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Edupage, 14 December 1997. Edupage, a summary of news about information
technology, is provided three times a week as a service by Educom,
a Washington, D.C.-based consortium of leading colleges and universities
seeking to transform education through the use of information technology.
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.........excerpt from Edupage..........
DESIGNING FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Because most Web users tend to be North American, many Web designers are
oblivious to the subtle cultural connotations that language, colors and
design can take on in a foreign setting. Companies wishing to
internationalize their sites should be particularly sensitive to language
(no colloquialisms, such as using "wicked" to mean "good"), colors (white
denotes purity in Western countries, but death in many Asian nations), and
the gestures made by models (showing the palms, as in a wave, is considered
an insult in some Mediterranean countries). "Color takes on enormously
different overtones from one country to the next," says one corporate
globalization consultant. "That doesn't mean you can't use those colors.
It just means you want to rethink what the visuals look like on your pages
and on your links." (CIO Web Business 1 Dec 97)
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Edupage is written by John Gehl (gehl@xxxxxxxxxx) & Suzanne Douglas
(douglas@xxxxxxxxxx). Telephone: 770-590-1017.
Technical support for distributing Edupage is provided by Information
Technology Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Today's Honorary Subscriber is Michel Montaigne (1553-1592), the French
writer who invented the essay form, which he developed as a way of finding
and sharing his personal thoughts on a variety of subjects -- including
(especially) himself. Skeptical, sophisticated and colloquial, he tossed
off hundreds of memorable lines, a few of which were:
"The mind is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he does not
know how to use it discreetly."
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know."
"No profit whatever can possibly be made but at the expense of
another... The Merchant only thrives, and grows rich, by the pride,
wantonness and debauchery of youth; the husbandman by the price and scarcity
of grain; the architect by the ruin of buildings; lawyers, and officers of
Justice, by the suits and contentions of men; nay even the honor and office
of Divines are derived from our death and vices. A physician takes no
pleasure in the health even of his friends ... nor a soldier in the peace of
his country and so of the rest."
"A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says
in his disfavor is always believed but when he commends himself, he arouses
mistrust."
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Educom -- Transforming Education Through Information Technology
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Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Norwegian School of Management
Box 4676 Sofienberg
N-0506 Oslo, Norway
+47 22.98.51.07 Telephone
+47 22.98.51.11 Telefax
email: <ken.friedman@xxxxx>
Edupage, 14 December 1997. Edupage, a summary of news about information
technology, is provided three times a week as a service by Educom,
a Washington, D.C.-based consortium of leading colleges and universities
seeking to transform education through the use of information technology.
************************************************************
.........excerpt from Edupage..........
DESIGNING FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Because most Web users tend to be North American, many Web designers are
oblivious to the subtle cultural connotations that language, colors and
design can take on in a foreign setting. Companies wishing to
internationalize their sites should be particularly sensitive to language
(no colloquialisms, such as using "wicked" to mean "good"), colors (white
denotes purity in Western countries, but death in many Asian nations), and
the gestures made by models (showing the palms, as in a wave, is considered
an insult in some Mediterranean countries). "Color takes on enormously
different overtones from one country to the next," says one corporate
globalization consultant. "That doesn't mean you can't use those colors.
It just means you want to rethink what the visuals look like on your pages
and on your links." (CIO Web Business 1 Dec 97)
--------------
Edupage is written by John Gehl (gehl@xxxxxxxxxx) & Suzanne Douglas
(douglas@xxxxxxxxxx). Telephone: 770-590-1017.
Technical support for distributing Edupage is provided by Information
Technology Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
************************************************************
Edupage ... is what you've just finished reading. To subscribe to Edupage:
send mail to: listproc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx with the message: subscribe edupage
Michel Montaigne (if your name is Michel Montaigne; otherwise, substitute
your own name). To unsubscribe send a message to: listproc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
with the message: unsubscribe edupage. (If you have subscription problems,
send mail to manager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.)
Educom Review ... is our bimonthly print magazine on information technology
and education ... Subscriptions are $18 a year in the U.S.; send mail to
offer@xxxxxxxxxx. When you do, we'll ring a little bell, because we'll be
so happy! Choice of bell is yours: a small dome with a button, like the
one on the counter at the dry cleaners with the sign "Ring bell for
service"; or a small hand bell; or a cathedral bell; or a door bell; or a
chime; or a glockenspiel. Your choice. But ring it!
Educom Update ... is our twice-a-month electronic summary of organizational
news and events. To subscribe, send mail to: listproc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx with
the message: subscribe Michel Montaigne (if your name is Michel Montaigne;
otherwise, substitute your own name).
Translations & Archives... Edupage is translated into Estonian, German,
Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. For accessing
instructions, send a blank message to translations@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Today's Honorary Subscriber is Michel Montaigne (1553-1592), the French
writer who invented the essay form, which he developed as a way of finding
and sharing his personal thoughts on a variety of subjects -- including
(especially) himself. Skeptical, sophisticated and colloquial, he tossed
off hundreds of memorable lines, a few of which were:
"The mind is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he does not
know how to use it discreetly."
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know."
"No profit whatever can possibly be made but at the expense of
another... The Merchant only thrives, and grows rich, by the pride,
wantonness and debauchery of youth; the husbandman by the price and scarcity
of grain; the architect by the ruin of buildings; lawyers, and officers of
Justice, by the suits and contentions of men; nay even the honor and office
of Divines are derived from our death and vices. A physician takes no
pleasure in the health even of his friends ... nor a soldier in the peace of
his country and so of the rest."
"A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says
in his disfavor is always believed but when he commends himself, he arouses
mistrust."
************************************************************
Educom -- Transforming Education Through Information Technology
************************************************************
Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Norwegian School of Management
Box 4676 Sofienberg
N-0506 Oslo, Norway
+47 22.98.51.07 Telephone
+47 22.98.51.11 Telefax
email: <ken.friedman@xxxxx>