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How To Get Used to Using Computers and Other Gadgets in Japanese 26 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am
There’s always been a bit of a catch-22 with learning to use a personal computer (or smartphone or similarly advanced device) in Japanese. What exactly do I mean? Well, like: you need to learn Japa...
Shadowing: No One Will Ever Love You Again 21 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Social Resistance If an idea makes you afraid that no one will ever love you again, then it’s probably a good idea. Here’s a dirty little secret: Murderers g...
The Support Ticket System Is Dead, Back To Email: The Great Email Reboot of 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 08:59 pm
This entry is part 3 of 2 in the series The Great Support Ticket System Backlog of 2013 OK. Guess what? You know that AJATT support ticket system? Total failure. Pretty much. And it’s my fault, not...
If Anime Is Bad For Your Japanese, Then Nursery Rhymes Are Bad For Your English 16 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am
This entry is part 13 of 14 in the series Secrets of Speaking If anime is bad for you, then so are nursery rhymes. What is a “tuffett” anyway? When was the last time you even saw a live sheep, let ...
MCDs: But What If I Don’t Understand the Meaning of the Whole? 11 Aug 2013 | 10:59 am
Hexe sayeth: You can cloze the kanji readings and individual word meanings, but how do you come to understand the meaning of the sentence? Can’t you learn the meaning and reading of every word and st...
How to Make Big SRS Changes Smoothly: The Darwinian Game 6 Aug 2013 | 10:59 am
You know what? I’ll just come out and say it: I like Darwin as much as anyone from where I’m from can like a Victorian Era English gentleman — economically. I’m not proud. He’s a man; I’m a man; I lik...
How To Score Reps In Surusu, 2013 Edition 31 Jul 2013 | 11:59 am
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series How To Score Reps In Surusu 0 = total blank 1 = wrong 2 = mostly wrong 3 = mostly right 4 = right 5 = slam dunk WARP = Out-of-this-world ballin’ . WARP i...
What Dave Chappelle and Stalkers Can Teach You About Learning Languages 31 Jul 2013 | 10:59 am
You’re thinking this is going to be one of those creepier posts about “stalking” Japanese people. Not so. It’s far worse than that. A good friend of mine, let’s call her Amy, has a stalker. Pretty gi...
How to Stop Worrying and Accept that Learning a Language is Unfair — Going Beyond Day Trader Style Language Learning 25 Jul 2013 | 07:59 pm
Language skill is a lot like antiques, fine wine and company stock in that rewards (=y-axis = gains) accrue disproportionately on the right-hand side, long into the game (= time = x-axis). “New antiqu...
12 Free Lazy Kanji Example Cards 20 Jul 2013 | 07:59 pm
くSo, I find that example can really help clarify a point in a way that explanation cannot. The explanation, principles and rationale for Lazy Kanji remain the same; these are just elucidating examples...
