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What happened in 2008 (for Lance)

Published December 30, 2008 Investing , Life , Mobile Translation , NZ Business , media Leave a Comment
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(Apologies for the “all about me” post. This sort of thing helps to motivate me for the year.)

Early last year I posted a plan for 2008 – daring to call it a manifesto. I’d just  turned down some very good corporate career options and dared to invest more time into smaller opportunities.

How did I do? Frankly I hadn’t looked at the post since January, and with some trepidation let’s launch into it. (Don’t worry – there is no personal stuff)

First – There were no New Year predictions. Good one. What a year to destroy predictions.

Next – there was the plan to go crazy – completing the Norwegian Berkiebeiner ski marathon. Sadly I just could not make this work logistically, and I feel pretty bad about it. My friend Hans, who I now owe some substantial karma, managed, after some adventure, to complete the Birkie on a perfect day. Great stuff. 

The professional goal was to spend more time starting and nurturing businesses, while continuing to consult, in both NZ and Australia.

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Help us with Lingopal

Published October 27, 2008 Life , Lingopal , Mobile Translation 4 Comments

Lingopal

We are still putting on the final touches, but Lingopal is looking pretty good these days.

To check it out point your browser, mobile or other wise, at m.lingopal.com – and let us know what you think.

Lingopal offers phrase translation over 43 languages – with the version you see at the mobile site for now offering a selection of the 1000 total phrases.

We are putting the final touches on the downloadable version, which will look pretty similar, but be on your phone as an application.
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The point of Lingopal is to break the ice and to start a conversation with people that speak different languages.  So while we have the standard travel and basic stuff in there, we are more interested in having a bit of fun with the phrases. This sample below from the flirting category worked pretty well for meeting a bunch of people in Sydney on Friday night. Luckily they didn’t work too well – Not only would my girlfriend take rather unkindly to any “success” with the phrases, but I was also out with friends in Oxford street – which is the gay district of Sydney.
Lingopal

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