The TED Thread

[DaveShoelace]

TED is excellent.

One of the best ones I've seen:

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi.html

This is also my all time fave TED talk.

I also like this one http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

The chances are if you are considering buying a non fiction book thats made a bestseller list, there is usually a TED talk by the author which gives you an idea whether its any good or not. 

@Tighty - you will love it

[DaveShoelace]

Also worth a look

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_on_child_carseats.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_analyzes_crack_economics.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html

[kinboshi]

Oh, good shout with Ben Goldacre. 

[DaveShoelace]

Oh, good shout with Ben Goldacre. 

I picked that for one particular line, you will know what it is.

[kinboshi]

Oh, good shout with Ben Goldacre. 

I picked that for one particular line, you will know what it is.

Not sure, but is it the Dr Gillian McKeith one?

[DaveShoelace]

Oh, good shout with Ben Goldacre. 

I picked that for one particular line, you will know what it is.

Not sure, but is it the Dr Gillian McKeith one?

It is

[nirvana]

Not normally one for pride but very pleased looking back that in 03/04 we had people like Levitt and Malcolm Gladwell speak at our American & European conferences. Gladwell especially, one of the best I've seen

[kinboshi]

Not normally one for pride but very pleased looking back that in 03/04 we had people like Levitt and Malcolm Gladwell speak at our American & European conferences. Gladwell especially, one of the best I've seen

Not seen Gladwell speak, but if he speaks as well as he writes, then definitely worth seeing I reckon. 

What was he speaking about?

[nirvana]

Not normally one for pride but very pleased looking back that in 03/04 we had people like Levitt and Malcolm Gladwell speak at our American & European conferences. Gladwell especially, one of the best I've seen

Not seen Gladwell speak, but if he speaks as well as he writes, then definitely worth seeing I reckon. 

What was he speaking about?

Some threads from Blink made applicable (loosely) to the conference theme - Customer Service/Customer Experience. Very engaging speaker, great customer feedback to us for having him..good days

[outragous76]

TED is excellent.

One of the best ones I've seen:

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi.html

This is also my all time fave TED talk.

I also like this one http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

The chances are if you are considering buying a non fiction book thats made a bestseller list, there is usually a TED talk by the author which gives you an idea whether its any good or not. 

@Tighty - you will love it

whooaaaaaaaaaaaaa  that was really good - highly recommend

[theprawnidentity]

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi.html
nuts imo

[titaniumbean]

kids like this annoy me

http://www.ted.com/talks/taylor_wilson_yup_i_built_a_nuclear_fusion_reactor.html

(He's come back to do a second talk more recently about further thoughts and his research. fking try hard).

Really great arty one.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html


This one about khan academy is really important imo





interesting one about cheating




Hawking talk


http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang/en//id/242



this one's good too, bout dem criminals






this isn't a teds talk, but it's great nonetheless

[Sark79]

This is an amazing episode.  I have a couple of Hubsan X4 quads bought for £30 each from amazon so this one really caught my attention. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2itwFJCgFQ

[Swordpoker]

This is an amazing episode.  I have a couple of Hubsan X4 quads bought for £30 each from amazon so this one really caught my attention. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2itwFJCgFQ

Loving the first comment: "Shut up and take my money"

[Sark79]

Yea, I saw that as well, lol. 

This vid was linked onto the ted talk from another forum. I have to get some FPV goggles. This takes me back to my family holidays in Blackpool as a kid. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8bOJDLnBjU