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Organic Design offers a range of services around setting up wikis for your organisation and helping you use and develop the wiki for document management, collaboration and organisation. This includes the initial set-up of your wiki, administration, development and training as required. Our focus is the adaptation of the software to support additional organisational requirements such as website content management, procedures documentation and record administration. In doing so, we aim to integrate a range of functions into a unified system that can be used to run organisations in a collaborative way.
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== Free services we use ==
== Wiki ==
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*[http://Github.com Github] ''- software repository hosting for open source projects''
We can set up and configure a hosted wiki to your requirements. This will allow you to take advantage of all the features of the software that powers Wikipedia, so you can create an internal or public knowledge base around topics of importance to your organisation.
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*[https://blogtrottr.com/subscriptions/ Blogtrottr] ''- subscribe to RSS or Atom feeds to have them sent to an email address''
;Further details:
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*[https://letsencrypt.org/ LetsEncrypt] ''- free SSL certs, see also [[SSL]] which has our configuration details''
*[[Wiki Packages]]
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*[https://onename.io OneName] ''- decentralised identity using the Namecoin network''
=== Wiki skins for website ===
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*[https://keybase.io Keybase] ''- decentralised secure identity and encryption/decryption/signing service''
Our wiki skinning service allows you to specify what you want your wiki to look like - you can specify any "normal website" design. Then you can continue to manage your documents using the familiar wiki interface and specify which ones are to be displayed on the public website part. Just like we do on Organic Design.
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*[[Prezi]] ''- make cool presentations online''
=== Wiki organisation ===
 
We have developed a technology to add a number of functions to MediaWiki, which allow the mass creation and organisation of records. These could be web enquiry forms, contact management, task tracking, invoicing or a range of other records as required by your organisation. All with the ability to track changes, discuss individual pages and mix casual notes with structured data.
 
=== Wiki development ===
 
A lot of organisations need further functions in addition to what we set up, that's where our experienced developers come in. they can help you figure out what is needed and
 
  
== Support ==
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== Free online tools we use ==
=== Content Management ===
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*[http://validator.w3.org/ W3C Validator]
=== Training ===
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*[https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest SSL test]
=== Consultancy ===
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*[http://www.loadinfo.net/ Loader Generator]
== Server Administration ==
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*[http://jsfiddle.net jsFiddle]
=== Web hosting server ===
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*[http://www.redirect-checker.org/ Redirect checker]
*Wiki
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*[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~dapete/ImageMapEdit/ImageMapEdit.html?en ImageMap Editor]
*Website
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*[http://dnsstuff.com DNS Stuff]
*Enquiry forms
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*[http://www.isup.me isup.me]
=== Email server ===
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*[http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp Browser Stats]
*Imap server
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*[https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.organicdesign.co.nz&bwm=i&bwmf=s&bwmo=d&fr=yfp-t-501&fr2=seo-rd-se Who links to us?]
*Webmail
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*[http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html ColorSchemer]
*Anti-spam
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*[http://www.webpagetest.org/ webpagetest.org]
=== Backup ===
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*[http://samy.pl/evercookie/ EverCookie]
== Network Administration ==
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*[http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets RichSnippet Tester]
=== Network server ===
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*[http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/ Ubuntu sources generator]
=== Workstation setup ===
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*[http://vixy.net/ Vixy video converter]
=== Software migration ===
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*[http://browsershots.org BrowserShots.org] ''- check what you site looks like in other browsers''
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*[http://netrenderer.com/ NetRenderer] ''- alternative to browsershots.org''
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*[http://web-sniffer.net/ View HTTP Headers]
  
== Why use Organic Design Services? ==
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== Paid services we use ==
=== Cost effective ===
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*[http://twilio.com Twilio] ''- virtual phone numbers for sending/receiving voice and SMS to and from your server''
We base all our services on free, open source software developed by a worldwide community of experts. This means you only pay for customisation and support of proven and reliable software. We do not charge license fees for software, or ongoing per-user fees for software. Generally there is a setup cost and an hourly rate charged for development and support. That's it!
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*[http://codero.com Codero] ''- our favourite dedicated server provider''
=== Remain independent ===
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*[http://linode.com Linode] ''- our favourite cloud server provider''
We will make sure you always have a choice regarding how your organisation uses software to get work done. This means our work complies with standards and we will always make procedures available for you if you wish to administrate the software yourself. Further, our agreements do not include minimum terms or any other kind of lock-in to try and "encourage" our clients to stay. Instead, we focus on delivering quality services and maintaining good communications with our clients.
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*[http://namecheap.com Namecheap] ''- our favourite domain name supplier (they accept [[bitcoin]] too, and their dedicated server prices look good, but haven't tried them out yet)''
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*[http://www.webdrive.co.nz WebDrive] ''- our domain name host for NZ domains''
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*[http://bitnz.com BitNZ] ''- our favourite NZ bitcoin exchange''
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*[https://www.bitcointoyou.com/ Bitcoin2You] ''- our favourite Brazilian bitcoin exchange''
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*[http://paguecombitcoin.com/ PagueComBitcoin] ''- pay Brazilian "Boleto" invoices or topup cell phone with bitcoin''
  
