Tool #37: 10 Days in the USA: Board game
tokyokevinOK, OK. It's not a computer thing. This is a simple board game, one you play at the dinner table after dinner. Did you know Germans are real big fans…
Tool #36: The Moth: a podcast
The Moth is a podcast of short stories told by amateurs, and a few professionals. They are told at a weekly event in New York or Los Angeles. People are…
Tool #35: iKnow Social Learning
iKnow grew out of a project at Cerego, a company here in Japan that made English language learning software. They moved the content online, made it free, and "socialized" it,…
Barack Obama’s Inauguration Speech
Ogawa-sensei remembered that I had brought Obama's acceptance speech to Cosmos Festival in November. He asked me if I had a good copy (better than the one on YouTube). Ogawa-sensei,…
Tool #34: LiveMocha: Social Language Learning
LiveMocha is a social web site, like Mixi or Facebook, or MySpace, but better. This social web site is all about language learning and language exchange. People teach each other…