by Greg Turnquist | Mar 17, 2017 | german
At Pivotal I work on the Spring Data team, and our fearless leader is having us all converge in Berlin in just two weeks. Short of being über awesome, what do you do? Well, considering I’ve studied German off and on since high school, I thought it time to get...
by Greg Turnquist | Nov 1, 2014 | anki, german
After reading numerous articles on Hacking Chinese, I decided to dive into Anki. Anki is space repetition software. It lets you create any set of flashcards that you want, and then helps you review your deck daily in a more efficient manner. Thanks to the iPhone app,...
by Greg Turnquist | Oct 8, 2014 | anki, german
In war there is no substitute for victory –General Douglas MacArthur This famous quote from Douglas MacArthur shows that in certain situations, there are certain intrinsic requirements that cannot be ignored. At one time in my career, I was a group leader. That...
by Greg Turnquist | Sep 9, 2014 | german, springone
So weit, ich habe mit Ollie Gierke, Christoph Stroble, und Michael Hunger in Deutsch gesprecht. Super! Das is sehr Spaß! In Amerika, wir mussen zwei Jahre im Hochschule lernen. Das ist schlecht! Niemand nur zewei Jahren lernen kann etwas. Ich habe drei Jahre im...
by Greg Turnquist | Jun 9, 2014 | german
»Der einzige Weg, ein wirklicher Meister zu werden, ist, immer ein Schüler zu bleiben.« – Zen-Weisheit #anfängergeist — Marcus Raitner (@marcusraitner) June 9, 2014 Today I saw a retweet from one of my German friends. At first glance, I spotted bits and pieces I could...
by Greg Turnquist | Dec 28, 2013 | german
I’ve always wanted to be conversationally fluent in another language. I studied three years of German in high school, but that was 25 years ago. At one point in my life, I purchased a German newspaper and a German-English dictionary, hoping to go through it word...
