Subject: Chat with Andrew Stein
From: Andrew Stein <steinlink@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

me: Hey, how does on go about setting up one's own wiki?
me: and is it fairly straightforward?
Andrew: it ridiculously simple
me: we need some manner of collaborating for Project PM contributors, they want something better than Google Docs
Andrew: and there are likely automated web servies ... for instance ...
Andrew: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wiki+software
me: faggot
me: the existence of Google does not preclude one asking for expert opinions
Andrew: sorry, sorry
Andrew: its easy
Andrew: depends on what oyu want
me: IT'S
me: touche
me: anywo
me: basically, I've got these guys started on the Africa project, a couple of lawyers and financial types and other guys
Andrew: africa?
me: and they want something that will allow for hyperlinking
me: the Africa Development Program under Project PM
me: our first sub-program
me: meant to demonstrate our firepower
Andrew: ... which is ...
me: also for me to figure out who has leadership abilities
me: a charity that raises money for sustainable development initiatives in sub-Sahara and which will operate under our collaborative model
me: and which, without overhead and administrative costs, will be able to spend everything it takes in on actual charity
me: and also
me: which will do a better job of identifying the best, most cost-effective and useful approaches to development on the village level
me: for instance
me: just recruited a patent lawyer
me: who says that there are a great number of old technological applications which are just sitting around unused but which could be viably implemented by even unskilled villagers
me: we're going to compose a sort of booklet
me: containing easy-to-understand instructions for building pumps, waterwheels, etc.
me: and work with groups over there who would be in a position to distribute them
me: additionally, going to put funds into microloans
Andrew: bamboo bicycles
me: saline packets to prevent infant diarrhea deaths
me: other very cost-effective applications
me: exactly
me: there are loads of such techniques that are going unused
me: anywho, so I'll look into setting up a wiki to better facilitate collaboration as we're getting too big for Google Docs now
me: speaking of which, I'll show you the doc
me: I got Tarn Adams, Dwarf Fortress creator, interested in PM
me: we're supposed to talk further