The “not applicable” global gateway
When I see NA I generally think “not applicable.” Which was why I gave the Corpay global gateway a second look when I visited recently: Naturally, I clicked on the …
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Mailchimp makes a subtle but important global improvement
Last year, I noted that Mailchimp had begun its global expansion with a few rookie mistakes. Mailchimp was using its super-header to announce support for multiple languages: The globe icon …
Color trends, country by country, point to #serenity
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 …
Taking emoji global: Google and Adobe
Two interesting posts to share about the globalization of emoji… GooglePolishing Up Emoji Emoji have a global audience and it’s important for them to be globally relevant. Pie emoji is …
Lead the World to Your Website on July 27th
A localized website is of little value if local users cannot find it. And yet many global websites continue to make visual and technical mistakes that keep local websites effectively …
Think outside the country (name): A world map of country name origins
This month I had planned to be traveling to Southern Land (Australia). At least I can visit virtually. Like via this unique map of the world based on the origin …
A unique look at the emerging multilingual Internet
I’m happy to announce that I’ve updated my map of the world’s internationalized domain names for 2018: The map includes all ICANN-approved country code IDNs for the world — more …
Country Codes of the World XL
I love to design custom Country Code or IDN prints for various companies and organizations. And, on occasion, these prints can be quite large, as shown below: This photo is from the London …
Stay Classy, San Diego
Just when I think that news websites can’t get any more painful to look at, I visit the home page of the San Diego Union Tribune: I think there is …