> 1. What were you looking for when you first found Tiddlywiki? >
- Needed way to store and organize all my ideas. Linear solutions were just very limiting, and I recall imagining my own wikipedia. - I had previously used The Brain <http://thebrain.com/> which I found to be a workable alternative at the time but when I discovered TW, I sensed this had superior flexibility. This was around 2006/2007 I think. - My notes would never be totally lost: They could be read in the software file even if the software died and I found my notes years later.. - At that time, the portability aspect was a big thing - I thought. Looking back, this rarely turned out to be a very important feature BUT it made it easy to make emergency backups by emailing yourself and that was good. 2. Was there anything about the program, the eco-system, whatever, that > frustrated you nearly to the point of giving up on it? > - Not being a coder means either waiting or begging. Very frustrating. The emergence of Evernote made me curious partly because it was more user friendly. In the end I think I trusted that TW was more flexible so it would eventually be perfect, whereas Evernote would probably always be a "decent compromise". - I early on saw some limitations in TW that, come to think of it, still exist to a large degree: - almost no tools for file management and interaction with other files on the computer. TW is pretty much isolated. - actually not really suitable for the type of *snappy* note taking I wish was possible. Obviously pen and paper is faster but also note taking software such as CintaNotes <http://cintanotes.com/> (which I use today for quick and more ephemeral notes). - And lately, the emergence of TW5: Quantum leap forward in development... and quantum leap backward in my ability to control it. 3. What made you stick with the program? > - Incredibly kind and generous people helping out. And, although I didn't understand it at that time, I now see what an essential role Jeremy has in shaping the community culture. For instance, he and Eric have felt like, and been, a direct a link between development and end user going back to the time of (my) TW start. This really makes you feel it is a living software. - The discovery of the ForEachTiddler plugin gave me power for a lot of my needs. - Also found Simon Bairds monkeyGTD (later mGSD) which immediately became very valuable. - It's really addictive to tiddlefiddle. <:-) -- 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.
