TiddlyChatter

UploadLog

Jon Lister — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:31:15 GMT

date	user	location	storeUrl	uploadDir	toFilename	backupdir	origin
16/10/2007 19:33:41	JayFresh	/	store.cgi	.	index.html	.
16/10/2007 19:45:47	JayFresh	/	store.cgi	.	index.html	.	ok
16/10/2007 19:47:32	JayFresh	/	store.cgi	.	index.html	.	ok
16/10/2007 19:48:45	JayFresh	/	store.cgi	.	index.html	.
16/10/2007 19:53:07	JayFresh	/	store.cgi	.	index.html	.	ok
16/10/2007 19:55:23	JayFresh	/	store.cgi	.	index.html	.	ok
16/10/2007 20:01:37	JayFresh	/	store.cgi	.	index.html	.
22/10/2007 17:08:45	JayFresh	tiddlychatter.html	store.cgi	.	index.html	.	ok
22/10/2007 17:18:21	JayFresh	tiddlychatter.html	store.cgi	.	index.html	.	ok
01/11/2007 23:31:15	Jon Lister	tiddlychatter0-6.html	store.cgi	.	index.html	.

ChatterFeedJon Lister

Jon Lister — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:30:14 GMT

Type:	RSS
URL:	file:///Users/jonathanlister/Documents/osmosoft/twsource/contributors/JonathanLister/verticals/TiddlyChatter/examples/tiddlychatter0-6.xml
Workspace:
TiddlerFilter:	[tag[public]]

TiddlyChatterPublishing

JayFresh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:33:00 GMT

To create a piece of Chatter, you have a couple of options:

Hit "Create" on the TiddlyChatter control panel, edit and save
Create a new tiddler and tag it with "public"

This creates a Chatter ready for publishing into your ChatterFeed after you've finished drafting it - click "Publish" to get it into your feed.

At this point, you might be wondering how to get your content updates up onto the web and into the hands of your subscribers:

Using the "Save to web" feature of TiddlySpot is the simplest at the moment, especially because other TiddlySpot TiddlyWikis will be able to download your Chatter directly, instead of them having to download and run a local version.
If you have BidiX's UploadPlugin and a php server, you can set up a store that will accept uploads directly from TiddlyWiki
If you have *any form* of static file hosting available to you, posting your ChatterFeed (and your TiddlyWiki) on there is totally fine

We recognise that this is a frustrating area, but we're not alone in trying to solve it.

[Addition:] 1/11/07 - I just found yoyko, who provide a hosted store for TiddlyWikis

TiddlyChatterReading

JayFresh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:33:00 GMT

Subscribing to other people's Chatter

To read someone's else Chatter, you have to be subscribed to their ChatterFeed:

From the TiddlyChatter control panel, click Manage > New Subscription
Enter the URL of the TiddlyWiki publishing the ChatterFeed you want to subscribe to
When the list of available feeds appears, put a check in the box next to the one you want and click "subscribe"

When it comes to downloading other people's Chatter, you generally need to be viewing your TiddlyWiki as a local file for the remote calls to work. This isn't true if you're only working with TiddlyWikis running on TiddlySpot, as their proxy sorts everything out, which is grand.

Hitting "Get" from the control panel downloads your updates. New content is displayed in red and the number of notes on a tiddler is shown in brackets next to the tiddler's title.

Adding and publishing comments

After you've read an imported tiddler and want to add a comment, clicking on "add notes" opens a box to type in your note. Clicking "save notes" saves the note and publishes it into your ChatterFeed. Various ways to get your feed out onto the web where people can see it are discussed in this tiddler.

After installing

JayFresh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:33:00 GMT

Don't forget to save and reload your TiddlyWiki after installing the package...
You might want to put Welcome to TiddlyChatter and/or TiddlyChatter in your MainMenu or DefaultTiddlers.
The key to TiddlyChatter is your subscription to someone else's "ChatterFeed". You have been set up with one subscription, called ChatterFeed, to some test content on http://tiddlychatter.tiddlyspot.com. You can manage your subscriptions from the main TiddlyChatter tiddler. Click "manage" and then "new subscription" and put in the URL of a TiddlyWiki which is publishing a feed.

TiddlyChatter flow

JayFresh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:40:00 GMT

How to get going with TiddlyChatter, graphically...

Timeline	Publisher 1 (P1)		Publisher 2 (P2)
initial setup	download or import TiddlyChatter		download or import TiddlyChatter
create content	new tiddler FooBar
mark as candidate for publishing	add tag "public" to FooBar (automated via TiddlyChatter Control Panel > `Create`)
confirm publishing	add tag "published" to FooBar (automated via `Publish` button)
publishing	`Save to Web` (also creating the RSS feed)	â
subscribe to chatter feed			TiddlyChatter Control Panel > `Manage` > `New Subscription` â enter URL of P1's TiddlyWiki (not its RSS feed) `Go` > select feeds to subscribe to > `Subscribe`
retrieve chatter			TiddlyChatter Control Panel > `Get` TiddlyChatter Control Panel will display recent changes as a list of tiddlers
commenting on chatter contents			open imported FooBar and select `Add Notes`
publishing comments		â	`Save to Web` (cf. steps of P1)

Thanks to FND for this.

