We have returned from our respective homelands and are working again. Nick and I spent the day leading up to Thanksgiving attending the ACTFL convention out in sunny San Diego, CA. We flew out on …

Just finished and uploaded two more Japanese textbooks: Nakama 1 and 2. Even if you’re not using these textbooks, you might find these lists useful, particularly in the second book. For example, the vocabulary in …

I just uploaded a new help system we’re going to try; an overlay system. In pages that have it set up, there’s a blue help button in the upper right corner of the page (except …

Last year we attended the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) conference in Orlando Florida. It was a harrowing experience. We learned of the conference approximately 2 weeks before it occurred. One …

Been a while since I blogged. That’s because I’ve been working in the shadows of my cofounders for the past while, either implementing the site tweaks George fabricated with his UX testing, or making the …

The new version of the practice page that’s in testing will now work for Japanese, as far as we know. Give it a try and let us know what’s great and what’s whack. Getting closer …

I’m sure that some people have had troubles navigating the site. You might even have had problems doing something that seemed like it should be a really simple task. In some rare cases, users might …

Server’s undergoing maintenance tonight (Tuesday) at 8:00 PM EST. It’ll last for up to an hour. You might be able to get to a few pages, but for the most part Skritter will be down. …

Lately we’ve been itching to communicate with everyone using the site in a more synchronous and immediate way. We’ve been contemplating putting up a short-response poll but we thought it would be better to try …

You’ve given a lot of feedback over the past three days about the new practice design! It is well appreciated. I’m not sure why, but it seems that Skritter users are uncommonly smart when it …