Joe Gabriel
Digital Marketing Manager
38 years old
Professional Status
Available soon
Open to opportunities
About Me
What drives me:
-A meaningful vision. Entertainment and the prospect of profitability is a great start, but not enough
-Networking with key stake holders, learning what drives them
-Honest business built on mutual trust
-Curiosity and a sense of adventure, risk doesn't freak me out
-Projects with a dash of magic and ambitions for greatness
-A meaningful vision. Entertainment and the prospect of profitability is a great start, but not enough
-Networking with key stake holders, learning what drives them
-Honest business built on mutual trust
-Curiosity and a sense of adventure, risk doesn't freak me out
-Projects with a dash of magic and ambitions for greatness
Linguality
linguality.wordpress.com
linguality.wordpress.com
If Zorro can learn Swedish & Norwegian (Norwegish), Anyone can!
19 Mar 2013
The other night I was desperate for a free action movie, so I whipped out my trusty iPad and opened my favorite Chinese Movie app, PPTV, to begin my hunt for a worthy candidate. My expectations include only the basest of manly virtues, that is, senseless violence. I tend to watch more medieval action flicks … Continue reading →
Batman has a Batbelt, You have Chinese Language Tools
17 Mar 2013
I’m a hunter, and I hunt for new tech all the friggin’ time that will give me the edge I’m looking for in Chinese. Here’s the best of what I’ve found…so far… Internet: Firefox plugins Perapera Chinese Popup Dictionary Vocabulary Highlighter Chrome plugins: Zhongwen: A Chinese-English Popup Dictionary Chinese Subtitles: Shooter.cn , requires .rar software Use … Continue reading →
5 Words a Day, Keeps Crappy Language Away
15 Mar 2013
When I started my internship here in Beijing, my language goals sounded like this: Listen a lot, speak a lot, learn a lot. Boom. Sounds great right? Well, kind of. I am listening a lot, and speaking a lot, but I think the most satisfying habit I’ve established is my “5-Words or Phrases a day” … Continue reading →
Sexy Context is Essential
15 Mar 2013
At work, I probably do 2 whole hours of real work each day. The rest of my time is spent bouncing between side projects I have going on. One such project is going through a Chinese grammar wiki my buddy is helping edit for ChinesePod and All Set Learning. One of the structures I was … Continue reading →
Determine My Chinese Reading Level: Part 3
29 Nov 2012
Big news! I just finished book 3 in my series of Chinese graded readers and things are looking up! Here’s the statistics: Total Reading Time: 212 minutes = 3 hours 32 min (2 hrs 35 min for Book 2) Average Time per Page: 1.9 minutes/page (1.26 min/page for Book 2) Average Characters per Page: ~362 … Continue reading →
Learning Languages & Killing Birds
19 Nov 2012
When learning foreign languages, seemingly sage advice such as ‘Kill two birds with one stone,’ just won’t cut it. I currently have a goal to figure out my reading level in Chinese by…you guessed it…reading! Along the way, however, I’ve found myself trying to kill other birds with this one stone, meaning, while reading, I’m … Continue reading →
Language Study Plan 2: Three Fold Path: Right Method, Right Attitude, and Right Materials
17 Nov 2012
From John Fotheringham @ LanguageMastery.com Quoted from his article in The Polyglot Project Most people never reach fluency because they spend far too much time learning about the language (reading the manual) and not enough time actually acquiring it (driving the car). Methods: To learn “how to drive” in a language, you need to spend … Continue reading →
Language Study Plan 1: The Ice Plunge
17 Nov 2012
From Learn Any Language – Barry M. Ferber 1. Choose your target language 2. Gather your tools: Basic textbook Dictionary Phrasebook Newspaper or magazine Student reader: 6th grade reading level Portable listening and/or recording device Audio courses: Pimsleur recommended Pre-made flash cards Blank flash cards Sturdikleers: A plastic see-through protector for passports that you can … Continue reading →
Determine My Chinese Reading Level: Part 2
16 Nov 2012
I finished Book 2 in my series, and the stats are looking good! Total Reading time: 2 hours 35 minutes (down from 2 hours 45 minutes in previous book) Total Pages Read: 123 pages (the same as Book 1) Average time per page:erage time per page: 1.26 minutes (down from 1.3 minutes per page) Interestingly, … Continue reading →
Learning Languages & Rock Climbing
14 Nov 2012
When rock climbing, especially bouldering, there are three ways to approach your ‘problem’ or your goal: (stay with me, see if you can see where I’m going) 1) On-sight climbing: You start climbing without prior observation, and make climbing decisions en route. Sounds nuts right? On-sight climbing is considered bad ace in the climbing world…if … Continue reading →
