Browsing through backarticles of Becoming a Writer Seriously, I ran across a Youtube director codenamed leelefever. After watching his RSS in Plain English, I noticed he has a great video about wikis. Following up my previous post, here’s Wikis in Plain English for those who are still wiki curious.
Current Homepage: http://jhorman.org/wikidPad/
Created by: Jason Horman
Current project lead: Michael Butscher
Abstract
wikidPad is a desktop wiki. Wikis provide a way to organize and link disparate data into cohesive webs of information. wikidPad picks up the organizational baton where notebooks, index cards, word processing documents, and spreadsheets leave off, yet only requires the user learn a [...]
For years I’ve been using and exploring free alternatives to commercial software. The search started out as a pseudo-necessity in college: I wanted good programs on a college budget. My college years started in 1994 and ended in 1998. During that time I watched open source software groups seed themselves and develop into micro-communities. The [...]
Following in the footsteps of SETI@Home, Fight AIDS at Home has set-up an elaborate distributed computer workhorse effort to search for HIV drug treatments.
It’s relatively simple to sign up and participate with the program. Once you’ve installed the program on your computer, spare resources are allocated towards simulated testing of potential AIDS drugs.
Please check them [...]