TED Talks.

Mint Invader · Post by **Mint Invader** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:28 pm

Who else finds these fascinating?

www.ted.com

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:00 pm

Depending on the subject matter they can be a little heady for my taste, but in general it beats the usual mundane bullshit we discuss at work.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:01 pm

"Boo! We want Malcolm Gladwell!"

Those Dan Ariely talks (and books) blew my mind. That got me hooked to TED.
Lots of great stuff. Also lots of boring stuff. But what may be boring to me will enlighten another. Shame about the whole Sarah Silverman thing though, would have loved to hear her TED talk.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_a ... sions.html

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:20 pm

hoffman2k wrote:"Boo! We want Malcolm Gladwell!"

Those Dan Ariely talks (and books) blew my mind. That got me hooked to TED.
Lots of great stuff. Also lots of boring stuff. But what may be boring to me will enlighten another. Shame about the whole Sarah Silverman thing though, would have loved to hear her TED talk.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_a ... sions.html

I heard an interview with Sarah talking about that and just about everybody including herself is wondering why she was invited there in the first place. Jumping the shark? Needed some controversy to expand their viewership?

davepermen · Post by **davepermen** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:56 pm

i've so far seen about half of them. most is really great work.

lord toranaga · Post by **lord toranaga** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:33 pm

I sure do.

mostly I watch in the winter time, when I am indoors.

drchoc · Post by **drchoc** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:46 pm

I'm a big fan

I'm also fortunate enough to be part of a team sorting one out early next year.

I will update the thread once the full site goes live as I'd dearly like to look into getting some kind of audio/visual talk booked if possible.

MacGuffin · Post by **MacGuffin** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:16 pm

some of them are very interesting, some are really lame.

thanks for sharing!

Mint Invader · Post by **Mint Invader** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:20 pm

drchoc wrote:I'm a big fan

I'm also fortunate enough to be part of a team sorting one out early next year.

I will update the thread once the full site goes live as I'd dearly like to look into getting some kind of audio/visual talk booked if possible.

very cool!

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:56 pm

Love 'em! A real get-smart-quick corner of the internet.

One of my faves: Benjamin Zander: Music with Shining Eyes.
http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zande ... ssion.html

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:57 am

Big fan here too.

davepermen · Post by **davepermen** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:42 am

Besides the actual info in there, i really love the concept. short, forced to be to the point, our meetings at work should be like that. and the fact that they put everything online so everyone can see it, awesome.

bodhi71 · Post by **bodhi71** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:41 pm

Yep, love em. Should be mandatory for every conscious human being.

sigabort · Post by **sigabort** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:08 pm

Pitch Black wrote:Love 'em! A real get-smart-quick corner of the internet.

One of my faves: Benjamin Zander: Music with Shining Eyes.
http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zande ... ssion.html

He came to my office in Feb to give his talk. Very charismatic and energising man. Had 150 people standing up singing Ode to Joy in German by the end of the 2 hours. Very surreal.

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:04 pm

Wow! What sort of office do you work at, Sig?

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