What would it have been like if the von Trapps had played piano instead of sung? Well, for one, the hills would not likely have been quite so alive. That would have required a whole lot of piano lugging. But they still would have made a heck of a splash. While I’m not sure that […]
Here’s one straight from the In-Box: TEDster David Hornik emailing Joe’s Pub Director Bill Bragin, who introduces us to TED2006 stand-out Stew. From: David Hornik To: Bill Bragin Subject: Stew Hey Bill – Hope all’s well. If you have a second to pass on the word to Stew would you please let him know how […]
Each year at TED, we punctuate the program with interstitial videos: TV commercials, short films, music videos and montages that represent some of the best work of the year (or, rather, the best work of the year that can double as an interstitial). Over the weeks to come, we’ll share many of them with you […]
It’s a great month for following TED favorites online. First Malcolm Gladwell, and now Thomas Dolby has launched a blog. Of course, Thomas has always had a strong online presence, but a blog makes everything more personal. How else could we learn what happens in his garden shed?
Arranged marriages and online dating, political protests and pre-natal care: These are just some of the topics that surface when women in their 20s and 30s are asked to define their generation. The answers take the forms of stories shared — through prose, poetry, paintings, film — in Imagining Ourselves, a participatory online exhibit (and […]
Al Gore socked us between the eyes with his talk on global warming at TED. Nice to see that an organization that TED has supported in the past, Environmental Defense, has just released a couple of powerful PSAs (especially the second). They’re predicting they’ll get $100m worth of media time to run these, though I’m […]
When Jehane made her TED Prize wish to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film, we decided the only way to do it was to really do it, in a big, noticeable way. We partnered with Steve Apkon of the Jacob Burns Film Center, America’s most successful non-profit […]
Last October, Chris put a challenge to the TED community, pledging $1000 to the person who created the most eye-popping proposition on Pledgebank. Lucy Hooberman took that prize with her global mentoring project, a plan to match professionals in the developed and developing worlds, which was originally hatched at TED2005. A BBC new media executive […]
Elon Musk, founder of PayPal and now CEO of SpaceX, spoke at TED2005. Today’s the launch of their Falcon 1.
At the Stanford Media X Conference last week, Communications Professor Clifford Nass announced that he’d reveal (in six minutes) the most important trend affecting the future of media. Nass, always insightful on matters of media and technology, pointed not to a particular tool, but rather, the way they’re used. That is: simultaneously. Among teenagers especially, […]
… courtesy TEDster Russell Davies‘ blog
Ethos Water – a TED sponsor and water favorite – has been working to bring awareness to World Water Day – a UN designated day which draws attention to the water crisis worldwide. It’s this Wednesday, March 22 – and Ethos, along with Starbucks and a number of non-profits, have organized events in 11 cities […]
At TED2006, photographer Gregory Colbert gave a rare public appearance, showing 10 minutes of his astounding film and also announcing a controversial new initiative, the Animal Copyright Foundation, which aims to collect royalties from companies using images of nature in their advertising. Colbert’s work envisions a world in which humans live in exquisite harmony with […]
At TED2006, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan came out swinging. “Houston, we have a problem,” he declared, and went on to lambast the government-funded space program for failing to inspire the next generation. NASA has stalled, he says, especially when it comes to manned flights. And the solution is privately funded spacecraft development (the kind […]
Oyogi, Yedda, Yoda, Renkoo, Squidoo, Lando, Lulu … Web 2.0 companies? Or Star Wars characters? Only a certain kind of person would know for sure… And if you scored well there, this typographic analysis of Web 2.0 logos will have you nodding in recognition. Hello, VAG Rounded! (Hat 2.0 tipped to David Nestor and Jason […]
I wish you all could have been there… A little bit of TED magic lit up the stage at LA’s Largo last night, where fast friends Jill Sobule and Julia Sweeney created a new kind of performance together. After meeting at TED2006, the two decided to collaborate, but freely admitted that they weren’t quite sure […]