Archive for August, 2006
TEDTalks : What’s so funny about the Web? – Ze Frank (2004)
Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he’s seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.
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TEDTalks : How a ragtag band created Wikipedia – Jimmy Wales (2005)
Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled “a ragtag band of volunteers,” gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia.
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TEDTalks : Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning – Richard Baraniuk (2006)
Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world.
TEDTalks : The power and beauty of organic design – Ross Lovegrove (2005)
Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of “fat-free” design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bottle and the Go chair.
TEDTalks : Magical improv from 14-year-old pianist – Jennifer Lin (2004)
Pianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a random sequence of notes.
TEDTalks : Dazzling set by 11-year-old violinist – Sirena Huang (2006)
Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11-year-old praises the timeless design of her instrument.
TEDTalks : Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design – Jeff Han (2006)
Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may spell the end of point-and-click.
TEDTalks : The vision behind One Laptop Per Child – Nicholas Negroponte (2006)
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the “$100 laptop.”
