Empowering autistic children: Ajit Narayanan at TED2013
Hailing from the Talent Search salon in Bangalore, Ajit Narayanan is here to tell us about his work helping autistic children to communicate...
Quoted at TED2013: Dong Woo Jang on making bows in the concrete forest of Seoul
Yesterday, during the session “Create!,” 15-year-old Dong Woo Jang delighted us with his tale of bow-making. I caught up with hi...
The oomph of umami: Barb Stuckey at TED2013
You think your food tastes good, but food inventor Barb Stuckey thinks you could be doing better. In her book, Taste What You’ve Been ...
10 tips on how to talk to people at TEDActive
1. Start with a smile. “Smiling is one of the most basic, biologically-uniform expressions of all humans,” says Ron Gutman. Watc...
Hooray for Hollywood: A look at the iconic sign during TED2013
On the morning after more than a billion viewers worldwide tuned into the Academy Awards and its glitzy salute to motion pictures, 44 TEDste...
The magic of books: Lisa Bu at TED2013
TED’s own Lisa Bu takes the TED2013 stage now to tell a very personal tale of a journey through literature that began, well, with a sh...
Make the most of your 20s: Meg Jay at TED2013
In her 20s, Meg Jay saw her first psychotherapy client, Alex, who was there to talk about her guy problems. Jay didn’t take the sessio...
Walk with me, talk with me: Nilofer Merchant at TED2013
Chances are, what you’re doing at this very minute is killing you. That’s right, sitting down is killing you. As Nilofer Merchan...
Debate: Erik Brynjolfsson and Robert J. Gordon at TED2013
TED Curator Chris Anderson opened this morning’s first session, Progress Enigma, with a provocative question: What is the future of wo...