Hi Devin > How do others explain TiddlyWiki? What are some of the underlying concepts used that make TW stand out.
I have gradually evolved an approach to explaining TiddlyWiki to non-specialist audiences. For example, this meeting of the Oxford TiddlyWiki Interest Group starts with a lengthy introduction from me showing the basics of TiddlyWiki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOK_nVBf_6U If I'm talking to people in the field, I can be much bolder: TiddlyWiki is an attempt to synthesise an open, decentralised, federated document ecosystem to succeed the old Microsoft office-style world of proprietary simulated paper. When I put it like that you can kind of see why it might be conceptually challenging for people intellectually invested in the current way of doing things :) > My Co-Worker said likes linear documents and the hyper linking like wiki doesn't seem correct unless you're editing the document(s) distributed through a server like Wikipedia. I tried to tote on the modular idea of downloading a single page app the is offline. His reply is that you should not download an offline version as it would become out of sync and you would have several wrong versions all over the office each with their own changes and customization. I've come across similar reactions before. Funny how people can be made uncomfortable by the features that seem to me most liberating and exciting about TiddlyWiki. Best wishes Jeremy On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Devin Weaver <[email protected]>wrote: > I often find myself struggling to explain the concepts behind TiddlyWiki > and why they are a good thing. I sometime try to equate TW to interactive > word documents. This analogy doesn't hold up. > > My Co-Worker said likes linear documents and the hyper linking like wiki > doesn't seem correct unless you're editing the document(s) distributed > through a server like Wikipedia. I tried to tote on the modular idea of > downloading a single page app the is offline. His reply is that you should > not download an offline version as it would become out of sync and you > would have several wrong versions all over the office each with their own > changes and customization. > > To me that's an advantage. You could download a blessed TW and make your > own notes, add content / changes etc. Kind of like reading a kindle book > and making your own annotations only with full acess to the original > content. > > How do others explain TiddlyWiki? What are some of the underlying concepts > used that make TW stand out. What ways has TiddlyWiki enhanced your > workflow, documentation, etc.? > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- 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/d/optout.
