Playing with TiddlyWiki has had me thinking more about Wikis as a personal tool. Wikis work as great collaborative documentation builders but at a more compact level, they can act as searchable personal assistants.

WikityWidget is a dashboard based mini-wiki developed for OS X 10.4 by Michael Robinette.

Downloading and installing WikityWidget was simple. I recommend that you use Safari to engage in the download even if you use an alternate browser. The reason is pretty simple--WikityWidget will prompt you to install it in the dashboard--it just makes the process simpler than if you downloaded it from another browser.

Once it is downloaded and installed in your dashboard, there it defaults to a simple tutorial.

This is a super easy tool to use if you are a Tiger user. What is the downside? Only Tiger and it isn't portable. One of the things I thought was pretty great about TiddlyWiki is the ability to load it on a thumb drive. Still, if you really only use one computer WikityWidget may be just the note jotting tool you've been looking for.

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