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Welcome to Maka Si Tomni Clearinghouse! American Indian Services, Inc has operated for 34 years in the Sioux Falls community is the 501 (c) 3 sponsoring the development of Maka Si Tomni Clearinghouse. We offer the following services: 1) Business design and planning services for 501 (c) 3. 2) Fund Raising capabilities. 3) Management, accounting and reportin ...learn more
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I would suggest that TiddlyWiki http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ , the Wiki on a Stick (USB drive ) combined with a PortableApps http://portableapps.com/ web browser installation, could be an ideal vehicle for distributing WiserEarth webpage content to people with computers not able to access the internet.
"TiddlyWiki is a single html file which has all the characteristics of a wiki - including all of the content, the functionality (including editing, saving, tagging and searching) and the style sheet. Because it's a single file, it's very portable - you can email it, put it on a web server or share it via a USB stick.
But it's not just a wiki! It has very powerful plugin capabilities, so it can also be used to build new tools. You have full control over how it looks and behaves. For example, TiddlyWiki is already being used as:
A personal notebook
A GTD ("Getting Things Done") productivity tool
A collaboration tool
For building websites (this site is a TiddlyWiki file!)
For rapid prototyping
...and much more!
You can import and export data to and from all sorts of places."
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Hi Phil - I look forward to testing this out. Thanks so much for adding this.
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I can comment that this is a very practical and sensible suggestion.
I am using this basic scheme (TiddlyWiki, USB stick, Portable Apps) to create an in-depth, collaborative, practical Permaculture Design Certificate Course. This combination of the Permaculture Curricula with modern information technology enables us to get valuable information and hands-on training into many remote areas. I am currently working in rural Brasil, where internet is not so readily available (sometimes even telephone and electricity are not yet connected). And yet it can be accessed in local towns and nearby cities...so people without internet and computers can still undertake a high-powered collaborative course. They simply carry a USB stick with them when they go to town and continue their studies via the local lan-house, school or library. The USB stick holds not only the course information, but also all the software (all open code) they need.
I really recommend the suggestion.
Skye