Tibetan Geeks

Tutorials, howtos, FAQs, and information about using the power of the computer and the internet.

• Using: how-tos, information, resources, and programs for using the web.
• Importance: in our individual lives, and in society.
• Cyberactivism: using IT for social change.
• Effects: how IT affects us — as a nation, as an organisation, as an individual.
• Culture: about "information technology" in the broader sense — culture and communication.

• april 2012 Security on your computer
  Your security checklist.
• october 2011 Wikipedia - Why important. How to edit.
• Distributed social networks - a great comic that explains about social websites and servers
• Using the web - for organisations and individuals
  Some resources for Email, Directories, File drop, Newsletters, Mail lists, and Groups, News, Questions and Answers, Search, and Social sites.
• PayPal
  Some info about using PayPal, and making "Buy" or "Donate" buttons on your web page. May not be current.
  PayPal in India is difficult. Best info is from other people who are using it.
• Using tech - for organisations
  How can IT help organisations be more effective? How can organisations help other organisations with IT? Here are some good links to help you out.

• A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, by John Perry Barlow, 1996 10 april 2011
• "Web 3.0" – A story about the Semantic Web (video)
  The future of our web – a lot of interesting ideas, in interviews with Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the web) and many others.
• How the internet works – links to videos and animations
• What is Technology? – A brief explanation.
• Computer and IT history – links to infos
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• Cyber Activism
  Using computer technologies to further your cause.
  Links to good sites about cyberactivism.
  Links to sites about tools for cyberactivism.
• Email
  Some info about using email: Why not to send multiple addresses in Cc: line, links to good infos about spam and mail lists.
• Importance of IT and Internet
  How Information Technology is one the most important things in modern life.
  Links to good sites about the power of internet, including how it is being used by Tibetans.
• Information warfare and Cyber-warfare
  The use of IT for advantage over an opponent, or even for causing damage to them.
• Searching
  Tips for finding what you want in the greatest library in history: the Wonderful World Wide Web.
• Security on your computer
  About "malware" (viruses), a security checklist, and links to more info.
• Wikipedia
  Why important. How to edit.

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• BBC World Click http://www.bbcworld.com/click/ News and comment about IT in the world today
• Tech Soup http://www.techsoup.com/ Very useful and current information about using IT for non-profit organisations.

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