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Desert Diaries: The Social Media Workshop

(TEDActive 2010. February 9-13, 2010, Palm Springs, CA. Credit: TED / Michael Brands) Maybe it was news of the blizzard onslaught back on th...

Feb 10, 2010
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Q&A with TED2010 Fellows

We dropped by the TED Fellows speaker rehearsals yesterday and chatted with two extraordinary TED 2010 Fellows: Anita Doron and Mitchell Joa...

Feb 9, 2010
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Step into Liquid Galaxy at the Dome

Back in summer 2008, a group of Google engineers started horsing around with multiscreen displays and Google Earth, using their 20 Percent t...

Feb 9, 2010
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Chevy Volt test-drive

Yesterday we test-drove the high-tech, yet-to-be released Chevy Volt electric car. Smooth handling and great engine pickup made for a fun dr...

Feb 9, 2010
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All about TED's 12 limited-edition tote bags

TED’s legendary Gift Bag evolved this year — it’s still a gorgeous Rickshaw Bagworks messenger bag filled with goodies, bu...

Feb 9, 2010
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Desert Diaries: TEDActive visits Noah Purifoy's sculpture

TEDActive is all about the speculative, and so it began with an adventure. We kicked off Day Zero with an early-morning trip out and up to t...

Feb 9, 2010
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Photoblog: Meet the camera operators

Our job on the Media Team is to make TEDTalks look as wonderful as possible. At TED2010, we’re running an ambitious eight-camera shoot...

Feb 8, 2010
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Photoblog: Inflating the TED balloon

TED2010 photographer Duncan Davidson took this happy shot outside on the Plaza this morning — and recalled the sad fate of last year&#...

Feb 8, 2010
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Backstage at TED2010: Welcome KiPros

This year’s TED in Long Beach will be the first conference that we shoot entirely to hard drive — previous TEDs have been a comb...

Feb 8, 2010
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