Creating a world-ready web design
Just a quick note to announce a new article I’ve written for UX Magazine. I hope you find it useful — and please let me know what you think. PS: …
Month: April 2011
Web globalization leaders of industry
Over the past few months I’ve profiled a number the industry leaders from the 2011 Web Globalization Report Card. But I won’t be able to profile them all, so here …
Visualizing Unicode
Unicode is one the great achievements of our era. It’s also incredibly intimidating. So I love to come across videos and web sites that help demystify Unicode. A week ago …
Emirates: Best global airline web site of 2011
Sometimes a web redesign is a big step forward; sometimes it is a step in reverse. In the case of American Airlines (when viewed from a web globalization perspective) a …
My web browser went to de, fr, jp, za and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
Yes, I’m aware of just how globally geeky this shirt is, but I love it nonetheless. Should you want one of your own, you can order it here. And you can …
Dear Airbnb: Please take down your mutant flag
Airbnb is one of the hot new travel web service startups. It basically lets you rent out your spare bedroom or look for a spare bedroom when you travel. That’s …
The dangers of building a brand on a tenuous country code
About two years ago I wrote with concern about Bit.ly’s use of Libya’s country code. I noted that It’s always important to keep in mind that a company can’t “own” a domain the way …