ChinesePod in the New York Times

I like the article too. I first heard about ChinesePod through media coverage in one outlet or another about a year after its launch, so it was neat to be able to chip in on this piece.

You got at least one new member from the publicity! About a year ago, I stumbled upon a lesson in the iTunes directory, but thought it was too easy to be of use to me (it was probably beginner level). I had no idea Cpod had such a nice, organized website with so much content. I love that you can set up a customized feed to go automatically to the iPod. This is exactly what I need to improve my listening. Anyway, I look forward to chatting with you all.

Ken, A good article that's bound to score you a few new customers. No mention of Jenny though. Bazza won't be impressed.

It's actually the lounge of my condo building/hotel, John, so it's a nice place to study, not to mention a nice oasis upon returning from overseas business trips. My family and I had just come back from Vancouver's Chinese New Year parade. I had to laugh because the very accomplished photographer was a fascinating woman who had just returned the day before from months in Middle East war zones, so our hour or so session a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean on a quiet Sunday surely represented a big change of pace.

In the article CPod is presented as a pure business oriented resource. In my opinion, the site should be at least be marketed to be a resource useful for *all sorts of* professionals. We learn a lot more than "business Chinese" and there are in fact a frew other professions benefiting from it (we had lessons on University teaching, autism, photography etc. etc.). Besides, I am actually missing at least one additional clause: "Many lessons include business-based vocabulary on topics like how to hire a courier in China or how it is to be killed by a Ninja when you are becoming too boring"

laorui, No mention of Jenny. She deserves her own article, nay, column! Lordstanley, I appreciate your time, your comments, etc. Well done. Henning, On the mark as ever. The story was in the busienss section, so the author wanted that angle. I think ChinesePod is flexible enough to accommodate the business executive. I think this and the slick photo also helped to contrast us with Live Mocha, which is good.

Lordstanley, nice picture! Well done!

lordstanley, Are you studying in a hotel there? Looks nice...

Ah, 'slightly mature'!!! I didn't notice I'd said that. We're all 'slightly mature', as opposed to 'slightly more mature' around here.

Yeah. LordStanley makes us all look good. I'm curious about the second photo there, since it looks like a printout of the Vocab Manager page rather than the PDF. Do a lot of you guys do this? Do we need to add a "print this page" function or something to remove the column on the left? just curious.

Wow - I’m really pleased ChinesePod is getting coverage like this in the world’s most respected newspaper. :) Hopefully it will inspire even more people to come to ChinesePod. One thing lordstanley said that really summed up ChinesePod for me was: “Part of the reason I’ve made so much progress is that they [the podcasts] are so enjoyable.” That’s the thing that makes ChinesePod so unique for me. Well done ChinesePod!

Trevelyan, I had a binder of lesson transcripts with me but they were marked up with pen in many spots so would not have been so "clean" for a photo. But I also have a binder of all my Vocab Manager pages. This photo is just of a random page from it, the column from the left would have been the lesson-by-lesson labels before I deleted them. I may be unusual here in that I rarely use the flashcards function and instead actually do print out the Vocab Manager as a way of reviewing and, if lucky, retaining previously-added words.

Well said, rsmith91! Congrats all around :)

Ken, makes sense! Lordstanly, I agree, well done. And you look impressively diligent on that picture. Regarding the article: At least I fit two of the three definition components that define the target audiance: "thirty-something, slightly mature, with some kind of business connection to China". It would be a pity if there was not some immaturity left here and there, wouldn't it?