The UniYatra Group promotes educational, cultural, and community-building outcomes,
working with individuals and organizations to provide
cultural and human-centered learning, products, and services.
Please learn more about What We Do, Who We Are, and Where We Have Been. We also hope you find the following eclectic articles (a mix of technological, cultural, and travel postings) useful.
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Building a Virtual Office for a Non-Profit
In my work with non-profits, I have evaluated and implemented many tools and services to efficiently and simply support the administrative, accounting, constituent and relationship management, payroll, and other functions. In this article, I'd like to share some of my favorites. I am not being paid by, nor do I... -
Mapbox: Creating and Embedding Interactive Maps
A non-profit I consult for wanted a way of engaging visitors with an interactive map that illustrated the scope and reach of its activities. I was in geek-heaven when I discovered "mapbox". Creating and customizing a mapbox map has a high learning curve and required hours of trial-and-error, but I... -
High-Value WordPress Plugins
The plethora of WordPress plugins can be overwhelming. Here is a list of my high value, simple, and elegant WordPress plugins: All-in-One WP Migration is a free plugin that makes moving a WordPress site from one host to another super simple. If your hosting provider uses cPanel, then you might prefer... -
WordPress in GCP Free Tier – Quick Start
This article provides a super-quick process for creating a WordPress site in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), suitable for use in CGP's free service tier. I found that creating a VM instance from the Google Cloud Platform Marketplace is much easier than building out WordPress straight from a GCP VM... -
Kangiten – The Hindu Deities in Japan – 2005
In 2004, I came across a “kangiten” on Miyajima near Hiroshima at the entrance to Miyajima Misen Daisho-in Temple. On August 16, 2005, I posted a blog article to our previous uniyatra.org website. I am reposting this article here. For an update, please see "Kangiten - The Hindu Deities in...