An interesting thing that I have noticed living in Asia is the difference in the way emotions are perceived with that of the west. This is most obviously apparent in the use of internet emoticons. In the west we seem to concentrate mostly on the mouth...

If you have used online forums before you will know that they can be a mine of information–a whole community with expertise, experience and interest in the same topics as you. Having someone available who can answer your questions or offer advice is an...

A brief update on my previous post about the  announcement by ICANN to introduce website addresses with non-Latin characters. To begin with I thought it was great idea and could see no down side. It seems however that I didn’t think about it long...

The internet is set for the biggest single change in its 40 year history: ICANN, the non-profit organisation that governs domain names, is considering the move to allow website domain names (the actual name of the site) to be available in non-Latin...

I apologise for being a little lax with the blogs this month, but I have been on holiday and have found it difficult to keep on top of things. Hopefully I will get things back on track shortly, but for today I will simply post a small observation....