Wo Ist Mein Handy? Knowing the German Mobile User
Apparently, whether you say cell phone or smart phone is a giveaway about your age in the US (heavens forbid what clipping the thing...
Thumbs Up to International Design Considerations?
I've been reading Designing Social Interfaces by Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone. It's a fine book written by two respected experts and provides more...
Who is the Language Industry's Chocolate Apple? Comics, Technology, and Culture
I've previously written about the uptake of the comic form in technical communications and some of the translation and cultural challenges.
As part of Oracle's...
Ethnography in User Experience, the African Angle
I get to advise on global user experience (UX) stuff for Oracle applications, so I am always on the lookout for research opportunities in...
Africa Corps
We don't hear enough about African localization and technology. I've said this before, I know. So, here are a collection of links to...
(not) localizing happy hour
I popped over the local brewery across the street from MultiLingual just now for the reduced-price appetizers and a greasy jolt of pub food...
Mental Acculturation
The world flattens by means of technology, brand names, and apparently even psychology, according to the New York Times:
"Behind the promotion of Western ideas...
If only they had iPhones on the Titanic
One of the Multilingual features I enjoy is “Off The Map” by Tom Edwards. In the current issue, Tom writes about “Geopolitical correctness,” and...
Next time on “the Tudors”?
An alert reader (as Dave Barry calls them) has just sent in a December article appearing in the Economist on one of the first...