Joshua, Welcome to the TiddlyWiki community. I am a newbie myself, and have for the last 5 years been taking notes and trying to set up a Zettelkasten. I did not find the right app that fully satisfied me, mainly because I found that simply linking notes was not enough to get a sort of dialogue with the Zettelkasten, as the Zk father Niklas Luhmann used to say.
I rediscovered TiddlyWiki a couple of weeks ago, having sniffed at it a few years ago and ran away screaming. This time, however, after familiarising myself a tiny bit more with HTML, I fell in love with the tool. Without exaggeration I would say it is probably by far one of the best, if not THE best tool for a Zk. The only drawback from my side is that, like your friend, I am still a stranger to HTML, that is to say, to the scripting/coding part of it. Scripting/coding (I am not even sure what to call it) are important with TW if you want to make full use of this incredibly flexible and varied tool. Having said that, there are also many plug-ins to extend its functionality, so for my purposes I am more or less, almost, where I need to be. I cannot answer your 2 specific questions, but can confirm that this forum is an extremely good, helpful, and friendly one, and for someone like you with HTML experience you will learn a lot and get a lot of pleasure out of it. BTW I useTiddlyBlink and installed the toolmap (= like TiddlyRoam, if I am not mistaken), which is an unbeatable Zk combination. Good luck, and enjoy!! Peter -- Securely sent with Tutanota. Get your own encrypted, ad-free mailbox: https://tutanota.com 26 Apr 2020, 20:09 by [email protected]: > Hi! I'm new to Tiddlywiki. My coding background involves some coding > experience (I used to code and network for Building Management Solutions > involving HVAC/Lighting Control/Security) but very little by way of HTML. I'm > also new to Tiddlywiki. So, please treat me like a child. > > My interests are research. My friend, who has a PhD in philosophy, and I > research together in the hope of writing books on philosophy and theology. > Specifically, for any ners out there, I'm interested in Thomistic Philosophy, > Speculative History, and ethics within technology. I also work a lot with > Hermeneutics and basic apologetic subjects, such as the Kalam, Historical > case for Ressurrection, ect. > > I say all that because I've been trying to get together a note taking system > with a few goals in mind. > > 1. A place where all notes on all subjects, even my bread making obsession, > can be placed. > > 2. A place where those notes are not locked by hierarchical limitations but > can "interact" with one another. A big part of my interest in writing is > taking two seemingly unconnected subjects and connecting them in new ways. I > think that's one of the essential skills all philosophers need to develop. If > all of my thoughts are then able to be logically connected in long chains of > thoughts which can be later followed up and fleshed out in a chapter, that is > very useful. > > 3. The ability to collaborate. Not only do I want my thoughts to collide with > each other but I want to "accidentally" bump into my friend's thoughts and > whoever else might join. This also forces this to be completely on the cloud. > > 4. User friendly. My friend is not very technical. He is an incredibly > creative thinker, as his dissertation which synthesized a huge amount of > thought shows, but he is not analytical like myself. So, I need something > user friendly. > > Right now I'm thinking that TiddlyRoam or TiddlyBlink will be the best fit > for me. I do have a few questions though. > > 1. How do I change the styling? Are there themes I can easily embed in the > code? Back in the day I used to code CSS and HTML for personal pages, though > I've gotten away from that. Any experience with these specific distributions > of the Tiddlywiki platform as far as style? I'd like to stay away from > plugins and just change the HTML file permanently. > > 2. Any experiences or thoughts? I just found Tiddlywiki yesterday after > taking with an IT friend of mine about my goals. So my knowledge base is very > limited. > > Thanks in advance. This platform is incredibly exciting. I don't want to use > Roam as I want to own my thoughts so the work you all are doing is incredibly > useful. > > -- > 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/a6f073b0-239d-4042-9ebf-ac892bfddc64%40googlegroups.com. > -- 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/M5rXpyY--7-2%40tutamail.com.
