Tibetan Geeks

using tech

• Cyber Activism
  Using computer technologies to further your cause.
  • Tibetan IT professionals must join hands
• Email
  Information about using email.
• Importance of IT
  "On the internet all voices are equal.”
• Information Warfare
  Using IT to oppose power, or even to damage it.
• Searching
  Finding what you want in the greatest library in history: the Wonderful World Wide Web.
• Security
  Things you can do to protect your computer, from the basics to advanced.
  • Get up to speed on cyber security by Kelly Haggart
• More using tech ...

on computers

• Translation of WordPress into Tibetan language started in January 2011
  See the project here
  More info is at Digitaltibetan.org/.
• Multi-lingual websites howtos, and links to sites that use other languages. 12 october 2009
• Using Tibetan on web pages – how to do it With unicode, css, and a good text editor.
• IT Words in Tibetan (and Chinese) Download the PDF file.
• More Bod-Yig on Computers ... Information and links about using Tibetan script on computers and on the web.

making tech

For the geeks: the code, the concepts, the how-tos

• Web Development: General info
  • 2 January 2010 online tools links
  • website security checklist,
  • web security links
• Web Development: Content Management Systems (CMS)
  • 22 december 2009 Multiple language sites in WordPress,
  • CMS info: Joomla, Wordpress, using videos with cms.
  • Joomla and Wordpress info; using videos with CMS
  • CMS administration: There's more to using a CMS than making the articles.
  • What are Joomla extensions, components, modules, plug-ins?
    Explanation, and a table comparing details.
• GNU/Linux
  • 4 december 2009 How-tos, Ubuntu, vi editor, more ...
• Programming
  • Javascript code: A few how-tos
• more making tech ...

Tibetan Geeks

Here are the Tibetans who are making things happen in the World of IT.

15 january 2011 — Translation of WordPress into Tibetan language Jangchup Dorjee, Tenzin Jigdal, Dechen Pema, and others are working on translating the WordPress CMS into Tibetan language. The official project is listed at http://codex.wordpress.org/L10n:Localization_Teams#Tibetan_-_བོད་ཡིག and more info is at http://digitaltibetan.org/index.php/WordPress_localization.

Tibetan IT history A rough outline, to be developed

6 july 2009 — New Tibetan websites At least three (probably more!) Tibetan websites have rolled out to celebrate the birthday today of His Holiness Dalai Lama.
A new site, Exile Lens: Frames for Tibet (exilelens.com), "is an endeavour to widen the limits of the Tibetan freedom struggle by providing an interactive site for images that render the story of the Tibetan people as seen through the eyes of Tibetan photographers".
Two other sites have unveiled major re-dos: Tibetan Government-in-Exile (tibet.net), and Kalon Tripa 2011 Intiative (kalontripa.org). Find a huge directory of all Tibetan websites at TibetSites.com.

May 2009 — Tashi Samphel Has started a web development business, read more at TibetWebGuru.com
From 2007: "Teaching is my passion. I love to share my knowledge with our younger generation — that's why i chose to be a computer teacher instead of working in a company. But ... along with teaching i build websites and develop programs " read more

more geeks ...

News & Events

News that affects the Tibetan IT world.

Tibetan Luozang multilingual digital electronic pocket gadget - a product review at Phayul 5 october 2009 "The appeal of this Tibetan handheld gadget is its Tibetan-ness. There is truly a Tibetan keyboard, perhaps for the first time, and the default displays are in Tibetan. ... The feeling is that you are holding a Tibetan gadget, a Tibetan hardware, a product of indigenous innovation of strong yet very subtle native aspirations."

US relaxes its grip on the internet 30 September 2009 The US government has relaxed its control over how the internet is run. It has signed a four-page "affirmation of commitments" with the net regulator ICANN, giving the body autonomy for the first time

Google framed in China 20 June 2009 Accusations regarding pornography part of attempt to tighten censorship

Firefox 3.5 is out 1 july 2009 The latest and greatest, fastest and safest, Firefox web browser version 3.5.

Looking for Tibetan analysts/advocates input on #netwar theme 25 June 2009

How much are we involved in combating the China propaganda? 27 May 2009, by Tashi Samphel I wonder how many of us ever use the internet as a platform to raise awareness about the Tibetan cause.

More news on this site ...

News sites

• GeekBrief podcasts Tech news on video. "GeekBrief.TV is Shiny, Happy Tech News. It’s a 3-5 minute video podcast, released 4 days a week. We cover news about technology, consumer electronics, and Web 2.0 projects."
• The Register tech news Technical news with interest and and a unique point of view.
• Tibet Sun tech news Technical news especially relating to Tibet and Tibet-in-exile.

downloads

Monlam Bod-Yig Version 3, the latest version of the Unicode Tibetan font, and other useful softwares for techies.

more downloads – web browsers, text editors, file upload, ...

resources

The best websites

Computer.HowStuffWorks.com — Easy-to-read explanations about it works: computers, internet, email, everything.

SitePoint — Books, tutorials, how-tos, forums, for all things web development.

learning

Some tutorials, and links to online and realtime education.

Some small and useful PHP scripts, with notes for learning PHP.