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Japanese resources + contest

A news section of the NihongoUp site was launched. It’s called Japanese learning resources and, as the name suggests, it contains a list of quality desktop, mobile, online & print products for Japanese language students. Please check it out and if you’ll have any suggestions on how I could improve the page, please let me know in the comments.

Japanese resources contest

To celebrate the launch of the new website, I’m organizing a contest! You can win some very interesting prizes, and there are many different ways to enter, so please read on to understand the competition guidelines.

Prizes

Best reviews:

1. NihongoUp Desktop ($4.99) + Human Japanese Desktop ($18.95) + eduFire Superpass ($29)
2. NihongoUp Desktop + Human Japanese Desktop
3. NihongoUp Desktop

Random choice:

1. NihongoUp Desktop + Human Japanese Desktop + eduFire Superpass

How to enter

Best reviews:

Write a review of any resource included in the directory. Three reviews will be awarded with the aforementioned prizes. If you don’t see your favorite application, site or book, please suggest it in the comments. You can write the article in any language and in any media (blog, forum, newspaper, video, etc.) We love flattery, but it won’t play any role in the selection process—well-founded criticism is often much more helpful than mindless apple-polishing. You shouldn’t review your own product. The article must include a link to the resources page. You can submit several articles, but you can only win once. Please leave links to your posts, videos, or photos of printed articles in the comments.

Random choice:

To enter the “random choice” prize draw, do any of the following to get tokens. You will be entered once for every token. The more tokens you have, the higher your chance of winning.

1. Write a quality review of any resource included in the directory following the rules for “best reviews” to get 1 token. If you’ll review NihongoUp, Human Japanese or eduFire, you’ll get 2 more tokens and your article may be featured in the testimonials section of the respective sites. Also, I love creativity, and I may give away bonus tokens to those who manage to surprise me with their ideas.
2. Tweet about this contest with the #jprcon hash tag to get 1 token. The tweet must link to this page. Only one tweet/account will be counted.
2.Become a fan of NihongoUp at Facebook and interact! Comment, post to the discussion board, etc. Interesting and valuable comments/posts will get tokens.

The contest deadline is 14th December 2009.

If you have any questions, please post them in the comments.

UPDATE: The contest is over. Winners will be announced later this week.
UPDATE: And the winners are:
- Best review: Smart.fm, Updated and Excellent
- 2nd best review: Live Learning/Teaching with EduFire
- 3rd best review: Quiero aprender japonés YA! O.O
- Random choice: NihongoUp – Japanese Forum

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  • http://twitter.com/nihongoup nihongoup

    Over $130 worth of prizes to win!!! – http://nihongoup.com/blog/japanese-resources-contest/ #edufire #japanese #contest #smartfm
    This comment was originally posted on Twitter

  • http://twitter.com/nihongoup nihongoup

    Blogged: Japanese resources + contest – http://nihongoup.com/blog/japanese-resources-contest/
    This comment was originally posted on Twitter

  • Jakkii

    Please add "Zkanji" to your list of Desktop Learning Resources. It is a free, open-source Japanese language learning tool and also a kanji and word dictionary.

    http://zkanji.sourceforge.net/index.html

    • http://divita.eu/ seifip

      Added.

  • Jakkii

    Please add &quot;Zkanji&quot; to your list of Desktop Learning Resources. It is a free, open-source Japanese language learning tool and also a kanji and word dictionary. <a href="http://zkanji.sourceforge.net/index.html&quot; target="_blank"><a href="http://zkanji.sourceforge.net/index.html</a>&quot; target="_blank">http://zkanji.sourceforge.net/index.html</a></a&gt;

  • Jakkii

    Please add "Zkanji" to your list of Desktop Learning Resources. It is a free, open-source Japanese language learning tool and also a kanji and word dictionary.

    http://zkanji.sourceforge.net/index.html

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/seifip seifip

      Added.

  • seifip

    Added.

