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Following the Kenyan crisis on the blogs

Photo: Smoke from burned houses, Eldoret, January 1. Courtesy

Jan 6, 2008
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"No Country for Old Hatreds": Wainaina on Kenya

TEDGlobal 2007 speaker Binyavanga Wainaina has an opinion piece in today’s New York Times, “No Country for Old Hatreds,” t...

Jan 6, 2008
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The "dangers" of blogging: Yossi Vardi on TED.com

Investor and prankster Yossi Vardi delivers a careful lecture on the dangers of blogging. Specifically, um, for men. (Recorded March 2007 in...

Jan 4, 2008
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News

Tales of passion: Isabel Allende on TED.com

In one of the most beloved talks from TED2007, novelist Isabel Allende talks about writing, women, passion, feminism. She tells the stories ...

Jan 3, 2008
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Edge question 2008: What have you changed your mind about? Why?

Many TEDTalks speakers have answered the 2008 Edge Foundation question: What have you changed your mind about? Why? Among the more than 160 ...

Jan 2, 2008
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Web-based ways to make a difference

To help those of us making resolutions this week, here is a sampling of web tools for making a difference, inspired by TEDTalks speakers: + ...

Jan 1, 2008
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Design

Ettore Sottsass, 1917-2007

Designer Ettore Sottsass died yesterday, at 90. The leader of a group of Italian designers who called themselves Memphis, he helped spark th...

Jan 1, 2008
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Film

Submit your film or video for Pangea Day

Hoping to submit your short film or video for Pangea Day? There’s still a month and a half before the deadline — plenty of time ...

Dec 29, 2007
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5 dangerous things you should let your kids do: Gever Tulley on TED.com

Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our drive to overprotect our children — and spells out 5 dangerous things y...

Dec 21, 2007
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