True: > Extreme politeness and willingness to comprehensively solve others' > problems, while very beneficial for most users' immediate needs, can > yield negative long-term effects by stymying deeper understanding and > perpetuating reliance on a small group of established experts.
However I feel that the tools provided ( by Eric's TiddlyTools site in particular) i.e inlinejavascriptplugin etc opens a door to knowledge which otherwise would be unavailable for someone like me... Eric's toolbox and this groups knowledgebase provides a complete alphabet to combat javascript, CSS and html illiteracy and I believe that what has been accomplished so far makes a solid fundament for anyone who wants to gain independence/stand on ones own feet, if you're interested in taking advantage of the webapps/online services, and still create your own experience at your own pace... Jeremy predicted: "I think that TiddlyWiki represents a novel medium for writing, and will promote its own distinctive writing style." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiddlywiki I think that TiddlyWiki represents a novel medium for learning to program webapplications, and will promote its own distinctive learning style for doing so,- and I also believe that it offers a unique *private/subjective* approach to netpublishing which hasn't any equivalence - because everything else is host/servicebased, and all users are customers/consumers not individuals and craftsmen.... TiddlyWiki's versatility makes tools, otherwise only available to programmers, who design our webexperience within reach for those who want the power for themselves... And you can create a familytree for your granddad as well ;-) The "reliance on a small group of established experts" isn't so bad when the culture perpetuates and attacts new experts, who "keeps the pot boiling".... Openness is a keyword and hospitality is a virtue... If it all fades away because "the established experts" dissapear - then it has outgrown itself and doesn't deliver an alternative to the predominantly unconscious consumer culture on the Web. On the other hand I believe that everyone is free to make industrystandard applications from the TiddlyWiki verticals and earn their living making taylored applications on demand - .... Sorry for the loong message - and my bad english, - Just had to speak up even if it was a deliberate provocation... :-) Regards Måns Mårtensson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
