The iPad apps are out! Both Skritter Chinese and Skritter Japanese have been updated to 2.0 to provide universal iPad support. They also capitalize on the taller iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5th gen screens, …

Skritter has attended the ACTFL three times, and every time I organize it, I forget how busy it is to do the conference right before Thanksgiving! Jake and I were in attendance in Philadelphia last …

When we launched the Skritter iOS app in June, we wanted to be able to provide the same, simple subscription model in the App Store as we have on the web. Because of Apple’s policy …

Fall is upon us, and for many that means that the weather outside is getting a little “冷” (lěng: cold). This week on the Skritter blog we focus on the more extended usage of “cold” …

Hurricane Sandy is leaving a path of destruction from the Caribbean all the way up the East Coast of the United States right now. Disasters like this are terrible things, but they certainly don’t go away on account …

Using a textbook, dictionary, flashcards or phrasebook to study Chinese, there no doubt that the modern phonetic transcription of Chinese characters, know as Pīnyīn, is a great aid to learning to speak and understand the …

Before the release of the Skritter Chinese iOS app, the team set out to create the ultimate Chinese 101 list. Now, with nearly 1000 users studying it, we’ll take a more in-depth look at the …

This week’s blog post is all about tackling the four tones of Mandarin; those nasty and fun gems of Chinese that turn “may I ask a question” into “can I have a kiss.” After the …

A few weeks ago FluentFlix’s announcement of their long awaited beta launch had the Chinese learning community going gangbusters. For those still in the dark, check out the FluentFlix intro video, and you’ll immediately see what all the …

Have you ever gotten the feeling while running into a new character that you can almost guess its meaning and pronunciation before you look it up? I remember this occurring to me for the first …