Alex Harries's diary

Geek mode fully on for this post...

I've just found a tiny bit of software that looks amazing - it's called TiddlyWiki, and it's simply a 360Kb HTML file which you can keep on a USB flash disk, your hard disk, or even e-mail to your mate - whatever - and when you open it, it's a complete to-do list, journal, project manager and so on.

Why is it cool?

• You can take it anywhere - it's tiny - just plonk it on a USB drive
  
• It runs on any (reasonably up-to-date) web browser (using JavaScript)
  
• It doesn't need to be online to work
• It doesn't need a server
• It doesn't need a database
• It saves your to-do lists
• It has loads of plug-ins to make it better

So, in a nut-shell:

• It lets you take your to-do list with you even if you can't take your computer with you
• It's free
• It's tiny
• It's reliable (so far, touch wood)
• Oh, and did I mention it's free?

Since I do vivid descriptions and interesting writing even worse than Homer Simpson does the Moonwalk, take a look at TiddlyWiki's homepage instead.