I accrue many more papers than I have time to read. So, I have a "touched" field, representing the last time I came across this paper "in the wild". This could be a recommendation, a reference, etc. This is something I've always wanted in Mendeley, Zotero, etc and I am so happy to be able to implement it myself in TW.
On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:49:46 PM UTC-6, Shay Shaked wrote: > > Interesting. How does it get sorted by a customized field? What does it > mean? > > On Dec 17, 2017 21:56, "Diego Mesa" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hello Shay, >> >> I use TW as my entire external brain! That means I have a tag for >> "Personal" and "Research" (which is technical). So my journal entries are >> all tagged with Journal, as well as either Research or Personal. I also >> keep bits of math, code-snippets, and journal paper notes in my TW with >> appropriate tags. >> >> I make extensive use of lists to group things together. For example, my >> "Research Journal" tiddler is: >> >> >> <$list filter="[tag[Research]tag[Journal]!sort[created]]"> >> <h2><$link><$transclude field="title" mode="block"/></$link></h2> >> <$transclude field="text" mode="block"/> <div class="myback-top"> >> <$link to="Research Journal"><i class="fa fa-chevron-up" aria-hidden= >> "true"></i></$link> >> </div> >> <br/><hr/> >> </$list> >> >> >> My "Papers of Interest" Tiddler is: >> >> !! Health >> <dl><$list filter="[tag[PoI]tag[EHR]!nsort[touched]]" template= >> "$:/.dm/templates/list-summary-prioritize"/></dl> >> >> >> !! General >> <dl><$list type="dl" filter="[tag[PoI]!tag[EHR]!nsort[touched]]" template >> ="$:/.dm/templates/list-summary-prioritize"/></dl> >> >> where PoI is Papers of Interest, and touched is a field I use to keep >> papers Ive recently come across floated to the top. >> >> Let me know if you'd like to discuss more! >> >> Diego >> >> >> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 8:01:40 PM UTC-6, Shay Shaked wrote: >>> >>> I apologize in advance if this is going to sound like a huge rant. >>> Because it probably will be. >>> >>> I've used TW for two years, and for the most part, it has been my >>> journal. I've created a style guide and image macro to help me with that, >>> and things have been good. I write three-four times a week or so, year >>> round, and I am not completing my second year. I have a long list of >>> tiddlers loaded with journal notes, and a media library with images and >>> even self-recordings which I grew to like. >>> >>> Thing is, this is not exactly what a wiki is supposed to be, to me. I >>> know, I know, it is what you make of it, and if that's a good usage that I >>> feel comfortable with, what's the problem, right? Well, I'm about to >>> publish my TW on my website again, and it occurred to me that the technical >>> notes (those I can actually post) also tend to be personal, and long, and >>> rant-like. The reason I wanted to put a wiki up is so I have a recording of >>> the technical things I've been doing (mostly tech related), and share it >>> with the world... but you see, it's the *idea *of it that I think I've >>> done, not the actual thing. 90% of the wiki is all personal journal notes. >>> >>> I went back and read a couple of pages back in tiddlywiki.com. I found >>> a couple of tools I wasn't aware of, but the website itself is not built in >>> a way that makes sense to me. I am not sure why. I find interesting bits of >>> information and tools, but I find that I happen to stumble upon them and >>> not get to them naturally. I like the general philosophy, pretty KISS-like, >>> and I want to adopt something of the sort... not sure how though. >>> >>> Is there anyone here who uses TW to record technical information? >>> Technical documents? Something you can share? I'm interested in the style, >>> and the meta-information level, as in, what do you do and *why *do you >>> do it and how does it make sense to you. I feel a bit lost, not in a scary >>> way, but I do want my Wiki to start being more technical. For example, I >>> recorded the "recipe" for my newest site as a category. You know, things >>> like what colors I used, what CSS edition I've added and why, etc. With >>> that, I suddenly had a good document to compare other notes to. It can be >>> anything really; how to tie shoes, how to make the bed, what is my cleaning >>> routine... 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