Goin' Crazy over TiddlyWiki
For the past few years or so, a web technology that is, in my opinion, underrated, is that thing called wiki. In a nutshell, a wiki is a user-editable website and online collaboration can easily be done using its built-in technology. The best example of this is the notorious famous WikiPedia. I never got to play with wikis early on until...
Last week, I've discovered TiddlyWiki, a stand-alone wiki "application" that comes in a single .HTML file. It took just a couple of seconds to download and when I started using it, I got hooked! Using it was simple and straightforward and after around thirty minutes of playing around with it, I have already created my own wiki-based notepad. (I wrote this entry on my own TiddlyWiki).
To maximize my TiddlyWiki, I placed it in my old 64 MB flashdrive, where I also installed Portable Firefox. That way, I have my own handy wiki site wherever I go and edit it whenever I feel like it (I'm writing it on my Clamshell FrankenBook -- the Clamshell iBook where I dual-boot both OS X and Ubuntu Linux). I can also edit my wiki on any PC I can get to use as long as it has a spare USB port. Right now, my wiki contains notes in using Ubuntu Linux, potential blog entries, and other miscellaneous stuff I picked up while surfing the "Getting Things Done" website.
I am not an expert TiddlyWiki user yet but using my Google Pages account, I'm able to publish my personal wiki. I'll post the link to that once I "sanitize" it and make sure that there are no "implicating" data in it. :) But for now, its enough to say that it is indeed possible to publish your own wiki for free -- however, it will not be editable, something that, I hope, I can fix in the very near future..
Last week, I've discovered TiddlyWiki, a stand-alone wiki "application" that comes in a single .HTML file. It took just a couple of seconds to download and when I started using it, I got hooked! Using it was simple and straightforward and after around thirty minutes of playing around with it, I have already created my own wiki-based notepad. (I wrote this entry on my own TiddlyWiki).
To maximize my TiddlyWiki, I placed it in my old 64 MB flashdrive, where I also installed Portable Firefox. That way, I have my own handy wiki site wherever I go and edit it whenever I feel like it (I'm writing it on my Clamshell FrankenBook -- the Clamshell iBook where I dual-boot both OS X and Ubuntu Linux). I can also edit my wiki on any PC I can get to use as long as it has a spare USB port. Right now, my wiki contains notes in using Ubuntu Linux, potential blog entries, and other miscellaneous stuff I picked up while surfing the "Getting Things Done" website.I am not an expert TiddlyWiki user yet but using my Google Pages account, I'm able to publish my personal wiki. I'll post the link to that once I "sanitize" it and make sure that there are no "implicating" data in it. :) But for now, its enough to say that it is indeed possible to publish your own wiki for free -- however, it will not be editable, something that, I hope, I can fix in the very near future..
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