Ciao All .. TonyM, thanks for posting this, below ... A few screenshots are better than a thousand words. Definitely shows the potential and its value.
Something I'd like to strongly emphasise your post shows, but doesn't headline, is that by using a TW that can interact with the OS on desktops you can build most everything for a "Memex" tool of the type linked to in Diego's OP. FWIW, some time ago, at the Firefox Apocalypse (loss of easy arbitrary file saving in browsers), Steve Schneider wondered if we could through TW replicate the Firefox Extension "Scrapbook" (sophisticated, in browser, Web page save, local archive search, bookmark & edit) without the later limits that have made it far less useful. In TW: Bob, and maybe TiddlyDesktop, might provide ways to do this via launch of basic OS utilities. Polly (a Powershell batch scripting solution Mark S. & I worked on--though not really known or used much yet as far as we know) that is an entirely browser independent saving tool for TW on desktop platforms, could, probably, be extended that way too. What is my point? Simply that once you can have basic launch of tools at OS level by a TW you can build stuff that TW can then use. >From that point of view something close to the "Memex" of the OP should be possible. Thoughts TT On Thursday, 21 May 2020 03:30:04 UTC+2, TonyM wrote: > > MArk, > > I have an other similar TW for keeping an offline index for bookmarks and > (media content. not so much) > > It is as follows > > - TiddlyDesktop single file wiki > - Has a view template that displays on untitled tiddlers, the result > of dragging and dropping a link, or pasting something in the window. > - This view on untitled tiddlers comes up if the text feild contains a > link > > [image: Snag_3db7cbbd.png] > > > > Opening a link tiddler I can add more details > > [image: Snag_3dbaa645.png] > > > > > Then I can view all my bookmarks on a tiddler, that includes a search > mechanism > > [image: Snag_3db8ce97.png] > > > I am sure I could make use of a node version with skinny tiddlers, or > canonical uris for images but I prefer tiddlydesktop due to its ability to > accept links to files folders and execute applications and batches on my > windows desktop. > > Regards > Tony > > > On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 2:48:56 AM UTC+10, Mark Kerrigan wrote: >> >> It's interesting they chose to include memex in their title. It reminds >> me a lot of the same lofty goal Ted Nelson had with Project Xanadu. The >> sense is if you choose a name referencing an unimplemented project, it sort >> of becomes a bad omen. That's what I think of here. I have no doubt this >> project will succeed, but how long will it last? >> >> File that under "what's in a name" >> >> For me personally I actually did create a TW5 where I was in the habit of >> downloading all of my Pinboard bookmarks as markdown files, but this >> required too much hand massaging to work through trying to extract article >> content and images. But since I pay for the packrat feature of Pinboard, if >> the original link goes down I can always view an archived version or or >> from the Internet Archive. >> >> I use this TW5 as sort of an index for various short videos and podcasts >> I've downloaded and keep in a B2 bucket. Although I would say my workflows >> surrounding this are not as optimized as they could be. Would like to see >> if anyone else has created any other similar TW for keeping an offline >> index for bookmarks and media content >> >> - Mark >> >> On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 8:27:42 AM UTC-7, Diego Mesa wrote: >>> >>> Just came across this tool on Hacker News today, and found the tools >>> capabilities and users comments interesting >>> >>> Article: >>> https://getmemex.com/ >>> >>> HN Comments: >>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23227186 >>> >>> Some of you might also be interested >>> >> -- 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/438ebce5-489a-46dd-a947-881f04e68f00%40googlegroups.com.
