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4 tips for DIY makers
I started learning stencil printing and hand lettering this year, and became quite enthralled with it. These age old techniques really add something special to ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Nov 22, 2016 02:36 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Open source in everyday life: How we celebrated the Software Freedom Day in Bengaluru
The free and open source software (FOSS) enthusiasts just celebrated the Software Freedom Day (SFD) on September 17 all across the world. This year, a small ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Oct 27, 2016 01:07 AM — Filed under: , ,
How Open Access Content helps Fuel Growth in Indian-language Wikipedias
Mobile Internet connectivity is growing rapidly in rural India, and because most Internet users are more comfortable in their native languages, websites ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Oct 25, 2016 01:39 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
What Indian Language Wikipedias can do for Greater Open Access in India
The number of internet users in India was expected to reach 460 million by 2015, as the growth in the previous year was 49 percent. The total number of users ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Oct 22, 2016 04:12 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
How we celebrated Software Freedom Day
A small group of 6 FOSS contributors from communities such as Mozilla, Wikimedia, Mediawiki, Open Street Map and users of FOSS solutions gathered in Bengaluru ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Oct 07, 2016 02:02 AM — Filed under: , ,
Software Freedom Day: The Importance of Free and Open Source Software
Software Freedom Day (SFD) on September 17 celebrates the liberty that free and open software and the philosophy of freedom brings into people’s lives. When ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Sep 18, 2016 03:46 AM — Filed under: , , ,
ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା
Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, was celebrated in many cities today. The piece sheds light on the philosophy of ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Sep 18, 2016 03:33 AM — Filed under: , ,
ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ୍ ଲେଖିବା
I authored a column on writing our code in our own hands for the editorial of Odia-language daily the "Samaja". The piece is about the philosophy of software ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Sep 17, 2016 04:04 PM — Filed under: , ,
It's September, and That Means It's Time for Software Freedom Day
Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, is just around the corner on September 17. When the day first started in 2004, ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Sep 17, 2016 03:42 PM — Filed under: , , , ,
Indians Ask: Is Visiting a Torrent Site Really A Crime?
India has banned various large-scale torrent sites for a long time — this is old news. But under a new federal policy in India, one can be jailed for three ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Sep 06, 2016 02:09 PM — Filed under: ,
3 Copyright Tips for Students and Educators
Copyright is a really complicated topic, and when it comes to online use of creative works, accidentally crossing the line between fair use and a copyright ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Oct 07, 2016 12:42 AM — Filed under: , ,
Meet the Newly Born Tulu Wikipedia, the 23rd in a South Asian Language!
The Tulu language Wikipedia became the latest entrant in the family of 294 world-language Wikipedia projects after the project went live from Wikimedia ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 30, 2016 02:14 AM — Filed under: , ,
Preserving Languages and Cultures in India: The Birth of the Tulu Wikipedia
After eight years of effort and outreach, the Tulu language Wikipedia has gone live. Wikimedia contributors play a key role in preserving languages and ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Sep 07, 2016 03:35 PM — Filed under: , ,
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପାଇଁ ଓସିଆର: ଛପା ଲେଖାର ଛବିରୁ ଡିଇଟାଲ ଲେଖା
Though not an open source solution, Google's OCR works really well for Odia and other Indian languages. My column in the Odia daily the Samaja that was ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 23, 2016 03:16 PM — Filed under: , ,
WikiConference India 2016 Submission: How to better tell your Wikimedia Community Story using Media as a Tool
The Wikimedia community has constantly struggled to a) reach out to masses and tell them about their contribution, and motivate people to contribute to the ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 17, 2016 02:24 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Community digest: Konkani language speakers are separated by scripts but unite by Wikipedia; news in brief
