December 2009
1 post
Re-tweaking Leximo’s Executive Summary…again.
November 2009
3 posts
“Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”
Leximo was robbed at the GW Pitch George competition…I almost pulled a Kanye West…more to come…
“Can’t tell me nothing now, baby I know how to FLY…Can’t nothing hold me down, I’m gonna touch the SKY”.
September 2009
2 posts
Web based foreign language lessons →
Recently, I found the following Internet-based lesson plans that were created for foreign language classes by participants in the Technology Workshops of the California Foreign Language Project and…
Good videos about accents and language learning →
I found some fun and good videos on You Tube that help people learn accents and languages. Voila! 1. Are you having difficulty learning English? Check out this videos about how to make difficult…
August 2009
1 post
Once Upon a Time... →
Well, after a long hiatus I’m back. Just wrapped up a three-month stint reviewing contracts for a company involved in the pharmaceutical industry. Talk about a learning a different language! Anyway,…
July 2009
6 posts
Working on Leximo’s Business Plan for Investors…
YES!!! Finally got my Google Voice Invite!
YES!!! Finally got my Google Voice Invite!
“The only way you can lose is if you give up”
“The Brave may not live forever, but the Cautious do not live at All.”
The link between language and music, Dr. Oliver... →
My admiration for Dr. Oliver Sacks is no secret. He was just on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night talking about the effects of music on the brain. I am thrilled that he was discussing…
It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.
June 2009
7 posts
Back in Sarajevo: Music jolts memory and language... →
Music must be one of the most powerful forces of nostalgia! Yesterday, I had a lot of fun dancing to the gypsy music of Goran Bregović, a Sarajevo-born musician and composer. He has collaborated…
999,998… 999,999… 1 Million? http://ping.fm/pNbYI
999,998... 999,999... 1 Million? →
How many words are there in the English language? According to the Global Language Monitor, a website that has developed a mathematical formula for determining the rate of creation of new English…
From Merengue to Borscht: learning Russian with... →
There’s proof that music leads to learning! Last week, I was helping my friend David Mathison at his booth at Book Expo America. David was selling his book, Be the Media, a guidebook for…
Writers Wanted (No experience required ) →
Note: No experience required. Do you love learning new languages? Whether you do it just to learn a bad word…or because you need it for a job; maybe you’re just interested in learning new…
Writers Wanted (No experience required ) http://ping.fm/1oILT
May 2009
5 posts
Update: Videos Now on Leximo →
We have added a cool new feature to Leximo. You can now add videos along with each word submission. All you have to do is paste the YouTube link for the video and it will be embedded…
Definition: One Drop Rule (English) - http://ping.fm/GG7qz
Multiple personalities in a foreign language →
When we learn a foreign language, we may have an accent bearing light traces or strong semblances of our native tongue or we may be able to pick up on out instructor’s accent or that of a native…
Say what you mean and act how you feel, because those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
The Matrix of Languages →
Are you trying to learn a new language? Are you aware of the Matrix. Being a Matrix fan, I loved the analogy that this blog presented when it comes to learning new languages, and entering The Matrix.
April 2009
10 posts
Chinese Fascination →
The past week has been a strange Chinese filled adventure. I’ve been given a full sponsorship to go study on a Summer School program in Beijing and I’ve participated in the Chinese Bridge…
Help my friend out and vote for @razume as a finalist in Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic PitchTV contest http://bit.ly/19T8Bi
World's Easiest Languages To Learn →
To follow up on one of our most popular posts, World’s Hardest Languages to Learn, I decided to do a quick survey or what people think is the easiest language in world to learn. Their responses…
World’s Easiest Languages To Learn http://ping.fm/6eUfF
April Fools Folks - Leximo Not Bought by... →
Okay, we need to clarify this before it gets out of hand. Leximo has not been bought by Google. It was that time of the year, April Fool’s Day and Leximo joined in on the action. I thought the…
April Fools Folks - Leximo Not Bought by Google…Sorry :-( http://ping.fm/50VI0
Political barriers shouldn’t be linguistic... →
Since this blog focuses on learning languages and forming a community around languages, I am bringing up the topic of why politicians change foreign language education policy to put new political…
Leximo Bought by Google for $16.5 Million in Stock →
We have some great news for everyone. Leximo has been bought by Google! Okay to elaborate, we pitched Leximo to Google Ventures, which is Google’s new Venture Capital Fund. In Google’s…
Leximo Bought by Google for $16.5 Million in Stock http://ping.fm/qFhFM
Are you a spy? Learning languages via the media. →
Are you a spy? Jokingly, people ask me this question when they hear me speaking in other languages. (I speak seven languages: Russian, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Serbo…
March 2009
13 posts
Dictionary of American Regional English →
We should all be tickled to learn that the Dictionary of American Regional English project has come to fruition with the publication of the final volumes. According to a rumor some years back, the…
Why Johnny Still Can't Read →
In 1955, the bombshell book Why Johnny Can’t Read disturbed a few nesting hornets. A half-century later, per-student education spending in inflation-adjusted dollars has quadrupled, but Johnny (and…
An American back from Paris →
My wife and I just returned from France. Don’t worry. I haven’t gone native. I’m not going to lecture you on the superiority of French culture. True, they serve a cup of coffee strong enough to…
Verbing Weirds Language →
A colleague recently made a startling announcement. He reported that on a short-hop flight, an attendant had apologized to her parched passengers because time had not allowed them to be “beveraged,”…
Karaoke your way to a good accent →
Yesterday, I was recording an interview for the New America Now radio show and the interviewer asked me a question about my book, Language is Music, that really surprised me. (Language is…
Official Quantcast Metrics for Leximo http://ping.fm/XxaYE
Foreign Pet Names →
Not only am I a language lover but I’m an animal lover as well. So thinking about languages and pets triggered a memory in me. About three years ago I was on the subway when a charming…
My Digg submission “Don’t Shoplift” is Top in All Topics, http://digg.com/ (on the right of the home page) :-)
Top 10 Endangered Languages in the World →
Over at The Guardian, Peter K. Austin, a linguistics professor and author shares a personal selection of languages on the brink of disappearing from the face of the earth.
According to The…
Leximo’s new profile http://ping.fm/ZKm5E
Top 9 Hardest Languages in the World http://ping.fm/thNLh
World's Hardest Languages to Learn →
Have you ever wondered what the world’s hardest languages to learn are? Well Leximo has been wondering so we decided to ask other language enthusiasts and here are their responses.
Icelandic
I don’t want to be a product of my environment, I want my environment to be a product of me
February 2009
27 posts
Dropbox is giving away 2GB+ of space http://ping.fm/mCbEN
@ronniewilson congrats to Ronnie! You’re Leximo’s 1,000 Twitter follower! http://ping.fm/oYr4K