September 2010
1 post
The Virtual Sweet Tea House: An Overview of the...
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...
August 2010
4 posts
3 tags
Mahiti Workshop on free software
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
WPBeginner: Start here for WordPress
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.
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WordPress on SitePoint
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
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Semantic Web: Why code is important
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/
July 2010
8 posts
3 tags
Added info about media on the web
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?
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US food waste worth more than offshore drilling
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...
'Business will overcome its opposition to Creative...
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...
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20+ Demos Showing Advanced jQuery Effects →
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
...
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The confusion surrounding HTML5
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
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Mega Collection of Cheatsheets for Designers &...
http://spyrestudios.com/mega-collection-of-cheatsheets-for-designer-developers/
We are *never* going to remember all the codes and details of the things we do. Plus — they are always changing with new releases! Couldn’t live without “cheatsheets”.
More at TibetanGeeks: web development
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Using https to secure the Web
http://cpj.org/blog/2010/07/using-https-to-secure-the-web-for-journalism.php
Explains what is https. How using https “will make the Internet safer for at-risk journalists and a free press, but it’ll also make it more secure and private for us all.”
With regular http: “regimes [can] target and block individual Web addresses rather than whole sites. They can also block...
TibetanGeeks on Tumblr
Posting short updates on TibetanGeeks.Tumblr.com for TibetanGeeks.com.