trip alert: ‘bot going to Germany
I’m not bothering apologizing for a lack of blogs lately. Mainly, because I think you should have gotten used to this by now. But secondly, because I’ve just never figured out how to make my FlipCam work with the latest version of QuickTime on this Mac. So whatever… moving on!
I’m going to Stuttgart, Germany in a few weeks! Yes, it’s for another work conference, this time FMX. Now, I took German in high school, and I got bumped a year because it was easy to me. I even graduated with German Honor’s Society tassles. All this naturally means I’ll barely be able to say “danke” and “ein bissien”.
Either way, I’m stoked I’ll be there for the kraut. In the mean time, a little cultural learning for the week.
How Americans and Britons differ… besides dental care. Interesting article in the Economist. Here’s a snapshot of their results founded through some research.
On five of the six groups of issues selected, American opinion is far more polarised than British (only nationalism seems to unite America’s left and right). Gone are the days when it was British politics that embraced political extremes and Americans looked on bemused. The gap between Republicans and Democrats is almost always far greater than that between Tories and (usually) Liberal Democrats. Lib Dem supporters are to the left of Labour on every broad category except the role of the state.
But really, is this shocking?
