Blog frogs on the road
By Kristina Loring - February 22, 2012
frog Senior Principal Technologist Jared Ficklin isn’t your typical gadget geek (in fact, he was once on the PBS reality show, Texas Ranch, challenged with living the tech-free life of an 1867 cowboy).
When he isn’t designing user experiences and thinking about the future of interaction choreography, you might find him in the bowl of an Austin skatepark (he founded and codirects the Austin Public Skatepark Action Committee) or you might see him creating sound visualizations in unlikely mediums.
Now, the man behind the edgy tech hacks at the annual frog SXSW Interactive Opening Party will be bringing his edgy presentation to a new stage: this year’s TED Conference in Long Beach. design mind caught up with Jared to discuss his journey to TED, what we can expect from a new presentation of fiery sound displays, and a sneak peak at the playful tech behind this frog's SXSW Interactive Opening party this year.
Blog Elektroniker
By Tim Leberecht - December 25, 2011
Rotman magazine, the print and online quarterly of the Rotman School of Management, has just released its new (Winter) issue, devoted to the theme “Open.” Openness has been a buzzword for a while, ever since Henry Chesbrough wrote his seminal book on Open Innovation, but, to apply Gartner’s Hype-Cycle terminology, now it seems as if Openness has finally reached a plateau of productivity after going through years of troughs of disillusion.
Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - July 15, 2011
Here's the third full day of the conference. Another solid group of speakers.
Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - July 12, 2011
Pre-conference TEDGlobal is in the books, the first session is near, and after days of wondering what the “stuff” in this year’s Stuff of Life theme could mean, I may have a start. Thinking about stuff automatically includes thinking about things. And indeed we are fond of our stuff: computers, cars, Saturday jeans, running shoes, and whatever other objects you value. But the stuff of life is not only objects (and besides, you can’t have a four-day conference only about things). The Stuff of Life is actually the stuff in life—inspiration and disappointment, marriage and divorce, life and death.
Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - November 7, 2010
The third TED Salon in London supported by frog.
In partnership with frog, a TED Salon took place in London earlier this week at the Unicorn Theatre, a cozy venue near the Tate Modern on the south side of the Thames. It was the third such event together, and this time 250 local TEDsters attended to hear 15 speakers talk in two sessions about a variety of subjects on the theme of “Re-Framing.” Master of ceremonies and TED’s European director Bruno Giussani explained the theme this way: “When films shift camera angles, they shift a scene… they literally reframe; that’s what we’re trying to do tonight… to look at things from a different perspective.” It was also the occasion to debut the special TEDGlobal edition of design mind, which covered the 2010 Oxford conference and the theme “And Now the Good News.”
Blog frogs on the road
By Jon Kolko - November 6, 2010
I was lucky enough to speak at the TED Salon in London last week. Like many of you, I've enjoyed learning about technology, education and design from some great minds through the online TED-talk library, and I was honored to be a part of the event.
Blog Amphibious
By Adam Richardson - September 1, 2010
Here's the video of the talk that I gave at TEDx Taipei back in July. There's a funny twist at the end of it, so watch to the end... Thanks to the TEDx Taipei team for a) a great event, b) a nice professional job with the videos.
Blog Amphibious
By Adam Richardson - July 24, 2010
Here are some photos I took at the TEDx Taipei event which occurred yesterday. It was a great event, super well organized, with excellent speakers all around. Congrats to Kevin, Jason and the whole team for putting on a terrific show. There were many people I didn't get photos of, this is just a small selection of what was on offer.
The event was held in a renovated space that is now an arts/culture center
Blog DONG XI
By Chloe Ng - July 23, 2010
In a few more hours it will be the second TEDx Taipei event in Taiwan. This year, the theme is “Unlearn, Play and Inspire." 23 speakers, including designers, entrepreneurs, explorers, storytellers, photographers, scientific pioneers, visionaries, and provocateurs are going to share their stories with a 500 person audience. Today, frog Creative Director Adam Richardson, who will speak at the event and I joined the rehearsal and got a sneak peak at a very impressive line up. We look forward to tomorrow’s event!
The reception and stage is built from recycle materials, giving off a creative, professional and environmental friendly vibe.
Blog TEDGlobal
By Sam Martin - July 22, 2010
Six days after the curtains dropped on 2010’s TEDGlobal conference and I’m still sifting through the ideas heard and contacts made in Oxford. After a deep breathe, we now turn our attention to a special TED issue of design mind, one that will try to capture the spirit of the “And Now the Good News” theme, while also taking a deeper dive into some of the ideas we heard from the many interesting speakers.
