November 30, 2005
Tagging under the hood
Todays planning meeting showed up a couple of instances of situation where you don't quite realise what you've built till you've built it.
Even in it's current, primitive state the system allows tags to be attatched to pretty much anything and searched on. This turned out to make the requirements for labelling content as approved by a particular organisation, or being able to view a users action history within the system much more straightforward than usual.
Simply assign an appropriate tag - and when needed run a search to generate the appropriate list of content or register that a given tag is 'special' and display it appropriately. While the time saving here is probably in hours rather than days it does lead to a more straightforward piece of software under the hood, and it's got me thinking about what else might be possible with the tagging tool we've built.
(stories Organisation 04 and User Profile 04 on the story list)
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November 25, 2005
Greenpeace and Open Source
No doubt, the definitions of open source software and open source are debatable. Here is a brief (and by no means comprehensive) list regarding the above title:
1 - Software Copyright
2 - Greenpeace Southeast Asia moves to Free Software
3 - The Kleercut campaign and open-source networks
4 - Building an Affordable World Wide Intranet with the Help of Linux
5 - Greenpeace, the web and the Open Source way
Perhaps of interest to some of you.
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November 24, 2005
Welcome to Custard Melt
Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing the earth today. The Summary for Policy Makers from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides a good introduction to the issues and some of the science.
This brief animation provides some insight into what a world afflicted by climate change could look like.
Climate change is a huge problem, and one that cannot be solved by the few, or the powerful. It is one that can only be solved through millions of people choosing to change their behaviour. It is a bigger issue than any NGO or Government can hope to confront alone.
Melt is Greenpeace's response to this challenge. Through this project we hope to provide a place where everyone with an interest in the climate change issue can come together, organise, discuss and take action.
Although we are creating Melt we do not expect to be anything more than a participant in the finished product. The final system will be a gift to the community, where we hope to join a conversation that will change minds, and protect the future.
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