290s global user experience blog The weblog of 290s consulting 2008-08-09T12:15:54Z WordPress http://290s.com/feed/atom/ admin <![CDATA[Google on multilingual sites]]> http://290s.com/2008/08/09/google-on-multilingual-sites/ 2008-08-09T12:15:54Z 2008-08-09T12:15:54Z The Google webmaster blog about how to start a multilingual site, with some notes on geotargetting, content organization etc.

]]> http://290s.com/2008/08/09/google-on-multilingual-sites/ admin <![CDATA[Social networks that move]]> http://290s.com/2008/08/08/social-networks-that-move/ 2008-08-08T07:08:50Z 2008-08-08T07:08:50Z Google moved it’s center of Latin American operations to Brazil, where it also develops and manages Orkut.

]]> http://290s.com/2008/08/08/social-networks-that-move/ admin <![CDATA[Minifacts]]> http://290s.com/2008/08/05/minifacts/ 2008-08-05T10:46:23Z 2008-08-05T10:46:23Z Minifact: Friendster is focusing on Asia, where it is a significant player.

]]> http://290s.com/2008/08/05/minifacts/ admin <![CDATA[Locale switching]]> http://290s.com/2008/08/05/locale-switching/ 2008-08-05T09:26:41Z 2008-08-05T09:26:41Z A nice list of locale switchers (language switches).

]]> http://290s.com/2008/08/05/locale-switching/ admin <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/290s/~3/Tu7zDvuc0CE/" /> <id>http://290s.com/2008/08/04/72/</id> <updated>2008-08-04T19:25:08Z</updated> <published>2008-08-04T19:25:08Z</published> <category scheme="http://290s.com" term="Uncategorized" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Google translation center is pretty cool. ]]></summary> <content type="html" xml:base="http://290s.com/2008/08/04/72/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://translate.google.com/center/learn-more.html">Google translation center</a> is pretty cool.</p> ]]></content> <feedburner:origLink>http://290s.com/2008/08/04/72/</feedburner:origLink></entry> <entry> <author> <name>admin</name> </author> <title type="html" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/290s/~3/uMvyUyv9pq8/" /> <id>http://290s.com/2008/07/21/71/</id> <updated>2008-07-21T07:17:18Z</updated> <published>2008-07-21T07:17:18Z</published> <category scheme="http://290s.com" term="Uncategorized" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Good description of Mixi, a Japanese social network, and some thoughts on why it might be so popular in Japan. ]]></summary> <content type="html" xml:base="http://290s.com/2008/07/21/71/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/20/japans-mixi-a-social-network-as-a-purely-local-phenomenon/">Good description of Mixi</a>, a Japanese social network, and some thoughts on why it might be so popular in Japan.</p> ]]></content> <feedburner:origLink>http://290s.com/2008/07/21/71/</feedburner:origLink></entry> <entry> <author> <name>admin</name> </author> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cultural design misunderstandings]]> http://290s.com/2008/07/10/cultural-design-misunderstandings/ 2008-07-10T07:08:08Z 2008-07-10T07:08:08Z Live from Bejing: "Whenever I show Chinese websites to American friends who don’t speak Chinese, the friends universally have the same reaction — “Wow! That site sure is crappy-looking! Guess those guys haven’t learned how to design a good website yet, huh?”

"Most Americans are by now nodding their heads: “Yep. Love those US sites. Much more advanced. Clean, simple design. Not cluttered. Guess those Chinese guys will figure that out sooner or later.”

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]]> http://290s.com/2008/07/10/cultural-design-misunderstandings/ admin <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/290s/~3/FTLWDitsq8g/" /> <id>http://290s.com/2008/06/19/68/</id> <updated>2008-06-19T13:23:35Z</updated> <published>2008-06-19T13:23:31Z</published> <category scheme="http://290s.com" term="Uncategorized" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market. Global English rocks. Short sentences are easier to read. Clear writing help everyone. ]]></summary> <content type="html" xml:base="http://290s.com/2008/06/19/68/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.multilingualblog.com/index.php/site/global-english-style-guide/">The Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market.</a> Global English rocks. Short sentences are easier to read. Clear writing help everyone.</p> ]]></content> <feedburner:origLink>http://290s.com/2008/06/19/68/</feedburner:origLink></entry> <entry> <author> <name>admin</name> </author> <title type="html"><![CDATA[International Address Fields in Web Forms]]> http://290s.com/2008/06/13/international-address-fields-in-web-forms/ 2008-06-13T18:05:50Z 2008-06-13T18:05:50Z International Address Fields in Web Forms. Good stuff, for example: “This common understanding is so definitive that eyetracking data
suggests, once people begin filling in a set of input fields that make
up an address, they often cease looking at their labels.”

]]> http://290s.com/2008/06/13/international-address-fields-in-web-forms/ admin <![CDATA[Census online]]> http://290s.com/2008/05/09/census-online/ 2008-05-09T08:14:31Z 2008-05-09T08:14:31Z The 1860 US Census is now available online (via) A wonderful historic document with great examples of culturally biased catgories.

Civil War Pension Index

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