Archive for the 'ChinesePod Media Coverage' Category

ChinesePod interviewed on Danwei

I’ve discovered that there is life beyond V3. Here’s an audio interview I did for Danwei’s China businesscast series. They asked me to talk about the ChinesePod business model.
Btw, if you don’t know Danwei, well you should. Great source of information on media-related things in China.
Ken Carroll

John Pasden in the People’s Daily

You can read about your friend and mine, John Pasden, in the People’s Daily today. And no finer place to read about anyone! Just file him under ‘Expat corner’.
Ken Carroll

Learning Chinese on Squidoo

Squidoo: SKWID-OO, n. v., adj., addiction.
ChinesePod now has a nice little Squidoo lens on Learning Chinese. These are some of the things you can Squi-do on our lens:
- use, vote on, and contribute to a list of the best places on the web for Chinese learners
- view the latest ChinesePod lessons and some of our […]

ChinesePod in the Washington Post

Nick Kolakowski, at the Washington Post, discovers that we’re ‘not your parents’ language lessons’. The man has a point!
I guess the mainstream is starting to see the power of the new social media tools as an educational means.
If you want to know what other media outlets have been saying about ChinesePod, go here.
Ken […]

ChinesePod in the Chcago Tribune

Nathan Bierma pens an article in the Chicago Tribune today on language learning and podcasting. It’s a pretty good overview of the various offerings out there, including ChinesePod.
Ken Carroll

ChinesePod in Time’s Top Podcasts of 2006

Here’s a nice way to end the year: Time magazine includes ChinesePod in their list of Top Podcasts for 2006. Others in the list include Ze Frank, NPR, Slate, etc. This is a great honor. (I’ve always wanted to say that.)
The author doesn’t put podcasting into any broader perspective, so maybe I will. […]

Interview with Read/Write Web’s Richard MacManus

This week’s interview is with Richard MacManus. Richard is a writer/commentator on all things Web 2.0, and the man behind the Read/Write Web.
Wherever you are and whatever you do, the read/write web is coming to get you. Find out more by listening in.
Unfortunately the latter part of the actual interview had to be cut […]

ChinesePod in the Sydney Morning Herald

The SMH ran a story on podcasting and learning a couple of days Leap a language barrier on your way to work. (Isn’t there something very Australian about that title?). The story featured us prominently. It quotes artist, Nicholas Burton:
Burton, 48, has became a devoted user of Chinesepod.com, one of the most popular websites providing […]

ChinesePod in the South China Morning Post

The SCMP ran an article about us the other day, but it’s behind a wall. Here’s a link: ChinesePod Article in South China Morning Post
Ken Carroll

Folksonomy interviews ChinesePod

A couple of days ago I did a short email interview with Michael Zhang at Folksonomy about ChinesePod. Michael is running a series of interviews, including people like Kevin Rose (the founder of Digg) and John Battelle (author of the book ‘Search’). I feel I’m in good company over there!
Ken Carroll




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