February 23, 2010
Speaking in public? Be afraid. Be very afraid. (It’s actually good for you.) Plus: How to write web software that is not just “internationalized” but truly multilingual.
Accent Folding for Auto-Complete
by Carlos Bueno
Another generation of technology has passed and Unicode support is almost everywhere. The next step is to write software that is not just “internationalized” but truly multilingual. In this article we will skip through a bit of history and theory, then illustrate a neat hack called accent-folding. Accent-folding has its limitations but it can help make some important yet overlooked user interactions work better.
Training the Butterflies: Interview with Scott Berkun
by Liz Danzico, Scott Berkun
Whether it’s in front of a huge audience or a handful of executives, smooth public speaking is essential to a successful web design career. Yet most of us are more afraid of speaking in public than we are of death. In a lively give-and-take, Liz Danzico interviews Scott Berkun, author of Confessions of a Public Speaker, for tips on how to prepare for public speaking, how to perfect your timing, and what to do when bad things happen.
