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Personal wikis allow people to richly link information
on their
desktop or
mobile computing devices the same way a
community wiki
links information across the
internet. Thus people who like the wiki philosophy of
organizing information may find personal wikis useful.
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Contents
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Single-user application of
multi-user wikis
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1.1
Multi-user wikis with
personal editions
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Wikis designed for personal
use
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2.1
VoodooPad
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2.2
ZuluPad
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2.3
StoneNotes
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2.4
ConnectedText
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2.5
Other personal wikis
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See also
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External Links
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5
References
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Single-user application of multi-user
wikis
Many wikis are designed for concurrent use by multiple
users. However, given sufficient skill and motivation, an
individual user can install and run any of them for personal
use. This may require installing additional software, for
example a
Web server, a
DBMS, or a
WAMP or
LAMP software bundle. The user can prevent access to the
wiki from outside the local computer.
Some individuals use password protected wikis running either
on their own webservers or
hosted by third parties. This has the advantage that the
personal space can be accessed from any
web browser, at home, at work, on a
PDA, at an
internet cafe etc. Edits made on one machine are immediately
accessible on the others.
Multi-user wikis with personal
editions
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MoinMoin is a Wiki clone written in
Python.
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TWiki has a desktop version called TWiki for Windows
Personal
[1].
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ScrewTurn Wiki is written in
C# and based on the ASP.NET 2.0 platform.
Wikis designed for personal use
There are also wikis specifically for personal use. The main
advantage they offer currently is
drag and drop support for images, text and video.
Two example products are VoodooPad (Mac) and
StoneNotes (Windows).
VoodooPad
VoodooPad is a personal wiki designed by a company called
flyingmeat for the Mac OS X platform.[2]
This product also has a free "lite" version. flyingmeat also
make a lightweight wiki server available for use with VoodooPad.
The screen shot to the right demonstrates some aspects of the
usage. The diagrams are
gifs
"drag and dropped" from the online version of
SICP. The blue text are
hyperlinks to within the book, the
menu to the right contains a full list of pages which are
all live
links.
ZuluPad
ZuluPad is a personal wiki designed by
Tom Gersic for Windows and Mac OS X platforms.[3]
This product is available in both an opensource and a
for-purchase version. Some features include automatic linking of
wiki words, automatic linking of URLs, exporting of HTML files,
and syncing files to a central server with web-access.
StoneNotes
StoneNotes is a Windows based personal wiki system.
StoneNote's core concept is an intuitive linking interface:
simply double click any word to create a new note with that
title and link to it. StoneNotes provides a free demo which is
not time limited.
ConnectedText
ConnectedText is a Windows-based
non-free personal wiki system with many advanced features,
including: full text searches, visual link tree, customizable
interface, image and file control, CSS-based page display, and
plug-ins. The author provides a 30 day trial demo.
Other personal wikis
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Notebook is a freeware tcl/tk application. It runs on
Linux, Mac and Windows. Exports to
HTML and
MediaWiki markup.
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TiddlyWiki is also single file, self-modifiying
html+javascript based personal wiki
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Tomboy is a (LGPL)
free software program for note-taking in a Wiki like
manner. Simple editing and retrieval methods are provided.
The program allows for easy organisation of any hierarchical
data. Tomboy is stored in the Gnome CVS
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WikidPad is an open-source standalone wiki
notebook/outliner for Windows with plenty of features, such
as dynamic tree generation, topic tagging, auto-completion,
etc.
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Zim is a GPL / Artistic
free software desktop wiki. All pages are stored as
simple text files.
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Newton is a GPL / Artistic
free software desktop wiki.
See also
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Comparison of wiki software
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List of wiki software
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Outliner
External Links
References
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http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiForWindowsPersonal
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http://flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/
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http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/
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