Several weeks later, we find we’re still intrigued by what was said and done and felt during those four days in Monterey. And it seems we’re not the only ones. Writing in his TrueTalk blog, Tom Guarriello notes: “A week after returning home from TED2006, I find myself returning to ideas, experiences and people more than any past year.” It’s the same with Renee Blodgett: “TED is over but I can’t seem to get enough of the stories from this year’s event.”

So let’s continue, shall we? Design Within Reach CEO Rob Forbes put together one of our favorite TED write-ups for DWR’s wonderful newsletter. (If you’re not one of the 400,000 furniture-lovers who receive it, perhaps you should.) No single moment cited here, just an excellent round-up of themes and thoughts. One of his side-notes resonates: “It was a relief, too, that in an age when problems can seem insurmountable, an undercurrent of optimism and solutions kept participants engaged rather than veering toward quiet despair.”

Elsewhere on the web, Renee Blodgett recounts a conversation with Hans Rosling, in which she learns he’s one of five sword-swallowers in Sweden (which helps explain his dynamic presentation style). Wil Shipley writes hilariously about just about every TED speaker and attendee, including Einstein, the talking parrot. On a totally different note, Tom Guarriello was struck by, “Amy Smith choking up when speaking of her work having the potential to save the lives of over 1 million children per year.” And DK Holland described (in the comments from our previous post) how she presented Al Gore with a copy of her book, and in return: “I got a big bear hug from Big Al… This was perhaps my most perfect TED moment in 11 years…”