I doubt that "atoms" or "fragments" capture TW fully. Sure it builds from bits & its commit to build UP from them is pretty radical. Of course the atomistic "unit model" of existence is a major trope of computerisation in general so its not that unique. BUT in case of TW its architecturally true too and that definitely makes a difference.
That and its Quine Nature. BUT I'd hope we'd be concerned too with results, not just gloryfying bricks. IMO it is the *Flexibility Of Creating Wholes* that is as important. Outcomes may matter more to uptake. My 2 pence more. Thoughts Josiah On Tuesday, 28 April 2020 20:27:52 UTC+2, Thomas Elmiger wrote: > > This is a hilarious thread with so many intelligent and witty participants > – thank you all! > There are already too many contributions for me to stay on top of > everything. Sorry if I overlooked something. > > I would like to *spray in* a few thoughts of my own, starting with this > snippet from Arlen: > > Am Montag, 9. März 2020 21:07:52 UTC+1: >> >> AtomicWiki >> That's another idea. I think it captures the essence of TiddlyWiki. >> >> > That’s exactly what it does: For me, the hook that persuaded me to try TW > was the philosophy stated on the card (?) about TiddlyWiki on > tiddlywiki.com: <https://tiddlywiki.com/#TiddlyWiki> > > The fundamental idea <https://tiddlywiki.com/#Philosophy%20of%20Tiddlers> >> is that information is more useful and reusable if we cut it up into the >> smallest semantically meaningful chunks [...] >> > > So my goal would be to preserve this fundamental idea in the name. If it > isn’t a Tiddler any longer, what could it be? I have a long list and a > clear favourite, so I will spare you the list. > > Second best: *WaterWiki* (we can decide later if Wiki should stay part of > the name). Water is as vital for humans as thinking is. Big Data is > collected in data *lakes*, TW has a *river*, the story river and helps to > stay in the *flow* of writing. Information in TW can find its way like > magic and appear in other places like water following streams under the > earth’s surface ... you can find more analogies, I am sure. Now what is the > smallest entity we can find in water? Is it atomic? H and O? Molecular: > H2O? In my personal logic, atoms are characters and molecules are words. > (Of course, if you want to support AtomicWiki, then there are electrons and > protons and tachyons and I don’t know what.) But back to the picture in my > brain ... what’s next? > > *DropWiki* is a perfect fit. > > A drop can become everything. A sip, damp, ice. It comes with a bonus > layer of fascination: drag and *drop*. My update process (not the > official way, I know!): I drop my wiki on the latest version of empty.html. > Add a plugin: drop it on your wiki. Transfer tiddlers: drag a title or a > tagpill or export json using a filter ... and tadaaa: > drop it on your wiki. *Tired of Evernote? Drop it.* > > Do you have to let that *sink* in? No problem, I have more ideas, but > they can wait. *Drop me a line* or *throw a bucket of* answers in my > direction ;–) > > Cheers, > Thomas > -- 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/3ab8a83a-d382-47ca-94f7-751e1d2fc2cc%40googlegroups.com.
