Hey David, The shared workflowy is now a dead link, I'm really curious to hear more about this system and see if it is still working as well for you now as a year ago
Do you collaborate with others? Using TW or Workflowy? On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 3:14:21 AM UTC+5:30, David Gifford wrote: > > Hi Dave > > In my edittemplate I have links to sections in my Workflowy, one for each > letter and number, A-Z and 0-9, and by clicking it I can open a tab to the > section of Workflowy corresponding to the first letter of the topic, and > add the topic there. Iframes would not be a good idea for this. More work, > and less space to work in Workflowy compared to using the entire tab for it. > > Blessings > > Dave > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Dave <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> just wondering, do you view the workflowy instance from within TW5 using >> iframes, or just open a new tab to work in? >> >> On Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 9:04:35 PM UTC-6, David Gifford wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone >>> >>> Just wanted to note that I have been integrating TiddlyWiki and >>> Workflowy quite well. Each one counteracts the shortcomings of the other. I >>> use a central TW to create a tag based hierarchy of topic tiddlers. And the >>> tiddlers contain no text, only links to the corresponding articles in >>> Workflowy. If a given topic would be better served by a TiddlyWiki (i.e., >>> embedded images, wiki links and more control over the page style and text >>> formatting), I create a TW and link to it from the central TW. >>> >>> Why this approach? >>> >>> 1. Workflowy is better for free writing and rearranging as I write. It >>> is a writing tool. It allows me to work far faster than TW ever could. By >>> contrast, putting asterisks for bulleted lists or @@ for indenting, etc, >>> takes me out of the zone when writing in TW. So I write my actual content >>> in Workflowy. >>> 2. Workflowy is also infinitely scaleable. No concern about ever hitting >>> a filesize ceiling. And no need to create multiple TiddlyWikis and have to >>> manage them. >>> 3. But tagging, listing and filtering are much nicer in TiddlyWiki. >>> There is no tool like TiddlyWiki for showing relationships between topics >>> (tiddlers) like TiddlyWiki. >>> 4. And the search in TW is so fast and flexible compared to pretty much >>> anything out there. By contrast, searching in Workflowy, even when using >>> its tag system, turns up reams of irrelevant stuff, because topic titles >>> are not distinguished from content in WF as they are in TW. >>> >>> So when I have even something small worth saving, I create a topic >>> tiddler and tag it, and in the edit template I have a link to open up the >>> notes section of my Workflowy. I write the note or article or outline or >>> whatever it is in Workflowy, then grab the link from the browser bar (every >>> single bullet in WF has its own URL), and paste it into the still open >>> tiddler. If the topic already has a tiddler with a link to that topic in >>> WF, I open that tiddler and open the WF link there and add the note there. >>> Pretty quick system. >>> >>> So now I have a virtually infinite CMS using one central TW, a WF >>> account, and the occasional topical TW file here and there. Filesize is >>> irrelevant because the tiddlers in the central TW only have one link in >>> them, and maybe one or two tags. The system is easy for inductive dumping >>> and tagging when I find something worth saving in my reading and browsing, >>> and is also easy for writing a longer article or project in WF and wanting >>> to find it quickly using TW, and is also easy for a more deductive process >>> of creating a hierarchy from above with new here buttons then adding WF >>> links later. >>> >>> $50/yr may seem steep for the pro account of WF, but I have found it >>> well worth it. Here is a shared section of my Workflowy with more >>> information: https://workflowy.com/s/VQgA01nJMn >>> >>> As you can tell, this system doesn't require much on the TW end to >>> implement. The only real addition needed is a tiddler tagged >>> $:/tags/EditTemplate with a link to the URL of the section in WF where you >>> keep your notes. And maybe the new here button made visible in the tiddler >>> toolbar. That's pretty much it. >>> >>> Hope someone here finds this helpful. For me it is the end of a long >>> obsessive quest that saw me produce many experiments along the way. Finally >>> feel like I got there. The only things I might wish for now are a few >>> additions to WF like embedded images that are not a hack, and pretty links >>> like [[viewed text|URL]]. But to be honest, I am content with this system >>> as is. >>> >>> Blessings, >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/M7BrSDiSs3Q/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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/7f4c7ef5-7eaa-496b-970a-a14b58e3b535%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7f4c7ef5-7eaa-496b-970a-a14b58e3b535%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > David Gifford > Christian Reformed World Missions, Mexico City > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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