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 kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 12:25pm: oh, and Dave Eggers
besides being someone i fell in love with while reading his first book, he is an amazing human being. if you have not read "a heartbreaking work of staggering genius"... well, you should. It's HIS story and was nominated for a Pulizer. I read it in 2000 (thanks Mel!). All of his books are amazing. He is amazing. And nerdfighters will love all the Pirate references!!!!

watch it. love him. get involved with kids and reading all you nerdfighter writers!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Deb S on July 7, 2008 at 9:10am: Can't talk. Sniffing. Bravo!!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Deb S on July 5, 2008 at 3:51pm: OK. Just watched Eve Ensler. Sniffing. Here Eve Ensler; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 4:50pm: an instant fave. awesome.
i love her. oh, the vag. it never gets any credit.
and what she says at the end... my own philosophies are very similar.
nice one - thanks deb, you rock, as always.
its hot today. how are you??; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 5, 2008 at 4:18pm: ooh and Arthur Ganson.
I want him to be my mentor.
seriously.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Deb S on July 7, 2008 at 8:18am: OK. Arthur Ganson is my imaginary boyfriend. I'm thinking Arthur Ganson, Tim Hawkinson sammy. :-) They share the same brain, I think. FABULOUS!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 6, 2008 at 10:00am: fyi: there is no limit to how many you can love :)

and this is more than a fave. omg.
you have no idea. this is weird...

Jonathan Harris.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Deb S on July 6, 2008 at 11:03am: Oh my God!!! Jonathan Harris. I'm blown away. I'm floating through the universe.......; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 6, 2008 at 11:33am: i know. he's so my imaginary boyfriend.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Deb S on July 7, 2008 at 8:00am: OK. I looked for Julie Taymor on the TED Talks site and also struck out. I know I saw it from there but now.... I found it on You Tube though. Here's the link;
Julie Taymor; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kdot (keeley) on July 7, 2008 at 8:11am: yay! have you seen fora.tv yet? OMG same sort of thing as TED...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Deb S on July 7, 2008 at 9:18am: LOL. I just went there. Tried to bookmark it and found that I already had. Oh no, Mr. Bill, system overload. Hope it's not Alzheimer's!; ▶ Reply to This