TED.com ---|> let us talk faves.

i can`t remember if it was NatureGeek, Deb, or Mel, but at least one of you gerds is responsible for pointing me to this thing i now rant about, TED, so whoever it is, i owe i huge THANK YOU! For those of you who haven't visited TED yet, I urge you to.

For anyone asking? TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and is in essence a forum for the brainiacs of the globe to get together once a year in Californ.i.a. and present their awesomeness to their peers. And now you can see every one of those presentations (roughly 20 minutes each...) here.

So I want to know which ones you like. Lets talk about that.
I'll start, natch.

1. Jill Bolte Taylor

2. Dr. Sherwin Nuland

Anyone else think these 2 people are pretty frickin' awesome??
Who is at the top of your list???

Tags: design., entertainment, technology, ted.com

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Permalink Reply by Deb S on July 5, 2008 at 11:16am: BOTH of these are favorites. One of the other two above (wasn't me) posted a link to Jill Bolte Taylor and it was the first one I saw. (The first one is free! of new addiction fame.) Dr. Sherwin Nuland amazed me. Both of these made me teary. But I gotta tell ya, I'm hard pressed to pick a favorite. Right now I'm viewing the category "How the Mind Works", started on page 3 and working my way backward. I've got only 3 more talks to view in this category and I haven't found a dud yet! I also watched Julie Taymor (not in this category but was on the first page and I LOVE HER). I'll have to go back and look at the line-up to comment on individual ones. Be back.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 12:26pm: How the mind works is natch my fave too... i love it. Julie Taymor, I'll have to go see if I have watched her... they tend to blend... I'll write more as I remember them too!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 4:26pm: i couldn't find julie taymor... grr...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Easily Crazy Hat on July 5, 2008 at 11:42am: wow, i had never heard of this before, thanks!
So far my favorites so far are Ken Robinson and Robert Full; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 12:28pm: I need to go look and see if these are on my LONG list of fave's... there are SO many, for many different reasons :) can't wait to see if these are new to me. TED is SO fun... watch out, it's AWESOME!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Easily Crazy Hat on July 5, 2008 at 12:32pm: and now Johnny Lee for his ideas of absolute awesome; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 4:15pm: OMG.
can just say how much i love technology?
for the amount i gripe about being overwhelmed by it all, i really do love how the internet and video can inspire artists. Artists of ALL types!
Absolute Awesome Absolutely!!

thanks ECH... (lol :P); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Deb S on July 7, 2008 at 8:27am: Brilliant!!! This guy is amazing. And generous!!! Love him. Thanks, ECH!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 12:50pm: i had not seen Ken Robinson yet (how? how...?) and had to stop it at 3:13 to come back here and say THANKS! awesome.....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Easily Crazy Hat on July 5, 2008 at 1:05pm: ^.^ you're welcome. make sure to watch the rest of it though!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 3:42pm: i surly did - it was amazing to hear him reaffirm the importance of the arts and education to individuals and humanity... awesome!
what a great find!

now off to see robert full!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 4:07pm: robert full was cool :) i worked on a project that involved the canadian space agency back in the late 90's and it was so cool how all the people were working on the project were all trained in robotics - precisely for this reason!!! COOL!; ▶ Reply to This