ConnectedText with mobile support? (Windows/iOS/Web)

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Apr 14, 2015 at 07:18 PM

zoe wrote:
>I use Windows at work and at home, and have an iPhone for the mobile
>part of the equation. Also, I am limited in my ability to install
>software on my work machine (anything requiring admin-level installation
>requires a call to IT), so I want something I can also access on the web
>if possible, or by editing files stored in Dropbox.

Connected Text is, at its core, a wiki. If you don’t need its very special functions, I believe that there are several routes you can take with other wiki platforms:

1. If you need offline access, you can look for a Dropbox-compatible standalone personal wiki. I suggest that you look for mobile wiki apps in the iOS market and then see which of these have Windows clients. The simplest solution by far is Tiddlywiki http://tiddlywiki.com/ which is just an HTML file; be careful to not edit such files concurrently from two devices.

2. If you are happy to work with your wiki only when you have internet access, then a web-based solution is probably the best. Again, there are two alternative approaches, depending on your technical background and your cloud-friendliness:

- You can opt for a hosted service, such as http://www.wikidot.com/ or http://www.wikispaces.com/

- Or, you can set up your own wiki under a commercial web hosting plan; this is easier than it sounds: just about any host plan nowadays will provide you with automatic setup of various software via Simple Scripts, which include several wikis http://www.simplescripts.com/script_category/cat:Wiki Of these, DokuWiki and PMWiki are probably the most user-friendly for personal use. Note: If you opt for this approach, make sure you include a backup service in your hosting plan.

Interestingly, the last option (hosted wiki for your own use) can also be applied for Piggydb. See the comment at the end of this post http://piggydb.net/2012/09/25/lets-play-piggydb-knowledge-creation-1-on-writing-by-stephen-king/