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Moments at Coffee Common 2012
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Moments at Coffee Common 2012

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/37882880] On Vimeo, John Giannakos shares this fun recap of the Coffee Common experience at TED2012, backstage, behi...

Mar 6, 2012
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Who wrote about TED2012? A roundup
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Who wrote about TED2012? A roundup

First of all, we counted, and the TED Blog live-bloggers wrote ~34,000 words about what happened at TED2012 over the past week. That’s...

Mar 4, 2012
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Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change: Brené Brown at TED2012
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Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change: Brené Brown at TED2012

Photos: James Duncan Davidson Brené Brown is an expert on vulnerability who starts off her talk by describing the extraordinary impact of gi...

Mar 2, 2012
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Choose your own TEDTalk: Sebastian Wernicke at TED2012
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Choose your own TEDTalk: Sebastian Wernicke at TED2012

Photos: James Duncan Davidson Sebastian Wernicke thinks there’s something missing from the Full Spectrum of TED2012: The audience has ...

Mar 2, 2012
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Let’s talk about sex — and pizza: Al Vernacchio at TED2012
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Let’s talk about sex — and pizza: Al Vernacchio at TED2012

Photos: James Duncan Davidson Al Vernacchio is here to talk about sex. In particular, he wants to talk about reframing the ways we talk abou...

Mar 2, 2012
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Dueling TEDTalks: Thomas Stat and Andrea Kates at TED2012
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Dueling TEDTalks: Thomas Stat and Andrea Kates at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson A ‘scheduling snafu’ led to two speakers being booked for the same slot, but Chris Anderson felt he...

Mar 1, 2012
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Secrets can take many forms: Frank Warren at TED2012
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Secrets can take many forms: Frank Warren at TED2012

“Hi, my name’s Frank, and I collect secrets.” That’s Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret. He started with a craz...

Feb 29, 2012
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Of oxes and the wisdom of crowds: Lior Zoref at TED2012
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Of oxes and the wisdom of crowds: Lior Zoref at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Possibly the most meta speaker on the TED stage is Lior Zoref. He had a dream: to speak at TED. He shows a vide...

Feb 29, 2012
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Sorry, I forgot your name: David Hornik at TED2012
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Sorry, I forgot your name: David Hornik at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson “I forget names,” says David Hornik. “I forget them all the time, every day. And I thought ev...

Feb 29, 2012
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