A fantastic TED talk about how information is filtered and how this affects our aspirational selves. How filters (both conscious and automated ones) affect our sense of self and our …
The Beauty of Data Visualization: a TED talk from David McCandless
This is the man behind one of my favorite blogs in the world, Information is Beautiful, who spends his time visualizing data which transforms the way you perceive the world. …
Creativity and how its definition has changed to me
I have a few brainstorming sessions slated for today at work on directions for a project I am working on and it made me pause for a second on what …
Crowdsourced filters and African MLearning
This is perhaps the shortest TED talk on record. For those of you who follow African threads, you might already know Ushahidi. Basically, Ushahidi is a way to crowdsource crisis …
Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the teaching revolution!
[ted id=865] Once again, Sir Ken Robinson brings a lot of wit and poignancy to the discussion involving education reform. “We don’t need an evolution of education, rather a revolution. …
Sir Ken Robinson and TED: Creativity in Education and Drawing God
Sir Ken Robinson in this video is speaking about education and how it squanders creativity. The most convincing sequence, in my opinion, is when he speaks about the future and …
TED talk from Hans Rosling: Debunking Developing World Myths with Data
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwS1uAdUcI] This is an absolutely brilliant talk about data and its use in the developing world by Hans Rosling. Rosling, at least according to Wikipedia, is “Professor of International Health …