Love what Tones wrote about democratization. It would be great if TiddlyWiki could be something that not only technically-minded people feel they can get into, but also the more general audice (since I see myself in between those two groups, much closer to the second). Which is why I have been asking these questions...
I'd be careful about presenting all those (amazing) ideas all at once to a new user though. If the idea is to reach a wider audience, maybe it makes more sense to go step by step. 1. Present TW as a free, lightweight, simple, flexible tool for taking notes and organize content of all shapes and sizes. (Definitely mention that it is infinitely extensible, but not in a way that would make it seem like it's a requirement to get into that.) 2. The user should then be able to use TW to do *a lot* without going under the hood 3. However the option to go further/deeper is always there, available to the user, as menus items. Ready for when they feel confident to try it out. I think TW is already very close to that as it is. I like the discussion about the tagline. It definitely helps in understanding a broader strategy. "Private/Public Content Management System" might be a bit too heavy... "Powerful Portable Programmable Platform for People" sounds cool, but maybe too vague. I liked Tones' use of the term "DIY" in this context (I never realized how DIY tends to always refer to physical/material stuff, as opposed to digital). As I explained above, I'd suggest avoiding overwhelming people. Maybe something with a lighter tone, like: - TiddlyWiki: make sense of your information, in a way that makes sense to you I also like the metaphor of a garden, which I see a lot in discussions about granular approaches to content management. But maybe not as a tagline... It does tend to sound a bit to hippy for those who don't get it. On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 5:44:03 PM UTC+1, OGNSYA wrote: > > I'm curious to know what type of people uses TiddlyWiki currently, and > what type of people the project wants to reach? > > I believe that discussing this might help inform many of the conversations > that have been going on, such as the Getting Started page, and the > UI/workflow redesign. > > In case this is not known, here are a few possible guide questions to help > estimate: > (I included an initial answer in all of them, just as a starting point): > > - *What type of people uses TW? *(considering only those who > create/develop) > (49% coders, 49% casual coders, 2% non-coders?) > - *How do they use TW?* (considering only those who create/develop) > (50% very basic usage, 30% uses several features/plugins, 15% > hack/develop plugins, 5% experts?) > - *What proportion of internet users use TW on a frequent basis?* (2% > edit/view, 3% as viewers only?) > - *How many internet users are coders? *(in general, regardless of TW) > - Non-coders (98.5%?) > - Casual coders (0.5%?) > - Coders (1%?) > > This is intentionally very simplified, especially because most of these > questions can't be answered objectively. Regardless, knowing the > community's perception of them is already very useful. This is meant to be > a first draft. Please feel free to correct/suggest changes. (For the > guesses, I partly used some data found online. ) > > *Edit (2020/06/18): to account for view-only users* > -- 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/cfdc2d48-0d24-4397-8bd2-5f249dd3bb87o%40googlegroups.com.
