Comments on: Google Docs and Spreadsheets as a Personal Wiki

By: Brock Tice

Brock Tice — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:19:03 +0000

Dave: I love me some Latex. I may check out Zimwiki. For now I’m actually back to MoinMoin for true wiki-stuff. I use docs for almost everything else, especially one-off projects that are shared with others.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:46:49 +0000

Tip: Zimwiki makes tables easily by allowing to insert latex code (which is great if you’re good with latex, otherwise you’ll wonder what kind of brain-dead tip is that and might wonder why anyone would bother). It also works well in windows, but has nowhere near the instant portability of google docs.

I think Wikidpad also has latex plugin and it accepts attachments drag and drop easy (hold down cntrl to really attach, not just link). It also has a great faux-hierarchical tree view and hierarchical tag view. (I hate non hierarchical tags, because the top level gets too big to scan by eye)

I can’t tolerate many incompatibilies that google docs refuses to fix, but otherwise, I’d love it, but maybe not for a wiki still.

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By: brock

brock — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:05:40 +0000

Hmm, Highrise looks great, but too stand-alone. To link between docs in google docs, use the built-in linking action. It will pull up a dialog and let you select what to link to.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:56:34 +0000

I do use Google Docs, but not as a wiki. I have to manage several schedules for conferences and clinics and it’s nice to be able to amend and adjust the schedules from anywhere… and have access to them from everywhere.

I am, however, intrigued with the idea of using it as a wiki–I don’t know how to link one doc to another (but I’ll figure it out…). I recently signed up for Highrise, which is less complicated and more flexible than Basecamp, but still not flexible and too linear for me (in addition to my analog GTD system). Maybe I can build a wiki instead.

(… and enter your quote about perfection versus good here.)