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PLEASE NOTE
This is a workspace, a place for collaborating on documents together. If you want to ask a question, introduce yourself, or otherwise start a discussion, you should go to the Discussions section of this group instead.
Announcements
| 12.11: | Internet Access for All provides a detailed resource-space for new connectivity providers in developing regions. |
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| 11.23: | See the Omidyar Network Disaster Relief Match to help earthquake victims in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan. |
| 11.6: | Town Hall Meeting Invitation |
| 8.17: | In the Welcome Wagon group there is a page called the /welcome/Newcomer's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). Stop in and ask (or answer) a question. There's also a /travel/Travel Board where you can tell others where you're going and perhaps hook up with them when you arrive. |
| 8.06: | We've added a new page called Upcoming Conferences after noticing people posting several on discussion pages. We hope this helps to keep everyone informed of all the good upcoming gatherings. Feel free to add to the list! |
| 8.03: | We've added a new page called Reducing the Friction of Giving that lists resources aimed at making it easier for people to give and connect with givers. Can you help this list grow? |
| 7.29: | We've started a new page called Ways we can serve each other to start cataloguing the talents/skills we have to offer each other to help achieve our goals and dreams. What do you have to add? |
| 7.22: | We have an idea for a project that we are currently referring to as The Coffee Table Book Project and would love to have your feedback on the idea, approach or anything else that you feel would be valuable for us to learn. Thanks! |
| 7.20: | We're creating a list of the Organizations and People here on omidyar.net, and we need your help. Take a look to make sure you're represented! |
| 7.20: | See Individuals Making a Difference in Great Examples We Can All Learn From |
| 2.11: | OnTopic launches. Check it out! |
2004
| 12.27: | We're compiling a list of 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake Relief Resources |
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| 9.23: | Have suggestions about omidyar.net? Post them in the suggestions area. |
| 7.20: | Use LanguageLingua for help in other tongues. |
Getting Started
This is a workspace, a place for collaborating on documents together. If you want to ask a question, introduce yourself, or otherwise start a discussion, you should go to the Discussions section of this group instead.
A workspace is different. It's a place where people can work on writing documents together. Anyone can edit, assuming the group permissions allow it. Just click Edit on the menu bar at the top of the screen, and you'll see what I mean.
As you begin to edit more and more complex documents, it's important to keep this plain text clean. Don't be overly concerned about the presentation of your document; instead, focus on the content and readability in the plain text. If it isn't readable in the Edit box, your colleagues won't be able to contribute.
One fun thing about workspaces is that you can create new pages just by naming them in your document. For example, here's a new page now: Sandbox Notice that it's a single word, and followed by a single underscore. If I wanted to create a page with multiple words, I would enclose the page in back-ticks, like this: My experiments To get that, I typed this: `My experiments`_
But remember, just creating a new page doesn't make it easy to find. And if other people can't find your page, what's the point of working on it? Make sure you don't create orphans. Always think about linking to your pages from a Home page of some sort. If you can't think of a Home page for your pages, then at least use an Index page to gather them all in one place.
Now, another tip on how to format your documents. Remember, the plain text is the most important thing: it has to be readable to be useful. So, use plenty of white space. Always leave a blank line between paragraphs, and before and after headings or lists. Just take a look at the plain text of this document, and you'll see what I mean.
Also remember to start every paragraph at the left edge of the Edit box; don't indent paragraphs like they taught you in typing class. If you indent a paragraph in the plain text, it will end up indented a lot more on the web page. Use that to your advantage when you like, but sparingly.
Beyond that, there are a few fancy tricks you might want to learn as you get more familiar with this workspace. Be sure to refer to the /help/Punctuation Help document to learn more if you get stuck.
Page name: Community - General
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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:13:07 PST
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