I've modified Jeremy Ruston's free and open source TiddlyWiki http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ to fit my GTD and HipsterPDA flow.
The key features are: # Free and Open Source. # Prints directly to 3x5. # Searchable. # Exists as a single, portable, local, cross platform file. No need for multiple text files. # If you know anything about CSS/HTML/Javascript, you can totally customize it.
Try it out at http://shared.snapgrid.com/gtd_tiddlywiki.html and let me know what you think. If there is substantial interest I would turn this into more of a "real" project instead of a quick hack.
> I've modified Jeremy Ruston's free and open source TiddlyWiki
> http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ to fit my GTD and HipsterPDA flow.
> The key features are:
> # Free and Open Source.
> # Prints directly to 3x5.
> # Searchable.
> # Exists as a single, portable, local, cross platform file. No need for
> multiple text files.
> # If you know anything about CSS/HTML/Javascript, you can totally
> customize it.
> Try it out at http://shared.snapgrid.com/gtd_tiddlywiki.html and let me
> know what you think. If there is substantial interest I would turn this
> into more of a "real" project instead of a quick hack.
On 5/9/05, Nathan.Bowers <nathan.bow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The nuts and bolts (the real developer work) is all Jeremy's
> TiddlyWiki. I created the 3x5 print and screen CSS and made some other
> minor tweaks.
Well, whoever made it, it's great, and I'll be using it. Thanks for sharing!
Interestingly enough, I worked on the same type of thing last night at
home. It's worth noting that saving the file works with FireFox and IE
and works well if the file is local. I'm planning on using portable
Firefox and the wiki file on my USB keychain so I can take it with me
anywhere but also keep it a bit more private than if I put it on the
web.
I'd be happy to offer up my "css" for an alternate theme, if there's
interest. You can see my draft at
This looks very cool, but being a real neophyte at this, I don't get how it works (Please don't laugh....) Can I use this now? Do I have to wait until it gets further developed? Please explain as if to a small child, how I can personally use this wonderful looking thing....
It's okay to not get it right away, it's somewhat counterintuitive because it looks and feels like a web app, but it runs locally. Here's what you need to do:
You must have Firefox or Mozilla or IE, it won't work in Safari yet. Go to http://shared.snapgrid.com/gtd_tiddlywiki.html#SaveChanges%20About_GT... and read the part about "SaveChanges". It will say you need to save the webpage to your hard drive before your changes can be permanently saved. Go crazy with it, experiment with it, it won't break. The key thing is that you can store whatever you want with it, your GTD lists, reference materials, list of favorite wines, whatever.
Be sure to let me know via email if there is something specific that I could explain better in the documentation.
Actually i must correct myself... I´ve been using it for several hours now and I can´t believe HOW AMAZING this thing is. Is so natural I feel like i´ve been using it all my life.
The only drawback I had was with saving. A couple of times I´ve close the browser windows without saving first and lost all entered data since the last time I clicked on SAVE
But overall...It JUST ROCKS!.. I hope (i´m sure) you know what an AMAZING tool you´ve got in your hands. Thanks Nathan!
Nathan.Bowers wrote:
>I've modified Jeremy Ruston's free and open source TiddlyWiki
>http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ to fit my GTD and HipsterPDA flow.
>The key features are:
># Free and Open Source.
># Prints directly to 3x5.
># Searchable.
># Exists as a single, portable, local, cross platform file. No need for
>multiple text files.
># If you know anything about CSS/HTML/Javascript, you can totally
>customize it.
>Try it out at http://shared.snapgrid.com/gtd_tiddlywiki.html and let me
>know what you think. If there is substantial interest I would turn this
>into more of a "real" project instead of a quick hack.
This is fantastic. I've never played with anything like this before, and all I can say is I'm very impressed. Thanks for sharing it.
> I've modified Jeremy Ruston's free and open source TiddlyWiki
> http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ to fit my GTD and HipsterPDA flow.
> The key features are:
> # Free and Open Source.
> # Prints directly to 3x5.
> # Searchable.
> # Exists as a single, portable, local, cross platform file. No need for
> multiple text files.
> # If you know anything about CSS/HTML/Javascript, you can totally
> customize it.
> Try it out at http://shared.snapgrid.com/gtd_tiddlywiki.html and let me
> know what you think. If there is substantial interest I would turn this
> into more of a "real" project instead of a quick hack.
Last night I entered all of my projects and action lists into the
wiki, and I just printed out my first batch of index cards. Incredibly
convenient. My HP DeskJet doesn't make it very easy to feed index
cards for printing (the small-item feed slot was made for envelopes,
so I have to almost stick my fingers into the slot to push the cards
far enough), but does do a good job of printing them vertically.
I plopped it onto my USB disk so I can use it at school, too.
I recommend this wiki for anyone who hasn't tried it. :)
This may be THE killer app to get me organized. Now, is there a way to export it to a PDA? Can you use a Palm browser to update, then sync the file with your desktop?
Tom Reinhart wrote: > Last night I entered all of my projects and action lists into the > wiki, and I just printed out my first batch of index cards. Incredibly > convenient. My HP DeskJet doesn't make it very easy to feed index > cards for printing (the small-item feed slot was made for envelopes, > so I have to almost stick my fingers into the slot to push the cards > far enough), but does do a good job of printing them vertically.
> I plopped it onto my USB disk so I can use it at school, too.
> I recommend this wiki for anyone who hasn't tried it. :)
For the people interested in using this on an iPod or a Palm or
another handheld:
This requires a pretty modern browser to work -- CSS for formatting
and Javascript for all the interesting behaviors. So even though you
could export it to a simpler file for a handheld, it would lose all
the immediacy that makes it fun to use.
That said, the css file could be updated for a handheld profile that
would allow it to look better on a small screen.
With a little bit of javascript knowledge (i.e., something I don't
know), some useful features could be easily added. I'm thinking a
'delegate' or 'waiting on' link that would take the title of a
current tiddler and add it to a specific list.
This is a cool little app, but I wish there was a way to disable the
zooming window once you click on a list file to open. The zooming
action moves fairly slow. I tend to want to get thoughts down quickly
as the ideas happen, but waiting for the zooming redraw is a bit slow.
This is avoided if I start my day with all my lists open.
On 5/10/05, Jonathan Ploudre <jplou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For the people interested in using this on an iPod or a Palm or
> another handheld:
> This requires a pretty modern browser to work -- CSS for formatting
> and Javascript for all the interesting behaviors. So even though you
> could export it to a simpler file for a handheld, it would lose all
> the immediacy that makes it fun to use.
> That said, the css file could be updated for a handheld profile that
> would allow it to look better on a small screen.
> With a little bit of javascript knowledge (i.e., something I don't
> know), some useful features could be easily added. I'm thinking a
> 'delegate' or 'waiting on' link that would take the title of a
> current tiddler and add it to a specific list.
Excellent question, I will be sure to address this in the documentation.
If you look at the HTML source code you'll see that all your data is stored in div elements at the end of the document. Using any plain text editor you would be able to copy and paste that entire block of divs into the source code at the end of an updated version of TiddlyWiki, and then save in your text editor.
This could be a bit much for some users, but at least TiddlyWiki is easy to back up and duplicate.
> If you look at the HTML source code you'll see that all your data is
stored in div elements at the end of the document.
So, if I want to start with a fresh copy, I can just delete all those lines? Or is that dangerous? and if so, is there another quick way to delete the current content?
