As I mentioned recently, I’m looking for a collaborative, online design tool. I’ve decided to try out TWiki, a wiki with so many plugins it looks like you can do anything. For example, I’d talked about wanting the ability to draw, and there’s a diagramming tool. It’s a long way from a notebook and a pen, but maybe it’ll have its advantages.

So far, the results aren’t terribly encouraging. It took several hours to get TWiki up and running with the appropriate plugins and security settings, and I had to have my host install a module (which they did promptly, and for free!). Now that it’s up, the idea of fighting the Wiki language or the WYSIWYG plugin’s quirks just makes me want to retreat back to the notebook. I fight that inclination long enough to mess with the wiki for a few minutes, and then I give up design work altogether.

Maybe the payoff is down the line, when I’ve figured out the wiki and I’ve opened it up to friends. Hopefully I can get to that point.

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