Comments on: Jay Appleseed

By: Rina Tripathi

Rina Tripathi — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:59:09 +0000

Technology is sometimes crippling, as you said a field of dasies and the view of the valley from the mountain top is any day more pleasant than dissecting the dasies. A few days back I dropped my ‘very slim’ phone and it just went blank. Next I was stranded, I could not communicate with my bus mates as all the numbers were stored in the mobile. I missed the bus to office, irritated my husband as he could not get through and had no way of calling him back as, again I had not copied the number in my phone book. So lol, as your mobile troubles you with its Chinese instuctions I can sympathise and say ‘et tu, Brutus!’

By: Jay Cross

Jay Cross — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:35:28 +0000

Brent, I’m not going to disappear. A key to getting things done is redefining the meaning of learning to fit modern times. It’s a new ball game. But I hope to convince some of my compadres to join me.

Everyone, thanks for the iPod info. It’s currently in my suitcase, headed to NYC tomorrow. I’ll report back when it reverts to English, although having French or German menus might be fun for a while.

By: Brent Schlenker

Brent Schlenker — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:17:52 +0000

I sense a book coming about your transition. I think its great! RE-invention is also critical in this new era.
Don’t completely disappear…okay?
Cheers!

By: John Hathaway

John Hathaway — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:12:31 +0000

Interesting post, Jay. I’ve been having some similar thought about “getting things done in business.”
Also, looks like Chinese to me, but I’m don’t actually read either. (But my cheat is that Japanese usually has the simpler looking Hirahana characters mixed in.)

By: BillTheEditor

BillTheEditor — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:35:27 +0000

Direct from Apple (though I don’t think it’s as helpful as the one on Yahoo! Answers): If an iPod has its menus in the wrong language, you can change them to another one by going to Main Menu > Settings > Language or by doing a Reset. Doing a Restore may also work, but it will erase the contents of the iPod.

Apple Support Discussions has a page on fixing language problems: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121866&tstart=15

By: BillTheEditor

BillTheEditor — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:26:08 +0000

Jay, it’s Chinese.

Instructions for changing it back: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070714065624AAKtxQS

We will miss you in the e-Learning community.

By: Martin M-B

Martin M-B — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:23:16 +0000

Jay, it’s traditional (as opposed to simplified Chinese), according to my son’s lawyer friend from Shanghai, who is staying with us over Easter. He (James) is in the UK for one year on a training programme sponsored by the Ministry of Justice/Lord Chancellor and he is staying at the University house of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, where my son is in his first year of a degree course in Japanese and Anthropology. In two weeks my other son will be home from East Africa, where he has been studying conservation in Tanzania and Kenya. These boys,along with their sister in Bath, England, and her 3-year old daughter, our granddaughter, are the future, bless them…

By: Donald Clark

Donald Clark — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:53:08 +0000

Jay, its looks as if it is on the music menu right now. Push the menu button and it will take you up one menu, which should be the main menu (if you changed it since the picture was taken, then keep pushing the menu button until it takes you to the top menu.

Now choose the fourth option from the top, which should be the “settings” menu (at least it is on my older iPod Nano).

Then go to the third option from the bottom, which should be the “language” menu.

You should now be able to select “English,” which should be the first option.