07-28-2023, 03:48 PM
Aha! I did some research on TiddlyWiki.
So, and forgive me if I have this wrong, it sounds like TiddlyWiki is very similar to the spec for a Web Component?
If so, that's pretty forward thinking stuff.
I don't quite grok why you want to do what you're doing specifically in TiddlyWiki - besides (and no judgment or tone here) that you just want to, and want to do it because you love TiddlyWiki?
The Tiddler word is a bit odd; at first I thought a Tiddler was a person, but it's not, it's a thing in a tiddlywiki?
I love the idea of collecting, tagging, and referencing everything i'm learning into one huge brain, but in the past something like a wiki was a bit too much (this says more about me and my laziness than the solutions), but a mind map is just right. It's lightweight, and simple, lives in a file, can link to stuff, etc.
I have been fond of the idea of trying to use Obsidian and markdown for everything, but again, I'm lazy. I did go through the motions of setting everything up in Obsidian, getting the apps going on all my devices, etc. Then just lost interest.
I tried TreePad before this, and that was excellent but again, it was just too much work and I'm WAY too lazy lol. Even OneNote is too heavy handed for me. For some reason, it's not like it's difficult, I just get this meh feeling when I'm using it.
I also tried vim wiki and even orgmode but meh. It isn't sticking.
The closest I can get to a consistent sticky approach is this:
- XMind Mind Map (default and extremely fast for me to capture, refine, and plan from)
- .todo files and Todo+ extension in vscode (using Task Paper approach).
- Microsoft To Do app (I don't know why, but I like this one - simple, stays out of the way , etc.)
- Notability on the iPad with Apple Pencil
- mermaid and dot graphviz stuff to complement.
This mess is less heavy handed to me than a "all in one thing" because I can freely choose which way to approach whatever I'm doing.
If I want to gather, assimilate, explore boundaries of knowledge, it's XMind because I'm FAST with it. This is an old video XMind is MUCH better UX now. If I want to take what I have gathered, and refine it, I can do that in XMind, too. I also have living documents this way. It's not as intuitive as a all-in-one because I can't really search across my mindmaps easily, but I have directories on my file system, file names, etc. That works good enough.
If I want to minimize the cognitive load and stay in the zone (same context as when I'm doing some coding or something in vscode), .todo file, or .md file works great.
Notability is my garbage collector, where I literally write things down with my apple pencil onto separate notes. App is a game changer, honestly, and because my learning style is aural it really helps me remember, retain, and review to reinforce for later. Since the way I write, I hear the thing in my head, and my fingers move to write the words. The translation is like a compiler. Source = english, vision, hearing, binary = hands -> virtual ink in the note. Weird metaphor!
Last is the mermaid and graphviz (diagrams as code) approach, which I really really love to use as a draft -> final approach for a design of a thing. VSCode also has the benefit of having previews built in for mermaid, graphviz, etc. So I can see on the left side the source, and the right the render (same with MD which is native).
I get to pick which way I want to 'work/think/act' vs stuck in one app. I'm not saying that that's wrong if it's working for ya. Just saying it's really difficult for me to commit to anything where I can't totally procrastinate, be lazy, and distracted while I multitask and chase internet squirrels.
I admire your stick-to-it-ive-ness for your project, and being all-inclusive in the Tiddler format.
If I am grokking this, you're building BAM as a Tiddler, right?
Thanks, great talk I am learning a lot through your sharing and updates, please keep it up
So, and forgive me if I have this wrong, it sounds like TiddlyWiki is very similar to the spec for a Web Component?
If so, that's pretty forward thinking stuff.
I don't quite grok why you want to do what you're doing specifically in TiddlyWiki - besides (and no judgment or tone here) that you just want to, and want to do it because you love TiddlyWiki?
The Tiddler word is a bit odd; at first I thought a Tiddler was a person, but it's not, it's a thing in a tiddlywiki?
I love the idea of collecting, tagging, and referencing everything i'm learning into one huge brain, but in the past something like a wiki was a bit too much (this says more about me and my laziness than the solutions), but a mind map is just right. It's lightweight, and simple, lives in a file, can link to stuff, etc.
I have been fond of the idea of trying to use Obsidian and markdown for everything, but again, I'm lazy. I did go through the motions of setting everything up in Obsidian, getting the apps going on all my devices, etc. Then just lost interest.
I tried TreePad before this, and that was excellent but again, it was just too much work and I'm WAY too lazy lol. Even OneNote is too heavy handed for me. For some reason, it's not like it's difficult, I just get this meh feeling when I'm using it.
I also tried vim wiki and even orgmode but meh. It isn't sticking.
The closest I can get to a consistent sticky approach is this:
- XMind Mind Map (default and extremely fast for me to capture, refine, and plan from)
- .todo files and Todo+ extension in vscode (using Task Paper approach).
- Microsoft To Do app (I don't know why, but I like this one - simple, stays out of the way , etc.)
- Notability on the iPad with Apple Pencil
- mermaid and dot graphviz stuff to complement.
This mess is less heavy handed to me than a "all in one thing" because I can freely choose which way to approach whatever I'm doing.
If I want to gather, assimilate, explore boundaries of knowledge, it's XMind because I'm FAST with it. This is an old video XMind is MUCH better UX now. If I want to take what I have gathered, and refine it, I can do that in XMind, too. I also have living documents this way. It's not as intuitive as a all-in-one because I can't really search across my mindmaps easily, but I have directories on my file system, file names, etc. That works good enough.
If I want to minimize the cognitive load and stay in the zone (same context as when I'm doing some coding or something in vscode), .todo file, or .md file works great.
Notability is my garbage collector, where I literally write things down with my apple pencil onto separate notes. App is a game changer, honestly, and because my learning style is aural it really helps me remember, retain, and review to reinforce for later. Since the way I write, I hear the thing in my head, and my fingers move to write the words. The translation is like a compiler. Source = english, vision, hearing, binary = hands -> virtual ink in the note. Weird metaphor!
Last is the mermaid and graphviz (diagrams as code) approach, which I really really love to use as a draft -> final approach for a design of a thing. VSCode also has the benefit of having previews built in for mermaid, graphviz, etc. So I can see on the left side the source, and the right the render (same with MD which is native).
I get to pick which way I want to 'work/think/act' vs stuck in one app. I'm not saying that that's wrong if it's working for ya. Just saying it's really difficult for me to commit to anything where I can't totally procrastinate, be lazy, and distracted while I multitask and chase internet squirrels.
I admire your stick-to-it-ive-ness for your project, and being all-inclusive in the Tiddler format.
If I am grokking this, you're building BAM as a Tiddler, right?
Thanks, great talk I am learning a lot through your sharing and updates, please keep it up