Lenguajero is running on Google App Engine (GAE). This started as an experiment. I wanted to see how fast I could get it up and running. The answer, as it turns out, is very fast. Any developer can get up and running and through the initial tutorial in a Sunday afternoon. We’re still running within [...]
The goal of Lenguajero is to connect Spanish and English speakers so that they can have online conversations that will improve their ability to speak the language they are learning. With this goal in mind we knew that we needed to a simple, effective way to put our members in touch with one another.
We kicked [...]
While building Lenguajero we came up against one challenge that we couldn’t solve ourselves…the actual site design. Here’s how we got it done with a $1000 budget.
Design – Cost $888
Neither of us are could described as designers in any sort of context. We tried contacting a couple of designers we knew back home. They were [...]
The idea was to cram everything we owned into a storage unit and head out on the road. The goal, learn Spanish. The destination, Latin America. From the beaches of Mexico to the mountains of Patagonia and everywhere in between, we were going to study Spanish, immerse ourselves in the rich and varying cultures of [...]
