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I'd find this useful if you sent an email every other day. The short text on the first country Namibia was interesting and about as much as I have time to read on a near-daily interest-email. I didn't sign up as I don't have the time but I'm interested to learn.
wow this is so awesome for a omnivorous compulsive reader like myself. I've actually never been this excited about a show hen before! thanks for making this!
Author here. I found myself wanting to learn more about history/culture/politics/etc of more countries throughout the world, so I built a little web app that provides you with one country to learn about each day. The information provided is intended to just be a starting point; I see the using this as a study guide. Any feedback is welcome. This is the first personal project that I've shipped! Edit: I hope you guys d…
- I start with some travel show or a foodalogue to see what people look like there, what is their ethnic makeup, what do they eat, how rich/happy are they, how advanced is their society. I would probably watch gordon ramsey's kitchen nightmares to get the first glace at britain.
- then I watch something about the current affairs of the country. Putin's russia ( Aljazeera documentary) /Khodorkovsky on netflix
- Read a book or two , both fiction and non fiction. Russia: Snowdrops (Fiction) , Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin.
- Then I dig deeper and try to see how the people there got to be like what they are now. Eg: Battle of Russia on Fandor, National Geographic's Engineering an empire( Russia).
Hmm, seems like Singapore is missing in the map?
Hmm, seems like Singapore is missing in the map?
Hmm, seems like Singapore is missing in the map?
This looks neat. Here is how discover the world online. - I start with some travel show or a foodalogue to see what people look like there, what is their ethnic makeup, what do they eat, how rich/happy are they, how advanced is their society. I would probably watch gordon ramsey's kitchen nightmares to get the first glace at britain. - then I watch something about the current affairs of the country. Putin's russia (…