Yeah.. not sure what's involved with making a channel, it might require a permanent server presence. It'd be cool to give the ifttt recipe your node.js server address, but perhaps it will need to go via a serverside like tiddlyspot or something.
Hmmmmmm On 06/08/2014, alex <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed Daniel, > > yes, my imagination was constrained... > > A TiddlyWiki IFTTT channel is what's needed then? > > > Alex > > > On Wednesday, 6 August 2014 01:03:40 UTC+1, Daniel Baird wrote: >> >> >> Converting content to tiddler format would have to be managed by a TW >> tool, but the idea of having ifttt rules like "when I get email at >> myname.tw@gmail, add it to my wiki", "when I get a fitbit report, add it >> to >> my wiki", "when I add a tiddler tagged with 'photo', post it to >> Instagram", etc -- that would be pretty cool. >> >> >> On 6 August 2014 00:52, alex <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Daniel, >>> >>> The missing thread is turning .txt files into .tid files, and I don't >>> think IFTTT can do that kind of thing >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> >>> On Monday, 4 August 2014 00:37:54 UTC+1, Daniel Baird wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> IFTTT integration might be a neat way to manage this kind of thing.. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 31 July 2014 23:36, alex <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Jeremy, >>>>> >>>>> There are a few use cases I have in mind. >>>>> 1) Google Scholar Alerts get delivered to my gmail accout. I would like >>>>> >>>>> them to find them automatically added to my TW. That way I could use >>>>> the >>>>> alert text to start linking and building my text. >>>>> 2) gmail is where I do most of my writing - some of my emails could be >>>>> >>>>> first drafts of an more reusable piece of writing (more use than the >>>>> primary intended recipient.) I like "writing to a person", it brings >>>>> focus >>>>> to my writing and email is all about this. I'd like to send a copy to >>>>> my TW >>>>> so that I can integrate the thoughts emerging from email into a TW. A >>>>> new >>>>> context, with additional features, would stimulate creativity. >>>>> 2.1) I'm used to the interface - i write plain text and don't format >>>>> 2.2) I like the 'save in background feature' >>>>> 3) Processing long email threads from mailing lists: sometimes things >>>>> get too complex for email. I'd like to edit a thread, pull out themes, >>>>> make >>>>> the ever increasing amounts of text into something readable and joyous: >>>>> TW! >>>>> >>>>> best wishes >>>>> >>>>> Alex >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, 6 July 2014 15:52:31 UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Alex >>>>>> >>>>>> You can get .txt files into your Dropbox, Jeremy are you saying that >>>>>>> node.js could convert them into .tid files? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes. You'd either have to massage the .txt files into .tid files as >>>>>> described at http://tiddlywiki.com/#TiddlerFiles, or you could use a >>>>>> companion .meta file to specify the remaining fields. >>>>>> >>>>>> Getting things running smoothly would probably require some changes to >>>>>> >>>>>> TW. What do you have in mind? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best wishes >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeremy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ale >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, 21 June 2014, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi David >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Email integration is definitely a goal for TW; there are lots of >>>>>>>> interesting applications and users that aren't really accessible >>>>>>>> without >>>>>>>> it. But it'll be a while before such features are in the core. In >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> meantime, you might find it interesting to experiment with IFTTT: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://ifttt.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> IFTTT is a tremendously flexible tool, and amongst other things lets >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> you trap emails in GMail and save them as files in Dropbox. That >>>>>>>> might be >>>>>>>> the start of a workflow involving the Node.js edition of TW. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best wishes >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jeremy >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 3:17 PM, PMario <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Saturday, June 21, 2014 3:49:04 PM UTC+2, david... wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'd like to ease that transition by allowing them the ability to >>>>>>>>>> contribute tiddlers by email. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I don't know of any tw project, that works that way. But a long >>>>>>>>> time ago, I think Jeremy mentioned the idea, that TW should be able >>>>>>>>> to use >>>>>>>>> an IMAP store as a TW backend store. ... So dealing with tiddlers >>>>>>>>> would be >>>>>>>>> transparently maped to manipulating emails. ... The idea is very >>>>>>>>> interesting. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I've already seen how easy it is to write a .tid file. Is there >>>>>>>>>> some way I could have tiddlers added by email? If the tiddler >>>>>>>>>> title is the >>>>>>>>>> email subject, the tiddler author is the sender, and tags and >>>>>>>>>> other >>>>>>>>>> metadata are read from the email content and added? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If you have a pop3 or imap client software, that is able to parse >>>>>>>>> an email content and extract the need text, imo it will be >>>>>>>>> possible. >>>>>>>>> If you work with a unix system, i think there are several command >>>>>>>>> line tools, that would be possible. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I also found a nice javascript library http://emailjs.org/ that >>>>>>>>> could be used to extract the email content. To include it into TW, >>>>>>>>> it would >>>>>>>>> be needed to write a tw nodejs plugin. ... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> .... The biggest problem I see is security. Everyone that knows the >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> email address can basically send executable code to a TW build >>>>>>>>> system, that >>>>>>>>> doesn't sanitize the content. .... and you have to deal with the >>>>>>>>> "spam" >>>>>>>>> problem. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -mario >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Jeremy Ruston >>>>>>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Jeremy Ruston >>>>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Daniel Baird >>>> objoke: I had a problem and decided to solve it with threading. Now, >>>> have problems. two I >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> >>> "TiddlyWikiDev" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> >>> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Daniel Baird >> objoke: I had a problem and decided to solve it with threading. Now, >> have problems. two I >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Daniel Baird objoke: I had a problem and decided to solve it with threading. Now, have problems. two I -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
