Italy and the Internet

Italy is the fourth largest economy in Europe and the seventh largest in the world. Its status as one of the world's largest economic powers is relatively recent, however. The vast majority of Italy's economic development has occurred since the end of the Second World War. In the 55+ years since the end of WWII, Italy has moved from a primarily agrarian society to a modern post-industrial economy. This extremely rapid economic development has been unique amongst Western nations, and has had a decidedly strong impact on Italian culture and society.

Williams, Brendan J. WebWord (2001). Articles>Web Design>Regional>Italy

The State of the Art in Australian Web Development

Takes a good hard look at just exactly how major Australian sites are developed, and how well (or otherwise) they adhere to best practices.

Allsopp, John. Western Civilization (2005). Articles>Web Design>Regional>Australia

Working with Web Developers in India: Why, Whom, and How

In the past decade or so, multi-national corporations have taken to diverting many of their customer service hotlines to Bangalore and other metropolitan centers in India, primarily as a ”cost-saving measure.“ Yet they’re perpetrating a greater injustice than simply annoying their customers to save a few cents. By giving their distant call center operators little training and even less authority to help customers — as most of them, with a few notable exceptions, seem to do — they’ve left many Westerners with an unfair impression of India as a pool of labor that, while presumably cheap, is apparently unskilled, apathetic, and awkward at communication.

Norbauer, Ryan. Vitamin (2008). Articles>Web Design>Regional>India