First, it is important to state right up front that TiddlyWeb and TiddlySpace are not particularly unique. They are examples of code that presents some stuff on the web. The internet world is full of that. At a general level there is nothing new here. What is special are the choices made with regard to the details of the system and how these choices impact the character of the tools and the services built with them. As we'll see, TiddyWeb is about putting tiddlers on the web. We'll also see that tiddlers are just resources on the web.

So what are these choices? What are the opinions that drove, drive and color tiddlers?