Green Options » start-ups http://greenoptions.com/tag/start-ups Posts tagged 'start-ups' Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:08:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Why I Localize http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/03/28/why-i-localize/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/03/28/why-i-localize/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:08:29 +0000 The Dave Room http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/03/28/why-i-localize/ As you may know, blogging on ecolocalizer.com is relatively new for me. Its been fun, but hey I think it could be better with a little more back and forth. So I thought I’d introduce myself one post at a time as I talk about localization here in the Bay Area. And I invite you to ask questions, make comments, and tell me what you think needs to be covered. If you’ve got a localization project in the Bay Area and you want folks to know, post a comment or send me an email at daveroom (at) gmail dot com. I aim to please.

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Without further adieu… My name is Dave Room (and that’s my daughter in the photo). I have been working on localization for the past four years. Sometimes it has felt like I am swimming upstream. Actually it still feels like that - the difference is that now the current is not quite as strong. As the financial underpinnings of our society unravel, as food prices soar, as oil prices regularly hit new highs - it seems like I am living a prophecy. Everything that is happening now has been more or less accurately predicted by a large International community of people who have been following our oil predicament. Another name for our oil predicament is peak oil, but its really all about the oil depletion and the coming imbalance between supply and demand. Sometimes I call these folks “the depletionista”.

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