I've looked at so many information systems, I need a personal information system just to track and remember the information systems.
My qualifications: * Open source/non-proprietary * Active community * Active support * Multi-platform (Android, Windows, Linux) * Local data * Images * Client based Encryption On at least 4 occasions I've veered from the true path and dabbled with proprietary products (TreePad, Evernote, InfoSelect, Onenote, CintaNotes, RightNote). I know technically that's more than 4, which brings me back to the point about needing a database for the note systems I've used. I only used OneNote for one project, but didn't find it's approach appealing. Why non-proprietary? It's not about money. Not exactly. It's because proprietary systems are opaque. You don't know if your favorite product is going to be discontinued, sold, or have it's business plan revamped. I've avoided Google Keep just because there is a graveyard of products that Google has dropped over the years (https://www.wordstream.com/articles/retired-google-projects). InfoSelect changed it's business plan within one year of my purchase, increasing the suggested price by a factor of 5! If you've read the blog in Mat's link, then you'll know that the poster is having problems because his/her favorite proprietary note-taking tool might no longer supported. There's also proprietary open source products. Those are products that (like TiddlyWiki) are non-proprietary in theory but in practice there's only one or two people maintaining them and/or know how to maintain them. This means they are in peril from the "rampant bus" problem. That is, the product is only one accident away from no longer being supported. In fact, most open source products fall under this category. This is why an active community is important. Zim and WikidPad came very close and might be worth a second look, but they seemed to suffer from reduced support. They also don't have any real Android presence. Orgmode is interesting, but it's Android app didn't act or feel like the real thing at all. And it was too easy to merge 2 notes and mess up your data. KeepNote was nice, but it's developer went AWOL in 2012. Tomboy was great for just text and had a beautiful Android app, but for mysterious reasons there was no direct way to synch between the desktop and the app. Simplenotes is robust but your info is in the clouds. Evernote is great but they did have lay-offs, so who knows what's going on behind doors? They don't offer client side encryption, so is your data safe? So, TW checks off most of the boxes, possibly more than any other app, though it is sometimes not as convenient as other solutions, has saving complications, and hits performance barriers especially on mobile devices. -- Mark On Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 7:21:10 AM UTC-7, Mat wrote: > > From time to time I do a search for "tiddlywiki" and just scan to see if > there's anything new. > > If you, like me, are interested in the topic of "note taking" then you > will like this blog that I just found: > > http://takingnotenow.blogspot.se > > (Yes it brings up TW in a few posts.) > > <:-) > -- 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/d6c160fb-f232-402c-9250-338c2403b583%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
