Access and offline

Bringing people without a reliable connection into online communities: intermediaries, portable tools and community centres.

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  A wiki on a flash drive: editing offline and syncing later

  How a community can carry its wiki on a USB stick, let people read and edit without a connection, and merge their changes safely when they get back online.

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  Reaching people who are offline

  Billions of people still use the internet rarely or not at all. How online communities can include them through intermediaries, text messages, radio, printed digests and shared access points.

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  UK online centres and community networks: a history of local digital help

  How Britain built a network of local places where people could get online with help, what became of it, and what it taught online communities about inclusion.