We explain how Toucan embedded language learning into an existing browsing habit rather than asking users to schedule a separate study session. Its earliest version translated only “the” into Spanish, then expanded to a 200-word browser dictionary after testing with strangers in Los Angeles coffee shops. We also describe permission-based Reddit, Facebook-group, and Twitter distribution, including the historical report that Taylor reached more than 10,000 Twitter followers in under two years. Original case: https://first1000.substack.com/p/toucan.

[Toucan Fit Language Learning Into the Habit People Already Had](<https://www.first1000.co/blog/toucan>)

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