Noel KonagaiU.S. Grad Schools Aren’t Only for the Wealthy, Here is My Cornell Tech StoryBefore I made the decision to attend graduate school, I had a lot of questions, whether my undergraduate major mattered, what is it like…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
Noel KonagaiChoosing the revenue model for AmplioOur team has reached the stage of brainstorming about the revenue model of our app, Amplio. At the core, it is meant to provide an…Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
Noel KonagaiElements of an Enjoyable a Social VR ExperienceNow that our team has come to create a social experience online for language exchange, we evaluated some of the privacy concerns. Our…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
Noel KonagaiFriend or Foe: How Media Discourse Vary across Countries and Parties on CoronavirusAs countries start to issue bans and lockdowns, becoming wary of each other, we investigated the tones and biases in the way media reports…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
Noel KonagaiOur visit to a VC firm: don’t be shy, it’s okay to be a bit crazyThis week we had the opportunity to visit a VC firm in New York, called USV, located near Union Square as their name suggests. We had the…Mar 12, 2020Mar 12, 2020
Noel KonagaiGetting the product narrative rightMy team and I presented our story: we are passionate about how people learn languages, and we came to build confidence in people speaking…Mar 4, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Noel KonagaiThe challenges of rapidly testing our hypotheses about our AR appRapidly testing out a hypothesis for an Augmented Reality learning app is quite hard. My team divided our language learning app idea into…Feb 27, 2020Feb 27, 2020
Noel KonagaiLanguage apps: the good, the bad, and the uglyWe took the top nine apps for language learning from Google Play store and tried it ourselves to see what the competitive landscape looks…Feb 19, 20201Feb 19, 20201
Noel KonagaiVirtual or Augmented Reality: What’s More Apt For Language Learning?A couple of years ago, if I posed this question, many would rush to develop both. So did Mondly, which developed both AR and VR…Feb 4, 2020Feb 4, 2020
Noel KonagaiWhy I Want to Help Others Speak Foreign Languages with ConfidenceEnglish was the third foreign language that I learned and the journey wasn’t easy as I was not in an English speaking community. Today…Jan 28, 2020Jan 28, 2020