Archive | Lenguajero Updates

15 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Four Key Lessons In Six Months

A few days ago Lenguajero turned 6 months old. It’s hard to believe how much our little bootstrapped Latin America startup has grown in these last 6 months, but more importantly how our knowledge has grown with it.
As we built the site in Colombia, expanded on it from Costa Rica and Ecuador, and finally [...]

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08 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Lenguajero Member Demographics

Earlier today we had a great opportunity to sit down and talk with Kirsten Winkler for her interview series at EDUKWEST. During the interview she asked us a few questions about our member metrics. At the time we didn’t have exact numbers.
Part of the reason is that Google Analytics, although a great [...]

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01 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Month Four Report

As with every other month end report I am shocked to be writing this right now. Seriously, where does the time go? Before I know it Lenguajero is going to be 6 months old, and that is a scary thing to think about.
Month four has been quite a bit different from the first three months. [...]

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20 November 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Announcing Lenguajero Classroom Edition

A couple of months ago Lenguajero had the great fortune to be included in the curriculum of a conversational Spanish course being taught at Sacred Heart University. The course professor, Pilar Munday (@mundaysa), is an an advocate for introducing web2.0 technologies into the classroom.
We recently had the opportunity to ask the students of Professor [...]

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27 October 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Month Three Report

I swear I was just writing the Month Two Report a couple of days ago. Where the heck did month three go?
Despite month three vanishing before my eyes, looking back at the Month Two Report and our notes from month three, I realize that quite a lot has happened this month. Here’s month three [...]

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30 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Two Month Report

It’s been a busy second month for the Lenguajero team, although we will admit to packing our laptops and heading to Puerto Escondido for a week of part work/part beach bumming.
Over the last month we have continued to crank out new features, sign up new members, and promote our site. Here’s what was new [...]

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29 September 2009 ~ 5 Comments

SRS Flashcard Program Launched Today!

When Natalie and I decided to build Lenguajero one of the goals we had was to build an online SRS system for Spanish and English learners. We are happy to announce that our SRS system has been built, and is now available for free to all Lenguajero members.
What is a Spaced Repetition System and [...]

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