Saghir's Notebook 'Wiki': an alternative use of bookdown
as a "wiki".
Demo website available at: https://saghirb.github.io/My-Notebook-Template/
Source available from https://github.com/saghirb/My-Notebook-Template
Book For One Person - Me (or you)
Objective:
To quickly access notes, personal information, coding tips, reference links, birthdays, addresses, telephone numbers, etc. in one place.
Why?
- To have key personal information and notes at my finger tips.
- All in one place.
- Hosted locally (due to sensitive info) on my computers and smart phone.
- Easy to maintain and update.
How?
Using the HTML version of R bookdown
book as a personal wiki which can be copied (synced) across devices. Default bookdown HTML stlye is more than good enough.
Pros:
- All my key information is one place
- Immediately available on my browser (default homepage).
- No more random files with notes, address book, bits of paper, post-it notes, bookmarks, etc.
- Copy and paste friendly.
- As the only reader I can organise and re-organise it as I please.
- Easy to maintain and update.
- HTML version of book works great on all devices.
- The built in
bookdown
search does the job of finding information quickly. - No server needed.
Cons:
- Have to sync after each update.
- First version took time to create.