Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world

Clay Shirky‘s TED talk deserves 13 minutes of your time.

Lessons from fashion’s free culture

Johanna Blakley‘s talk is an interesting rumination on the nature of ‘copyright’ in the fashion world.

When I grow up I’d like…

to have a job like Brian Skerry’s…

Bring on the Learning Revolution

Sir Ken Robinson’s books and talks, quite simply, inspire! His sense of humour and rejection of neo-factory models of education are a beacon of light for those who wish to reform the educational hand children are dealt. His passion for moving towards a ‘personalised curriculum’ is the most important educational idea of our, or any [...]

Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

A 12 year old with some formidable public speaking skills, indeed! What have you learnt from ‘a kid’ recently?

Lawrence Lessig on ‘Openess’: TED Talk

James Cameron – ‘Your imagination creates a reality’

James Cameron’s TED talk.  

Jonathan Zittrain: the web as random acts of kindness

Jonathan Zittrain‘s TED talk from July 2009.

Connected Pt 2

This 3 minute talk by Renny Gleeson gets to the heart of the matter. ‘Shared narratives’ are powerful and being hyperconnected can allow this to happen across, and despite, physical spaces. However, there is a potential cost and I’m sure we are guilty as charged by Renny. I remember my years, in the mid-90s, travelling [...]

Do all languages have a common ancestor?

Murray Gell-Mann gives an overview about his passion for finding the common ancestry of our modern languages. more about “Do all languages have a common ancestor?“, posted with vodpod