Konkani-language Wikipedians on what they think of Wikipedia as a binding factor for native speakers who speak in different variations of the same language and ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 07, 2016 03:11 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
The largest Wikipedia gathering in South Asia kicks off
Wikimedia Conference 2016Wiki Conference India 2016 (WCI), the largest gathering of contributors to Wikipedia and its sister projects in South Asia, will be ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 06, 2016 05:11 PM — Filed under: , , ,
South Asia's Largest Wikimedia Conference Kicks Off in India
Wiki Conference India 2016, the largest gathering of the contributors of Wikipedia (the multilingual online encyclopaedia) and its sister projects called ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 08, 2016 01:39 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Community celebrates birthday of Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wiktionary
This June, Odia Wikipedia turned 14 and Odia Wiktionary turned 11. Odia Wikimedia community member Chinmayee Mishra, CIS-A2K Programme Associate Sailesh ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jul 09, 2016 03:25 AM — Filed under: , , ,
Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface
Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way. by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Aug 03, 2016 02:00 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ବିଶାଳତମ ଅନଲାଇନ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ଗଢ଼ିବାର ଅଭିଯାନ
ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଏନସାଇକ୍ଲୋପିଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆକୁ ଆଜି ୧୪ ବର୍ଷ ପୂରିଲା । ଏ ଅବସରରେ ଏହି ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପ ଓ ତାକୁ ଗଢୁଥିବା ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାସେବୀ ଉଇକିଆଳିଙ୍କ ବାବଦରେ ଏକ ଆଲେଖ । by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jun 09, 2016 11:58 AM — Filed under: , ,
ଅନଲାଇନ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ ଗଢ଼ା
I wrote this article in Samanya Kathan, an Odia-language portal on June 5, 2016. The article is about the journey of the Odia Wikipedia and was published on ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jun 08, 2016 02:51 AM — Filed under: , ,
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର ବିକାଶ
The article on Odia Wikipedia was published in the Samaja on June 2, 2016. by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jun 04, 2016 04:37 AM — Filed under: , ,
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ: ଏକ ଅଭିଯାନ
The article which details Odia Wikipedia's 14 year-long journey was published in the Odia newspaper Suryaprava on June 3, 2016. by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jun 04, 2016 04:26 AM — Filed under: , ,
Celebrating 13 Years of the Kannada-language Wikipedia
The Kannada-language Wikipedia celebrated its 13th anniversary on February 14 in Mangalore. To celebrate the journey of the project and the community, Kannada ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jun 18, 2016 04:20 PM — Filed under: ,
ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଏନସାଇକ୍ଲୋପିଡ଼ିଆ "ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ" ବିକାଶ ପାଇଁ ଏକାଠି ହେଲେ ପୁରୀର ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀ
ସଂସ୍କୃତିର ସହର ପୁରୀରେ ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀମାନେ ଇଣ୍ଟରନେଟରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷାକୁ ଅଧିକ ବ୍ୟବହାରଯୋଗ୍ୟ କରିବା ପାଇଁ ତଥା ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଅଧିକ ପଠନଯୋଗ୍ୟ ଲେଖାର ବିକାଶ ଲାଗି ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆରେ ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jun 18, 2016 04:21 PM — Filed under: , , ,
Celebrating the 13th anniversary of Kannada Wikipedia
The Kannada-language Wikipedia, arguably the largest online encyclopedia in Kannada language, celebrated its 13th anniversary on February 14, 2016 in Mangalore. by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified May 23, 2016 09:08 AM — Filed under: , , , ,
Draft Law Would Prohibit Showing ‘Disputed Areas’ on Maps of India
Maps that label geographic areas of conflict as “disputed” territories in India could put one behind bars for seven years with 1B Indian Rupees (US$15M) ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified May 15, 2016 01:05 PM — Filed under:
Eight Challenges Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome
Even after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, the largest available encyclopedia ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Jun 18, 2016 05:09 PM — Filed under: ,
Eight Challenges That Indian-Language Wikipedias Need to Overcome
Even after a decade of existence, Indian language Wikipedias are not yet known to many Indian language speakers. Wikipedia, being the largest available ... by Subhashish Panigrahi last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:05 PM — Filed under: , , ,