In search of a Personal Wiki
May.04, 2009 in
life tips
I’ve recently started using MediaWiki in my business. At this point, my exposure has been fairly limited. Still, I see great potential in using a Wiki as a personal information management (PIM) tool.
However, I’m not sure that Media Wiki is the right tool for a PIM. It lacks a few features that I would love to see (e.g. a WYSIWYG editor), and its expansive feature set, while impressive, is perhaps overkill for a PIM, which often leads to a more cumbersome user experience.
Does anyone out there use a Wiki as a PIM, and if so, can you make any recommendations?
I plan to evaluate Wiki software and would welcome any input. I’ll probably write about my research process, so check back if you’d like to see my reviews.
June 16th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Although it does not have a WYSIWYG feature, TiddlyWiki is a great personal wiki that I have been using for many years. There is a great community that extends and supports the application.
One great benefit is that it is stored as a single file that is easy to backup.
Check it out at tiddlywiki.com
August 25th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I like dokuwiki. It has a more WYSIWYG-like editor by default, it has access control management, namespaces, and lots of plugins. But default seems to work nicely for me. All pages are separate files on the server and namespaces are directories. The changes are also saved and differences can be easily viewed. Easy to setup, easy to understand, easy to work with.
TiddlyWiki is nice too, but it is a vastly different paradigm. Great if you do not want it on the web (say you use only one computer or can have the file on a network drive).