Welcome to TiddlyChatter

JayFresh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:40:00 GMT

1/11/07 Updated! Introduction and set-up instructions re-written for clarity
1/11/07 New! Diagram of how to get two people Chattering
22/10/07 New! Designing TiddlyChatter from the user's point of view

This TiddlyWiki has been installed with TiddlyChatter, a shiny new collaboration feature.

TiddlyChatter is for opt-in, decentralized collaboration. What this means:

opt-in: avoid "collaboration noise" associated with standard wikis - only see the information from people you want to collaborate directly with;
decentralized: everyone can keep their own personal TiddlyWiki and still become a part of a TiddlyChatter community; you don't need to rely on a central collaboration server.

Starting out

To get into the TiddlyChatter mood, you need to install the TiddlyChatterPackage tiddlers in your own TiddlyWiki. When you're done, take a look at these quick tips or read these guides to publishing content and getting hold of other people's content. There is also a diagram of the flow two people would go through to Chatter with each other.

You are actively encouraged to help design and build TiddlyChatter. The tiddler Designing TiddlyChatter from the user's point of view leads to a lot of content that describes and documents the design process we are going through. Please contribute through the TiddlyWikiDev group or mail me at jon at osmosoft dot com.

You can read an example scenario of how TiddlyChatter works. TiddlyChatter is still in development. Bugs are tracked, please post in the TiddlyWikiDev Google Group if you find more.

1st impressions

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:16:00 GMT

The user journey and the fixes to get people who wander back on to the main line have been created with OmniGraffle for the Mac. You can get the files in these formats:

User journey

Fixes

Designing TiddlyChatter from the user's point of view

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:18:00 GMT

The development of TiddlyChatter (TC) has reached v0.7 and is a working prototype. At this point, we have taken a step back and are focussing on making TC as user-friendly as possible, and designing the user interface driven by the future users' needs.

Basis for TiddlyChatter

The underlying need we are assuming for uses of TiddlyChatter is:

"I want to share information with people!"

We perceive two problems with current web-based technologies used for collaboration (e.g. wikis, Sharepoint):

It's noisy (spam!)
Why do I have to go somewhere new to do it?!

Design

Thinking about users
Designing the interface

Designing the interface

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:16:00 GMT

User journeys

User journeys are the first step in constructing the user interface. They help to show what your interface will need to support, where the users could go astray and how we deal with that.

User journeys

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:11:00 GMT

User journeys describe the path a user takes through an application interface in order to satisfy a need. At every possible point where a user can fall off a journey and end up with a bad experience, we attempt to catch this and figure out how to redirect them back on to the main line.

1st impressions - getting the software, downloading, installing, configuring and running for the first time

Thinking about users

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:07:00 GMT

Scenarios

Early indications are that TiddlyChatter would be useful in two generic areas:

Personas

With Personas, we create some characters to think about as model users, and explore their goals and needs. These can then be used as a lens through which to look at the design of the application.

User stories

User stories are a way of looking at what the application should do from the point of view of what a user wants the application to do. A user story states who a user is, what they want and why they want it.

Caroline's stories

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:05:00 GMT

Caroline: as a knowledge worker...

I want direct access to Naomi's research so I can access it at my convenience
I want to be able to communicate with Naomi about her research as she is writing it so she can respond to my changing needs and we can discuss areas of confusion
I want to easily combine information from Naomi with information from others so it takes me less time to pull together a report

Naomi's stories

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:03:00 GMT

Naomi: as a researcher...

I want my research to go down really well with our clients so I impress Dan and get a promotion
I want to have a one-to-one relationship with a client so I can be more certain I am doing the work they want

Dan's stories

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:02:00 GMT

Dan: as a boss...

I want to spend less time answering email so I have more time to be productive (and can get rid of the Crackberry!)
I want to keep an eye on my team's work in a less intrusive way so they can be more productive
I want easy access to my team's work as and when I need it, so I can respond to my clients and my boss in a rapid manner

Nicholas' stories

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:00 GMT

Nicholas: as a pupil...

I want to find a better way of getting better at Maths, so that I can get rid of my tutor
I want to show that having the Internet at home will improve my studies, so that my parents will get the Internet at home!

User stories

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:00 GMT

User stories expresses who a user is, what they want to do with an application and why they want to do it. With a prioritized set of user stories, these essentially define what your user interface has to do. A user story is of the form "As a... I want to... so that...".

Education

Business

Nathan's stories

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:59:00 GMT

Nathan: as a teacher...

I want to see what my students are doing do I can identify opportunities to give feedback, intervene or just check progress
I want to give feedback on my students' work so it helps them get round a problem or stops them running into one
I want to share what I do with like-minded teachers so I can inspire them or learn from their work and feedback

Joshua's stories

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:59:00 GMT

Joshua: as a pupil...

I want to find the solution to problems I am stuck on so it doesn't take me ages to get my work done and I can get the right answer

Caroline's goals

JayFresh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:32:00 GMT

not to waste time with Dan explaining what she wants from his team
for her netball team to do better this season
for the conference she is organising to go really smoothly
for it to be easier to work with Naomi on the research she does for Caroline
more effectively organise information from varied sources