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Archive for March, 2009

Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #linguistics #ubiquity #web

— March 23rd, 2009 11:51 pm

I’ve named my new computer Embley.

— March 23rd, 2009 1:01 pm

Bailey thinks I misuse “trivially” and “critically.” Twitter, chime in.

— March 23rd, 2009 12:30 pm

Ubiquity i18n: questions to ask

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

I recently have traveled a fair deal and have met many people excited about the Ubiquity project and its localization efforts. “I want to help,” say the people, but many are unsure where to start.

As a linguist, studying a language involves looking at instances of that language as data. To this end, we as Ubiquity internationalizers need to get at some examples of target utterances. Here’s an example survey which could be a good starting point for native speakers who want to contribute information on their language, based on Blair’s list of common Ubiquity verbs.

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Last chance to vote for the Ubiquity i18n meeting time: http://doodle.com/4d3u5rk3tuk4wz44

— March 23rd, 2009 10:10 am

Moved my repository of Ubiquity demo code to http://tinyurl.com/cadfe6

— March 23rd, 2009 7:20 am

updated the Ubiquity next-gen parser demo with Japanese: http://tinyurl.com/cmo2jr

— March 23rd, 2009 6:00 am

Updated mitcho.com to be all jquery, all the time.

— March 23rd, 2009 3:45 am

It’s beautiful in Tokyo today.

— March 23rd, 2009 12:54 am

Vote on the next Ubiquity i18n meeting time: http://doodle.com/4d3u5rk3tuk4wz44

— March 22nd, 2009 12:01 pm

figuring out how to get rich off of grad school.

— March 22nd, 2009 6:53 am

Cisco bought the Flip Video maker? WTF?

— March 20th, 2009 6:43 am

Jet lag woke me up at 7am. CRAZY.

— March 19th, 2009 11:00 pm

ただいま〜

— March 19th, 2009 8:07 am

Chillin’ at SFO.

— March 18th, 2009 6:04 pm

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