Holiday Greetings from Lexiteria
Lexiteria, a unique word products and services company, licensed our world peace design and customized it with their logo and message. I’m biased naturally, but I really like this card! …
Select Language(s): Facebook takes language settings to the next level
Facebook is updating its user profile page (profiled in-depth here) and one of the changes is to ask users to self-select one or more languages. Facebook already looks at the …
Translation in the next century
Jaap van der Meer of TAUS wrote a great article on translation in the next century. A few choice quotes: In this new regime, translation is multidirectional, from any language …
Inside Google’s language detection tool
One of the highlights of attending the 2010 Unicode Conference was listening to Richard Sites explain how he developed Google’s statistical language detection algorithm. You may have already used this …
The next Internet revolution will not be in English
This visual depicts about half of the currently approved internationalized domain names (IDNs), positioned over their respective regions. Notice the wide range of scripts over India and the wide range …
US opposes ICANN on gTLD rollout
Just as ICANN preps for the rollout of its much-hyped gTLD program, the US Dept. of Commerce comes along and makes a scene. I read the Dept. of Commerce letter and …
We need to talk about your Amazon sales ranking…
As many of you know, I recently published the novel The Tourist Trail. These days, many writers also produce “book trailers” to promote their works. But since my book is …
World Peace
‘Tis the season for greeting cards. Here is ours… I’ve posted the design to Zazzle. They may be customized with company name, etc. World Peace (green) World Peace (white)
If Russians are wary of Cyrillic domains, who’s buying them?
About a year ago, the NY Times ran an article with the headline: Russians Wary of Cyrillic Web Domains. As someone who has long been bullish on the future of …
See the World, featured in Communication Arts
Our See the World “eyechart” is featured on Communication Arts today. Now I realize the holidays are six weeks away, but it’s never too early to begin thinking about a …
The Savvy Client’s Guide to Translation Agencies
I’m pleased to announce the newest edition of The Savvy Client’s Guide to Translation Agencies. This is the book I wish I had many years ago when I first went …
Webfonts contest
I recently spoke to the folks at Monotype regarding their Web Fonts initiative. And they mentioned a contest they’re running right now to highlight the best implementations of web fonts. …
I’m huge in Japan
My last name happens to be a rather popular brand name in Japan. The Yunker product is a health tonic and has been around since the late 1960s — just …
Is Apple giving up on flags?
Apple has been using flags as part of its global gateway for many years. In 2006, Apple’s global gateway was positioned in the footer and featured a different flag for …
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 …