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I was doing my taxes the other day, and I got to the point where I was listing all of the donations I gave, and I had an epiphany

I think it's quite apt

And I think that that is very troubling, and in a sense, I've been reflecting on turning that part of us off.

Let's talk about film now. Film, it's an incredible medium, but essentially, it's the same now as it was then.

So, I'm going to show you a demo of a virtual reality film: a full-screen version of all the information that we capture when we shoot virtual reality

And that's where I think we just start to scratch the surface of the true power of virtual reality.

Imagine being able to shoot video in almost total darkness and not wind up with a noisy, undifferentiated mess?

And I know there's some of you who say, "Well, wouldn't it be better, wouldn't the world be a better place if we all just spoke one language?

And you'll suddenly discover what it would be like to be unable to speak your own language.

Now, if you begin to look at the idea that these cultures could create different realities, you could begin to understand some of their extraordinary discoveries

So, what we're trying to do at the National Geographic, finally, is, we believe that politicians will never accomplish anything

A fact came out of MIT, couple of years ago

That hit me so hard, telling these people that had been through this experience.

The other thing: I wanted to give indigenous people a voice

So what I'd like to show you now, in the couple of minutes I have left, is a film that a student made in Guatemala

Now is when the real fun starts for Ghost.

One challenge we had to overcome is the perception that iPads are for content consumption and gaming only. FiftyThree’s Paper and Pencil changed that

"See you there" focuses on the location, while "see you then" references the meeting time.

If my colleague tends to arrive a few minutes late, I lean towards writing "see you then".

I have been involved in education since 1990

Emails and other online communication

Learn from real emails how to arrange a meeting, naturally asking for help or advice, requesting information, follow up communications like a human. How to open and close emails formally and informally. Imagine starting an email with “Sorry to be a pain, but can you…, ”Sorry for delay in getting back to you" or "Let me know if it works for you but no hurry"

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Startups and apps

This collection is aimed at helping you present your tech startups or apps in English. You can memorize useful phrases for presenting, pitching, being interviewed on your product or service. Use the same clever collocations as successful startups used and still use in their interviews clipped from tech blogs. Such as: "Ping was born from a personal frustration with having a...", "Our Aim is To Bridge The Gap Between...", "At the core of the app lies a clever algorithm that allows" etc.

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