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Introducing the JavaScript Internationalization API – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog

hacks.mozilla.org/2014/12/introducing-the-javascript-internationalization-api/

Firefox 29 issued half a year ago, so this post is long overdue. Nevertheless I wanted to pause for a second to discuss the Internationalization API first shipped on desktop ...

• browser, tag
• api, tag
• javascript, tag
• internationalisation, tag
• language, tag
• sorting, tag
• ·6 years ago

Bullshidex · La Semaine Spéciale

ateliercreationcontestation.github.io/dico/

Déconstruire la novlangue managériale appliquée aux champs de l’enseignement et de la recherche.

• lang:fr, tag
• lexicon, tag
• language, tag
• management, tag
• university, tag
• ·6 years ago

Copywrong to copywriter

copygui.de/

• copywriting, tag
• resource, tag
• microcopy, tag
• UX, tag
• language, tag
• book, tag
• ·6 years ago

Styling using language attributes

w3.org/International/questions/qa-css-lang

What is the most appropriate way to associate CSS styles with text in a particular language in a multilingual HTML or XML document?

• language, tag
• i18n, tag
• css, tag
• ·6 years ago

Plain Language Is for Everyone, Even Experts

nngroup.com/articles/plain-language-experts/

• writing, tag
• academia, tag
• plain, tag
• language, tag
• understanding, tag
• concise, tag
• ·7 years ago

The Eggcorn Database

eggcorns.lascribe.net/

• misheard, tag
• funny, tag
• dictation, tag
• language, tag
• belgian_whistles, tag
• ·7 years ago

Nemala - Microcopy Studio | UX Writing

writingmicrocopy.com/

• copywriting, tag
• UX, tag
• user_interface, tag
• recovery, tag
• experience, tag
• language, tag
• ·7 years ago

Thread on female-coded communication

twitter.com/delafina777/status/890696825182707717

• language, tag
• confidence, tag
• communication, tag
• markers, tag
• meetings, tag
• confirmation_bias, tag
• consensus, tag
• ·7 years ago

Localization Gotchas for Asian Languages (CJK) – Behance Tech – Medium

medium.com/behancetech/localization-gotchas-for-asian-languages-cjk-e52a57c0fde1

When you’re working on an app that you expect users from around the world to use, you can save a lot of time by thinking about localization first. It’s much more difficult to retrofit once the app…

• localisation, tag
• language, tag
• typography, tag
• ·7 years ago

Common Names for Gatherings of Birds

auburnbirdbanding.org/gaggle.htm

• birds, tag
• english, tag
• language, tag
• funny, tag
• dictionary, tag
• names, tag
• flock, tag
• ·7 years ago

Langscape

langscape.umd.edu/

• language, tag
• map, tag
• linguistics, tag
• geography, tag
• diversity, tag
• ·7 years ago

Sideways Dictionary

sidewaysdictionary.com/

Sideways dictionary — it's like a dictionary, but using analogies instead of definitions. Use it as a tool for finding and sharing helpful analogies to explain technological ideas. Because if everyone understands technology better, we can make technology work better for everyone.

• technology, tag
• language, tag
• analogy, tag
• reference, tag
• dictionary, tag
• tech, tag
• terms, tag
• vocabulary, tag
• jargon, tag
• ·7 years ago

Taking PHP Seriously

slack.engineering/taking-php-seriously-cf7a60065329

Slack uses PHP for most of its server-side application logic, which is an unusual choice these days. Why did we choose to build a new project in this language? Should you? Most programmers who have…

• php, tag
• programming, tag
• progress, tag
• language, tag
• ·8 years ago

Lojban

mw.lojban.org/papri/Lojban

Lojban (pronounced [ˈloʒban]) is an experiment in human language – a constructed language based on formal logic.

• language, tag
• constructed, tag
• experiment, tag
• logic, tag
• unambiguous, tag
• parsing, tag
• grammar, tag
• ·8 years ago

AP Definitive Source | Writing about the 'alt-right'

blog.ap.org/behind-the-news/writing-about-the-alt-right

• journalism, tag
• writing, tag
• racism, tag
• alt_right, tag
• language, tag
• politics, tag
• responsibility, tag
• ·8 years ago

RiTa — a software toolkit for computational literature

rednoise.org/rita/

• library, tag
• bots, tag
• language, tag
• computational_poetry, tag
• generative, tag
• javascript, tag
• java, tag
• semantic, tag
• text, tag
• nlp, tag
• analysis, tag
• ·8 years ago

Eve: Programming designed for humans

programming.witheve.com/

Eve is a programming language and IDE based on years of research into building a human-first programming platform

• programming, tag
• development, tag
• language, tag
• teaching, tag
• human_factors, tag
• data, tag
• code, tag
• ·8 years ago

Y’all, You’uns, Yinz, Youse: How Regional Dialects Are Fixing Standard English | Atlas Obscura

atlasobscura.com/articles/yall-youuns-yinz-youse-how-regional-dialects-are-fixing-standard-english

• english, tag
• language, tag
• linguistics, tag
• dialects, tag
• fix, tag
• old_english, tag
• history, tag
• scots, tag
• ·8 years ago

The Two Noam Chomskys: the military-sponsored scientist and the anarchist activist | anarchistnews.org

anarchistnews.org/content/two-noam-chomskys-military-sponsored-scientist-and-anarchist-activist

• language, tag
• activism, tag
• noam_chomsky, tag
• computer, tag
• brain, tag
• marxism, tag
• science, tag
• intersections, tag
• ·8 years ago

Heavy Metal and Natural Language Processing - Part 1

degeneratestate.org/posts/2016/Apr/20/heavy-metal-and-natural-language-processing-part-1/

• language, tag
• music, tag
• nlp, tag
• metal, tag
• lyrics, tag
• insights, tag
• data_analysis, tag
• ·8 years ago