I like the wikibook idea too. Simply because I think it would increase and diversify tiddlywiki's presence on web.
On Mar 16, 7:08 pm, Måns <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Poul > > I like the idea of having a wikibook about TiddlyWiki... > I've added a few lines ... however my english isn't as good as yours - > so I copy sentences, which hopefully answers some of the questions, > and add sources, when it isn't my own work I'm referring to... > Hope it's ok.. > > Cheers Måns Mårtensson > > On 16 Mar., 00:06, Poul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I didn't see a lot of response to my suggestion to > > adopthttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/TiddlyWikiasa community project, so > > I'll give it a clean thread. I certainly understand Jeremy's reaction > > that TiddlyWiki is a more obvious form for educating about TiddlyWiki, > > and for reference material and detailed guidance, I agree. On the > > other hand, it could confuse the casual surfer who may be familiar > > with Wikipedia to find that while you can click view, you can't > > actually change anything on a web-hosted TW. > > > Furthermore, the growing segment of "post-PC" readers with their > > tablet devices, is probably more reachable with something more akin to > > a book. Imagine, say > > * She in a deckchair with her Amazon Kindle > > * He in his armchair with his iPad (it's need for gravitational > > support is the main reason I don't have one). > > > While they aren't likely to start writing blogs the next day, I feel > > that it's a worthwhile efford to try to convey the message that there > > are better alternatives for most one-way communication than Facebook > > on the one end and Microsoft Word on the other. A book on TW and it's > > derivatives, be ithttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/TiddlyWikiorother, > > should in my opinion have a broader focus than that which was probably > > intended by whoever started it. But that's also what in my opinion > > could make it fun to write. Particularly for those of us who buy into > > the original wiki concept of collaborative writing. After all, the > > book form allows more freedom to digress than web publishing in > > general. > > > Anyway, to sort of get the ball rolling again, I've started by trying > > to give the introduction some more words for a broader reach and > > hopefully, a mental image that makes sense. Join me if you like, use > > the discussion page, or shoot it down if that's how you feel. I don't > > have a lot of time to put into it, but to me it's the sort of thing I > > might do late in the evening. > > > Happy tiddling, > > Poul Staugaard > > >http://giewiki.appspot.com||http://code.google.com/p/giewiki -- 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.
