My previous post on Twitter got me thinking about what other companies had registered language-specific domains for their Twitter accounts.
Turns out, most companies haven’t even registered Twitter accounts for their primary brands.
Like who?
Apple, for one.
Here we have someone who apparently likes apples but isn’t Apple:
It appear that Microsoft reserved its account early on, though nothing [...]
Tags: Apple · Domain names · Microsoft · Twitter
The Netherlands, a country with just 16 million people, accounts for more than 3 million ccTLDs.
That’s an impressive ratio of people to domains — one ccTLD per 5.3 people — and it the highest ratio of any country with more than five million residents.
Germany comes in a close second, with a ratio of roughly one [...]
Tags: Apple · Domain names · cctld
About six months ago, I began toying with the idea of biking to work. Driving from Seattle to Redmond is a minor nightmare because of traffic over the bridge. And I know there are people who bike all the time, so I figured I could do the same.
Big mistake.
On a Saturday afternoon one November, I [...]
Tags: Apple
Does this icon say “language” to you?
It doesn’t to me.
But the OMC design studio feels so strongly about it that it has launched a web site to promote this icon as a global standard.
I applaud the effort and I fully agree that there is a need for such an icon, but I don’t believe that [...]
Tags: Apple · Global navigation · Languages · Microsoft
I’m not very patient with games. Which is probably why I’m not very good.
My brother has concocted a tile puzzle game for the iPhone, shown below, that I still haven’t figured out — even at the easiest setting.
Maybe you’ll have better luck than I’ve had. The good news is that Chris has made it available [...]
