“Skritter Agent hounds you, Skritter Agent helps you!” User Faceleg, also known as Michael Robinson, has completed the first version of his Skritter Agent, which is a cross-platform tray app that sits in the background …
Remembering the Hanzi
Among other textbook lists, Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1 are up and ready for consumption. I’ve been watching the progress of some Skritter users doing the character-only, composition-ordered Heisig approach, and …
Export Feature
Just put the finishing touches on a new feature: vocabulary export. You can now export all the words you are actively studying, or you can export lists. Go to the vocabulary page, where it’s listed …
Overhearing
So I have an embarrassing confession to make. Whenever I’m in a public space, and I hear someone speaking in another language, I stop talking and try to listen to whatever they’re saying on the …
Rossann hits 3000 characters
Now rossann (Anne Ross) has also learned her 3000th character on Skritter, hot on the heels of thinkbuddha. Congratulations! She joined Skritter less than five months ago and has been chewing through the hanzi like …
Japanese Textbooks
We have a new Japanese textbook up: Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese. This is the third book from Japan Times. Thanks to Maksym for doing the vast majority of the work; I finally got around …
Two Weeks of Class
Scott and I started class last week on Tuesday, so today marks the 2 week mark for us both. It’s been very intense getting back into the swing of class every day for an hour, …
Thinkbuddha hits 3000 characters
Today user thinkbuddha has learned his 3000th character on Skritter. Congratulations, sir! thinkbuddha (Will Buckingham) is the first user to break the big three kay, although another user has been stealthily creeping up behind him …
Try, Try Again
It’s that time again. Time for a new version of the vocabulary pages! The heart of it is the new vocabulary navigation page. With this new design we’re trying to make it easier to find …
Stroke Order Hints
You can now do three things with the “Show” button (or the “S” key): Press it to see the character. Hold it down to see the stroke animation. Hold it down briefly to get a …