iheni :: making the web worldwide

I’m really excited and honoured to say that together with Lisa Herrod, aka Scenariogirl , I will be taking over leadership of the Web Standards Project (WaSP) International Liaison Group (ILG).
We’ll be stepping up to the table to replace Glenda Sims aka Glenda the Goodwitch and Steph Troeth (a tough double act to follow if [...]

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A Japanese version of Twitter was launched today making this the first alternative language version for the site.
I find it interesting that Japanese is the first language that the site has been localised in but as Twitter reported in their blog they were noticing a high volume of users and Twitters originating from Japan which [...]

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Over at Yahoo! changes have been made to the search so that it now has natural language search results. This is great news on two counts as this supports both internationalisation and accessibility so readers in languages other than the main language of the page can access content as well as screen and braille readers.
Natural [...]

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At SXSW this year there was a lot of talk about internationalization and global web design. One recurrent theme debated in panels such as Taking Over the World: the Flickr Way, Lost in Translation? Top Website Internationalization Lessons and Glenda Sim’s and my core conversation on Global Design: Web Sites for [...]

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Come and join Glenda Sims and I as we host a Core Conversation on Global Design: Web Sites for the World:
Internationalization? Localization? Beyond these clumsy buzzwords is the global reality. Hear world designers and developers share firsthand experiences with international best practices and Web standards. Learn technical infrastructure principles for creating sites with the [...]

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