Most people know that a wiki is an internet-based environment for writers to collaborate and create articles that are easily linked. Media Wiki can be set up quickly with a fast installation. This covers all of the administrative tips and the PHP file insertions. Customize a Desktop design to use with applications and take it [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

Many computer users use Wikipedia, or one of its sister Wiki sites as reference when they want to look something up on the Internet. They basically use Wikipedia as an encyclopedia, which is fine, as long as they remember that information on the site may be incorrect due to its “everyone may edit everything” guidelines. [...]

Categories: Linux, Mac, Software, Windows

I take notes. I take a LOT of notes. When I’m not at a PC I use pen and paper. When I am at a PC I use whatever tool is the most accessible and the most usable. For the longest time that tool was my text editor (most likely Nano). The only problem with [...]

Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Software

The website for whistle-blowers, Wikileaks is apparently not bothered by the arrest today of a US Army analyst who has been arrested on suspicion of leaking classified material to the website, according to the BBC. The US Army’s detention of Bradley Manning was arrested in Kuwait and was “placed in pre-trial confinement for allegedly releasing [...]

Categories: Misc

Note Taking: Windows users have many choices when it comes to that. From using simple text files to Office documents and online resources; Note Taking applications exist for every possible usage scenario from simple to complex. Linked Notes is a desktop note taking software for the Windows operating system that combines rich text editing with [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Wikimedia recently conducted a study into how to make their projects, like Wikipedia, more usable and user friendly. The study highlighted a number of interesting points, like that many users had never been to Wikipedia’s homepage, instead finding articles through search engines. These points have helped steer development. One of the first things to come [...]

Categories: The Web

The biggest time saver you can implement in your coding practices is some sort of searchable database of all the data you need when you’re working on a project. I mean code snippets, images, data sets, tips & tricks, whatever you use a lot and can be copy pasted. A great way to manage these [...]

Categories: Security, Tools, Web Development

If you are a teacher or have any need for a classroom-based Wiki project, I have the perfect solution for you. I discovered CourseForum a few years back when I was looking for a web-based software that could help a peer create a web site for her class that could help students stay organized. There [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Mac, Project, Software, The Web, Tools, Tutorials Basic, Windows

Last year, the German Wikipedia was printed. Now, many Wikipedias worldwide – including the English Wikipedia – has given people the opportunity to compile a book of Wikipedia articles which can then be professionally printed or exported as a PDF or OpenDocument. Wikipedia has enabled the ‘Book’ extension to MediaWiki, the content management system it [...]

Categories: The Web