On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 5:26 PM David Gifford <[email protected]> wrote:
> I almost decided not to post. I am a white, male, heterosexual Christian > minister from the United States. Some may wrongly assume from that > statement that I am not a big fan of diversity. Others may sadly decide > their tolerance and love of diversity do not extend to people like me. > Which is curious because Jesus was teaching diversity and reconciliation > long before it was cool. But I get it and am okay with that. > > I am a teacher in a seminary in Mexico City (mostly teach New Testament, > but also have taught exegesis and introduction to philosophy). I am married > to a Honduran woman, and we have two adult kids. I am an avid reader who, > beyond the two vast topics just mentioned, also enjoys books on > productivity, other self-help books, and the history of ideas and > inventions. I was briefly a comic book artist just out of high school. > Previously a missionary in Ecuador for 5 years. I would love to travel, but > lack of money keeps me from doing too much anymore. Not a big fan of > politics, and am tired of hearing about all the fighting. I have been > happily getting along with people very different from me all my life, with > people whom I disagree with on fundamental levels, so it is hard for me to > see why others have to make it so difficult. > > I love TiddlyWiki because it helps me organize my thoughts and see them in > new ways, and it gives me a way to publish free mini html databases on > various topics in Spanish. I am not an original thinker so much as someone > who likes to collect and organize helpful ideas and share them with others. > > I discovered TiddlyWiki when I was investigating Moodle for online > courses. People using Moodle were talking about TW integration a lot at > that moment. After my learning curve with TiddlyWiki classic I wrote a > tutorial TiddlyWiki for the Rest of Us [1], a showcase of TiddlyWikis in > the wild [2] and a list of plugins called TiddlyVault [3]. I had hoped TW > would get discovered and loved and used in the mainstream. But years ago, > when browsers changed and forced TiddlyWiki "5" to come up with convoluted > ways to save changes, I realized that would never happen. > Hi David, Why do you think so? One the this I am sure can get attention is Tiddlyshow. If I head time and team, I would absolutely make money from it. Tiddlywiki is weak in some areas but very storing in some other areas. Mohammad Onboarding had already been hard enough. > > Early 2018, I think, is when I decided to do a version of TiddlyVault for > TW5. It started out just for me, but snowballed, and is now the TiddlyWiki > Toolmap [4]. > > Now here I am still wanting to know how a brother can be part of a yam. I > need closure! > > [1] http://www.giffmex.org/twfortherestofus.html > [2] http://giffmex.tiddlyspot.com/ > [3] http://tiddlyvault.tiddlyspot.com/ > [4] https://dynalist.io/d/zUP-nIWu2FFoXH-oM7L7d9DM > > On Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 7:25:10 PM UTC-5, TonyM wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> I love the Diversity in our community. If you are comfortable *let us >> know a little more about yourself*., >> >> *I will start.* >> >> >> - *I am an Australian Living in Sydney, Born to Australian parents I >> am a 5th Generation (Non Indigenous Australian) who carries a Swiss >> italian >> surname. * >> - *Mostly Various peoples from the UK are in my family tree.* >> - *Australia is close to Asia so we have a lot of asian and south >> east asian friends, and any asian restaurant to choose from, amongst other >> nationalities from all over the world.* >> - *I Grew up in Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. With my >> High school in Country NSW (My State).* >> - *I have traveled to 20+ Countries and have met people from 50+ >> countries. I love diversity and learning from others.* >> - *I speak a little french because my partner is a parisien living in >> Australia for more than 30 years.* >> >> >> *Why should we Celebrating Diversity?* >> >> - Because its fun >> - Diversity is healthy >> - Who know the connections we may discover when sharing >> - Building tolerance is an antidote to partisanship. >> - We are a diverse community >> >> Regards >> Tony >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fa6a4ec3-bd66-46e0-abc3-81622239edb6%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fa6a4ec3-bd66-46e0-abc3-81622239edb6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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