Archive for February, 2010

A New Twist on Can’t Judge a Book By Its Cover

Posted in February 2nd, 2010

by cultureguru in cross-cultural communication, intercultural communications

My sister is an animal rights activist (she’s done amazing work on animal rescue both in New Orleans and Haiti, and no one is better at letter writing campaigns than her nonprofit Kinship Circle) so perhaps this ad is a shout out to her (on top of our Vegan Thankgiving), or perhpas it’s just a little [...]

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Se Habla Mental Telepathy…the New Universal Language?

Posted in February 1st, 2010

by cultureguru in "Intra"national Exchange, Fun With Language, International Exchange, cross-cultural communication, intercultural communications

Remember as a kid trying to read your friends’ minds at a slumber party? For my 10th birthday, it came in between “Truth or Dare” and the Séance.
Now flash forward to the future (past “Men Who Stare at Goats“), where new technology potentially could erase communication barriers caused by traditional language differences. The program, funded [...]

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