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Technology

Chinese character input using the Macbook’s multi-touch trackpad : a boon for Classical Chinese language learners?

20 August 2009 Character

You know how it’s sometimes quite a pain to input Chinese on your computer? Well, I do. I use a program called QIM that works pretty well, but I’ve always longed for a better solution. Well, my friends, Apple has done it again. Without buying a tablet PC, without installing any weird software, for $29 [...]

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Using Devonthink to learn and write about the Chinese herbal formula Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang

12 August 2009 Blogging

I will write more about specific thoughts I have about Devonthink and how it’s been learning to use it. First, though, I want to describe how it has been helping me. Of course, this obsession of mine is not really about Devonthink. It’s about manipulating information in interesting ways. It is about actively participating in [...]

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Chinese medicine mind mapping

31 July 2009 Learning

Unfortunately, I just lost a great post I was writing about Chinese medicine and mind mapping. Because I’m pretty tired and don’t feel like writing it up again – I’ll just offer the pictures I was going to insert. This will have to suffice for now. I’ll try again soon. The first is a TCM-style [...]

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Technological teaching : social networking for natural medicine practitioners and a study update

9 August 2008 Blogging

I’ve been working with Saturday features these last few months.  I like the idea of a links post, but they don’t get much traffic and they’re sort of boring to write.  I figure it makes more sense to offer something of real value while enjoying the process myself.  So, on this cloudy Oregon summer morning, [...]

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7 Reasons why cool people don’t blog

23 July 2008 Blogging

One of the greatest benefits of blogging is the many relationships you build with other bloggers and blog readers.  I believe this is the especially case in a small niche like Chinese medicine.  There simply aren’t many active blogs (or even, really, non-blog websites) out there.  This creates a pretty small pond in which for [...]

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