Archive for October, 2007

Vietnamese Language Jade Ribbon Arizona PSA

Yen stops by and we create a Vietnamese language PSA.

Please help us spread the word that there is a test, there is a vaccine, and there treatment. Encourage your friends to Get Tested! If you want to put this video on your website or MySpace page use this code and please share this YouTube video. Thank you very much for reading.

And here is our hosted video.

 
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Jade Ribbon Arizona PSA 1

Another technology test as we learn how to create YouTube videos and to embed them onto our website.

Please help us spread the word that there is a test, there is a vaccine, and there treatment. Encourage your friends to Get Tested! If you want to put this video on your website or MySpace page use this code and please share this YouTube video. Thank you very much for reading.

And here is our hosted PSA.

 
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Jade Ribbon Arizona Campaign Video

This video will provide you with an overview of the Jade Ribbon Arizona campaign. It is about 21 minutes long (and is the second take - as the first one had sound issues).

Please remember that there is a test, there is a vaccine, and there is treatment. Get Tested! Thank you very much for reading.

 
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Wiki, Forum, and Project Management sites are live.

And for the moment mostly empty.

I like PBwiki, but in the end I switched over to MediaWiki. Part of it is a preference to hosting the wiki on my own servers (PBwiki is hosted on their servers) and part of it is the fact that I think we should all learn how to edit wikis the old school way and participate in editing Wikipedia (MediaWiki software is the same used by Wikipedia). Here is a link to the MediaWiki user’s guide learn how to edit then head to the Jade Ribbon Arizona Wiki and contribute.

The forum is also live. For the forum I decided to use bbPress instead of phpBB. I love WordPress and decided to give their forum software a try. You may find the forum here: http://forum.jaderibbon.net.

I got some good suggestions for Project Management software, but in the end chose a self-hosted solution instead. You may find that site here: http://project.jaderibbon.net/ (login “Guest” | password “Guest”).

Now it gets fun…

(since you asked, yes, we are on MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/jaderibbonaz)

There is a test, there is a vaccine, and there is treatment. Thanks for reading. Have a good weekend and Get Tested!

P.S. Testing our mad podcasting skillz. This is just a test. We will be sure to notify you when the podcast goes live.

 
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Wikis and other collaboration tools.

Spent part of the day building a wiki for this project. I have edited wikis in the past, but never had cause to build my own. I decided to use PBwiki and will post the link when I am done editing the first draft. Wikis are great tools for collaborative writing and PBwiki seems to be the easiest to use and share.

I am debating setting up Basecamp to display and coordinate the project management. It gets pricey to add the more useful features. I am aware of opensource alternatives but offer the type of transparency I am looking for. For most, Basecamp included, you need to have privileges to view pages. Backpack can be made public, but it lacks the project management tools. I am not sure about using the wiki as a project management tool, but that may be our best alternative. Any suggestions?

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There is a test, there is a vaccine, and there is treatment. Thanks for reading.

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