TED2008

Singer, ukelele player and pianist Nellie McKay gives the impression of the fluttering femme fatale, but she’s got quite a voice. She’s received very warmly… Read More »TED2008: Al Gore with solutions

Dr. Paul Collier, an economist from Oxford, is a provocative thinker on one of the topics I’m most concerned about – why extreme poverty endures.… Read More »TED2008: Paul Collier – Compassion and enlightened self-interest

Entrepreneur Ben Kaufman and his company, Kluster, have been working almost as hard as Bruno and I. To showcase their online collaboration software, they’ve decided… Read More »TED2008: Innovation in the morning

Chris Abani wasn’t the last speaker of the day, but he kicks so much ass, I’m blogging him last. Chris Anderson introduces him, saying, “Ten… Read More »TED2008: Chris Abani – Forgetting their names

Ben Zander is introduced as the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra – he corrects Chris twice. He’s the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, and… Read More »TED2008: Ben Zander and one buttock playing

David Griffin is the director of photography for National Geographic magazine. To talk about the power of images, he shows us some of the best… Read More »TED2008: The flashbulb moment