Tuesday, February 12, 2019

New Kids on the Block

The Unicode Consortium recently announced the introduction of 59 new emoji along with 171 new variations on existing emoji. 

What a surprise.  Who knew there was existing digital infrastructure for such a critical consortium.   

The new emoji pay homage to the less-abled as they include a deaf person, people in wheelchairs, people with probing canes, a  prosthetic arm and leg and service dogs. 

They also include the arcane:  a sloth, an otter, an orangutan, an ice cube, garlic, falafel and a ringed planet.  Something I image will receive regular daily use. 

You can learn more about this critically important phenomenon here. 

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