Hi TiddlyTweeter > Just FYI, I tried many times on Twitter to get some interest in the fact our toot is a *rare example of a practical, working QUINE.* This doesnt matter fmpov. Why? Because the name itself (Quinely/Quinly/tiddler: Quines) is "cool". If they later find out what a quine is, the better. :)
On Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 8:44:57 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > Hi Mohammad! > > Sorry, but in my "quantum state" I had overlooked electron. :-). ( Thanks > for the link. ) > > Personally, I am quite happy with "TiddlyWiki", if only because ( like > Charlie ) I prefer to not change Jargon. > > If Size is a prime consideration, however, then I would enjoy Boson ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson ). Based on what little I know of > Theoretical Physics, I don't think there are likely to be any smaller > references within Jeremy's promised 25 year time-span. I could be wrong, > of course, but I am unlikely to care since Kurzweil's singularity promise > seems to be running late. > > On Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 11:29:17 AM UTC-5 Mohammad wrote: > >> Hi Hans! >> But seriously we have such a name. >> >> >> 1. Electron a famous framework lets create desktop apps using web >> technology https://www.electronjs.org/ >> 2. Atom is great text editor https://www.electronjs.org/apps/atom >> 3. Graviton a minimalistic code editor >> https://www.electronjs.org/apps/graviton-editor >> >> >> Have a look at https://www.electronjs.org/apps supported by OpenJS and >> you find quark. >> >> Just kidding: I prefer Tiddlywiki over atomic related things ;-) >> >> Best wishes >> Mohammad >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 6:50 PM Hans Wobbe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm probably spending too much time trying to understand Quantum >>> computing, so AtomicCards suggests (to me) a possible wish to go a bit >>> deeper and at least use subAtomic element names. Quark? Maybe even Boson >>> or Fermion? >>> >>> Happy New Year! >>> >>> Hans >>> >>> On Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 9:14:09 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> AtomicCards™ >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2021, at 2:14 AM, BurningTreeC wrote: >>>> >>>> I like the name "AtomCards" >>>> >>>> to add my two cents to the discussion :D >>>> >>>> [email protected] schrieb am Montag, 28. Dezember 2020 um 07:14:43 >>>> UTC+1: >>>> >>>> I couldn't find if this topic has already been re-hashed this decade. >>>> But I was wondering if there is any value in discussing alternative names >>>> to the "Tiddly" part of the TiddlyWIki project. This project has been >>>> around for so long that renaming / rebranding would be quite an effort. >>>> And >>>> the Tiddly part is unique within programming projects, which helps to >>>> eliminate false positives when searching for sample code. >>>> >>>> I am an American living on the Pacific Coast, so my linguistic >>>> preferences are definitely different from Jeremy's. But just saying the >>>> word 'Tiddly' out loud feels like trying to get people from certain >>>> Germany >>>> dialects to say the word "Squirrel." It always feels forced to me. >>>> >>>> A joke by Lt. Commander Data on Star Trek the Next Generation was about >>>> someone mispronouncing 'kidneys' as 'kiddleys.' We the store keeper >>>> corrected him, the customer contested, "No, I said 'kiddleys.' Diddle I?" >>>> >>>> From just a project standpoint, the word 'Tiddly' is trying to focus on >>>> the "small amount" of data or code that should be in any one unit. This >>>> way >>>> many units can be combined in various ways to satisfy different needs. >>>> Although it is intended to produce a Wiki-like user interface with deep >>>> linking and back references, the way you go about it is by breaking up >>>> large pieces of information into re-usable components. >>>> >>>> If your goal is to create "tiddlers," then using a TiddlyWiki >>>> application would be a natural fit. If the goal of most people is to make >>>> small units of re-usable components, then perhaps a different prefix would >>>> make it more appealing. Again, this is just a personal opinion and not a >>>> slight on the TiddlyWiki project as a whole, which I have been using >>>> frequently everyday. >>>> >>>> There have been two alternate words kicking around in my head lately. >>>> TipWiki or DotWiki. >>>> >>>> 'Tip' has a very similar double meaning to Tiddly - drunk people can be >>>> 'tiddly' or 'tipsy', and just the 'tip' of something or a 'tiddly' amount >>>> of something is quite small. There is an additional English meaning of >>>> 'tip' to mean 'a small note or suggestion.' That seems to be actually the >>>> point of TiddlyWiki: Make lots of small notes that can be re-combined as >>>> pieces of many different larger pages. 'Tiddlers' would become 'Tips', and >>>> a single 'tiddler' would become a single 'tip.' Phonetically, it feels a >>>> lot easier to talk about. >>>> >>>> 'Dot' has an inherent meaning of 'smallest possible mark or amount.' >>>> This would again drive home the concept of making the smallest possible >>>> content for any one unit of information. Unfortunately, dots are already >>>> associated with the 'dot notation' of Object Oriented Programming, so that >>>> could make it a little confusing as to the overall goal for people with >>>> software development backgrounds. >>>> >>>> The goal of renaming the project would be to push the desire for >>>> "smallness" of the individual unit using a more standard English word. >>>> Please forgive me if I am pushing anyone's buttons here. This topic was >>>> just on my mind. 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