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Free and open source tool #3: Dokuwiki

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it. One drawback is that the syntax of Dokuwiki is different than MediaWiki, and so the more I use it, the more I forget when I use MediaWiki. But I’m converting my tech wiki to from MediaWiki to DokuWiki.

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Wiki Syntax madness

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I have two other wikis ( a public and private wiki) that are in Mediawiki, on my web host. I didn’t get so far into coding the markup, but I had decided that I’d follow MediaWiki’s syntax, since it was the most popular wiki software. And I contribute to varied other wikis, which are on varied other wiki platforms.

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Varied and sundry before a brief break

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

That is actually one of the things I’m going to try and change – to set up to do a post every weekday. And further, there is an amazing integration of Elgg with Mediawiki. We’ll see how that goes. Before I took off, I wanted to mention a few things that have been on my mind (and on my plate.)

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Tagged Again. Media Consumption.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've wanted to change to gmail, but need a slow period. Wiki: I love wikispaces, but also use mediawiki, socialtext, and pbwiki. Here's a few tools I'm using: Email: I'm using the comfort blanket that is outlook. I live at the post office. Browser: I use firefox unless I'm forced to use explorer because of a work contract.

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This guy is right on

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The ED wants file sharing or VNC but won’t even try to use MediaWiki to maintain basic documents. The 16 year old intern, though, is totally game, so maybe it is just about time. [2] Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.