It doesn’t seem very attractive at first but after I first starting using TiddlyWiki, which is a “reusable non-linear personal web notebook,” I instantly saw it’s appeal.
You see, it’s completely portable as 1 single file and you can put it anywhere and save it anywhere. Heck, put it on a USB drive, and it’s more than just a typical “wiki”. People have used it in the following circumstances:
- A personal notebook
- A GTD (“Getting Things Done”) productivity tool
- A collaboration tool
- For building websites
- For rapid prototyping
- …and much more!
It took me 10 seconds to “get” it once I downloaded it and I can see how some people might use this as an alternative to even large paid services like Evernote!
Check it out and let me know what you think.
Jason says
I keep mine in my dropbox for supersyncability. 😉
Daniel says
I first got introduced to Tiddlywiki back in 2005, there have been some neat adaptions. Check out http://www.giffmex.org/tw/tiddlywikicentral.html
Jeff Grosse says
I’ve used TiddlyWiki for years as a GTD tool using something called MonkeyGTD. Though it was one of the best “tied together” UIs I’d seen for such a “simple” thing, once it got larger, it took a pretty hard performance hit. I think it’s a great tool, though I would not consider it an alternative to Evernote. Most people can get by with the free account in Evernote, especially since they’ve upped the monthly storage limit for free accounts from 40 MB to 60 MB. Evernote is far ahead of where TiddlyWiki will ever be when it comes to saving memories, cross-platform support, and sharing.
Ben says
Sure seems like a very versatile application that is good to have in the knowledge base that something like this is out there but for the regular user I don’t see how this could compete with Evernote.
Joel says
I’ve been fiddling with it for just a few minutes now. I’m going to try to use it as an electronic archive of my paper & pen notebook that I carry around. I love my note book but it is not searched and indexed very easily, I hope TiddlyWiki can help with this. Thanks for sharing!
Ben Miller says
I use TiddlyWiki every day for work. When I start a new project, I start a blank Wiki for my notes. It is very easy to keep organized, and when I’m done all my notes are in one place, and it is easy to post the notes on the web or e-mail to someone.