Katie McLaughlin will be speaking at 장고콘 미국 2017 , giving a presentation entitled "The Power ⚡️ and Responsibility 😅 of Unicode Adoption ✨".
Communication is difficult. Whether between humans, machines, or a
combination of the two, trying to translate meaningful information is a
lossy process. Converting programming languages to use the new Unicode standard is
hard, but once it’s in place, you get this marvelous feature-add: emoji
compatibility. No longer do we have to make faces with symbols or use
platform-specific emoticons. Rejoice in the extended character set. Emoji have a rich history as a way to allow the communication of ideas
in a reduced amount of data. They date back to a time where this was
important: SMS communications in Japan. However, as social networks
feverishly try to clamber onto this bandwagon, their implementations of
the standard create issues with miscommunication that aren’t possible
with a 12×12 pictograph. We’ll discuss the history of emoji, cross-platform adoption, the Unicode
standard, and emoji accessibility in web applications. :sparkles:
- Date:
- 8월 15, 2017
- Speakers:
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- Katie McLaughlin