Columbia University psychologist and business professor Sheena Iyengar promises to take us around the world in her 18 TED minutes. She begins in Kyoto, Japan… Read More »TEDGlobal: Sheena Iyengar and the paradox of choice

I enjoy blogging conferences, and I especially enjoy blogging TED. And while I’m pretty good at conferenceblogging, blogging my own talk is beyond me. So… Read More »A wider world, a wider web: my TEDGlobal 2010 talk

Peter Molyneux apologizes that his talk might be a bit of inside baseball. But since he’s a legendary game designer, everyone is willing to give… Read More »TEDGlobal: Peter Molyneux wants you to talk to your TV

Chris Wild modestly tells us that he’s created the best chat-up line in history: would you like to see my time machine? He’s happily married,… Read More »TEDGlobal: Chris Wild wants to show you his time machine

Steve Johnson opens his talk telling us about a cafe in Oxford. The Grand Cafe, about ten blocks away, is the first coffee house to… Read More »TEDGlobal: Steve Johnson – Chance favors the connected mind

Matt Ridley tells us that, when he was a student at Oxford (not all that long ago), the future was bleak. None of the bleak… Read More »TED Global – Matt Ridley on how ideas mate