Setting up FaceTime for Mac-to-Mac chats
I interrupt this blog for a brief tutorial on how to use FaceTime for a Mac-to-Mac video chat. Apple has made lots of noise about how iPhone 4 users can …
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Keeping translation simple (and fast): A Q&A with One Hour Translation
For those who are new to purchasing translation services, the process can be confusing. There are new terms to learn, new technologies, and the pricing can vary greatly between vendors. …
The Art of the Global Gateway: Now in print
I’m pleased to announce that The Art of the Global Gateway is now available in paperback via Amazon. The one caveat with the print edition is that the interior is …
Notes from Localization World Seattle
I was hoping to write an in-depth review of each session I attended at LocWorld but I’ve got a crazy few days ahead and am traveling to the Unicode Conference …
Who says Latin’s a dead language?
Thanks to Google Translate, the language is alive and ready for copy and pasting. Link
UPS has a flags problem (or not)
UPS is running a “New Logistics” advertising campaign supported by a web site that has been localized into three languages. I visited the site (http://thenewlogistics.ups.com) and I couldn’t help but …
IDN update: Korea and India join the party
To date, there have been 33 internationalized domain name (IDN) requests across 22 languages. Most recently, India and Korea passed the string evaluation stage with their IDNs. I’ve updated my IDN …
Gruber gives up on his ✪ IDN
Tech pundit John Gruber threw in the towel on his domain ✪df.ws. He writes: What I didn’t foresee was the tremendous amount of software out there that does not properly …
Fonts in the cloud: Finding the most multilingual solution
For years, web designers have been restricted to a paltry range of fonts. It’s not that operating systems don’t support many fonts. They do. It’s just that web sites must …
The creepy side of geolocation
I’ve long espoused the benefits of using geolocation to improve global navigation. But I also am quick to add a few caveats, the principal one being that users may not …
Navigating the multilingual web: The Art of the Global Gateway
In 1999, I first used the term “global gateway.” At the time, I was referring to a company’s “select language” pull-down menu. Needless to say, the term stuck. But it has …
The decline of foreign markets and the rise of local markets
An article in The Wall Street Journal talks about the American “two track” economy — in which US companies that sell globally are doing much better than those focused only …
Philips CEO on expanding globally
Last week I said I’d love to see more profiles of global-minded business execs and, sure enough, the Journal delivers. Here’s an interview with the Philips Electronics CEO Gerard Kleisterlee. According …
See the world: A multilingual eye chart
The latest creation from Byte Level Research, available for purchase at bytelevel.com/eyechart. This unique take on the Snelling eye chart includes characters from more than 20 languages. It’s the perfect …
Hotels.com and its global growth spurt
In the 2008 Web Globalization Report Card, Hotels.com ranked close to last place in the web services category. In this year’s Report Card, Hotels.com ranked only behind Google and Wikipedia …