Ok – if you look at the date of the last (first) post and now, quite a bit of time has transpired. In the next couple of days I’ll be uploading a bunch of posts that I’ve meant to do for a long time now. Happy reading!
For many years, I had a ritual every time I flew to China or Hong Kong. I’d leave with an extra empty suitcase, knowing it would return home stuffed with books. * In Beijing, I’d head straight to 北京语言大学 (Beiyu) bookstore, once the famous Beijing Language Institute. * In Shanghai,
Teachers are scared — and if they’re not, they probably should be. There are fundamental changes that have been happening since AI went mainstream which mean the role of the teacher must pivot, or risk becoming extinct. I saw the writing on the wall and thought deeply about what the
Here’s a truth: the entire AI “token burn” I accumulated while building CLF up to soft-launch level was USD $5.47. Yet, I regularly see tech companies burning tens of thousands of dollars per month on the same thing. How is that even possible? It comes down to how—
One of the most important insights that shaped Cracking Language Fundamentals is this: Your linguistic and cultural background determines the fastest route to mastering a new language. Yet most courses and syllabi ignore this. They push every learner through the same tunnel — the same units, the same chapters, the same