Suggestions for FLOS biketour IC tools
Add your recommendations and comments on the possible FLOS communication tools below:
The aim of this page is to collect a list of possible libre and open-source information and communication technology tools for Biketour purposes.
General arguments about why ecotopiabiketour aims to use and promote FLOS, can be found here.
Currently: mostly Gmail :(
Preferences: To ensure communication from "outside" and "within" the Biketour collective. Something that is secure, private, does not steal our data; and will possible filter our messages by subject; keep our lovely name@ecotopiabiketour addresses; with unlimited or lots of 'labels';
Known Alternatives:
- Round-cube
- Squirrel Mail
- Riseup
- Thunderbird
Add your suggestions / recommendations or comment on the above ...
Website & Blog
Currently: wordpress-based, privately hosted website through the very cool Ecobytes :)
Voice over IP
Currently: mostly private Skype accounts :(
Preferences: Voice and or video meetings.
Known Alternatives:
- Mumble
- Pigion
Collaborative working on texts / documents / archive
Currently: mediawiki wiki
Preferences: Getting organised / handover / archive / storage / public space with private options
Known Alternatives
- Crabgrass
Collaborative Mapping
Preferences: Decentrally collecting tips for places to visit, lay out routes, mark interesting regions, overlap with other interesting thematical maps/layers (e.g. from other tours or bike maps)
Known Alternatives:
- a typical example how big corporations (mis-)use open source data for their own purposes: mapquest is a company of AOL.
- takes a little while to get used to it, but pretty self-explaining. unfortunately not suitable for collaboration, since the map has to be locally saved (and then transferred on a web site) each time.
- this map was made with easymap: http://www.memfarado.org/projects/ecotopiabiketour/2013/route/map/map.html
File hosting / File sharing
Preferences: Anyone being able to easily provide larger files for exchange (photos, maps, ...) which are too big for mailing lists and might not interest everyone on a list.
Known Alternatives:
social networking sites
- Purpose: Is there really a purpose? ;) Or maybe: all of the above?
micro blogging
- Purpose: Is there really a purpose? ;)
web > tel : bridging
- Purpose: cheap way of providing (short) info (sms style) to global phone networks from the web (for example when we are on the road or others are on the road to join us).
more?
- Purpose: ...