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TiddlyWiki: a local, single-page wiki

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Re: TiddlyWiki: a local, single-page wiki

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I spent about a month working with a tiddlywiki while I was looking for a good way to take notes and organize myself. Ended up ditching it for org-mode in spacemacs. I found the wiki format extremely clunky, and it lacks so many basic features that I want from an actual note-taking organization app, like scheduling a task and getting reminders.

If you are looking for a way to digitally implement GTD, imo, a personal wiki is a terrible way to do it.

I'm currently using this setup: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html. That link is a literate programming doc that tangles into the org-mode config, cool stuff. This is the only sorta self-contained way of doing GTD that I have found personally. I think you could do it with a wiki and a few other tools pretty well, I tried mushing tiddlywiki and notational-velocity (deft in emacs I think) into my own GTD system, but couldn't really get it. Maybe I was doing it wrong though lol.

Re: TiddlyWiki: a local, single-page wiki

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TiddlyWiki producted the best demonstration of a Getting Things Done methodology (organize things to be actionable, display things under a given context, organize things by blockers) I've ever seen. http://mgsd.tiddlyspot.com/demo3.html This provides so many more features & organization than what a traditional Todo app provides. The UX was great, but I didn't like the local data-lock-in due to tiddlywiki. ( Also - th…

The "plugin" that you linked is for the older version of TiddlyWiki (it's called TiddlyWiki Classic now). There is a plugin for the modern TiddlyWiki (IIRC it's full name is TiddlyWiki5) called GSD5 (GSD is for "Getting Stuff Done"): http://gsd5.tiddlyspot.com/ . I've never used TW Classic and original mGSD, but GSD5 is "heavily inspired by mGSD" and on first glance they look alike a lot. And, anyway, TiddlyWiki5 wit…

Although responsive is nice, I find the update too stripped-down. I'm not a fan of the low-contrast (ios-style) movement in UX.. also it removes many links/buttons/features so that it looks more "simple". I'll take the ability to click on things in the original over the fancy transition effects.

Re: TiddlyWiki: a local, single-page wiki

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I've been using Zim as a desktop wiki for projects ever since Ethan Schoonover (of Solarized fame) recommended it. Highly suggest checking it out! http://zim-wiki.org

As an aside, I loved Solarized but have to mod it... the single mod is to make 'black' actually black. It is a beautiful colour scheme - I particularly like how comments are faded yet perfectly legible in it.

Re: TiddlyWiki: a local, single-page wiki

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Started using http://vimwiki.github.io/ after seeing it on HN. I've been quite happy, although it only supports plain text. The first-class support of images/multimedia here looks really nice.

I want to give vimwiki a try, but I need to be able to also use the wiki (read, search, navigate, write) from mobile. That's the only thing keeping me from trying it. I think I could store the files in Dropbox and at least read them from mobile.

Re: TiddlyWiki: a local, single-page wiki

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Started using http://vimwiki.github.io/ after seeing it on HN. I've been quite happy, although it only supports plain text. The first-class support of images/multimedia here looks really nice.

If you like vim, you might like my Miki: Makefile wiki. Works with restructured text and markdown. It's just a makefile. https://github.com/a3n/miki

Re: TiddlyWiki: a local, single-page wiki

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I discovered TiddlyWiki almost a year ago when I was looking for a way to replace my tabletop RPG notes system. I was blown away how with how useful it is for my workflow. Friends picked it up for the same purpose, and others. Kudos team.
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