Mar 8, 2008

I'm tiddlyfied!

by Dave Riley

I have commented before about TiddlyWikis and introduced the application (and the word) to a whole new audience.

My own site has just now been added to the TiddlyWiki showcase and while it's not the hottest spot on the web, if you check out the showcase catalogue you can explore how Tiddlywikis are being applied to a whole lot of diverse tasks.

While not the easiest platform on offer it is nonetheless very powerful as a way to organise content. For example I wrote an article on child care for this upcoming edition of Green Left Weekly and my sub editor challenged me over one of my factual assertions.

Since I'd TiddlySnipped my web references and tagged and stored them on my TiddlyWiki I could refer my subber to and cross reference the resource in a matter of seconds.

You don't have to have your TiddlyWiki published on the web using TiddlySpot(or if you choose to, you don't have to make it public). What you harness is your web browser as TiddlyWiki functions as a web page on or off line.

It's a very lateral and radical concept using tools to hand.

Since I am working with another TiddlyWiki template which sponsors Presentations (tour an example)I will be experimenting with a sort of political picture show which will be available soon.

Maybe I'll create a web based Socialism for Dummies?