Hello Jeremy (....the "Mexican" with his family...)
That sounds interestingly like Dave Gifford....he has a pic with his family in his Giffmex site that I know of. Best regards and a Happy Thanksgiving to all those in this side of the Atlantic, Julio On Thursday, November 27, 2014 12:49:34 PM UTC-5, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Thanks for all the interesting answers, and good suggestions. Just a few > clarifications: > > > (TW.com had 1001 errors when I ran it through the W3C validator out of > curiosity!) > > It's not quite as bad as it sounds; almost all of those errors are from a > single cause: the use of non-standard attributes on the DIVs in the store > area of the HTML file. > > > It still irritates me greatly that the group is not divided properly > between TWC and TW5. At the very least it has driven me away from using the > group regularly, and nearly driven me away from the community entirely. > > Arc has spoken about his antipathy for TiddlyWiki5 before. It's sad; we're > a small enough community as it is without fracturing over these things. > What do others think? > > > (did extensive internet research on them; Jeremy's bio and the photo of > the "Mexican" with his family convinced me). > > Photo of the Mexican? I'm not sure what that was. But glad I passed the > test! > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Neil Griffin <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> 1. What were you looking for when you first found Tiddlywiki? >> >> My system of organising all my to-do's had got out of hand, and I >> discovered GTD as a possible way of tacking this. Part of the solution >> required a more efficient and unified way to store notes and general >> information for later reference. I had previously used Springpad a bit and >> my first thought was to use this more extensively. This was early this >> year, so when I went to the Springpad site, I discovered it was closing >> down. Fortunately I wasn't too heavily invested in it, but it increased my >> resolve to find a system that couldn't be taken away from me. No >> dependence on a website controlled by someone else; no proprietary file >> formats that I can't extract data from by other means if necessary (I had >> previously been bitten by Repligo too - no way to get those files back into >> a useful form). I should say that I am also generally wary of Cloud >> storage. Fine as a backup or for synchronisation, but I would never >> consider it as my only repositary for information or a place to put very >> sensitive information. >> >> My search lead me to investigate wikis, but most of them had limitations: >> no graphic support; unintuitive interface; not usable on a smartphone. >> With reservations, I identified TW as something that could potentially meet >> my needs. >> >> 2. Was there anything about the program, the eco-system, whatever, that >> frustrated you nearly to the point of giving up on it? >> >> The first thing that put me off was the choice between the mature, but >> rather ugly and outdated TWC, or the clearly immature TW5 beta. Finding >> that TW5 could already do much of what I needed to get started, and the >> prospect of more to come persuaded me to give it a try. >> >> Secondly, I have been a bit frustrated by the slightly clunky process for >> capturing and clipping data from the web: mostly cutting and pasting URLs >> and typing them into a piece of WikiText - much harder than on the likes of >> Springpad/Evernote ,etc. The recent TiddlyClip plugin should have helped, >> but it's still a bit unintuitive, so I haven't used it much. Also, to free >> myself of reference to information on the internet that could be removed, I >> would ideally like to be able to capture the data to my hard drive and >> create a reference to that, in a seamless way (might be a big ask for now). >> >> Thirdly, the thing that continues to frustrate is that the system of >> filters and macros and widgets is very difficult to learn (and I have >> learned a few programming languages in my time, though I'm no developer). >> Not just because of the deficiencies in the documentation, but also because >> it doesn't seem to do anything in ways that are familiar from any other >> environment I have encountered (it took me ages to figure out that the list >> widget was essentially a 'for' loop). >> >> 3. What made you stick with the program? >> >> Initially because notwithstanding the limitations of TW and of my ability >> to use many of its features, I was able to immediately use it for the basic >> function of capturing and synchronising information as I encountered it. >> >> Secondly, I have gradually found more things that I can use TW for (I >> currently have 4 TWs that I am working on to various degrees: my main >> idea/notes collection TW, a recipe TW, a GTD TW, and a website for a music >> group I play with, incorporating our extensive catalogue of music with >> advanced searching capability (hopefully!)). >> >> Finally, because of the rapid pace of development, I have become a bit >> hooked to following the groups and even the hangout recordings, eagerly >> watching for new things or helpful explanations that I can use. >> >> >> Sorry for rambling! >> >> 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/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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