29 December 2006
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas.(Yes, I know we are not officially back in the office until the 3rd... don't tell anyone... it can be our secret. Just you and me.)
Anyway, as Christmas recedes and the future approaches I thought it might be nice to share something I've been enjoying over the holidays... and that's TED.
The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference is held every year in California... and brings together creative, interesting people to talk and listen too each other... including presentations by all kinds of Big Hitters in all kinds of areas within science, arts and entertaiment. (The first TED conference introduced the Apple Macintosh and the Compact Disc).
Okay... so it's interesting people saying interesting things... but attending the conference would cost you over $4,000, plus travel and hotels etc... and that's assuming that you can get an invite. But fear not, the nice people at TED have provided online videos of many of the 20 minute presentations online (and as video podcasts on iTunes). There is loads of interesting stuff here... but if you are looking for a place to start see the presentation by Sir Ken Robinson on Education (which I mentioned to some of you earlier in the year). It's short, funny and best of all will make you think.
I'm working my way slowly thorough all the video-casts, but if you see something you like let me know...
Posted by Nick Warren at 12:35 PM
