April 30, 2013
TED talks often focus on creativity, so it's no surprise to find quite a few fascinating, inspiring and breathtaking videos that focus on the art of photography. Many of the talks on photography focus on a specific element - the element of story telling. We've put together a list of 7 talks by photographers from around the world. Their photography subjects are varied, and their interests diverse.
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February 26, 2013
Have five minutes to kill? What better way to spend that time than to watch an fascinating or informative TED Talks video. There's a lot of great content available to watch on TED but sometimes you have just a few minutes - and rather than waste that time playing a game or checking your email for the 20th time in two minutes, watch a TED video instead. We've put together a list of eight videos.
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February 6, 2013
We have published articles about the non-profit TED Conferences, including the Best of TED talks and TED's Top 20 Most Watched Videos. The presentations are wide ranging, from Colin Stoke's "How movies teach manhood" to Adam Davidson's "What we learned from teetering on the fiscal cliff." If you are a fan of TED talks, you might be interested to know that the catalog of "ideas worth spreading" can also be accessed in an official app for the iPad.
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January 11, 2013
Whether it's about passing the time, broadening your horizons, or keeping up with your favorite topics, TED's library of videos is an invaluable tool for anyone who has access to a decent Internet connection. With the sheer amount of videos available to watch, with talks on everything from science and technology to human nature and poetry, there's something in there for everyone.
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September 10, 2012
The non-profit organisation devoted to encouraging, spreading and broadcasting great ideas on the subjects of technology, education and design – more commonly known as TED – last month published their top talks of all time by popularity. The statistics have been gathered from a variety of outlets, including YouTube, iTunes, Hulu and the website’s own embedded videos.
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September 7, 2012
Have you ever looked at a problem ‘creatively’? Maybe not. Try some creative brainstorming with the help of these websites. It might not be an exercise for the next Nobel, but it is whole lot of fun. Who knows? You could end up with a great business idea or something that solves a problem in your own backyard. It could be anything from an idea of a novel to how to rid the world of plastics.
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August 3, 2012
If you spend any time scouring the Internet for videos of any kind, you’ll find that there are loads of different video sites that serve a number of different purposes: YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc. Sometimes you’ll come across a particular video that you want to save for later. For the popular sites, e.g. YouTube, there are many downloader tools available. And then you have sites, like TED, that use their own web video formats.
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July 24, 2012
TED Conferences, through its original online videos "The TED Talks", has become known as a platform for discussions on innovative ideas. Recently, they have launched an ebook series known as TED Books. The goal of the non-profit organization remains the same – spread great ideas and foster discussions around them.
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April 10, 2012
Creativity. Inspiration. Passion. These are all concepts of which we are very much aware, but not many of us can precisely pinpoint their source. Where does creativity come from? What is it that causes a moment of inspiration? How can you cultivate passion? Thanks to a number of TED Talks related to these subjects, ordinary laymen like me and you can better understand these concepts.
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March 30, 2012
The human brain is complex and confusing, which explains why human behavior is so complex and confusing. People have a tendency to act one way when they feel something completely different. Here are a few interesting TED Talks that delve into human psychology and try to explain why we are the way we are.
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March 14, 2012
TED, the well-known organization devoted to “ideas worth spreading”, has launched a new educational initiative – TED-Ed, “lessons worth sharing”. Like TED, TED-Ed is devoted to spreading knowledge, this time to students in the form of animated lessons. As the first part of the TED-Ed initiative, a new YouTube channel has been launched, which currently [...]
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December 9, 2011
If any video site that gets talked about most after YouTube, its TED – at least amongst us who seek knowledge for the sake of it. Now, who wouldn’t want to preserve these idea capsules for posterity! The online videos available on TED can of course be streamed via the browser, but if you are like me, then you would like to keep the more inspiring ones close by.
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October 4, 2011
Throughout history, humans have been absorbed by mastering the challenges of their time. Over the past century, developments have been moving forward in an evermore breathtaking speed. We call it modern technology and it has made things possible that only few people dared to dream about as little as 20 or 50 years ago. So where is the edge of technology at today?
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