Video interviews on the beach, for ESL learners

Great to see this guy from an English school in France interviewing people on the street, and then adding captions to the video. This one is part of a series focussing on homeless people, on the beach in Miami. Interesting to compare the two women's opinions here.



Here's the first in the series, with interviews of Santa Claus, whose residence is South Miami Beach. From (Real English MPG.)

multi-touch interfaces, wow

Now if you know me, you'll know that i am a keyboard junkie, my fingers can fly across the dvorak keyboard, and if i have to use a mouse, give me a trackball anyday.

However when teaching people in the community to use standard Qwerty keyboard and mouse, i wish the future would get here faster.

I know there are 'tablet pc's for people who can afford them (ie not ACE), but what i'm really wanting is something more like what Jeff Han demonstrated last year .. the multi-touch visual interface. mmm, yes, use your whole hand, all ten fingers at the same time. Technology moulds itself to the human body, not the other way around. i'm tired of "Single Input".

Take a look at his presentation, if you haven't seen it before.