Hi Devin
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.
>
To me TiddlyWiki is like Lego (& a 3D printer) for grownups.
Most people have played with Lego - so maybe the analogy is usefull to some
degree.
Playing with Lego triggers imagination and visualization processes > what
do want to build? > what are your options/building blocks?. Trial and error
is part of the process.
> 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.?
>
I don't really try to explain TiddlyWiki - I simply present it as:
1) A homepage
2) A blog
3) A HTML document
4) An app (especially when loaded on mobile devices)
5) A program for managing todo lists & getting things done
6) A personal wiki
7) An alternative to standard documents (eg. word) with an exceptional
ability to be used for hypertext writing.
8) A protyping device
9) A presentation tool
10) A scrapbook
11) Etc .....
I use TiddlyWiki for all these types of tasks (and more ...).
I share them with collegues, students and anybody who might be interested
in/ or need the content/material.
Every year I'm asked to create "an app" for collegues which holds
information/data about and images of our students. This "app" (which is of
course a TiddlyWiki) is used for making lists of different kinds/sorts -
all in sortable tables and printable. I use TWC for this, because I can
import data from a csv file and create all tiddlers in one go. All
templates are set up beforehand..
I haven't really used TIddlyWiki as a ("hands on") tool for students untill
just recently.
I gave them a small/simple assignment: Write a hypertext story - with
wikitext and images.. Every tiddler should have at least one link to
another tiddler.
Our principal asked me to design an advanced job assignment app in
TiddlyWIki - to help him distribute tasks among collegues... I've prepared
the document, however he hasen't used it yet - so I can't tell how usefull
it is...
I use TiddlyWIki in almost every situation where online communication of
info is preferable - even when presenting polls for students or online
spreadsheets for collegues. Then I iframe it and add comments in tiddlers.
The list is actually too long to be made in this post :-)
Cheers Måns Mårtensson
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