Wednesday, September 3, 2008

We're live!

It's been simply way too long since our site went down. This was primarily because managing Ɔdadeɛ.org became quite a bit of work! We've fixed that - the site leverages the strengths of Web 2.0 collaborative tools and the unfailing enthusiasm of Ɔdadeɛ volunteers.

Those who were used to popular features like the Roll Call and Dictionary might be wondering... where's the beef? This should help:
Roll Call and Koray -> Ɔdadeɛ Group on Facebook, 700+ members already!
Album -> Ɔdadeɛ's stream on Flickr, 700+ photos uploaded already!
Events -> Ɔdadeɛ's calendar on Google Calendar
Filla -> this blog on Blogger
Dictionary -> now that's a tricky one. We think it's best done as an in-house web app. A Wiki was tempting, but there's no clear online tool with "big name" pedigree for hosting and managing a dictionary. We're working on bringing the Pidgin dictionary back, with all 500 words. 2 weeks?

All the tools are free, hosted by companies with lots of time to bring you fancy features and the all-important security fixes.

It's exciting - an Ɔdadeɛ site that should last!

Enjoy.

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