TED Prize – James Nachtwey
Day two of TED closes with the TED Prize, the conference’s annual effort to honor the work of innovators and make it possible for them… Read More »TED Prize – James Nachtwey
Michael Pollan gets duped by his lawn. And we get duped by the corn?
Michael Pollan thinks and writes about biology using a simple and powerful tool – looking at systems from the perspective of a plant or an… Read More »Michael Pollan gets duped by his lawn. And we get duped by the corn?
Questions and answers on citizen media and the “happy slapping” controversy with Loic Le Meur
I’ve spent some time with my friend Loïc Le Meur at this TED, talking through an interesting issue that’s gotten a good bit of coverage… Read More »Questions and answers on citizen media and the “happy slapping” controversy with Loic Le Meur
Good things come from incomprehension
Maira Kalman argues that good things come from incomprehension. She’s an illustrator and children’s book author, and appears to have stumbled gracefully through a remarkable… Read More »Good things come from incomprehension
Seadragon, Photosynth
I’ve not blogged all the three-munute talks at TED – which feels like a bit of a betrayal, since that’s the only sort of talk… Read More »Seadragon, Photosynth
The world is not what it seems: Alan Kay
Alan Kay wants us to know that the world is not always as it seems. We start with the classic example of a long table… Read More »The world is not what it seems: Alan Kay