Jeremy Ruston
Founder at Intertwingled Innovations
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJeremy Ruston is a veteran software leader and founder based in Oxford, England, best known as the creator and steward of TiddlyWiki, an influential open-source personal organiser that has become a platform for a new class of web applications. He combines hands-on daily coding with executive experience as CTO and Head of Open Source Innovation across startups and enterprises in banking and telecommunications, leading teams to deliver production systems like TiddlySpace and TiddlyDesktop. Jeremy has engaged with programming since 1978 and brings decades of practical experience building product-focused communities around open source software. His consultancies (Federatial, Osmosoft, Intertwingled) explore new collaboration models that rethink hierarchical organization on the web. Notably, he has contributed full‑stack improvements and build automation to TiddlyDesktop, demonstrating a blend of user-focused design and tooling craftsmanship. He is available for consulting on collaboration platforms, web product strategy, and open-source ecosystems.
14 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Aysgarth SchoolRugby School
Github Skills (10)
sh10
javascript10
script10
shell10
nwjs10
javascripts10
scripting10
tiddlywiki9
html8
css7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop
Jan 2014 - Jan 2023
A custom desktop browser for TiddlyWiki 5 and TiddlyWiki Classic, based on nw.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:24 releases, 2 reviews, 311 commits in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jeremy focused on implementing new features and improving the build process for the TiddlyDesktop application. They added functionality to zip up builds for release, including the necessary shell scripting. They also began implementing support for working with wiki folders, including UI and main application logic. The user subsequently reverted these changes due to technical limitations.
tiddlywikinw-jselectronbrowserjavascript
Jermolene/tiddlywiki-on-fission
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
TiddlyWiki Application for Fission
Contributions:52 commits, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 months
tiddlywiki5fissiontiddlywiki
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