Tibetan blogosphere is vibrant and empowering by Dechen Pemba 30 August 2010 at http://www.thecommentfactory.com/tibetan-blogosphere-is-vibrant-and-empowering-3478/

As a place to meet, share and exchange, the Tibetan blogosphere has created opportunities for Tibetan netizens that would be unimaginable in the offline world. Keeping in mind the state of internet censorship in the People’s Republic of China today, these new spaces can be seen as new outlets but also as new areas involving personal risk.

Introduction to Free Software: philosophy, how to use, good applications.
Location: Manali, Himachal Pradesh
Date: September 6-8 2010
See http://convene.mahiti.org/apply

http://www.wpbeginner.com/

This is THE place to start with WordPress. Step-by-Step how-tos: How to install, Choosing hosting, recommended plugins, choosing a theme.

My favorite web development site, http://SitePoint.com , will be focusing on WordPress in August. There are also useful answers and how-tos at the SitePoint WordPress forum: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=300

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727715.400-google-twitter-and-facebook-build-the-semantic-web.html

“The defining characteristic of the semantic web is that information should be stored in a machine-readable format.” This means: html tags! http://tibetangeeks.com/technologies/web_development/html_guidelines/

http://tibetangeeks.com/technologies/web_development/media_on_the_web/

What are the different media formats? What is a “podcast”, a “webcast”? What are some good websites to learn more about media on the web? Where are some good tools for converting video formats and other things?

New Scientist, 28 July 2010
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727712.700-us-food-waste-worth-more-than-offshore-drilling.html

“More energy is wasted in the perfectly edible food discarded by people in the US each year than is available in oil and gas reserves off the nation’s coastlines.”

See the photo of good and delicious food being scraped into garbage! I know this is true. I grew up in the U.S., and i am back there now. It is … amazing and disgusting. Oh, and by the way, i have never seen so many fat, and sad-faced, people in my life.

The home where i am staying in the U.S. is one of the few few places in the whole country, that eats, or uses (compost, chickens), all of the food they get.

Says Joi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons, the nonprofit organisation that’s creating and overseeing the use of free-of-charge licences and tools to ensure content creators can easily mark how they’d like their works to be used online. - http://www.techradar.com/news/software/-business-will-overcome-its-opposition-to-creative-commons-or-perish—705099?src=rss&attr=all

Explains a lot of things about Creative Commons licenses, how they can be embedded in web pages, the big picture of copyright and licenses, and more.

More about licensing at http://tibetangeeks.com/using_tech/licensing-links.html

Some very good jQuery plugins to enhance your site!

• QuickSand lets u easily filter/reorder items on your page
• Sliding boxes and captions - a very common effect to have captions/sliding boxes sliding into your images/content when hovered
• Bubble navigation - adds uniqueness to your navigation
• AviaSlider - think sliding banners
• interactive picture - adds interactivity to you images
• jqFancyTransitions - adds transitions to your images

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2010/06/22/the-confusion-surrounding-html5/
The difference betwen html5, css3, and the new javascript goodies.

More at TibetanGeeks :CSS3 info and howtos links and HTML5 links