These discussions about extending the outreach of TW always center around some hypothetical newby who is turned away by the complexity of TW. The reality is, that the first time we learn of the existence of a new comer, they're asking for advice on some complicated, convoluted mechanism that they've already devised. The technological barrier doesn't seem to keep motivated people away.
Listen to the Podcast. What's keeping people away is the *name*. I know it's irrational to chose an information management system based on a name, but we live in an age of hyper-marketing -- everything gets marketed, branded, recognized. So if something is under-branded it goes nowhere no matter how good it is because it's up against hundreds of products with serious, professional sounding names. The name TiddlyWiki suggests a kid's game or plaything. It suggests something that someone made for fun but won't be here tomorrow. It doesn't suggest something that you could do serious work with or store your vital information in. It doesn't suggest something that will be here in 25 years. OneNote, Evernote, Cintanotes, Google Keep ... all have names that you're not afraid to say in an IT staff meeting. Names you don't have to mumble under your breath when you explain how you did something. And, you don't have to actually get rid of the name TiddlyWiki. You just make the publicly visible name something like "TW Technology." "Wiki-T" . On Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 10:28:06 AM UTC-8, bimlas wrote: > > A wave started which could make TiddlyWiki more and more famous. *Now* we > might need to make it really user-friendly, so that new people can easily > get over the initial difficulties and stay with Tiddly. > > > https://hackaday.com/2020/02/14/it-aint-over-til-the-paperwork-is-done-test-driving-tiddlywiki/ > -- 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/ef02ea13-000d-4303-800c-230cbbe3ba22%40googlegroups.com.
