Folium: Meows of the World via zkotami

Folium: Meows of the World via zkotami Click the image above to embiggen! Did you know that humans aren’t the only ones to speak foreign languages! In language, we assign sounds to different letters of an alphabet, and then arrange them in different patterns to form combinations called words. While we have a pretty good […]

Folium: Understanding The Design Behind 5 Of The World’s Most Recognizable National Flags via Directory Journal

Folium: Understanding The Design Behind 5 Of The World’s Most Recognizable National Flags via Directory Journal National flags are something, that today, we tend to take for granted. Every country on every continent has their flag, and even emerging factions establish flags as a standard of unity before governments are even thought of. There is […]

Folium: The World’s Population Density Visualized via Gizmodo

Folium: The World’s Population Density Visualized via Gizmodo So, first and foremost, this article is a Gizmodo feature of a web site designed by Derek Watkins. His website is interactive and I totally recommend playing with the website before reading any further! Population Density via http://www.dwtkns.com/density/ Pretty cool huh! I’m a sucker for data visualization, especially […]

Folium: July 4th Celebrations Around the World via Yahoo.com

 Folium: July 4th Celebrations Around the World via Yahoo.com Today commemorates the birth of a nation, and just because it’s an American affair doesn’t mean that the party stops at the borders. The 4th of July is celebrated by people around the world. “The United States of America” is no longer just a country, it’s […]

Folium: How Video Game Cover Art Changes Around The World via IGN.com

Folium: How Video Game Cover Art Changes Around The World via IGN.com This week, in between overhauling the design of the site and editing old posts, I’ve been fully immersed in the world of Diablo III (as long as the login servers stay up). Video games now account for an insane amount of money, and […]

Folium: Novalima On World Cafe via NPR

Novalima On NPR’s World Café This isn’t your abuela’s Peruvian flute band. Well known for drug store kiosks and shopping plazas across America, the peruvian flute band evokes scenes of rugged mountains, majestic condors, and lots of indigenous Peruvians in colorful wool hats. Novalima doesn’t project any of those images, and perhaps it is a […]

Folium: 10 Best Places to Live for Escaping World Conflict via Expatify.com

10 Best Places to Live for Escaping World Conflict via Expatify.com Travel scares some people. I won’t deny the fact, but I also know that knowledge conquers fear. One of the things that I find difficult to understand is the idea of staying in one place forever. I have met countless people who are born […]

Folium: From Apron Hunters to Matricide – Idioms from Around the World via IO9.com

Folium: From Apron Hunters to Matricide – Idioms from Around the World Idioms are a great example of the use of metaphor in modern language, and English isn’t the only language that utilizes metaphor to express ideas! IO9 gives us a few great examples of how idioms are used across the world. Many of these […]

Folium: Tipping Etiquette Around the World – via the Mint Blog

Folium: Tipping Etiquette Around the World – via the Mint Blog Tipping is a concept that is natural for most US/Canadian citizens, however you’ll find that this practice is not the same around the world. For many countries, tipping is either a new concept entirely or is just automatically built into the price of the […]

Folium: The World Has Changed – Languages Make a Huge Difference!

Folium: The World Has Changed: Languages Make a Huge Difference! This is another argument towards a global mindset in these new economic times. Knowing more than one language prepares you to go anywhere and do anything! Reading things like this also makes me think … If we know so many jobs are going global, why […]