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 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.
Blog TEDGlobal
By Sam Martin - July 16, 2010
Is Julian Assange a troublemaker or hero?
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks just left the stage in Oxford, where he was interviewed by TED’s Chris Anderson. During the interview we saw footage of American helicopter soldiers shooting an unarmed group of men, among which included a Reuters photographer. The video was leaked to Assange from what he said was “a number of military whistleblowers” and published on the Internet. One question Anderson asked that I thought poignant: “Is Assange a dangerous troublemaker or a hero?” Most everyone in the audience raised their hand for the latter. Only a few for the former.
Blog frogs on the road
By Emily McManus - April 21, 2010
Monday night's TED Salon in London
“There will be very little volcano talk tonight,” said TED's European Director Bruno Giussani, kicking off Monday night's TED Salon at the Unicorn Theatre in London. The theme of the evening: “Different by Design.”
Like most events in London, the Salon — organized with TEDGlobal partner frog design — had been disrupted by the Icelandic volcano that had been spewing ash for the previous three days, forcing speakers, performers, attendees and one of our co-hosts to cancel their trips. They were all replaced, and 250 people filled the theatre. The aim of Monday's Salon: to create an island of normalcy.
Blog frogs on the road
By Various frogs - February 12, 2010
A look at our favorite conferences for the spring and summer seasons.
Despite winter’s continued icy grip, conferences are blooming. Over the next few months you can fill up on media tactics, mobile tech trends, social innovation strategies, and more. There isn’t an open weekend until August. Here are our must-attend, most-tweetable events for the spring and summer seasons. We’ll see you at a few.