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== On demand products ==
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On demand products are becoming very popular nowadays especially due to all the new 3D-printing hardware that's available now.
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=== Printing On Demand ===
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*[[W:Espresso Book Machine]] ''- print books on demand - general concept''
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*[http://www.lightningsource.com Lightning Source]
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**[http://www.lightningsource.com/links.aspx#AuthorServicesLinks List of on-demand printing businesses]
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*[http://www.ondemandbooks.com/home.htm On Demand Books (ODB)]
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*[http://www.lulu.com/ Lulu]
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=== Production On Demand (POD) ===
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*[http://www.zazzle.com Zazzle] ''- on-demand printing of merchandise''
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*[http://www.cafepress.com/ CafePress] ''- on-demand printed merchandise and CD/DVD's''
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*[http://finerworks.com/pricing.asp finerworks.com] and [http://www.canvasondemand.com/canvas-sizes.asp CanvasOnDemand] ''- printing/framing/mounting photos on canvas''
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*[http://www.3dprinterworld.com/article/metal-printing-for-consumer-s1-from-aurora-labs Affordable 3D metal printing available]
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=== On Demand in Software Architecture ===
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This concept of production on demand also plays an important role in software architecture and programming environments. Complex applications like office suites and content management systems can have huge arrays of diverse components and modules. Applying the on-demand paradigm in this context simply means to only load those components into memory when their first required.
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This issue is closely related to the programming environment as well, for example the so-called "stateless" paradigm which is the client-server/request-response system used on the web is not a very on-demand environment. This is because every request has to run its own instance of the server application. Although shared-object architectures can help with this, it would be supported from the ground up in a peer-to-peer architecture.
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== See also ==
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*[[Libre software]]
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*[[Open Source#Open Source hardware|Open Source hardware]]
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*[http://fiverr.com/ Fiver.com] ''- cheap online services of all kinds''

Revision as of 12:13, 10 January 2017

Free services we use

  • Github - software repository hosting for open source projects
  • Blogtrottr - subscribe to RSS or Atom feeds to have them sent to an email address
  • LetsEncrypt - free SSL certs, see also SSL which has our configuration details
  • OneName - decentralised identity using the Namecoin network
  • Keybase - decentralised secure identity and encryption/decryption/signing service
  • Prezi - make cool presentations online

Free online tools we use

  • Twilio - virtual phone numbers for sending/receiving voice and SMS to and from your server
  • Codero - our favourite dedicated server provider
  • Linode - our favourite cloud server provider
  • Namecheap - our favourite domain name supplier (they accept bitcoin too, and their dedicated server prices look good, but haven't tried them out yet)
  • WebDrive - our domain name host for NZ domains
  • BitNZ - our favourite NZ bitcoin exchange
  • Bitcoin2You - our favourite Brazilian bitcoin exchange
  • PagueComBitcoin - pay Brazilian "Boleto" invoices or topup cell phone with bitcoin

On demand products

On demand products are becoming very popular nowadays especially due to all the new 3D-printing hardware that's available now.

Printing On Demand

Production On Demand (POD)

On Demand in Software Architecture

This concept of production on demand also plays an important role in software architecture and programming environments. Complex applications like office suites and content management systems can have huge arrays of diverse components and modules. Applying the on-demand paradigm in this context simply means to only load those components into memory when their first required.

This issue is closely related to the programming environment as well, for example the so-called "stateless" paradigm which is the client-server/request-response system used on the web is not a very on-demand environment. This is because every request has to run its own instance of the server application. Although shared-object architectures can help with this, it would be supported from the ground up in a peer-to-peer architecture.

See also