Comments on: Wiki Mail? http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/ Java development with an iPhone touch pad for the Atari 2600 from an urban hip-hop perspective Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dorai http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/#comment-1123 dorai Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:03:34 +0000 http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/#comment-1123 Scott, My problem is not really Outlook. I tried Thurderbird and, Yahoo webmail client and Gmail client. My need is to organize annotate information on my desktop. Mail is just one of the entry points. You may be right about the hammer stuff :) I use wiki as a hammer and make it a destination for most of the text so that they can all be crosslinked and easily searchable. Scott,
My problem is not really Outlook. I tried Thurderbird and, Yahoo webmail client and Gmail client.

My need is to organize annotate information on my desktop. Mail is just one of the entry points.

You may be right about the hammer stuff :) I use wiki as a hammer and make it a destination for most of the text so that they can all be crosslinked and easily searchable.

]]> By: Scot http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/#comment-1106 Scot Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:38:44 +0000 http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/#comment-1106 You know that statement "when you only have a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail"? Looking at the original post, it looks like Dorai's real problem is Outlook (and I assume Exchange). I don't see a Wiki being the way forward for mail or mail storage, in the same way that you wouldn't store your mail in a bunch of Word docs. Never underestimate an IMAP server and a half decent mail client. :-) You know that statement “when you only have a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail”? Looking at the original post, it looks like Dorai’s real problem is Outlook (and I assume Exchange). I don’t see a Wiki being the way forward for mail or mail storage, in the same way that you wouldn’t store your mail in a bunch of Word docs.

Never underestimate an IMAP server and a half decent mail client. :-)

]]> By: Cliff http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/#comment-1101 Cliff Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:55:34 +0000 http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/#comment-1101 <a href='http://www.mindtouch.com/' rel="nofollow">Mindtouch</a> eh? Looks interesting but of course I suffer from NIH (Not Invented Here). I can't see spending money on something that I could put together using the old washing machine hose in my garage with the dusty tarp out in my shed and the rusty ratchet by the kitchen sink and the old bedsheets from my daughter's younger days. My custom approach wouldn't be nearly as flashy or attractive as the comercial product but it would work and it would be my creation. Something I would brag about at cocktail parties and attempt to sell to my in-laws for that killer price. Then of course if the MindTouch solution were open source it would offer that same familiar fragrence of old bedsheet and oil stained tarp that any homegrown solution would provide making me feel at home. Something must be wrong with me. Mindtouch eh? Looks interesting but of course I suffer from NIH (Not Invented Here). I can’t see spending money on something that I could put together using the old washing machine hose in my garage with the dusty tarp out in my shed and the rusty ratchet by the kitchen sink and the old bedsheets from my daughter’s younger days. My custom approach wouldn’t be nearly as flashy or attractive as the comercial product but it would work and it would be my creation. Something I would brag about at cocktail parties and attempt to sell to my in-laws for that killer price. Then of course if the MindTouch solution were open source it would offer that same familiar fragrence of old bedsheet and oil stained tarp that any homegrown solution would provide making me feel at home. Something must be wrong with me.

]]> By: Jensen http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/#comment-1096 Jensen Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:59:48 +0000 http://codeforfun.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/wiki-mail/#comment-1096 I have my office setup with MindTouch Deki (software virtual appliance) and since everyone is using Outlook they have the MindTouch Outlook Connector. This allows them to publish emails in a click to the MindTouch wiki, which imo is the best there is. This is better than catching _all_ emails because not all are worth saving. I pushed MindTouch recently about doing a Thunderbird plugin because I'm on Linux. I didn't get anywhere. But I'm hoping someone from their open source community (OpenGarden.org) steps up and writes one. I'm not much of programmer (IT dude). I have my office setup with MindTouch Deki (software virtual appliance) and since everyone is using Outlook they have the MindTouch Outlook Connector. This allows them to publish emails in a click to the MindTouch wiki, which imo is the best there is. This is better than catching _all_ emails because not all are worth saving. I pushed MindTouch recently about doing a Thunderbird plugin because I’m on Linux. I didn’t get anywhere. But I’m hoping someone from their open source community (OpenGarden.org) steps up and writes one. I’m not much of programmer (IT dude).

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