Tag Archives: TED Talks
I Come For The One
Day 216 I still haven’t been able to bring myself to listen to my own TED University talk, which has been available online to attendees of TEDGlobal2010 for some time now. My experience was affected by a number of factors that combined to cast a shadow. First and foremost, my mother died. I received the [...]
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Day 171 On a recent visit to a museum, I was surprised to find a little video viewing area in a specially ticketed exhibit. Comfy furniture, throw pillows, and other casual seating created the impression of a TED Simulcast Lounge, and surprise! The venue had been set up to show Edith Witter’s TED Talk on bioluminescence . She said that fish [...]
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Day 75 During my sabbatical I am looking for sources of delight, and I can always count on Maria Popova to provide a plethora. I can’t remember how or where I first heard of her. Maybe it was Twitter , maybe it was through her creation called TEDify in which she does a mashup of TED Talks. [...]
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Day 47 Yesterday I wrote that I am resisting the urge to write volumes about my TED experience. Janet Ginsburg sent a thoughtful comment , which deserves a reply. First, one of the TED Talks that I predict will be the next talk-heard-’round-the-world is a talk from an audience member at TEDActive in Palm Springs. A young woman [...]
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I know, I know, enough about TED. But whatever you care about, someone at TED is probably doing something about it. One of my core principles is “non-duplication of effort.” Why should you work so hard to do something that’s already been done, or that other people have figured out a way to do that [...]
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It’s a blur. I filled an entire Reporter’s Notebook. TED2009 (www.ted.com) is a feast for the mind, the heart, the soul. I say “is,” even though it would appear to be over, because the conference lives on via the TED Talks that are posted online. Confession: Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling Eat Pray Love did not engender [...]
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Did you seethe New York Times Magazine this weekend where Virginia Heffernan owned up to being a junkie? As friends of Bill W. say, “Hi, Virginia.” I, too, am a TED addict. I’m going for my big fix next week. The rush is indescribable. You can get a contact high at www.ted.com. Like the usual [...]
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