Which wiki shall I try today?
I was describing my need to use a wiki in a previous blog post. I had some time this afternoon to do a quick Google search to see what was on offer. One of the wiki’s that came to light was Tiddlywiki.
“TiddlyWiki is a single html file which has all the characteristics of a wiki – including all of the content, the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because it’s a single file, it’s very portable – you can email it, put it on a web server or share it via a USB stick.”
That sounds pretty good especially as its one file.
TiddlyWiki is already being used as:
- A personal notebook
- A GTD (“Getting Things Done”) productivity tool
- A collaboration tool
- For building websites (this site is a TiddlyWiki file!)
- For rapid prototyping”
I am having a play with it to see if it adds some value to my information gathering activities.
It looks like Tiddlywiki is used quite extensively within British Telecom. I pulled this video from the Open Source arm of BT called ommosoft so they can give you an incite of their usage.
TiddlyWiki in BT from Phil Whitehouse on Vimeo.
