Great news, well done Eric, we are very lucky to have you doing this. Dickon
On Thursday, 8 March 2012 11:24:09 UTC, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > I am delighted to announce that Eric Shulman has accepted the role of > lead developer for 'classic' TiddlyWiki. He's taking over from Martin > Budden who is leaving Osmosoft to pursue other interests. > > As we all know, Eric is already the incredible powerhouse at the heart > of the TiddlyWiki community. He maintains a prodigious library of > plugins at http://tiddlytools.com/, and is second to none with his > patient and inventive answers to questions on the group. In fact, > given that tiddlywiki.com currently checks in at 568KB and > tiddlytools.com is 2690KB, his new role will only increase his > codebase by just over 20%. > > Anyhow, Eric will now also manage the TiddlyWiki road map and release > cycle, and start to use GitHub to process the tickets, patches and > pull requests that power the TiddlyWiki development process. He's got > a bit of a learning curve to get to grips with git and GitHub (one I'm > still stumbling over myself) but as he gets up to speed we hope he'll > be able to run the engine a little hotter than in the past. > > The plan is for Eric to use TW5 as the build tool for both > tiddlywiki.com and tiddlytools.com, ensuring that he keeps a foot in > both the old and the new camps, giving the community continuity as we > transition from the old code to the new. > > Part of the motivation for the change is to allow me to focus on > TiddlyWiki5 development, and building up consultancy work to fund it. > But it's also a first step towards the "TiddlyWiki collective", > pulling together a core group who are dedicated to working on > TiddlyWiki, and creating a sustainable business model to do so. > > Right now, the collective is "pre-revenue" and so Eric still needs our > generosity and support in order to survive. I'd urge you to read > Eric's post from last year, and encourage you to contribute if you are > able to. > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/JcTOoBxGwXA/discussion > > As I've said elsewhere, I want to build TiddlyWiki into a product that > endures for 25 years, remaining useful and relevant. I hope therefore > that we're really just at the start of the story. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.tiddlywiki.com > > On Thursday, 8 March 2012 11:24:09 UTC, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > I am delighted to announce that Eric Shulman has accepted the role of > lead developer for 'classic' TiddlyWiki. He's taking over from Martin > Budden who is leaving Osmosoft to pursue other interests. > > As we all know, Eric is already the incredible powerhouse at the heart > of the TiddlyWiki community. He maintains a prodigious library of > plugins at http://tiddlytools.com/, and is second to none with his > patient and inventive answers to questions on the group. In fact, > given that tiddlywiki.com currently checks in at 568KB and > tiddlytools.com is 2690KB, his new role will only increase his > codebase by just over 20%. > > Anyhow, Eric will now also manage the TiddlyWiki road map and release > cycle, and start to use GitHub to process the tickets, patches and > pull requests that power the TiddlyWiki development process. He's got > a bit of a learning curve to get to grips with git and GitHub (one I'm > still stumbling over myself) but as he gets up to speed we hope he'll > be able to run the engine a little hotter than in the past. > > The plan is for Eric to use TW5 as the build tool for both > tiddlywiki.com and tiddlytools.com, ensuring that he keeps a foot in > both the old and the new camps, giving the community continuity as we > transition from the old code to the new. > > Part of the motivation for the change is to allow me to focus on > TiddlyWiki5 development, and building up consultancy work to fund it. > But it's also a first step towards the "TiddlyWiki collective", > pulling together a core group who are dedicated to working on > TiddlyWiki, and creating a sustainable business model to do so. > > Right now, the collective is "pre-revenue" and so Eric still needs our > generosity and support in order to survive. I'd urge you to read > Eric's post from last year, and encourage you to contribute if you are > able to. > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/JcTOoBxGwXA/discussion > > As I've said elsewhere, I want to build TiddlyWiki into a product that > endures for 25 years, remaining useful and relevant. I hope therefore > that we're really just at the start of the story. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.tiddlywiki.com > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/-/H4CM4cQ8ZGYJ. 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.
