Monthly Archives: October 2007

Learning from Seattle Piano Teacher, Anita Manuel

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Dave

I had a most pleasant afternoon meeting with Seattle Piano teacher, Anita Manuel today (that’s her in the middle of the picture!) — we exchanged emails several weeks ago, and she agreed to pop by our offices today, share a … Continue reading →

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Building a business on making dreams (of learning guitar) come true

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Joseph

I have this theory that many of us harbor a secret illusion that maybe we really could be the next Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell or Ali Farka Toure (check out the 8,922+ folks who want to do this … Continue reading →

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Learn about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in Seattle

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Dave

All websites and businesses of all kinds (at least, those hoping to attract online visitors) learn early on that they ignore the benefits of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) at their own peril. I’ve learned a lot about SEO from friends … Continue reading →

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Is It Necessary for Americans to Become Bilingual?

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Joseph

A bad joke to get us started: If you speak three languages, you’re tri-lingual. Speaking two languages makes you bilingual. But if you only speak one language, then you’re an American. While I never thought of foreign language learning as … Continue reading →

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Learning about Learning to Fly in Seattle

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Dave

I had a great discussion today with Jeremy Wilson (that’s him in the bomber jacket on the right, with a fellow named Barrington Irving), from Seattle’s Galvin Flying. I reached out to Galvin, because we noticed that a lot of … Continue reading →

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Cal Berkeley puts lectures on YouTube

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Dave

This was reported in the last two weeks, but in case you missed it, the University of California Berkeley has started uploading lectures to YouTube. In and of itself, this probably isn’t too earth-shattering, since you can already find many … Continue reading →

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Update from TeachStreet (aka "5 Things We Didn't Know 2 Months Ago!")

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Dave

Note — we sent this our via email to our Homepage Subscribers, so some of you may see this twice (if you subscribe to the blog as well)! It’s probably been awhile since you signed up for our updates at … Continue reading →

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How to learn a language Online, and in Seattle

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Dave

Around TeachStreet’s offices, we often talk about learning new stuff and what the more popular learning topics are, including music lessons like Piano and Guitar, sports classes such as Golf and Tennis, and technology interests such as Ruby on Rails … Continue reading →

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Learn about Facebook, and meet us in San Francisco

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Dave

Just a heads up that we’ll be at next week’s Graphing Social conference in San Jose — it runs Sunday, October 7 thru Tuesday, October 9 and we’ll be in the Bay area meeting with friends, potential investors and other … Continue reading →

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