[tomboy-list] tomboy project idea

Fri Jan 5 07:03:11 PST 2007

Really like the sound of that.  I always thought the iDisk thing (Mac) was a
stroke of genius bound to catch on, and in a limited way I have been doing
what I could to implement that sort of thing with mounted FTP directories
for my personal stuff.  Many Gnome applications are willing to deal with an
mounted FTP dir. as if it were a local drive for most purposes- which is a
beautiful thing, but has some significant limitations yet.

It makes a great deal of sense to implement something to which applications
can connect without granularly having to write similar functionality into
specific apps.  Much of our data access should be centralized and
ubiquitously accessible and the services for such access require a standard
framework with accompanying software in order for the bulk of society to
benefit from this.  What you are talking about would make it easier for more
applications to gain mature benefits by merely complying with an existing,
"well-known" (one day- it is hoped) and mature framework for such services.

I understand there is a project for a 'gnomish' linux handheld distro.  I
man I hope that really takes off and that tomboy is a part of it.  That
would be sweet.

Man I wish I was a programmer.  I get excited about this stuff.

On 1/5/07, John Stowers <john.stowers.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you are interested in Synchronization on the GNOME desktop, not
> just for Tomboy but for  all applications I encourage you to check out
> the project I have been hacking on for the past 6 months.
>
> Conduit [1] aims to be a synchronization subsystem for the desktop (in
> a similar but more web-centric vein as OpenSync or iFolder). As well
> as a stand alone application Conduit has a DBus interface that will
> allow external applications to export and/or sync their data with any
> service that Conduit implements; for example a Google notes interface
> in Conduit could be exploited by Tomboy, FSpot, a special directory,
> or any other application.
>
> I am anticipating a 0.3. release of conduit in a few weeks (around
> LCA). This release will feature Tomboy notes support, support for iPod
> notes, OpenSync (GPE, etc) and many other features.
>
> The system you described, is in a more general case the simiar problem
> I am trying to solve with conduit. I suggest you, and other interested
> parties check it out.
>
> John
>
> [1] http://www.conduit-project.org/
>
> p.s. Unfortunately the API for google notebook is completely unknown.
> There are other online notes providers however (like backpackit.com)
> p.p.s If anyone here tries out Conduit from svn remember that you are
> playing with a developer version and things may well be broken and/or
> eat your data. Obviously these things will be fixed before v0.3.0
> p.p.p.s Boyd, have you had a chance to think about my previous email,
> I really would like a setNoteData DBus method ;-) - It will save me
> manipulating xml from underneath Tomboy
>
> On 1/6/07, Rajiv Vyas <r.rvyas at gmail.com> wrote:
> > How about synching it with Google Notebook or some other Web
> > application?
> >
> > Rajiv
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 14:12 -0700, Boyd Timothy wrote:
> > > That's a really cool idea.  Would you mind adding it here:
> > > http://live.gnome.org/Tomboy/PlaceForNewIdeas
> > >
> > > -Boyd
> > >
> > > On 1/4/07, Faizi Crofts <faizoro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > OK- this one is really out there- in fact it would be a separate
> project.
> > > > Tomboy is so addictive, and so appropriate as a sort of PIM
> application that
> > > > I believe it would be ideal in a handheld computer/smartphone
> environment.
> > > >
> > > > You'd have a project that involves a tomboy application for
> handhelds, which
> > > > actually has the ability to sync with tomboy notes on the linux OS
> (this
> > > > 'sync' would be optional)
> > > > Having Tomboy in your pocket would obviously be bliss.
> > > >
> > > >    Really nice extra features which might however be tough to
> integrate into
> > > > this idea would be for example for Tomboy to wiki-link to all other
> > > > applications according to certain monikers, say the subject of an
> agenda
> > > > entry in a calendar app, or the nickname entry in an address book
> record.
> > > > This way, Tomboy would not need to displace the functionality of
> other PIM
> > > > applications but would build on their strengths and add to them.  I
> could
> > > > have a list of members of an assembly I am a part of stored in a
> tomboy
> > > > note, and instead of having to record demographics for each member-
> by
> > > > writing their nickname, I could click on the name from within tomboy
> and be
> > > > brought to the address book entry etc.
> > > >
> > > > Come on- you have to admit this is a great idea.  Please pass it on.
> > > >
> > > > Also- add me to the mailing list if you don't mind.  I am a fan of
> your
> > > > software- actually I think it is really an important and under-sung
> piece of
> > > > work.  All by it's self it is reason enouph to go with a GNome
> desktop.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Faizi Crofts
> > > >
> > > > "The days are many, but the sun is one."
> > > >     ~Abdu'l-Baha~
> > > >     The Promulgation of Universal Peace
> > > >             p. 126
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-- 
Faizi Crofts

"The days are many, but the sun is one."
    ~Abdu'l-Baha~
    The Promulgation of Universal Peace
            p. 126
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