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“I think that provided each individual uses their own intelligence or mind to investigate further, this technology should be very useful.”: — His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama
The internet and social media are "extremely useful" in engaging ... a "closed society" like China.: — His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama

using tech

This section is for regular people: How to use these great tools to benefit your work, your organisation, your cause, your people.

using tech - for organisations
Importance of the internet — to you; to your organisation.
We, the IT professionals in Tibetan community must join hands
by Tashi Samphel
We must come forward to do something more productive work in the field of IT to raise the standard of IT in our community. ... read more
Tibetans and Combating Chinese Propaganda,
by Tashi Samphel
I wonder how many of us ever use the internet as a platform to raise awareness about the Tibetan cause. Even our Tibetan government is not handling those issues. Does our government in exile have a specific strategy to resolve these kinds of issues? ... read more 27 march 2009

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.
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
Web Development: Content Management Systems (CMS)
- 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
- How-tos, Ubuntu, vi editor, more ...
Programming
- Javascript code: A few how-tos
more making tech ...

This site built with Open Source: html/css, php, apache, linux, vim, air, water.
— and also with the awesome Lenovo ThinkPad —
which is made in and working for — thank you, China!