I started using MS OneNote for a while as a central repository of useless trivia both personal and business related. The interface is nice, but has its quirks. Tables and the like are sometimes a pain to work with, and cutting and pasting data doesn’t always retain formatting. Sharing data was also a bit of a pain. The other big drawback from my perspective was the need to have my notebook with me at all times.

I started to look into other tools for central knowledge stores, and have started playing with TWiki for both business and personal use. Getting it up and running was simple enough. Navigating took a bit of getting used to, and the formatting rules for tables and text still require periodic lookups, but overall I’m pretty impressed. I’d seen Wiki’s in use on a variety of sites, but hadn’t really explored their power before now.

This is still an experiment, but I can already see advantages over OneNote.