by JAK | Jun 6, 2012 | big ideas, music, TEDx
I heard Linh speak in Sydney a week or so back and she is now 21 and still going strong. Here she is at TEDxChCh – Linh Do – Defying Social Norms for Social Change – from Oct 2010. “In this talk, Linh Do asks some important questions: What is...
by JAK | Jun 5, 2012 | big ideas, TED
I have been waiting all my adult life for Kahneman’s “Thinking, Fast and Slow” book. Anyone who can link the world of psychology and economics is a hero to me. For Daniel to research along these lines for 40+ years – a Nobel prize doesn’t...
by JAK | Jun 3, 2012 | culture, music, TEDx
Luke Thompson keeps popping up on my music radar. He seems to work with great videographers and the songs stay with me long after the sound is off. Look the Other Way is 4 years old but has an inventive video and a song that expands my world. Back in Auckland, New...
by JAK | Jun 2, 2012 | big data, big ideas, TED
One way that newspapers and other media try to manage a lot of information is by making an infographic or diagram. This type of visual “map” often helps the media to convey complex ideas more quickly and makes it easier for most of us to process....
by JAK | Jun 1, 2012 | big ideas, TED
Last weekend besides TEDxSydney on the Sunday we had the delight to be part of TED@Sydney Talent Search. 20+ would be speakers did 6 minute versions of TED talks with the prize being a chance to do a talk on the main TED stage next Feb at the main event. What I loved...
