{"id":367,"date":"2013-10-28T08:05:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T08:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2013-10-27T13:54:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T13:54:17","slug":"podcast-25-localization-of-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2013\/10\/podcast-25-localization-of-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast 25 &#8211; Localization of Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is English the one true language for the enterprise IT industry?<\/p>\n<p>Are languages or physical locations even important anymore?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-370 alignright\" alt=\"language on social media\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/why-technology-is-key-to-overcoming-the-language-barrier-300x156.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/why-technology-is-key-to-overcoming-the-language-barrier-300x156.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/why-technology-is-key-to-overcoming-the-language-barrier-1024x535.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/why-technology-is-key-to-overcoming-the-language-barrier-210x109.jpg 210w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/why-technology-is-key-to-overcoming-the-language-barrier.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coming to you live from VMworld Europe, your fellow Geek Whisperers discuss how location and language impact our tribe of social Technologists.\u00a0We&#8217;re joined by two <a href=\"https:\/\/communities.vmware.com\/vexpert.jspa\">vExperts<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cswaters1\">Craig Waters<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/craigwaters.org\/page\/2\/\">podcaster and Melbourne VMUG leader<\/a>\u00a0as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greggrobertson5\">Gregg Robertson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/professionalvmware.com\/brownbags\/\">AMEA vBrownBag host<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thesaffageek.co.uk\/about\/\">London VMUG contributor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What we hit on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social Media&#8217;s impact regionally<\/li>\n<li>The global impact of social media adoption<\/li>\n<li>How Amy&#8217;s language is impossibly <a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/idiomatic?s=t\">idiomatic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One theory of how these variables impact our particular community is outlined below. Our communities fracture on the lines between location and language, though always come together as we speak geek.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/language-location-but-we-all-speak-geek.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-369\" alt=\"language-location-but-we-all-speak-geek\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/language-location-but-we-all-speak-geek.png\" width=\"782\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/language-location-but-we-all-speak-geek.png 1117w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/language-location-but-we-all-speak-geek-300x109.png 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/language-location-but-we-all-speak-geek-1024x374.png 1024w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/language-location-but-we-all-speak-geek-210x76.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you have a story of the impact of localization &#8211; positive or negative &#8211; on one of your communities? We&#8217;d love for you to share below or <a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/r6i62\">tweet us<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_727\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-367-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=367-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is English the one true language for the enterprise IT industry? 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Coming to you live from VMworld Europe, your fellow Geek Whisperers discuss how location and language impact our tribe of social Technologists.\u00a0We&#8217;re joined by two vExperts:\u00a0Craig Waters, podcaster and Melbourne VMUG&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2013\/10\/podcast-25-localization-of-social-media\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Podcast 25 &#8211; Localization of Social Media<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_728\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-367-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=367-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-Localization-of-Social-Media.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}