Tag: Mobile Apps
Kudos and Comhghairdeas* to Duolingo’s Irish Language Volunteers
The Irish President (Uachtarán Na hEireann) Michael D. Higgins (Micheál D Ó hUigínn) (@PresidentIRL) has publicly recognized seven volunteers for their work in building up the Irish...
Going Native: Chinese Mobile UX
Shout out for a great article by Dan Grover (@dangrover), writing about Chinese mobile app user interface trends.
Dan relocated from San Francisco to China,...
On Chimpanzees, Translators, and Technology: #Haterzgonnahate
User experience (UX) is about understanding everything a user encounters along the journey to completing a task. Working in UX means observing the people,...
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...
Resources for Mobile App Developers' Translation Planning
I was reading a Techcrunch article called the Number of Mobile Devices Will Exceed World's Population by 2012. All very interesting stuff that I...
The Dublin Windows Phone Code Camp: A Localization Debrief
I attended the Windows Phone (WP) code camp at Microsoft in Dublin, an event organized by the Microsoft Ireland Development and Platform Evangelism (DPE) team and...
Localization Services Industry: Does It Scale Down?
I visited Macworld 2011 in San Francisco. The event was dominated by mobile apps for iPhone and iPad and accessories (there was some stuff...
Whatever Happened to the Real Irish Localization Industry? The Lessons for the Community
I’ve worked in, and around, Irish-based localization for 20 years. Once, it was heralded as a cornerstone of foreign investment in Ireland....