Adventures in web globalization, since 2002
Shutterstock recently published a global selection of color predictions. According to their blog, the predictions are based “millions of images downloaded from around the world, wherein each individual pixel shade is tallied—along with recent click-through rate (CTR) performance.” What jumped …
Black Friday originated as a sales event specific to the US, the day following Thanksgiving. It has long been the busiest shopping day of the year, though it now extends to several days, or even weeks. And leave it to …
A sponsored blog post from Lilt. Following up on the 2021 Ascend Conference, Lilt has created a bundle of cheatsheets that include distilled information and takeaways from the conference. The PDFs are designed to help you: Explore unique approaches to launching …
I suppose it was just a matter of time before the advertising algorithms figured I’d be in the market for a country code top-level domain (ccTLD), perhaps .CA. And so I happened upon this ad the other day: Choose.ca links …
Robert Frost wrote that good fences make good neighbors. Yet when it comes to virtual fences, visualized as maps, I’m not sure there is any way to create “good fences.” So many regions around the world are under dispute. And …
As I mentioned a few days ago, Singles Day arrived well before the official start: 11/11. But now that it has officially arrived, a thought a few screen shots would be in order. First off, Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com reports …
Today is not only Singles Day, it is also World Usability Day. A day that I believe will gain in importance in the years ahead as more people become aware of the value of supporting truly “world ready” and “user …
As I write this on November 5th, Singles Day (November 11th “11.11”) is nearly a week away. Singles Day is the world’s biggest shopping day, a virtual event that originated in China, popularized by Alibaba, and, thanks in large part …