Lately I have been reading about and toying with Git a lot — and I’m truly fascinated! (In fact, I’m even using it to track the progress of this very posting.)
However, I’m not primarily interested in the distributed part. More important, to me, is the fact that Git gives me a private revision history (local […]

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Yesterday’s OpenSocial hackathon was the first event of this kind for me — and I’m quite glad that Simon had convinced me to attend.

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While reading an article about UsWare vs. ThemWare (via Jermolene), I’ve realized that TiddlyWiki, for me, has turned into ThusWare.
While I started out as a regular user, the more I code for and care about TiddlyWiki, the less I end up actually using it.
That of course carries the risk of losing touch with regular users’ […]

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A recent discussion within the TiddlyWiki community has made me reexamine the community’s role in shaping open-source projects.
Many people believe that the open-source principle equals grassroots democracy.
However, I don’t think that’s a fair assessment.
While community involvement is generally important and valuable, it is also a double-edged sword.
For certain issues, opening the debate to the community […]

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