It's a lovely hoot. On Friday, 29 April 2016 01:59:33 UTC+2, David Gifford wrote: > > 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. >>> >>> >>>
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