  • http://turningotaku.com/ Will

    Have you added lang-8 and smart.fm I've already done small reviews of them along with edufire on my blog. Both of them are really nice, I'll have to come up with another review to enter this comp :D

    • http://divita.eu/ seifip

      Lang-8 & smart.fm are already on the list… Because you’ve published your reviews very recently, I’ll enter them into the competition if you’ll add a mention of the resources page to the articles… As for your next article, you still haven’t reviewed NihongoUp ;) P.S.: Don’t worry, I’ve gout your Twitter DM and I’ll change the description with the next update ^^

  • Will

    Have you added lang-8 and smart.fm I've already done small reviews of them along with edufire on my blog. Both of them are really nice, I'll have to come up with another review to enter this comp :D

  • http://turningotaku.com Will

    Have you added lang-8 and smart.fm I've already done small reviews of them along with edufire on my blog. Both of them are really nice, I'll have to come up with another review to enter this comp :D

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/seifip seifip

      Lang-8 & smart.fm are already on the list… Because you've published your reviews very recently, I'll enter them into the competition if you'll add a mention of the resources page…

      As for your next article, you still haven't reviewed NihongoUp ;)

      P.S.: Don't worry, I've gout your Twitter DM and I'll change the description with the next update ^^

  • seifip

    Lang-8 &amp; smart.fm are already on the list… Because you've published your reviews very recently, I'll enter them into the competition if you'll add a mention of the resources page… As for your next article, you still haven't reviewed NihongoUp ;) P.S.: Don't worry, I've gout your Twitter DM and I'll change the description with the next update ^^

  • http://twitter.com/rainbowhill rainbowhill

    Japanese resources + contest (via @NihongoUp) http://bit.ly/4qqCAq #jprcon
    This comment was originally posted on Twitter

  • http://twitter.com/Zyaga @Zyaga

    You can check out my review of eduFire here: http://bit.ly/1zLn62 !

    I linked back to this article. Sometime soon I'll write a review on NihongoUp. ^_^

  • @Zyaga

    You can check out my review of eduFire here: <a href="http://bit.ly/1zLn62&quot; target="_blank"><a href="http://bit.ly/1zLn62</a>&quot; target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1zLn62</a></a&gt; ! I linked back to this article. Sometime soon I'll write a review on NihongoUp. ^_^

  • http://twitter.com/Zyaga @Zyaga

    You can check out my review of eduFire here: http://bit.ly/1zLn62 !

    I linked back to this article. Sometime soon I'll write a review on NihongoUp. ^_^

  • TurningOtaku

    I'm waiting for the release of the ipod app! of course Nihongoup is on the list but I want to wait for when everyone else is going to be covering the release of the application. I'll be waiting. :Dbtw, I'll add the resources link to those blogposts. Thanks!

  • http://divita.eu/ seifip

    NihongoUp for iPhone released!

  • http://divita.eu/ seifip

    For several reasons, the contest deadline was pushed back by two weeks and so you still have a chance to enter!

  • http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/kawaii-merodii Miku-chan

    Hey! It'S mIKU HERE.. i LIKED YOUR SOFTWARE AND MADE A REVIEW ON IT plus a little mentioning on human japanese (i wasnt sure to amke a review of it in the same post of NihongoUp But, asi i mentioned you in facebook, my post is in spanish, so maybe I can send you the english traslation l8ter–> http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/item/81023 this the original post..MikuI hope you like it, (and that I'm in time for the contest)

  • http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/kawaii-merodii Miku-chan

    oh my sorry for the big mistake writing there.. >.<

  • http://divita.eu/ seifip

    Thnx for the review! Just a few comments:- The logo in the current version of NihongoUp is different (not the black/white one)- There is now also a Counters mode and a JLPT 1 mode in the Vocabulary section- You haven't linked to NihongoUp and Human Japanese (not that it is required for the contest, just that it makes it difficult for readers to get more information about the programs)

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