Hi Joshua, Welcome to the community! I use TiddlyBlink myself and it's doing an amazing job so far.
In terms of themes, here are some that were recently shared: - http://j.d.tiddlyspot.com/ - http://j.d.simplemobile.tiddlyspot.com/ - http://j.d.material.tiddlyspot.com/ - http://j.d.search.tiddlyspot.com/ - http://j.d.whitespace.tiddlyspot.com/ I hope that helps! On Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 6:31:47 PM UTC+1, Peter Buyze wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>: > > 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] <javascript:>. > 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/f155370e-86c8-4151-b7ed-c410f7341fc5%40googlegroups.com.
