Why Design?
Philippe Starck gave a powerpoint-less lecture at TED last March. The topic was “Why Design?†According to Starck, we contribute to the big idea—the continued evolution of our existence—by...
View ArticleBattling Otherizing
When our goals are to persuade, frustration surfaces in the form of hyperbole and presumption about the motivations and expectations of others. Elizabeth Lesser's solution is to take those people to...
View ArticleTED Conversations
Conversations will take three forms (Questions, Ideas, and Debates) and have the option to be tied to up to 10 video talks. The posts will also include an important setting: a time limit.
View ArticleTED-ucation
One perk from planning TEDx Bloomington was a live stream from Day Two of the TED 2011 conference in California. Among the two sessions I watched, Salman Khan shined brightest.
View ArticleThe Spread of TED
PostRank applies their real-time engagement monitoring engine to reveal which TED talks are being discussed.
View ArticleSeeing The Evolution of Language
Deb Roy shared insights from 90,000 hours of home video with the TED 2011 audience. In addition to mapping the language acquisition of his infant son, Roy revealed a blueprint for data mining complex...
View ArticleBig History
Last month, I wrote about educator David Christian's TED talk for GeekDad. Earlier this week, the video of this talk was released.
View ArticleOpen Mic Night for TED
To help push some boundaries, TED 2012 is opening their stage to public speakers with innovative ideas and ways to present them.
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