Posts Tagged ‘TED’
Beyond Social Media: Simcity Fail, Dove's "Real" Beauty & NBA's Social Slam Dunk [PODCAST]
This week’s highlights: Electronic Arts’ Simcity Fail; Dove’s “Real” Beauty App; Old Spice’s Director Of Marketing: Mr. Wolfdog; NBA’s Social Slam Dunk & more.
Read MoreDon Norman On The Impact Of Persuasion
In this TED Talk, design expert Don Norman discusses the impact of persuasion.
Read MoreLearning From Online Education
Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free — not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn.
Read MoreImprov Everywhere Does TED: Spinning Beach Ball Of Death Presentation
Improv Everywhere hits the TED stage and makes everyone squirm for a few minutes by presenting every presenter’s worst nightmare until they get their groove on.
Read MoreVideo Streaming & Owned Media
Monthly alternative viewing of movies/television increased from 26% in 2010 to 35% in 2011.
Read MoreHow Roger Ebert Found His Voice Online
When legendary film critic Roger Ebert lost his voice, he found another on Twitter and his blog, where he writes about creativity, race, politics and culture — and as brilliantly as ever about film.
Read MoreTemple Grandin Discusses Her Autistic Mind
In this TED talk, Temple Grandin explains how her autism caused her to perceive the world and led to her success in animal science.
Read MoreThe Paradox Of Choice – Barry Schwartz
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.
Read MoreBook Review
Seth Godin’s Tribes is an easy read once you get used to Godin’s scattershot prose. It is also a good primer on the idea of tribes: A group of people who connect with one another based on a shared interest or idea.
Read MoreWiring A Web For Global Good
We’re at a unique moment in history, says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: we can use today’s interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic — and work together to confront the challenges of poverty, security, climate change and the economy.
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