Blog frogs on the road
By Various frogs - February 11, 2010
Mindshift, Discovery, and Jamie Oliver on stage in Long Beach.
TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver at TED2010, Session 3, "Action," Wednesday, February 10, 2010, in Long Beach, California. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson
Day two of the TED2010 conference included sessions entitled Mindshift and Discovery, as well as the TED Prize Session, highlighted by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who is on a mission to educate the world’s children about food and nutrition. TED Curator Chris Anderson kicked off the first day with his usual rousing introduction. David Cameron, the leader of the UK Conservative Party, was a surprise guest. We were particularly impressed by Nobel laureate and Israeli psychologist Daniel Kahneman, who is also the creator of the idea of behavioral economics. Oh, and Sheryl Crow played. She rocks.
Blog frogs on the road
By Various frogs - February 10, 2010
Behind the scenes at TED2010. February 9-13, 2010, Long Beach, CA. Credit: TED / Marla Aufmuth
TED begins before you even realize it. I’m checking into my TED experience at the airport in San Francisco. TED bags from past years are everywhere, and the morning flight to Long Beach is filled with TEDsters. "Are you going to TED?” I ask my seat neighbor, although it might as well be written on his forehead (he is reading The New Yorker on his Kindle). After looking at the list of attendees in the TED face book that you somewhat discretely study, you feel very, very under-accomplished, and you just want to hide in your room for the next four days. TED is the Who‘s Who of the Who’s Who. TED’s online social networking tool is helpful but also begs questions of etiquette: Is it appropriate to contact Glenn Close just because she’s on your top 10 matches list? And what is your “conversational approach?"
