Author Archive for johnb

Bienvenue à FrenchPod

Everyone at Praxis Language is very happy to announce that FrenchPod is now open to the public, joining ChinesePod and SpanishPod in the growing Praxis Language family. Erica, Amaury, Christela, and Christophe have been working hard in preparation for this launch, and it shows in the quality and variety of lessons already available.
If you’re already a ChinesePod or SpanishPod subscriber, you […]

Insanity and Learning in the USA

The holidays are almost upon us, but at 88Groups we’re trying to dish out some learning gifts a bit earlier.  Here are some highlights from the last week:

 Brendan reveals a great character — 嚏 — for making your Chinese friends lose a little bit of face on Character Insanity.
Bill offers an alternative to Character Insanity […]

Group Building and Ox Saliva

Now that 88Groups has been open for a few weeks, we’re starting to see some lively groups form and discussion begin. We’re also seeing a variety of groups form, and we think that from this variety there will be some really interesting content in the coming weeks and months. Some groups to watch (and […]

Unveiling 88Groups

Today I’d like to talk a little about the newest addition to the Praxis Language family — 88Groups. First, though, I’m going to take a short diversion into the world of music remixing (I promise it’s not totally unrelated!).
One of my favorite albums is DJ Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album, an underground remix of Jay-Z’s […]