In the last post of this series, we looked at how producers of open source software and open content are usually faced with three types of translation: software, website interface, and content. This post will take a closer look at some of the processes and obstacles regarding the third type, content. As an example, I’ll [...]

Now that we’ve gone over the basics of open source software and open content, let’s take a closer look at what brought all of the participants together in Croatia: translation.
I normally flinch at the word ‘movement’, but I’ll make an exception here: the open source software and open content movements are incredibly international. Ubuntu, the [...]

I’ve been to quite a few of these now - gatherings of geeks from around the world who sit around, surely over-caffeinated, for a day or two days or three days, and discuss and debate how they are going to save the world. That may come off as cynical, but, in fact, I write it [...]

Last Tuesday I watched almost the entire Oakland City Council meeting on TV while adding every single country as a category on what will hopefully become a version of Global Voices in Spanish. I started watching the meetings to catch glimpses of Mari. I still do. But in all honesty, I’ve sorta gotten sucked into [...]