Having spent a bit of time over the last few weeks on this site I thought that I should mention it… 
The 2009 conference has just ended, so the front page of the website is given over to that.
The archives can be accessed by Themes, Talks or Speakers.
Do poke about a bit, enjoy.
I thot this was about a failed airline.
Thank you! I really needed that Elizabeth Gilbert talk. You have no idea.
ah, one from this year…I’ll work those in tomorrow morning.
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can get a free app that lets you listen to or view these on your mobile device (rather than going to ted.com and loading from there). You can also bookmark favorites and listen to them later.
Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius
ya might like these too:
Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?
Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
and one mostly about redwood canopy life
Richard Preston: Climbing the world’s biggest trees
I love TED.
This is the story of a boy named Ted …
djm
I couldn’t get Moschen’s finger exercise until I mentally assigned musical notes to each finger movement. It’s still a bit jerky, but at least I now have a handle on the movement. The rest is just practise.
djm
yeah, I’m not thinking that the exercise would be as distracting to a musician…
fer Doc & his S.E.T.I. thread
Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man
maybe some music…
Rokia Traore: “Kounandi”
Rokia Traore: “M’Bifo”
Raul Midon: “All the Answers” and “Tembererana”
Raul Midon: “Everybody” and “Peace on Earth”
Michael Moschen is simply brilliant. He’s the most creative, artistic juggler I’ve ever seen (and I’m a fair amateur juggler myself).
If you saw the movie Labyrinth, you’ve seen a bit of his work… he performed the crystal ball manipulations supposedly done by David Bowie’s character. He is really beautiful to watch.
The differences in styles is really brought home when you contrast Moschen with the Raspyni Bros. Moschen uses his whole body as part of the act, turning it into dance or visual art, instead of just juggling.
I also liked Jill Bolte-Taylor’s stroke of genius, but I was left curious as to whether there isn’t an easier way to achieve satori …
djm
ya’d think!
Brilliant description of it though.
from this year:
Barry Schwartz: The real crisis? We stopped being wise
Very cool stuff Denny. Thanks much. 
Doc