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Ways to use free, open-source,cloud, and other cheap and easy

software in the humanitiesBrought to you by the campers of

Great Lakes THATCamp 2011

http://www.2011.greatlakesthatcamp.org/

*Instructions*

1. add a new slide2. add your stuff3. share and enjoy!

& GLTC 2012!
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Twitter or other handle: EvolvedTech (Josh)

Quantum GIS

http://www.qgis.org

"Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open SourceGeographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNUGeneral Public License. QGIS is an official project of the OpenSource Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux,Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows and supports numerous vector,raster, and database formats and functionalities.

"Quantum GIS provides a continously growing number ofcapabilities provided by core functions and plugins. You canvisualize, manage, edit, analyse data, and compose printablemaps."

-QGIS.org

Installation: http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Download

Manual: http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.html

Gentle Introduction Videos: http://linfiniti.com/dla/

Other Learning Materials: http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Users_Corner#How_to_use_QGIS

Screenshots from QGIS.org:political map (top); OpenStreetMap andraster topography (bottom)
http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Users_Corner#How_to_use_QGIShttp://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htmlhttp://www.qgis.org/wiki/Downloadhttp://www.qgis.org/http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Users_Corner#How_to_use_QGIShttp://www.qgis.org/wiki/Users_Corner#How_to_use_QGIShttp://linfiniti.com/dla/http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.htmlhttp://www.qgis.org/wiki/Downloadhttp://www.qgis.org/


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Twitter or other handle: EvolvedTech (Josh)

Linux Made Easy

If you need a Windows-like interface and adesktop that does all the collaborative activitiesyou're addicted to, but you have to run yourproject on a tight budget or use older machines,

it might be time to move to Linux. Or just do it tobe frakkin' cool.

Ubuntu: the current gorilla of GUI Linux, madeto be user-friendly for newbies

Linux Mint: a multimedia-focused, faster Ubuntu

derivative

JoliCloud: cloud based desktop, app based,almost more like an Android smartphone onyour computer

Fedora: professional desktop installationdesigned to be highly functional immediately

Peppermint: cloud heavy installation, but morelike a computer than a smartphone

Puppy: very small and works well on oldersystems with limited resources

Build Your OwnUSB Pen Drive& Take LinuxAnywhere

1. Choose your distribution of Linux anddownload the *.iso image

http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major

2. Get a simple pen-drive maker

http://www.pendrivelinux.com

3. Profit! Linux installed on a USB drive can bebooted live on any machine where you canaccess the boot menu. Data saved andapplications installed to USB are persistent.Your "workstation" is machine independent.Also a great way to try Linux without affectingyour hard drive.
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=majorhttp://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=majorhttp://www.pendrivelinux.com/http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major


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FOSS Statistics - The Comprehensive R ArchiveNetwork (CRAN)

R is a programminglanguage andenvironment for statisticalcomputing. http://cran.r-project.org/

A great, free and opensource alternative toSPSS and other statisticspackages, R is a powerful

tool for conductingpowerful statisticalanalysis

Getting Started - R Resources Intro to R http://cran.r-project.

org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#The-R-environment

R by example http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/KB/R/index.html

R reference sheet of basiccommands http://cran.za.r-project.

org/doc/contrib/refcard.pdf Alternate UI for the R environment RStudio http://www.rstudio.org/ RCommanderhttp://www.

rcommander.com/ R Bloggers http://www.r-bloggers.

com/, an aggregated site of people

online doing amazing things with R!

@adamkriesber
http://cran.r-project.org/http://cran.r-project.org/http://www.r-bloggers.com/http://www.r-bloggers.com/http://www.rcommander.com/http://www.rcommander.com/http://www.rstudio.org/http://cran.za.r-project.org/doc/contrib/refcard.pdfhttp://cran.za.r-project.org/doc/contrib/refcard.pdfhttp://cran.za.r-project.org/doc/contrib/refcard.pdfhttp://cran.za.r-project.org/doc/contrib/refcard.pdfhttp://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/KB/R/index.htmlhttp://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/KB/R/index.htmlhttp://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/KB/R/index.htmlhttp://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#The-R-environmenthttp://www.r-bloggers.com/http://www.r-bloggers.com/http://www.rcommander.com/http://www.rcommander.com/http://www.rstudio.org/http://cran.za.r-project.org/doc/contrib/refcard.pdfhttp://cran.za.r-project.org/doc/contrib/refcard.pdfhttp://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/KB/R/index.htmlhttp://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/KB/R/index.htmlhttp://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#The-R-environmenthttp://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#The-R-environmenthttp://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#The-R-environmenthttp://cran.r-project.org/http://cran.r-project.org/


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CHEERS FROM ANN ARBOR


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How to get FOSS programmers tolisten to you.

