When writing a case study for a client, conducting interviews is one of the most important steps to get the rich and detailed information you need for your story. Done right, these interviews contain many… Read More »How to unearth hidden gems for your case study with transcriptions
Today we are celebrating the Chinese New Year 2019, featuring the boar, pig or hog as its zodiac sign. It’s going to be a great year, bringing us good fortune, and the boar is considered… Read More »Of Pigs, Wild Boars, and Japanese Inoshishi
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When the wall between East and West Germany fell in November 1989 I was 20 years old and had just finished high school. I had been living on the east side of the wall and… Read More »Divided by a common language