A "Great idea!". Since (for various reasons) I don't have a paypal account and only very limited access to cards, my "cheque (for 50.00 $us) is in the mail".
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:05:50 AM UTC-4, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Everyone here knows Eric Shulman and most have reason to thank him for > his exhaustive collection of plugins, and his generously given > expertise. > > When he first emailed me on 21st May 2006, out of the blue, he pretty > clearly laid out how he would go on to enrich the world of TiddlyWiki: > > > Of course, while I have great respect and appreciation for all you have > > accomplished thus far, the inclination to build upon your excellent work > is a > > natural one, and I have been actively working on enhancements to the > features > > and functions of TiddlyWiki. > > > So far, I have added over a dozen new features to TiddlyWiki that I feel > > increase the utility and usability of the overall application. In most > cases, > > my approach has been to extend rather than alter your designs, so that > the > > default application behaviors that you have designed are preserved, and > my > > additions are either transparent or enabled by interface option > settings. > > And of course, it's turned out that this approach has been exactly > what was needed to turn TiddlyWiki from a cute experiment into a > practical tool. Over the last six years Eric has produced a prodigious > amount of code, and answered innumerable questions on these discussion > groups, with courtesy and patience. > > Today is significant for Eric and TiddlyWiki in two ways. First, Eric > has released an alpha of a new release of TiddlyWiki 2.6.6. This marks > the point at which he has fully taken over the development and > maintenance of "classic" TiddlyWiki. Eric is planning a much more > rapid and responsive development cycle now that we've simplified a > number of aspects of the development process. > > Secondly, today is Eric's 50th birthday, and I wanted to appeal to > everyone here to help give him a truly memorable and happy day. > > Eric has already posted about his precarious financial position [1], > and the importance to him of community donations. So, here's my > appeal: could those of us who are able each contribute $50 to Eric, to > mark our appreciation for services to the group in the past, and to > support his efforts in his new role going forwards. > > If even just a handful of people were able to do this it could make an > enormous difference to Eric. If you value TiddlyWiki, and care about > it's future, you will be making a real contribution by doing so. > > To make your donation, please visit Eric's site: > > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Donations > > Many thanks, > > Jeremy > > [1] https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/JcTOoBxGwXA/discussion > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] > -- 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/-/x4nvO0u1fk8J. 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.
