Comments on: Blogs transcend borders, languages and cultural differences because “fill in the gap” http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/ In HR and Talent Acquisition, People ARE The Social Media Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:17:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rosie http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-12651 Rosie Sat, 09 Dec 2006 14:26:19 +0000 http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/#comment-12651 Hey Julian! It's true! And even with YouTube, there is now videoblogging. I just got <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Tagewag" rel="nofollow">this link</a> the other day... And it reminded me of this post. It's amazing how you can make a difference in someone's life and never have met them in person. I know it's a little outside of the professional blogging sphere but I thought it backed up your point quite nicely. :) Hey Julian! It’s true! And even with YouTube, there is now videoblogging. I just got this link the other day… And it reminded me of this post. It’s amazing how you can make a difference in someone’s life and never have met them in person. I know it’s a little outside of the professional blogging sphere but I thought it backed up your point quite nicely. :)

]]> By: Julian http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-12522 Julian Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:48:06 +0000 http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/#comment-12522 Jonas, your example is inspiring. I hope that as blogging and all publishing tools evolve that we see greater support for internationalization features. Mainly, the ability for a blogger to install different languages on their blog platform and then have a button on their blog that lets readers know the site can be immediately repurposed in their native language. This is already a strong benefit of using the Drupal platform and one I will be implementing on my new exceler8 site (which runs on Drupal). To be honest, I don't even know the full internationalization capabilities of Wordpress and if Wordpress.com supports it, but I'm guessing there's some support. Having said that, Drupal is probably a leader in this area because their founder Dries Buytaert is from Belgium and therefore comes from a world more similar to yours where you are expected to learn English (or another second language) as part of your schooling. Jonas, your example is inspiring. I hope that as blogging and all publishing tools evolve that we see greater support for internationalization features. Mainly, the ability for a blogger to install different languages on their blog platform and then have a button on their blog that lets readers know the site can be immediately repurposed in their native language. This is already a strong benefit of using the Drupal platform and one I will be implementing on my new exceler8 site (which runs on Drupal). To be honest, I don’t even know the full internationalization capabilities of Wordpress and if Wordpress.com supports it, but I’m guessing there’s some support. Having said that, Drupal is probably a leader in this area because their founder Dries Buytaert is from Belgium and therefore comes from a world more similar to yours where you are expected to learn English (or another second language) as part of your schooling.

]]> By: Blogs in danish or english language? « Bloggingham http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-12499 Blogs in danish or english language? « Bloggingham Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:31:51 +0000 http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/#comment-12499 [...] Julian from EXELER8ion writes how blogs transcend borders, language and cultural differences. I’m inspired and I think it’s relevant to ask why only a few danish based blogs is in english? The answer may sound easy -  visitors, readers, writers call it what you want. Your blog is - in my opinion - not a succes if no one reads it! Or is the answer as simple as that? [...] [...] Julian from EXELER8ion writes how blogs transcend borders, language and cultural differences. I’m inspired and I think it’s relevant to ask why only a few danish based blogs is in english? The answer may sound easy -  visitors, readers, writers call it what you want. Your blog is – in my opinion – not a succes if no one reads it! Or is the answer as simple as that? [...]

]]> By: Jonas of Nottingham http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-12485 Jonas of Nottingham Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:04:15 +0000 http://www.exceler8ion.com/2006/12/07/blogs-transcend-borders-languages-and-cultural-differences-because-fill-in-the-gap/#comment-12485 Hi Julian As you write in your post i'm planning to do all my future posts in english. many people my ask: You are from Denmark so why write a blog in english?? It's simple - visitors, readers, writers call it what you want. Your blog is - in my opinion - not a succes if no one reads it. Many bloggers around the world don't realize that publishing post in english encreases the number of visitors. As a result, the readership for a Danish blog is way more limited than an English blog. Thus, networking effects are limited to the Danish blogosphere. The reason why so many bloggers write in their own language can be seen in the way that blogs become mainstream. In Denmark many people didn't knew about blogs until the big danish media-coorporations began to promote it's free blogs (TV2). It quickly drew a large following of youngsters that propelled it to become one of the largest blog services in Scandinavia. However, the blogs are mainly in Danish and are not that well known outside of Danish speaking countries (people in Scandinavia eg. Norway, Sweden understands the Danish language). / "Jonas of Nottingham" Hi Julian

As you write in your post i’m planning to do all my future posts in english. many people my ask: You are from Denmark so why write a blog in english?? It’s simple – visitors, readers, writers call it what you want. Your blog is – in my opinion – not a succes if no one reads it.

Many bloggers around the world don’t realize that publishing post in english encreases the number of visitors. As a result, the readership for a Danish blog is way more limited than an English blog. Thus, networking effects are limited to the Danish blogosphere.

The reason why so many bloggers write in their own language can be seen in the way that blogs become mainstream. In Denmark many people didn’t knew about blogs until the big danish media-coorporations began to promote it’s free blogs (TV2). It quickly drew a large following of youngsters that propelled it to become one of the largest blog services in Scandinavia. However, the blogs are mainly in Danish and are not that well known outside of Danish speaking countries (people in Scandinavia eg. Norway, Sweden understands the Danish language).

/ “Jonas of Nottingham”

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