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December 2005

Science

Don't Put The Octopus In With Your Sharks

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The thing I find so compelling about aquariums is that they are both scientifically fascinating and visually stunning.  Which is why the Aquarium Party is always among the many highlights of the TED experience for me.  Last year’s attendees of the Aquarium Party had the added pleasure of observing the worlds only Great White Shark […]

Inspired Holiday Gifts, Part 2

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Technology-based gifts — while always welcome — can be a bit, well, boring. Here: some indulgent and unexpected choices. For someone with a big project … and a really big desk: The 30-inch Apple Cinema Display monitor. More than 4 million pixels of gorgeous flat-screen glory. Utterly indulgent, but worth every penny. $2499 at Apple.com […]

Transcript

Congratulations, Bono

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Time magazine gives the inaugural TED Prize Winner their big annual award. (Well, he has to share it with a Mr. and Mrs. Gates.) And if you missed the talk Bono gave at TED last year, there’s a transcript here, and link to Bono’s TEDTalk here. Well worth hearing.

The Proper Way To Fold A Shirt

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Those of you who are already fanatical Jill Sobule groupies have likely signed up to be a member of her Secret Society Mystery Cult (aka, Jill’s mailing list).  And if you are a Cult member then you have already seen this fantastic video of the proper way to fold a shirt (Jill learned of this […]

Design

Visualizing global trends

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Humans have a hard time picturing certain things: long-term consequences, very large numbers, global trends … For better or worse, our brains evolved to understand the immediate, “middle-sized” world that confronts us daily. We’re grateful then, to the designers and thinkers who make abstract concepts accessible. Case in point: Gapminder, a Stockholm-based non-profit. Their extraordinary […]

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