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== Saturday ===
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=== Secure Your Phone ===
 
=== Secure Your Phone ===
  
 
The slide notes, including apps, is at https://github.com/foobacca/secure-phone-talk
 
The slide notes, including apps, is at https://github.com/foobacca/secure-phone-talk
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=== Collaborative Writing, online tools and offline practices ===
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List of tools identified
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* google docs
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* etherpad
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* comment press
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* everpad
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* Crabgrass
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* booktype
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* wikibooks
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* gitbooks
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* readthedocs
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Some of the people there and thoughts
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Mark – has done collaborative writing with local groups using etherpad - The development of Cryptoparty manual has been interesting  - different directions – moved onto github – they were then merged.
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Christian  - Comment press – annotation of wp posts. Different tools vary in their use.
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Rich – Bristol wireless website was a wiki – this has been edited and improved by other users – google docs another tool
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Frederica – collaborative editing of a book previously  - wikis could be useful to replace paper based collaboration. Widening involvement.
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Brent – a more activist friendly google docs would be useful – saving and importing from word docs is often needed – low entry no password is good. Libre office is coming up with an online set up.
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Micaela  interested in collaborative writing from publishing background
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Michael - as above
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Pheadra – invites us to a book sprint on the plight of the bumble bee children's book.
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Loukas - - involved in a visual communication coop – writing policies collaboratively
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Scotty – bits of collaborative writing for green tech also on policies. Using crabgrass and another wiki and everpad. Also interested in documenting workshops.
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Darren – etherpad, but there are issues working with online tools like that.
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Mick gave a presentation on Booktype and Booksprints. Some of those notes are up online here.
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http://blog.clearerchannel.org/2014/06/17/booktype-ebooks-learning-platform-future-cetis/

Revision as of 16:41, 20 June 2015

Friday Morning


Save Raveoke

This workshop concluded with Live [Prancercise]

Open Source Low Tech Appropriate Alternative Infrastructure

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Wild Food Walk

Edible plants found:

- St. Johns Wort - Cowslip - Thistle - Red Clover - White Clover - Mallow - Coltsfoot -


Minislots

Antibody tools network

How to deploy pgp encrypted email in an organisation 20+ people

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

Strawberry TARTS

TEDx preview about computer re-use and repair


PRISM and the dark side of the net

will cover the whole internet and what it all means

Saturday =

Secure Your Phone

The slide notes, including apps, is at https://github.com/foobacca/secure-phone-talk

Collaborative Writing, online tools and offline practices

List of tools identified

  • google docs
  • etherpad
  • comment press
  • everpad
  • Crabgrass
  • booktype
  • wikibooks
  • gitbooks
  • readthedocs

Some of the people there and thoughts

Mark – has done collaborative writing with local groups using etherpad - The development of Cryptoparty manual has been interesting - different directions – moved onto github – they were then merged. Christian - Comment press – annotation of wp posts. Different tools vary in their use. Rich – Bristol wireless website was a wiki – this has been edited and improved by other users – google docs another tool Frederica – collaborative editing of a book previously - wikis could be useful to replace paper based collaboration. Widening involvement. Brent – a more activist friendly google docs would be useful – saving and importing from word docs is often needed – low entry no password is good. Libre office is coming up with an online set up. Micaela interested in collaborative writing from publishing background Michael - as above Pheadra – invites us to a book sprint on the plight of the bumble bee children's book. Loukas - - involved in a visual communication coop – writing policies collaboratively Scotty – bits of collaborative writing for green tech also on policies. Using crabgrass and another wiki and everpad. Also interested in documenting workshops. Darren – etherpad, but there are issues working with online tools like that.

Mick gave a presentation on Booktype and Booksprints. Some of those notes are up online here. http://blog.clearerchannel.org/2014/06/17/booktype-ebooks-learning-platform-future-cetis/