Freeware Review: WikidPad

From Wikipedia to TikiWiki, it seems like everyone is using wiki.

One reason for that is that a wiki is so easy to use. Using wiki to add information to a database is also pretty fast. In fact, wiki is the Hawaiian word for "quick."

There are several systems available right now that allow you to use wiki to organize your information and store it online. But wouldn't it be great if you could use the power of wiki to organize and store your information without having to go online?

Then you should give WikidPad a try.

What is WikidPad?

WikidPad is a wiki-like Personal Information Manager that allows you to store anything from notes, to to-do lists, to articles of interest in a single place.

What makes WikidPad so fast and easy is the ease with which you can create new pages, and link them together.

Say you saved an article called "The Proper Feeding of Your Dog" and have added it to WikidPad. Later, you want to add an article called "Homemade Dog Treats" to your WikidPad. And, since the articles are on the same topic, you want to link them together.

To link those two articles together, all you have to do is type a WikiWord somewhere in the first article. WikiWords are two capitalized words that are joined together, which will instantly be turned into a link to a new page by WikidPad.

At the end of the article "The Proper Feeding of Your Dog," type HomemadeDogTreats. Double clicking on the WikiWord will instantly take you to a brand new page where you can add your new article.

Hierarchical Tree Structure

Along with using WikiWords to create new pages and link related files, you can use a hierarchical tree structure to organize your information.

Every time you create a new page using WikiWord links, that new page is added to the navigation tree. So you'll always know what's in your WikidPad database.

Two More Useful Features

WikidPad has two more useful features.

First is the ability to create an unlimited number of databases. So, instead of storing all of your information in one place, you can choose to create many different databases in several different subjects.

You can also export a WikidPad database as a web page, more or less, where all the files are linked together just the way you want them. You can then take your "web page" with you anywhere, accessing its information on any computer, whether it has WikidPad installed or not.

WikidPad is a great tool to use to organize all of the bits of information that are just "lying around" on your computer taking up space. In fact, it's so easy to use, you might find it a little addictive.