by Val Swisher | Oct 11, 2011
I remember attending LocWorld 2 years ago. I knew no one. I walked in, looked around, attended some sessions, and basically didn’t know what to say or who to say it to. Fast forward now 2 years and a few LocWorld Conferences later. It feels really good to see so...
by Val Swisher | Oct 10, 2011
Today was the pre-conference day for Localization World at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Speaking with the event organizer, Donna Parrish, I was told that there will be a record number of attendees this year. That’s great news! Perhaps companies are...
by Val Swisher | Oct 7, 2011
This week, our friends at Facebook quietly added an in-line translation tool for Facebook Pages. It is not powered by Google Translate. Instead, it is powered by Bing. If enabled on a Facebook Page, when someone posts in a foreign language, a translate option appears...
by Val Swisher | Sep 17, 2011
Silos. Everyone talks about them. Disparate groups of people in the same company, working on the same content, with absolutely no knowledge of each other. For example, technical documentation and localization. Or, marcom and localization. Or, technical support...
by Val Swisher | Sep 4, 2011
Time to market. Those three little words can make the difference between getting ahead of your competition and being just another maker of a smartphone (or whatever product or service your company sells). As product managers and marketeers will tell you, time to...
by Val Swisher | Aug 19, 2011
Last night, I attended an iMUG meeting where Andrew Bredenkamp was speaking. Andrew is the CEO of Acrolinx, GmbH. Content Rules is an authorized reseller and service provider for Acrolinx, so I know the company and Andrew pretty well. And, I am always impressed to...