The third episode of Speaking of Translation is live! Speaking of Translation is a podcast (I think that you can guess the general topic...) hosted by Eve Bodeux and myself, and in each episode we focus on a different aspect of the translation industry. This time, we reviewed a number of translation … [Read more...] about Speaking of Translation: translation blogs
Technology
Link: a great post on e-mail security issues
I apologize for all of these nubbins; there's just too much going on on the web today! If you have any interest in computer security issues, make sure to read Michael Wahlster's post Secrets on a Postcard, in which he argues (quite persuasively!) that sending confidential documents by standard … [Read more...] about Link: a great post on e-mail security issues
A great blog about OpenOffice.org
If you use OpenOffice.org, click on over to Solveig Haugland's blog OpenOffice.org Training, Tips and Ideas. She's the author of the OpenOffice.org 2.0 guidebook and her blog is full of tutorials on OO.o's features. I use OO.o almost exclusively and really enjoy it, but some features that I used to … [Read more...] about A great blog about OpenOffice.org
Since Santa's on his way…
...and since you might be looking to use some money from your business account before the year ends, here are some items that have caught my eye lately. A little computer. It seems that the Asus Eee PC (from $329 on Amazon) is one of this year's hottest devices; at 2.5 pounds and with 7 hours of … [Read more...] about Since Santa's on his way…
Online tutorials for OpenOffice.org
Last night I was at a Colorado Translators Association event at which the presenter (the ever-popular editing consultant Alice Levine), mentioned an online tutorial for the Track Changes feature in Microsoft Word. This made me realize that there must be similar websites for OpenOffice.org. Here are … [Read more...] about Online tutorials for OpenOffice.org