Hi Jeremy, thanks for that response. What you say makes sense to me. Through linear and non-linear options I am trying to find a compromise. The issue is that usually (old school) examiners would look at a print out and dislike reading such a long work on a computer screen.
I will start a new thread, do you know when TW5 is supposed to leave Beta? Best wishes, Philipp On Monday, February 10, 2014 2:07:36 PM UTC, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Hi Philipp > > Now, I am determined to use it for my dissertation. Not to gather my >> notes, etc. but actually presenting my thesis in a html file rather than >> printing and binding a script. The main reason is that I would like someone >> to read the argument as I structured it AND to be able to explore the topic >> of my PhD in the order they find makes most sense. >> I thought I could arrange tiddlers as I would have sections in a linear >> form in a word file but ALSO use hyperlinks, tags, different indexes etc, >> for people to find their way around the information themselves. >> > > Makes sense. It should be possible to produce a TiddlyWiki for interactive > access while also generating an ordinary, linear HTML document consisting > of those same tiddlers threaded together into a logical ordering. That way > you could have your cake and eat it -- you'd be sidestepping concerns about > the non-linearity of TW. > > >> I started the process of getting my supervisors and the University to see >> the benefits of this idea and hope that they will agree for me to be able >> to do this. The current problem I face is that they struggle to get their >> head around how this would look in the end. >> > > As I say, if they're struggling with TW as the medium for delivery, > perhaps you can establish common ground by giving them a traditional > hierarchical document. > > >> Would anyone be able to suggest TWs that can illustrate what I am trying >> to do? Is anyone aware of this having been done before? >> > > It may also be worth asking this question in the Google group for > TiddlySpace, which enjoys a fair amount of academic use. > > >> Anything that you think could help me to illustrate the power of TW >> compared to linear presentations in word files would be beneficial as well. >> > > I'll put this topic on the list for tomorrows' TiddlyWiki Hangout #34. It > would be instructive to work through some ways of achieving what you want > with TW5. > > > P.S. I have (and will have) loads more questions, where shall I ask > these? (e.g. will TW cope with stuff that is usually a 150 page document?) > Shall I continue in here or should I start a new thread. I am not familiar > with the code of practice in this community. > > It's usually better to start a new topic with a subject line that will be > helpful to other readers. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > Hello Tiddly Wiki folks, > >> Just discovered Tiddly Wiki and am considering using it as a central >>> location for research documentation for my dissertation. I've been >>> using Google Documents, but but it feels clunky -- the various >>> documents really don't connect very well. >>> >>> I've done a search through the prior posts and have seen a couple of >>> references to folks using it for this purpose, but the demo sites are >>> down. Does anyone have any comments or tips? >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> Neil >>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] <javascript:> > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
