http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Adventures in Web globalization and all that it entails en-us jyunker@bytelevel.com 2006-08-27T18:02:38-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/08/27/quechua_has_friends_in_high_places.php Quechua is the language of the Incan Empire and is spoken by roughly 10 million people throughout South America, the majority of whom live in Peru and Bolivia. Recent developments suggest that this “minority” language is not going gently into... 64452@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Software Localization 2006-08-27T18:02:38-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/06/20/soccer_vs_football_via_espn.php I always have wondered what Europeans would call US football if and when it became popular over there. Apparently, I'm not alone and ESPN has a solution to that pesky soccer/football naming issue. You can view the ad here... 60602@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2006-06-20T09:38:46-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/09/26/european_day_of_languages_sept_26_2005.php 36558@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2005-09-26T16:54:10-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/09/19/think_globally_wait_locally.php The New York Times has an entertaining piece on culture and its role in how long people are apt to wait in line. The article focuses on the new Disney Hong Kong theme park, which has had experienced epic lines... 13144@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2005-09-19T18:20:49-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/08/01/australia_is_strongest_nation_brand_us_is_slipping.php The second installment of the Anholt-GMI Nation Brands Index is out and the rankings have changed significantly, largely due to the fact that the survey now includes more countries (25 in all; the first edition included 11 countries). Australia debuts... 13120@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2005-08-01T11:04:55-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/07/12/the_globalization_of_punctuation.php Do you display your phone number with dashes or periods? ie: 555.555.5555 or 555-555-5555 The punctuation you choose says a lot about your company (or maybe just your choice of designer). And now it appears that there is a global... 13102@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2005-07-12T17:55:08-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/06/22/whats_your_nation_brand_index.php Simon Anholt is the author of Another One Bites The Grass and Brand New Justice, two books that don't get nearly the amount of attention they should. I'm glad to see Simon resurface recently in a partnership between him and... 13083@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2005-06-22T11:22:30-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/05/01/disney_acting_local_in_hong_kong.php The NY Times has a great article about the making of Disneyland Hong Kong It looks like Disney learned some painful but important lessons about the importance of localization from the Euro Disney disaster. Writes Laura Holson... When Disney opened... 13056@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ China 2005-05-01T21:39:47-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/04/28/the_book_is_flat_a_review_of_the_world_is_flat.php Perhaps I expected too much. I loved The Lexus and the Olive Tree, and when I heard the title of Tom Friedman’s new book back in the fall, I got my hopes up. Just by the title, I knew what... 13052@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Business Globalization 2005-04-28T16:31:16-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/03/30/welcome_to_gaeltacht.php What is it about the resurgence in "minority" languages around the world? Probably the inevitable backlash against the spread of globalization in general and English in particular. Now it is Gaelic that is gaining momentum. According to this article,... 13036@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2005-03-30T11:09:21-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/03/28/hawaiian_language_hip_again.php Here's an interesting article about the resurgence of the Hawaiian language. I've seeing similar instances of this phenomenon in other parts of the world. It seems that just when a culture is about to write off its native language for... 13033@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2005-03-28T19:07:45-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/03/20/when_colors_clash.php An interesting article in the Times (now locked down, I'm afraid) on the role that color is playing in social and political revolutions around the globe. The Ukraine revolution became known as the Orange Revolution. President Bush referred to the... 13026@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Cultural Issues 2005-03-20T18:00:20-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/03/18/globalization_hurts_globalization_helps.php Here's a good article on the upsides and downsides of this thing called globalization. And a few excerpts that jumped out at me: In recent years, about 100,000 software-writing jobs have moved from the U.S. to India alone, according to... 13022@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Business Globalization 2005-03-18T19:24:51-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/03/06/getting_to_know_global_ia.php I'm at the IA Summit in Montreal and have been pleased to find that IA (information architecture) professionals are tackling the challenges of content globalization in a big way. And this is a great thing, because the IA industry is... 13014@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Web Globalization 2005-03-06T20:49:20-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2005/02/17/to_every_country_a_sesame_street.php According to the AP, a "Bengali version of the longrunning American children's programme Sesame Street will be broadcast from April featuring Muppet characters drawn from Bangladeshi folklore." Sesame Street is seen in 120 countries and localized for 30 of those... 13000@http://goingglobal.corante.com/ Business Globalization 2005-02-17T15:00:12-08:00