Information Quality, MT and UX
I’ve been working on an acrolinx IQ deployment for my employer Oracle (yes, I do have a real job). For many who go down this route, the claim that such initiatives are only being done because it will...
View Article¿Socially-Enabled What?
The mystery of Galvão birds. Twitter use in Japan and Brazil. Different trending topics in the US depending on whether you are black or white. The “wisdom of the flock.” How the new media doesn’t help...
View ArticleMeasuring Information Quality: What’s Missing?
A lot written about information quality recently. But how do we measure it? There is a perception out there that information quality generally is very poor. But how do we know? All that digital content...
View ArticleMobile Apps Localization, Irish Style, Apple Style
I always enjoy Lucy Kellaway’s articles in the Financial Times. She’s a smart writer, with a quick, sharp sense of irreverent humor combined with common sense, making the coverage of the world of...
View ArticleLocalization 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 about music and television too). It was clear to me that the...
View ArticleResources 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 would encourage you to read. However, I was little...
View ArticleLocalization Unconference – Canadian Edition
Oleksandr Pysaryuk (@alexpysaryuk) shares the insights on the organization, takeaways, and people from the Localization Unconference in Toronto. And what might be next… On a chilly Ontario morning of...
View ArticleSmartling: Developing the Cloud Translation Experience
After meself and himself of Smartling met at the Websummit, I wanted to look at a forthcoming Smartling self-service offering suitable for software developers. When Jack Welde (@jwelde) (i.e.,...
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