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About Me

Location:
Austria, Vienna, Wien
Current organization:
Altova GmbH
Past organizations:
DFKI - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DAAD Alumni
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Computational Linguistics, Web Design, Database Programming, Programming, Translations, Interpreting (English Japanese)
I am:
Job-seeker, Single, Student, Writer/Editor
Languages:
English, Japanese, German
Universities:
Saarland University, The University of the Ryukyus, The Open University (UK)
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More About Me

I'm passionate about

- Getting to know new people and ideas
- Exchanging thoughts with others
- Learning new languages
- Various keyboards (my favorite is one from Kinesis)

My TED Story

A friend of mine introduced me TED and its translation project. My first impression was it seemed interesting. The more I got to know this project, its translation project has become fun and worth using my time and energy.

I was (and am) always looking for ways that I could use my language skills to contribute to the society. So far, the TED seems to be the most promising one. I'm glad I got to know this project and happy to be involved.

Comments

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  • A comment on Talk: Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders

    Jan 2 2011: As World becomes more inter-connected, I think variety of thoughts (idea, characteristics, etc) is preferred to monoculture in a society. Having said that, I agree that women's playing more role at top-level in an organization could makes more benefits in the society.

    The talk seemed, however, that the current ratio of both genders in C-suit is attributed only to social traditions (or way of our thinking). Some argue it can be coming from genetic point (cf. "The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap" by Susan Pinker). Although I would certainly not think everything comes from genes, this aspect could have been brought up as well.

    I have also failed to see where the number "50%" in the talk actually came from. I think our first task is to admit and spread the idea (or consensus) that there is, at least to certain extend, differences on genetic level (as many studies pointed out). Setting up a big goal with concrete number could instead lead to a reverse discrimination.

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