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Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 30, 2014 at 10:29 AM
Someone just pointed me towards Wagn, a cloud-based wiki, which is using the index-card metaphor for organising data and is WYSIWYG. It looks very interesting. Nevertheless, they seem to be mostly geared towards setting up websites, rather than data management a la Zettelkasten, so I won’t be rushing to switch from CT just yet.
The first video will give you an idea of how it works:
It’s not clear to me though how easy it is to import/export data and whether one can run any sophisticated queries or visualise relationships between cards.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jan 30, 2014 at 03:31 PM
Funny that you bring that thread up again.
Just a few days ago I installed Zulupad (recommended in this thread by Steven Z.). Finally a wiki that does not force me to switch between Edit and View mode. For now, I just use it for brainstorming a new project - usually I do that in Xmind but this time there is more text involved so that I chose to try something different.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 30, 2014 at 06:22 PM
What I find funny is how little the tools that we are dicussing, at least for for such an application, have changed in almost seven years: Connected Text, WikidPad, Zulupad (not updated since 2009), and various server based wikis. The main recent addition I can think is Piggydb.
In respect to Wagn, it took me a bit to understand how it differs from other wiki solutions; its main competitive advantage is in presenting information, where many cards can be included in the same screen. I expect that one can make fairly complex websites with this. Also interesting is that they have made an educational charity to market and support the tool. Thanks for the heads up.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 30, 2014 at 06:55 PM
While the subject of personal wikis is at the forefront, I just thought I’d point out that TiddlyWiki has a fresh new version, which appears to have many more features. I haven’t tried it, so this is no endorsement, but it might be a multi-platform solution for some:
Steve Z.
Posted by Prion
Jan 31, 2014 at 10:02 AM
The new Tiddlywiki 5 is still not feature-complete but if someone was looking for a capable Wiki for Mac and Windows (and Android, iOS etc, too) I’d say this was it. It is open source, has a great forum, very active developers, has encryption built in, very light-weight and highly configurable.
It can be run as a single html file (good for self-hosting) or under node.js with every tiddler (=note) being represented as a single text file on disk (good for exchange with other tools on the same computer).
I am only a casual user because I have invested in a different system but I am considering switching towards TW5.
Prion
PS: I tend to consider that switch more seriously the closer that hard deadline is getting…