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====== Technology ====== | ====== Technology ====== | ||
- | MEDLab hosts its own software in order to participate in the free/ | + | MEDLab hosts its own software in order to participate in the free/ |
- | ==== Cloudron | + | ===== Cloudron |
- | **What it is**: [[https:// | + | '' |
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+ | [[https:// | ||
**How it works**: Cloudron automatically updates our apps and backs up their data. We don't need to worry about it too much. It is through Cloudron that we create accounts that can be used on the other apps we use, as it manages accounts centrally. Our Cloudron system is hosted on a DigitalOcean droplet. | **How it works**: Cloudron automatically updates our apps and backs up their data. We don't need to worry about it too much. It is through Cloudron that we create accounts that can be used on the other apps we use, as it manages accounts centrally. Our Cloudron system is hosted on a DigitalOcean droplet. | ||
- | ==== Gitlab [gitlab.com/ | + | ===== Crypto wallet |
+ | '' | ||
- | ==== Newsletter ==== | + | **What it is**: Because MEDLab engages in experiments with cryptocurrency, |
+ | **How it works**: Nathan maintains the private keys for this wallet. If you have a project for which you could use ETH or other tokens, please discuss with him. | ||
- | ==== NextCloud [cloud.medlab.host] ==== | ||
- | **What it is**: [[https:// | + | ===== DokuWiki ===== |
- | **How it works**: Any MEDLab research fellows should be able to access our filesystem with their accounts. It works much like Google Docs. You can edit Mircosoft and OpenDocument office file formats (.docx, .odt, .pptx, .xlsx, etc.) online using the Collabora editor, but this is a bit clunky and slow. It might be easier to download such files to your computer, edit locally, and then re-upload. A faster and simpler collaborative editing tool, though less powerful, is NextCloud's built-in Markdown editor. To use it, create a "New text document" | + | '' |
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+ | **What it is**: This handbook! DokuWiki is a simple FLOSS wiki system that uses simple text files rather than a fancy database. It is hosted on Cloudron. | ||
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+ | **How it works**: DokuWiki uses the same user account system as other apps on the Cloudron system. All MEDLab team members have edit access; Nathan has admin access. | ||
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+ | ===== Git ===== | ||
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+ | '' | ||
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+ | **What it is**: Git is an open-source version-tracking tool. We have primarily used it through GitLab, an open-source commercial platform similar to GitHub. It is self-hostable on Cloudron, but it is resource-intensive, | ||
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+ | **How it works**: Create an account on GitLab.com, and Nathan can grant you access to relevant projects. [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Newsletter ===== | ||
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+ | '' | ||
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+ | **What it is**: We send an occasional newsletter through a self-hosted platform called Listmonk, combined with the campus Google Groups system. | ||
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+ | **How to use it**: In Listmonk, create a newsletter using the Google Groups template, targeted at the Google Groups list. Be sure to send a test message to `medlab@colorado.edu` before sending. Upon sending, the email will go to both that address and the Google Groups list, where it will be held for moderation. Nathan is the admin and all posts must be manually approved. | ||
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+ | Lately, this method has not been working, because the Google Group has been blocking the newsletter.app@medlab.host address. Try this: just send yourself a draft and resend that to the list. | ||
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+ | The reason we use Google Groups is that sending email in bulk can be complex from the perspective of server resources, and emails from weird servers like `medlab.host` are likely to be flagged as spam. | ||
+ | ===== Nextcloud ===== | ||
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+ | '' | ||
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+ | **What it is**: [[https:// | ||
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+ | **How it works**: Any MEDLab research fellows should be able to access our filesystem with their accounts. It works much like Google Docs. You can edit Mircosoft and OpenDocument office file formats (.docx, .odt, .pptx, .xlsx, etc.) online using the Collabora editor, but this is a bit clunky and slow. It might be easier to download such files to your computer, edit locally, and then re-upload. A faster and simpler collaborative editing tool, though less powerful, is Nextcloud's built-in Markdown editor. To use it, create a "New text document" | ||
Please use discretion in sharing access to files and folders. All files are available to MEDLab team members, but it may not be appropriate to share them externally. Please ask Nathan if you are uncertain about what would be appropriate. | Please use discretion in sharing access to files and folders. All files are available to MEDLab team members, but it may not be appropriate to share them externally. Please ask Nathan if you are uncertain about what would be appropriate. | ||
- | NextCloud | + | Nextcloud |
* Deck - A [[https:// | * Deck - A [[https:// | ||
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* Element - This is our chat. See information on Matrix below. | * Element - This is our chat. See information on Matrix below. | ||
- | You can access | + | You can access |
- | ==== Matrix | + | ===== Matrix |
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+ | '' | ||
**What it is**: [[https:// | **What it is**: [[https:// | ||
- | **How it works**: Access it through the Element client from within NextCloud, or using a Matrix-compatible mobile app (such as the one also called Element). The server is hosted on Cloudron at matrix.medlab.host (which you only need to know if you're logging in through a mobile client; the Web client already knows this). When first logging in, it will ask you to create a security key, which is a long series of characters. Keep that someplace safe. Hopefully you won't need to use it very often. Log in with the same credentials you use for NextCloud. | + | **How it works**: Access it through the Element client from within NextCloud, or using a Matrix-compatible mobile app (such as the one also called Element). The server is hosted on Cloudron at '' |
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+ | You can use any of the many [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Social media ===== | ||
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+ | We have various social media accounts, though they are not very active. Want to help change that? | ||
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+ | **What it is**: Here are our accounts: | ||
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+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
- | ==== Twitter ==== | + | **How it works**: Nathan controls the accounts, and please discuss with him if you'd like to help. |
+ | ===== Website ===== | ||
- | ==== Website [colorado.edu/ | + | '' |
- | For the [https:// | + | **What it is**: For the [[https:// |
* Basic information about MEDLab projects and personnel | * Basic information about MEDLab projects and personnel | ||
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* Blog posts on our work | * Blog posts on our work | ||
- | Currently, only Nathan has admin access to the website. | + | **How it works**: |