Summertime (locale-tagged for the northern hemisphere) and the living is easy. Especially, we all used to think, for academics, who invariably seemed to have longer holidays than most of us. Some even get year-long sabbaticals, with time off paid to research some topic in-depth, write about it, and then teach it to others. And then take a summer holiday… in fact, of course, the productivity pressure is on in universities as it is elsewhere, and long vacations have been getting shorter for years now. What I want to know is whether the localization industry is benefiting from any academic research relevant to its own concerns.