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Month: September 2014

One probable beneficiary of Scotland independence: .SCOT

September 18, 2014 by John Yunker

So today is the big day for the people of Scotland as well as the UK. One question that occurs to country code geeks such as myself is what country code …

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Categories Country Codes

What’s the ROI of web globalization?

September 10, 2014 by John Yunker

I’ve been meaning to write about this for awhile. A few months ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly said this at an investor meeting: “When we work on making our devices …

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Categories Apple, Software Localization, Web Globalization

What’s wrong with this global gateway?

September 3, 2014 by John Yunker

A few things. First, using flags to indicate language is almost always a mistake. Second, why are the language names all in English? Only the “English language” text needs to be …

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Categories Global By Design, Global navigation

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