Comments on: Maria Thurrell joins the Vook team http://vook.com/blog/2009/07/maria-thurrell-joins-the-vook-team/ Vook: Read it, Watch it. Thu, 12 Aug 2026 00:20:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Maria Thurrell http://vook.com/blog/2009/07/maria-thurrell-joins-the-vook-team/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Maria Thurrell Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:42:36 +0000 http://vook.com/blog/?p=169#comment-49 Hi Jennifer! Thanks for your comment. Sorry the link to my CV didn't work. I just updated it. And here it is too: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mathurrell I don't think we've tackled Vook's application for the Learning Disabilities community yet, but I can definitely see where there can be potential synergy. As we all know, people learn different ways, hands on, auditory, visual... and vooks really do just that -- combine different mediums to enhance the content. Are there any texts in particular that you think would make good vooks? As for the name... just as vlog is a video blog, vook is a video enhanced book! We sincerely hope that nobody takes offense to the name as no derogatory notions are even remotely close to what we are about. As for cross-language mishaps... at least we aren't trying to sell a car called a Nova in Mexico ;-) (no va = doesn't go in Spanish... not exactly the message you want accompanying a car. oops. haha) Please feel free to email me to discuss any of the above or anything else! maria (at) vook (dot) com Best, Maria Hi Jennifer!

Thanks for your comment. Sorry the link to my CV didn’t work. I just updated it. And here it is too: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mathurrell

I don’t think we’ve tackled Vook’s application for the Learning Disabilities community yet, but I can definitely see where there can be potential synergy. As we all know, people learn different ways, hands on, auditory, visual… and vooks really do just that — combine different mediums to enhance the content. Are there any texts in particular that you think would make good vooks?

As for the name… just as vlog is a video blog, vook is a video enhanced book! We sincerely hope that nobody takes offense to the name as no derogatory notions are even remotely close to what we are about. As for cross-language mishaps… at least we aren’t trying to sell a car called a Nova in Mexico ;-)
(no va = doesn’t go in Spanish… not exactly the message you want accompanying a car. oops. haha)

Please feel free to email me to discuss any of the above or anything else! maria (at) vook (dot) com

Best, Maria

]]> By: Jennifer Tsay http://vook.com/blog/2009/07/maria-thurrell-joins-the-vook-team/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Jennifer Tsay Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:09:20 +0000 http://vook.com/blog/?p=169#comment-47 Hi Maria, would like to find more about YOUR background! Didn't find the link to click thru to your CV. Do you have an education background? Non profit literacy groups? I am curious about Vook's application for the Learning Disabilities community, although everyone could use help w/ knowledge management, including new ways to "read" more efficiently. How does your technology compare to Kindle? About me: CEO/Academic Director for Omega Teaching LLC, a tutoring center. I also am a writing tutor for middle and high school kids. Finally, are you sure the company won't change the name? Did focus groups OK this name? Being Asian-American, Vook has a derogatory ring to it -- like gook. Also looks like "jook" which is Cantonese for rice porridge. Yes, I know "Vook" is supposed to rhyme w/ "book" or "look" and not "juke" or "puke", but the sound still comes up short in the melody department. Hi Maria, would like to find more about YOUR background! Didn’t find the link to click thru to your CV. Do you have an education background? Non profit literacy groups?
I am curious about Vook’s application for the Learning Disabilities community, although everyone could use help w/ knowledge management, including new ways to “read” more efficiently.
How does your technology compare to Kindle?
About me: CEO/Academic Director for Omega Teaching LLC, a tutoring center. I also am a writing tutor for middle and high school kids.

Finally, are you sure the company won’t change the name? Did focus groups OK this name? Being Asian-American, Vook has a derogatory ring to it — like gook. Also looks like “jook” which is Cantonese for rice porridge. Yes, I know “Vook” is supposed to rhyme w/ “book” or “look” and not “juke” or “puke”, but the sound still comes up short in the melody department.

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