http://osmosoft.com/#%5B%5BJeremy%20Ruston%20to%20leave%20BT%5D%5D
I'm hoping that through consulting I'll be able to work with a wider
range of people who are interested in TiddlyWiki, TiddlyWeb and
TiddlySpace. I also intend to focus some much needed time on
TiddlyWiki. I've started work on improving the content of
tiddlywiki.com, and am starting work on replacing the TiddlyWiki build
tools cook and ginsu with a more flexible toolchain based on node.js.
Once those two bits of infrastructure are in place then I'll pick up
TiddlyWiki5 again. I'm enjoying this work immensely; one of the
frustrating consequences of my position at BT was that I couldn't
spend much time coding.
I'm enjoying the feeling of decompressing. To be sincere and
constructive in working for an organisation like BT, you have to take
on the problems and perspective of the organisation as a whole. The
process is fascinating and instructive, and I've learned a lot from
it. But now I have the luxury of exchanging those concerns for some
much simpler ones: making TiddlyWiki good, and being able to earn a
living because of it.
I'll do my best to answer any questions,
Best wishes
Jeremy.
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Jeremy Ruston
mailto:jer...@osmosoft.com
http://www.tiddlywiki.com
The copyrights and intellectual property in TiddlyWiki are held by
UnaMesa on behalf of the community. BT has the same rights to use the
software that you or I do.
I'll be working on TiddlyWiki alongside Osmosoft, who will also no
doubt be doing more TiddlyWeb and TiddlySpace work. I'll be working
closely with Chris and the rest of the community to bring some much
needed architectural and stylistic updates to the TiddlyWiki code.
> ...and, any elaboration on what "making TW good" means in your
> perspective, ie. what would your focus be (browser compatability,
> mobile focus, features, easier for newcomers, more commercial
> designs, ...?) Hope this is not rude of me to ask but because you are
> such a key individual for TW and it is a tool I use it would simply be
> valuable to get a sense of direction. (I think this question becomes
> extra pressing when it comes to open source projects driven by
> individuals. When you have a commercial tool like, say, a Windows or
> an Apple product, then you know the focus for them is to make the
> products as user friendly and as commercially powerful as possible,
> very carefully listening to the user needs. Not necessarily so with
> open source of course.)
To start with my goal is to update the TiddlyWiki build process so
that it's easier to work on the code. There's a lot of updating and
streamlining to do to make TiddlyWiki's basic functionality usable,
and I guess that will be the focus for a while. But as soon as
possible, I'd like to pick up TiddlyWiki5 (possibly under a new name):
a major new release that breaks backwards compatibility.
Best wishes
Jeremy
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> I'm hoping that through consulting I'll be able to work with a wider
> range of people who are interested in TiddlyWiki, TiddlyWeb and
> TiddlySpace. I also intend to focus some much needed time on
> TiddlyWiki. I've started work on improving the content of
> tiddlywiki.com, and am starting work on replacing the TiddlyWiki build
> tools cook and ginsu with a more flexible toolchain based on node.js.
> Once those two bits of infrastructure are in place then I'll pick up
> TiddlyWiki5 again. I'm enjoying this work immensely; one of the
> frustrating consequences of my position at BT was that I couldn't
> spend much time coding.
Glad to hear you're sticking with TiddlyWiki. It's a great app whose potential remains to be realized. So few know of it.
I wonder also about possibilities for addressing what seems to me to be a major shortcoming, one that is a factor in its not being better known or as widely used as it should be: Documentation.
Without question there are technical writers who, working with a core of TiddlyWiki's amazingly creative and resourceful developer/users, could produce what is needed, something to help newcomers get started and serve as a reference and guide to established nonprogrammer users.
Sincerely,
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Eric Weir
eew...@bellsouth.net
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