The past two days, I’ve been participating in the first day of a two-day event on information technology and government transparency in Nigeria. It’s a… Read More »Highlights of our workshop on ICT and Elections in Nigeria
Our surprise guest on our final day is Julian Assange, founder and editor in chief of Wikileaks. (Okay, not a surprise to me – I… Read More »TEDGlobal: Surprises, community spirit, and a goodbye
Dimitar Sasselov uses a recent event in history – the reburial of Copernicus with honors in his native Poland – as a way of discussing… Read More »TEDGlobal: Dimitar Sasselov and the 100 million earths
Stefan Wolff is a scholar of ethnic conflicts and civil war. He tells us that, while there’s seldom good news when we talk about these… Read More »TEDGlobal: Stefan Wolff and learning lessons to stop ethnic conflict
Ze Frank is a very funny man. He’s also an extremely sweet and caring guy. And while his talk at TED features some of his… Read More »Ze Frank: To Feel and Be Felt
Rachel Sussman is photographing organisms that are more than 2000 years old. The project was inspired by Jamon Sugi, a two thousand year old Japanese… Read More »TEDGlobal: Rachel Sussman photographs plants from before year zero