A walk in a local bookstore is a good way to observe the culture. In a Japanese bookstore I discovered a very interesting book called "英語でTwitter!" (Twitter in English!) It is a book full of short English tweets paired with Japanese translation.
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Tweeting in English? There’s a Book for That
A walk in a local bookstore is a good way to observe the culture. In a Japanese bookstore I discovered a very interesting book called "英語でTwitter!" (Twitter in English!) It is a book full of short English tweets paired with Japanese translation.
Dealing With Audiobook
Recently I have finished “Anthem”, a rather short novel by Ayn Rand, as recommended by a friend. The book is obtained from LibriVox (http://librivox.org/anthem-by-ayn-rand/), a volunteer community that recruits people all over the world to read public domain books and then distributes them for free, as in free-of-charge AND DRM-protection free. I am always a supporter of the idea that education and knowledge should be easily available to those who seek them. Another thing is that, although the iTunes and iPod duo (more accurately the iPhone in my case) supports audiobooks out of the box, the process of putting the [...]
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Right Brain for Success
The global competitions in high-tech products and services and becoming stronger than ever. Many tasks, such as engineering and manufacturing, which were originally done mostly in western countries are now being out-sourced to the east. Transportation is cheap enough that the cost to ship goods from overseas to western consumers can still be more economic than producing them domestically. High-tech business in western countries are at risk. I am reading a book called “A Whole New Mind” from Daniel H. Pink, who argues that right-brain thinking, or the abilities to solve problems in a holistic, artistic, and humanized perspectives, rather [...]
More free outlets for FREE
FREE, the latest book from Chris Anderson, is now available for free in Scribd.com, Audible.com, direct mp3 download (courtesy to Wired.com), Google Books, and seemingly more to come. The no-cost download of the book is an experiment of Chris’s own research and theory about the “freemium” business model, which is to make your products and services freely available to everybody, while trying to get revenue from other indirect means such as advertisement, premium pro accounts, and many other creative ways. First, I want to relate this concept of giving away free items to the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. [...]
My name is Calvin Chun-yu Chan, also known as カルビー or Jeepu. I'm a web app developer by trade, with curious and enthusiastic eyes on design, usability, culture and creativity.
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