The Power and Responsibility of Unicode Adoption by Katie McLaughlin

This video features Katie McLaughlin at DjangoCon US 2017 in Spokane, WA USA.

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Published September 7, 2017
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DjangoCon US 2017 - The Power and Responsibility of Unicode Adoption by Katie McLaughlin

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.

This talk was presented at: https://2017.djangocon.us/talks/the-power-and-responsibility-of-unicode-adoption/

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