Hi Soren! I am an applied psychology student and I am using TiddlyWiki as a notetaking system/zettelkasten. I would rate myself between a beginner and intermediate by Stobots standards as I am starting to use widgets, but am often unsure how to use them properly. I would love to help out with reviewing! For one, because I would love to learn more about TiddlyWIki, two: Maybe my non-coding background can provide a perspective to see if the text is understandable for a broader audience, and three: I've been thinking about ways I could help people get into TiddlyWiki and this would be a way.
Op donderdag 31 december 2020 om 03:52:29 UTC+1 schreef Brian Radspinner: > David, I'm guessing you mean *The Book Wiki > <https://github.com/kewapo/The-Book-Wiki>* by Kewapo > <https://github.com/kewapo> > > On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 7:11:51 PM UTC-7 David Gifford wrote: > >> Hi Soren >> >> 1) You might want to team up with...shoot, my mind is drawing a blank. >> But there is someone from Spain who has been working on a book for over a >> year. He had quite a bit of material. >> 2) Would you consider a series of short videos? Or even offer a >> for-profit course based on a series of short videos? (similar to what Nat >> Eliason did for Roam Research). That would be more practical than a book >> for most users, and easier for you to update. If you did it well, you could >> make some money off of it! Nat's course allowed him to buy a second home. I >> doubt a TiddlyWiki course would do the same, unless TiddlyWiki suddenly >> took off, but at least it should be able to pay you back your time and >> expenses. >> 3) I am by Stobot's reckoning, an intermediate user. Normally I would >> love to look it over. But now that vacations are done, I am going to be >> swamped until April with my regular job. Sorry! >> >> Blessings on your efforts. We really need more of that intermediate level >> stuff. Feel free to grab stuff from my >> https://giffmex.org/gifts/documenting.tw.html if it helps. >> >> 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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