The vocabulary list page has had a long and storied life. First it was just a set of drop downs; you chose what lists you wanted to start with and that was pretty much it. …

Today George and I were graciously given some lab time with Oberlin students studying their first year of Chinese. We went and threw waves of them at our software to see what they could defeat …

This is a long blog post! For those who prefer getting their information graphically, we have made a comic to give you the jist. We’re very excited to announce that soon you will be able …

Hey everyone, we just uploaded a new system for controlling your vocabulary lists. If you’re having trouble seeing it, try clearing your browser’s cache. There are no new features in this new design, but we’re …

I’ve been collecting more textbook lists and am working on processing them, disambiguating their variant characters, adding missing words, and getting them online. In the next week or so, I’ll be uploading all of those, …

Thanks to the sinoknights over at ChinesePod, we now have a new set of Mandarin syllables. They sound great and are complete (except for neutral tones, which are hard to do in isolation, and erhua). …

The Genius is done and in final testing. I won’t upload it until the new front page goes up, possibly tomorrow or Saturday, but I’m excited so I’ll describe how awesome it’s going to be. …

I’ve just fixed most of the problem stroke recognizers. This includes tweaks to tone recognition, and you can draw a circle to do a neutral tone (or any shape that ends near where it starts, …

As suggested by Ge Daozhen, Ximeng, and ZachH, you can now click anywhere in the practice window to go to the next character when done, instead of having to go for the “next” button. The …

This week has been sort of slow. I returned back from a Colorado ski with my father and brother last Saturday. Nick has been taking a much needed rest the past few days, and Scott …