Archive for the 'Alternate learning methods' Category

A very strange experiment…

I’ve stopped learning Chinese.
Or, more accurately, I have stopped learning any NEW Chinese. I’m spending a month or so on the Karate Kid method of language learning. I’m going to focus on the few things that I know, and I’m going to drill down on them until I know them with a nearly native fluency. […]

Giving the ears a rest!

I’d been editing film the last few weeks, so my main desktop computer was sidelined while I used my more powerful MacBook Pro along with my monitor for some dual screen action. Unfortunately, my iTunes library is linked to my desktop machine, so I had a lot of stuff to catch up on!
It’s a little […]

The first trailer and Hyunwoo’s endeavor

大家好! 好久不见!
I gotta tell you, kids, that surgery laid me out pretty good. I missed a whole week at work, and while I spent some quality time chatting with some friends overseas, but I never really felt up to any studying. Not in Chinese, anyway. I had my hands (and neurons) tied up with other […]

Impostor! Or… er… is that just healthy competition? :-)

My, my, my. Isn’t this interesting?
Lots of familiar features, but I do like the option for Practice Partners to find each other. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that our own beloved CPod has something similar in the works. Seems too good an idea to ignore (and I know a few of us have recommended […]