Uniting the World Through (English) Content
Documentum is a developer of well-regarded content management software. It also offers a software package that helps companies manage multilingual Web sites. And yet the …
Month: February 2004
Microsoft: Death by a Thousand Languages?
Microsoft likes to make a big deal of how global a company it is, and for good reason. The company now makes more money from …
Globalization and the Next Generation
The Pew Global Attitudes Project recently released the results of a study that show remarkable differences between how different age groups (and cultures) view globalization. …
Opportunism, Thy Name is Spanish
From Verizon Wireless to Office Depot, executives have finally awakened to the importance of the Spanish-speaking market within the US. Consider the following stats, compliments …
Global Warming and the Presidency
It looks like global warming is going to be a key issue this election season, and for good reason. I, for one, do believe that …
Words Without Borders
The NY Times published an article yesterday about a relatively new literary journal that publishes only translated prose. It is called Words Without Borders: www.wordswithoutborders.org. …
The Globalization of Autodesk
The San Francisco Chronicle recently interviewed with Carol Bartz, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Autodesk. Clearly, this is one company commited to taking …
Notes From Antarctica, Part 2
And now for the sobering aspect of my trip to the Antarctic. The naturalists on board our ship told us that the water temperature in …