Whittled

10/06/2016

Check out Fiona Blake's latest short story: https://medium.com//emerald-island-a-summer-love-story-part-1-1ca1ba5fbab3 #.6i4x8s8c7

This is part one of a four-part novel by Fiona Blake

25/01/2016

What's up with that?

Music video by M.I.A. performing Borders. (C) 2015 Maya Arulpragasam under exclusive license to Interscope Records http://vevo.ly/J4BRiP

24/01/2016

You really want to quit your job, don't you? What do experts say about quitting with nothing lined up?

Everyone knows you shouldn't give your two weeks' notice until you have a new job. But is there ever a time to leave without a safety net?

24/01/2016

Decent advice on how to work for yourself: http://buff.ly/1Ujdt0l

Every week, someone emails me asking how they can become a full-time writer, start an online business, or work for thems…

23/01/2016

Check out our review of language tools!

So you want to learn Spanish, French, or Chinese. Great! There are dozens of language learning tools available online, all of which claim to be the best way to get fluent in your language of choice....

22/01/2016

We tried a bunch of online language learning tools. Guess which one was the best. http://bit.ly/1Ps2PA9

So you want to learn Spanish, French, or Chinese. Great! There are dozens of language learning tools available online, all of which claim to be the best way to get fluent in your language of choice. But having so many choices can be daunting. What’s the difference between all of these different tool…

21/01/2016

"So! We’re here to help you separate the wheat from the chaff. We’ve read dozens upon dozens of language blogs — here are the ones actually worth your time." http://bit.ly/1S7QQgm

Learning a new language can get lonely, especially if you’re self-studying. Sometimes it’s nice to put the books down and connect with other language learners, get advice, or just swap stories. Thanks to the magic of the internet, there are tons of blogs and websites to help you do just that. The b…

12/12/2015

Check out Whittled's latest article on life-changing travel:

Over the next month, we’re going to do our best to learn Swedish. Eventually, we want to go to Stockholm, but we’ve foun…

12/12/2015

omg. you'll never guess how people say "yes."

The word for 'yes' in most of Sweden is 'ja', but in the north of the country a unique sound is used instead, as The Local's Oliver Gee discovered in the cit...

11/12/2015

pretty excited for c-3p0's return, the ultimate polyglothttp://buff.ly/1NWsdU0

“People say, ‘What’s it like to go back to C-3PO?’ Well, I never left him.”

10/12/2015

The most dangerous animal in sweden.http://buff.ly/1PTdsSh

Sweden's most dangerous animal might not be the moose. But it's definitely Sweden's zoological superstar.

08/12/2015

Tip 2: Learn cognates: your friend in every single language. Tips on language learning. http://buff.ly/1IBznee

Preface by Tim Ferriss I've written about how I learned to speak, read, and write Japanese, Mandarin, and Spanish. I've also covered my experiments with German, Indonesian, Arabic, Norwegian, Turkish,...

08/12/2015

So...we're going to start learning Swedish. Any tips?