Hi Josiah Don't listen to Eric, the real truth is that Jeremy likes to pronounce his name with a Sean Connery accent.
Dave On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 3:15:34 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > > Mr Ruston > > a fiddly point about why is your lead-in headed.... > > Re: [tw] To Jeremy Rushton - TW STAND-ALONE is MY thing ... > > When my post was titled ... > > To Jeremy Ruston - TW STAND-ALONE is MY thing ... > > Is there an "H" macro running here? > > :-) > > Josiah > > On Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:40:35 UTC+2, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >> >> Josiah is making a subtle, and useful, point in relation to some of the >> remarks I’ve made in the past. >> >> Those remarks were about the way that TiddlyWiki has a central duality: >> it exists both in its standalone HTML file form, and as a much more >> traditional Node.js server application. Both aspects of TiddlyWiki are >> important; in particular, the Node.js configuration is used to build the >> standalone configuration in the first place. >> >> The concerns that I have expressed are about the tension between >> developing and promoting the standalone features that make TiddlyWiki >> unique versus the server-based features that (could) make TiddlyWiki much >> more familiar to a general audience. >> >> I interpreted Josiah’s remarks as being a vote of support for continuing >> to emphasise the standalone configuration, and thus the unique use cases >> that can only be tackled by TiddlyWiki. He’s echoing a thought we’ve >> discussed before: that most of the users of TiddlyWiki are invisible, >> because it is used privately, and so posting here makes good sense. >> >> Josiah’s suggesting of making it easier to post to social networks is one >> of the core ideas explored by the IndieWebCamp community: >> >> https://indiewebcamp.com >> >> I’d agree that such functionality would be useful in TW. I frequently >> draft GitHub issues in TiddlyWiki (as a Markdown tiddler) and then manually >> copy and paste it into GitHub. Direct posting via the API would be pretty >> useful sometimes. >> >> In closing, my personal opinion remains that it is the standalone >> configuration that makes TiddlyWiki special, and that the Node.js >> configuration exists to serve that configuration. I do want to improve the >> multi-user experience, but even there I want to retain the value of the >> standalone configuration, by making it easy to work on updates offline and >> collaboratively merge them later. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> On 26 Apr 2016, at 13:30, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Ciao Jeremy >> >> Both here and on the Dev channel I have seen you write about your >> concerns, in last few days, about taking TW too far towards server >> dependent systems. >> >> I TOTALLY AGREE. >> >> I am one of the silent users of TW. I developed, for my own use, many >> customized versions. I never publish them. I just use them locally. >> >> The idea TW step more towards on-line server mediated systems would erase >> its specialness, IMO. >> >> The one area where TW might be improved, for me, is being able to POST to >> social networks more easily. BUT interactive stuff that REQUIRES DEPENDENT >> linkage to function is not a good idea to have at the front. >> >> Its not that I, in anyway, think that "scaling up for server services" is >> bad per se. However, the MINIMALIST MODEL of the ONE-PAGE is, undoubtedly, >> its brilliance. >> >> Many thanks for inventing this thing, >> Josiah >> >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f6b3756c-6a72-410f-bd1a-2376ed927860%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f6b3756c-6a72-410f-bd1a-2376ed927860%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/dee5f3ed-61d4-49d0-8f89-faff3b6bc14f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