Report bugs. Don't expect others to report them. They like itwhen you report bugs. Seriously!

Write good bug reports. Make fixing your bug the lowesthurdle possible.

explicitly explain how to reproduce your bug. Tell them your browser (if web-based) and Operating

system. Err on telling more than less. Be nice!

FOSS Programmers like to know that you use it. They likeyour ideas for feature suggestions too.

Be explicit with request Picture worth 1000 words Get on lists and get people to vote (either with voting

tools, public conversations, and/or comments).


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Power, People, and Persuasion

Knowing the leadership structure of the software communitycan help you "hack" the community. Main structures:

Constitution (Debian) Consortium (LON-CAPA, Sakai, Kuali(?))

Benevolent Dictator (Moodle) Management through tool mediation

Shameless plug - if anyone finds the "Power, People, andPersuasion" in F/OSS communities, contact [email protected].

Also, please don't steal my title :-) Thanks!


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FOSS in libraryland

Evergreen (library catalogue) Syrup (course mangement system) jamun (discovery layer) LibX : (library toolbar)

the web is made of peoplecode4lib
http://www.code4lib.org/http://www.code4lib.org/http://libx.org/http://www.code4lib.org/http://libx.org/http://libx.org/http://www.open-ils.org/http://reserves.uwindsor.ca/syrup/browse/http://reserves.uwindsor.ca/syrup/browse/http://www.open-ils.org/http://www.open-ils.org/


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KOMODO EDIT

http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit

Open source code editor

@adamkriesberg

http://community.activestate.com/komodo


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Tesseract-OCR

http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/

@ruebot

#!/bin/bashfor f in $( ls );doecho "Attempting to OCR $f"/usr/local/bin/tesseract "$f" ../ocr/"$f" -l eng

done


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KeePass / KeepPassX & SpiderOak

Open Source Password Management

http://keepass.info/ http://www.keepassx.org/

Secure multiplatform file synchronization

https://spideroak.com/

For additional security

TrueCrypt: http://www.truecrypt.org/(can be stored in a synced environment)


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"Save the planet, Save the phone"http://www.cyanogenmod.com/

Help with CyanogenMod andother ROMs can be found at xdadevelopers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/index.php


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OpenPaths

openpaths.cc - free, but not open source, apps for mobilephones. What it 'opens' is your location data, for you.

From their FAQ: "OpenPaths is a secure data locker for personallocation information. Using ourmobile apps you can track your

location, visualize where you've been, and upload your data to theOpenPaths website."

Use their visualization tools, or export as JSON, CSV, or KML Ask users to open their data to you for research purposes
https://openpaths.cc/toolshttp://openpaths.cc/


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TAMS Analyzer - qualitative analysis Useful for thematic coding Mac only (sorry) Intakes text (txt, rtf), image (jpg+), pdf MySQL, allows multiple users

Download:

http://tamsys.sourceforge.net/ (by Matt Weinstein)(also good documentation there)Useful guide / intros:Learn basics (by Tabitha Hart)

Lots of other documentation

Happy to discuss what I'm doing with it...@jesseajohnston
http://www.twitter.com/jesseajohnstonhttp://julius.csscr.washington.edu/pdf/TAMS.pdfhttp://tamsys.sourceforge.net/http://www.twitter.com/jesseajohnstonhttp://julius.csscr.washington.edu/pdf/TAMS.pdfhttp://tamsys.sourceforge.net/


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GIMP - The GNU Image ManipulationProgram

http://www.gimp.org/

The Photoshop alternative forOpen Source lovers (nowavailable on non-Linux OS)

@adamkriesberg


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foss4lib.org


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Get your red hot FOSS (and not...)software

http://ninite.com/


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FOSS4lib

foss4lib.org

FOSS projects in use in libraries

h/t @ruebot

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