Query -- Is TiddlyWiki a personal notebook?

[@TiddlyTweeter]

We tend to promote TW as a *personal* notebook ...

Is that correct to your usage?

Just wondering.

Best wishes

Josiah

[Thomas Elmiger]

My TWs are, in no particular order,

* (personal) business notebook
* (personal) online notebook
* offline content management system
* web publishing system
* web app development environment
* web design development environment
* presentation software
* documentation software
* illustration software
(for simple SVG graphics)
* to do management software
* personal information management software (PIM)

And probably more ...

Cheers,
Thomas

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Thomas

That is a neat list. Thank you!

I know you work in marketing. 

What interests me is how to present TW in a way to increase uptake. 

I'm never quite sure if it should initially be presented as one item on your list (personal notebook) or the fuller picture of a full list?

Its an interesting presentation problem I think?

Best wishes

Josiah

[Thomas Elmiger]

Ciao Josiah,

You are welcome.

I know you work in marketing. 

That makes me not any wiser than other people here (–:

What interests me is how to present TW in a way to increase uptake. 

It might not be words. See other threads around here. Want another list?

* design, especially mobile design

* documentation including beginner documentation

* simplicity (even emptier empty.html)

* preconfigured pretty solutions (apps)

* a comic style starting page on tiddlywiki.com

* a YouTube star

* a podcast

* a company or a sponsor to boost everything with plenty of resources

I'm never quite sure if it should initially be presented as one item on your list (personal notebook) or the fuller picture of a full list?

Want a picture? As a starting point, TW is like a Swiss army knife: It is cheap, it can do really, really many things, and you can take it everywhere. But it is not your first choice if you want the single best knife for cutting vegetables. Or only need a screwdriver. It is not good at cutting wood compared to a chainsaw. If you know your little tool and are a handyman, you can use it to build other tools like a bow to go hunting ...

Its an interesting presentation problem I think?

Yes, but I am not able to see an affordable solution. Besides attracting more talented people perhaps. But isn’t that the point we are coming from?

One last thing not included with Swiss army knifes: The best community on the web. The chance to become a member of an international, friendly and helpful family. – Would that quality be at stake if the community grew exponentially?

;–D

Thomas

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Caro Thomas

Very useful post. Thanks!

Regarding your last slightly anxious point about getting swamped ... 

I think that getting swamped by The Swarthy Hordes is unlikely. 

More likely is we increase interested users. I think that matters because right now we: (1) have huge innovation; (2) not enough people to be able to properly support or comment on all the scale of innovation optimally.

Just thoughts

Josiah

[Mark S.]

On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 12:37:14 PM UTC-8, Thomas Elmiger wrote:

* a comic style starting page on tiddlywiki.com

 

I've noticed this on other sites. Is this a marketing trend?

* a podcast

Could that be sustained? What would we talk about?

One last thing not included with Swiss army knifes: The best community on the web. The chance to become a member of an international, friendly and helpful family. – Would that quality be at stake if the community grew exponentially?

If people thought rationally that would be true. But people tend to follow the hype. I doubt anyone signs up to Evernote for their forum.

-- Mark