Global by Design

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See the world: A multilingual eye chart

August 31st, 2010 · No Comments

The latest creation from Byte Level Research, available for purchase at bytelevel.com/eyechart. This unique take on the Snelling eye chart includes characters from more than 20 languages. It’s the perfect gift for an eye doctor — as well as the globally myopic.

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Tags: Arabic · Global By Design · Languages · Unicode

The best global web sites of 2010

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2010 Web Globalization Report Card. Here are the top 25 web sites overall: Google Facebook Cisco Systems Philips Samsung Wikipedia 3M NIVEA Symantec Lenovo Xbox Autodesk Gmail Microsoft Nokia Intel Caterpillar Panasonic HP Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LG Volvo Group Hotels.com SAP Kodak Google has emerged on top [...]

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Tags: Facebook · Global By Design · Google · Web Globalization · Web Globalization Report Card

Global by Design now in 25 languages

August 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I read about a startup (via Techcrunch) recently called mloovi. The service leverages Google Translate to provide real-time translations of your blog feed. I’ve installed the widget over on the right and would love to know what people think. My biggest concern is slow-loading Web pages. And, yes, I know the quality of the translation [...]

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Tags: Global By Design · Google · Machine Translation · Translation

Map of the World Wide Web: Get ‘em while they last

July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’ve got about a hundred copies of this map remaining and I’m offering them for $3 each for orders of 25 or $2 each for orders of 50 (plus postage). The map normally sells for $12 each, so this is a nice discount — and a great way to get your whole office a copy [...]

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Tags: Country Codes (ccTLD) · Global By Design · Web Globalization

Web globalization predictions: 2008 and beyond

December 21st, 2007 · 6 Comments

As we come to the end of 2007, it is safe to say that Web globalization has evolved from an ancillary activity to a core piece of the marketing puzzle at many companies. So now it’s time to take a deep breath and take a shot at predicting the future of Web globalization. The following [...]

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Tags: Business globalization · China · Domain names · Global By Design · Global navigation · Languages · Machine Translation · Translation · Web Globalization