a word like Chameleon combined with a suitable IT related word like info-chameleon cloud-chameleon. Exactly. Using

[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-26 Thread Ste Wilson
Mat says... "When referring to it in the company of adults, I tend to refer to "TW" (tee-double-you) or "TW technology". Then the addressee feels sheepish because they don't know what "TW" refers to. :D Brilliant! That's the one. TW Technology. Someone update the powered by tiddlywiki

[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-26 Thread PMario
On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 3:43:57 AM UTC+2, TonyM wrote: ... > In some ways that is what tiddlyWiki does, it is a Wiki, the best wiki, > but it is much more. > So we name it BestWiki. So if someone searches for the "best wiki" software they will find it for sure :) -m -- You received

[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-25 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 6:43:57 PM UTC-7, TonyM wrote: > >- The truth is it is somehow hard to get away from quizzical looks >when I tell strangers about it, They think I said tiddlywinks and it >somewhat damages the authority that it should have. > > When referring to

[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-25 Thread TonyM
I believe Wiki cam from the Hawaiian language. - I am used to the name and understand the real cost of changing the name, so are somewhat reluctant for this to happen. However I know there comes a time. - The truth is it is somehow hard to get away from quizzical looks when I

[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-25 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Lost Admin wrote: > > For me TiddlyWiki is a wiki. To me, the defining characteristic is that a > wiki is a self-editing website. That is the content can be edited directly > on/from/in the website itself... > Absolutely right IMO. But its also more, I think ... if "self-editing" includes

[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-25 Thread Lost Admin
For me TiddlyWiki is a wiki. To me, the defining characteristic is that a wiki is a self-editing website. That is the content can be edited directly on/from/in the website itself. While collaboration is certainly very common, I don't view this as "core" to my internal definition of "wiki"

[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-25 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
PMario wrote: Then use: It's a personal web notebook. Because TiddlyWiki is NOT intrinsically a personal notebook. Its a Vole Tracker Collaboration Project :-) What happens is when I ask "WHAT is TiddlyWiki" I get AN APPLICATION reply. In a way its good. In another way its, somehow, VERY

[tw5] Re: Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is a "Wiki"?

2018-04-25 Thread PMario
Hi, Then use: It's a personal web notebook. -m -- 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,