Hello Soren - I would put myself in maybe an "intermediate" camp, though I have to say I'm curious/interested in other people's definitions of expertise. Mine are roughly: 1. Beginner (Built-in Macros) - Understand the general concept, general wikitext, linking, using at most the built-in macros (list-links etc.) 2. Intermediate (Widgets) - Understand a bit more of the underlying structure, uses an extensive amount of widgets and customizes the interface with it, uses templates 3. Expert (Javascript) - Understand how things actually work :) When stumped, fills in the blanks with CSS / Javascript - the plugin builders!
By these definitions I'd place myself in Intermediate, with aspirations (someday) of getting further. I'm interested in your project because I'm *definitely* a book learner, and feel that there's a good amount of material at the beginner and expert ends, and not as much in the middle. I've seen a few attempts at books and haven't seen any make it to the end. Eric Shulman had one going forever (pre TW5 even?) - not sure if that ever got published (if it did - please let me know!), then there was a recent effort around "the book" by kewapo (Luis?) that I saw a few chapters on and was excited for, but honestly don't know where that stands - don't see updates since February. I feel strongly that a comprehensive book would help the community a lot! My day job is "analytics" and I have a book going at all times on M, DAX, R, Python, SAC etc. If there was a great complete book on TW out there, it would help me tremendously! If you need someone in that camp, let me know - I'd be happy to exchange labor of reading for benefit of understanding - though to make it worth it I'd love it to learn something in the process :) Reading the link you provided, it looks like we share some interests and are not too far away - I'm living in Cincinnati Ohio and travel frequently, and you're in Minnesota. If you hear of local meetups, let me know also :) On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 6:36:14 PM UTC-5 Soren Bjornstad wrote: > It looks like the first screenshot of my mnemonic medium didn't upload > correctly, so let's try that one again: > [image: Screenshot from 2020-12-30 17-06-13.png] > > On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:34:13 PM UTC-6 Soren Bjornstad wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> As the end of the year approaches and I start planning personal goals for >> next year, I thought I'd share an early update on a project I'm really >> excited about and hope will be a boon for the TiddlyWiki community: a >> TiddlyWiki textbook (written in TiddlyWiki, of course). >> >> Right now we have (mostly) good technical documentation for advanced >> users, a thriving Google group, and plenty of introductions to TiddlyWiki, >> but nothing that bridges the gap by helping new users who are serious about >> learning the ins and outs of TiddlyWiki to build a complete understanding >> of TiddlyWiki concepts. That's what I'm hoping to fix. >> >> One of the other things I'm excited about is my included prototype of a >> mnemonic >> medium >> <https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4rRX3qwSSJRsEkdXKwH2shamgHNeRthrMLiF> in >> TiddlyWiki built on top of my TiddlyRemember plugin. This allows simple >> prompts to be embedded in the text, then reviewed at regular intervals >> controlled by a spaced-repetition algorithm, either with a simple >> native-TiddlyWiki reviewer or in Anki <https://apps.ankiweb.net/> via >> TiddlyRemember. With this medium, learning and retaining large amounts of >> new terminology and syntax is much easier. >> >> [image: Screenshot from 2020-12-30 17-08-30.png] >> >> I've been working on this off and on for a few months and am hoping that >> within the next month or two, I'll have a solid draft. At that point I >> would like to send this out to a handful of people for an initial, rigorous >> round of private review and feedback. I would like to involve several >> expert users and several beginners (I'd love to see 2-3 in each category). >> Here's what I'd hope to hear from these reviewers: >> >> Experts: >> >> - See any outright errors? I'm sure I made a few. >> - Did I miss any concepts or features that you use all the time or >> think are essential? >> - For the resources at the end: What major resources or plugins would >> be worth including that I don't know about or haven't included? >> >> Beginners: >> >> - Did everything I wrote make sense? >> - How well did the mnemonic medium work? Were the prompts effective? >> Did you understand how to use it? >> - Did your TiddlyWiki skills improve? >> - Were the exercises too hard? Too easy? Lacking enough information? >> - Roughly how long did it take to work through the book? >> >> I would be looking for a commitment to read through the whole book, >> ideally do most of the exercises, and offer substantive feedback. The book >> is currently about 70,000 words and includes plenty of exercises, so >> although I have no data on how long it will take to work through the book >> at this point, I can't imagine it would be a one-evening task. As >> compensation, I can offer early access to the book, your name in the >> acknowledgements, a $25 Amazon gift card (maybe more if there are fewer >> reviewers or I can cram it into my budget), and a huge thank-you to anyone >> who's willing to help out. >> >> If you're interested in being involved when the time comes, please let me >> know here or by emailing contact at sorenbjornstad.com. If your ability >> to help out depends on the timeline, please let me know and I'll see what I >> can do. >> > -- 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]. 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