Professor Noshir Contractor of Northwestern University and his research team analyzed over 60 terabytes of log data from the multiplayer online game EverQuest II and made some interesting discoveries which they presented at this week's annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. Most surprising, according to Contractor, was that players tended to play with others near them geographically and socially. Perhaps this suggests that although technology has made the world smaller in many ways, we still feel more comfortable hanging with our own local "tribe".
Current Affairs
February 20, 2009
January 16, 2009
Chicago Tourism Website Goes Global(er)
In an effort to have a larger global footprint, the Chicago tourism website has recruited Translations.com to do international translations and localization. From the original press release:
"With its sights set on hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics, Chicago recognized that multilingual communication would be crucial to presenting itself as a world-class metropolis and international tourism destination."
Looking forward to seeing how "Italian beef" and "Chicago dog" translate into Japanese.
