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Dimitri-san has done it again! This time he emerged from his secret programming laboratory with a JapanesePod101.com Widget (see image below)! This incredible widget allows you to listen to any lesson on the feed; furthermore, it even allows you to see lesson specific notes for each lesson by clicking the italic i in lower right corner! Dimitri's diabolic creation has been added to Mac's Dashboard Widgets and can also be downloaded from Dimitri's website. Please direct all technical questions, issues, and feedback to Dimitri at dimitri008@mac.com (please indicate in the subject line of your email). We too at JapanesePod101.com would love to hear your feedback about the widget.On behalf of eveyone here at JapanesePod101.com, we would... Show more

Dimitri-san, a young and talented programmer from Los Angeles, has just launched Version 1.0 of his incredible JapanesePod101.com application (see screenshot below). Using our RSS feed, his incredible application enables end users to quickly browse, search, sort, listen, and watch our daily podcasts and videocasts using one convenient tool. You can even see the romaji and transcripts as you hear each lesson! Version 1.0 includes the following upgrades and improvements: powerful control over managing all the episodes, as they can be filtered by name, date time — you name it! instant search built in easy to use controller for playing episodes plays video episodes, along with audio ones next button goes up the list, selecting... Show more

Hi. My name is Max. I live in Shanghai, China and I've been studying Japanese since November of 2005. Or, as might be more appropriate 平成17年. I've always been interested in Japan. My aunt lives in Japan, so one of my cousins are Japanese. I traveled to Japan often as a kid, and was always sorry to leave. Every time I have left 東京羽田空港1 I have sworn to return. I come from a bilingual family, so when someone asks me how long I been learning, I usually dodge the question and say 'quite a while'. I haven't been reading and writing for long, but since coming to Shanghai I have seriously tried to master Chinese. At the time of my last trip to Japan, in November of 2005, I was already seriously learning Chinese. I was so interested in... Show more

All, Although I said I would post my next blog this week, the truth is, I'm already away from Tokyo on vacation for the New Year holidays. I will be taking a brief hiatus and should return with a new entry on January 11th. Please check back then. Thanks for your understanding! Nathan

Hello again. As I mentioned last week, I have begun a weekly blog that will give you a look at one of the ways in which I study vocabulary and kanji living here in Japan. While you may not be able to replicate my process if you do not live in a place with abundant exposure to the language, I do hope that you might find the method, or perhaps the tools, of some use. As I left my keitai (cell phone) at home on the charger today, I am going to start with a brief outline of the tools that I use, and a bit about their purposes. This will also explain why leaving my cell phone has any relevance to this post. So let’s start there. 携帯 (keitai)： Short for 携帯電話 (keitai denwa), this is a word that many of you are likely already familiar with.... Show more

Good evening, friends. How do you study vocabulary? Kanji? Certainly there are many ways, and surely a good number of them are effective, especially considering that we are all unique individuals who learn in different ways. In addition to being a different person than you, I also live in a different environment than many of you – Japan, in particular. Perhaps this combination of factors (or perhaps simply the living in Japan part) will pique your interest in learning more about one of the ways in which I study vocabulary and kanji. And of course, it can’t hurt to read about one of the methods of just one more student of the beautiful language that we are all studying together – Japanese. Beginning next week (yes, I plan to be quite... Show more

Mina-san, We have successfully (we hope) completed the migration of our server to a new and improved platform. The JapanesePod101.com website should now be accessible again. If you experience any issues or notice something out of the ordinary, please post a comment or send us an email at support@japanesepod101.com. A big thank you to Marvin, our new Intern and technical guru, for his help with the upgrade and to our entire community for their patience during the upgrade process. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Eran

Mina-san, On Sunday, November 12th from 12am to 6am EST, we will be upgrading our server environment to improve the performance, speed, and reliability of our site and to support our growing community of listeners. During this window, the JapanesePod101.com site will be unavailable. For questions or concerns with regard to this maintenance, please contact us by email at support@japanesepod101.com or post a comment here. We appreciate your understanding while we continue to improve the JapanesePod101.com service. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Eran JapanesePod101.com

Mina-san, This Sunday (10/29/06) between 4am and 6am EST we will be upgrading our membership system. During this time, the JapanesePod101.com site will not be available. Please accept our apologies in advance for this inconvenience. Thank you, JapanesePod101.com