LingQ founder Steve in casual conversation with his brother Tom, who is visiting Vancouver from Toronto. Image courtesy of _sarchi.(http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarchi/) Some rights reserved (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

LingQ founder Steve in casual conversation with his brother Tom, who is visiting Vancouver from Toronto. Image courtesy of Tony the Misfit.(http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/) Some rights reserved (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Steve chats with his visiting brother Tom, who tells a joke. Image courtesy of Squish_E. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/squish_e/) Some rights reserved (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Mark and Steve talk about the current turmoil in the global financial markets. Image courtesy of stan. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whoisstan/) Some rights reserved (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Steve and Mark talk about the new paradigm of “controlled anarchy” as it relates to the development of collaborative resources like Wikipedia or the LingQ Library. Image courtesy of juhansonin.(http://www.flickr.com/photos/juhansonin/) Some rights reserved (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Steve tells Mark about Echo Moskvi, a great site for learning Russian and learning about Russia. They discuss education and the Internet. Image courtesy of Kecko (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kecko).

Mark talks with Steve about the upcoming election in the United States and the presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Image courtesy of openDemocracy.(http://www.flickr.com/photos/opendemocracy/)

Mark and Steve talk about the ongoing Beijing Olympics, some of the exceptional athletes and some of the newsworthy events surrounding the games.

Steve talks to Eric about his life as a professor at the University of London, how he got there and what he will be doing in the near future.Image courtesy of poeloq(http://www.flickr.com/photos/poeloq/).

Steve talks with his two sons, Eric and Mark, about Eric’s work as a professor at the University of London and about catching crabs in Vancouver. Image courtesy of alexschreyer(http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexschreyer/).