Tibetan Geeks

News & Events

July 2007 — Himalayan IT Project started in Sikkim http://www.himalayanit.org/ Ugyen Tsewang and friends have started a project to provide IT education and jobs to Tibetan and related communities in Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong areas. read more

Tibetan Geeks

June 2007: Tashi Samphel "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

making tech

• 07 September 2007: The web servers section has some new links, and a web glossary
• 24 August 2007: The network section has a new FAQ page.

using tech

• Cyber Activism
  Using computer technologies to further your cause.
• 25 August 2007: The security section has a security protection checklist: Things you can do to protect your computer, from the basics to advanced.
• Searching
  Tips for finding what you want in the greatest library in history: the Wonderful World Wide Web.

downloads

Monlam Bod-Yig Version 2, the latest version of the Unicode Tibetan font, and other useful softwares for techies.

resources

Books, shops, websites for all aspects of IT. more

• 27 July 2007: Random quotes! Made with text files and a simple php script.

learning

July 2007: Added links for education section

• Some tutorials, and links to online and realtime education.

find solutions

• 31 July 2007: How to download YouTube or Google videos?
  Many sites contain Flash-based streaming videos, and you can download them and view on your own computer.
  here's how

volunteer

HTML and web development teachers needed in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, Siliguri, and Gangtok, and more

jobs

Links to job-finding sites and information about working online, and more

July 2007: Added section for local web developers.

needs

Funding and equipment is needed for Tibetan technical organisations, services,and students. more