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Where the lights are still out... 4 Nov 2012 | 08:22 pm
As Hurricane Sandy restoration efforts continue, TED offices had power restored yesterday, along with most areas of Manhattan. But many other parts of New York and New Jersey continue to suffer. A mem...
A stealthy serial killer and a thought experiment 2 Nov 2012 | 09:00 pm
I took time out from Hurricane Sandy chaos yesterday to trek up town Manhattan to a cafe featuring actual electricity and a breakfast to meet Gordon and Avril Samuel, a British couple whose story I wi...
Sports matches decided by God? 22 Oct 2012 | 10:58 pm
I've had a thing for the San Francisco Giants ever since I moved to the Bay Area (from England) in the mid 90s. So I was as happy as anyone last night to see their improbable comeback continue, led b...
9 reasons I'm excited by the new TEDBooks app 20 Jul 2012 | 02:09 am
After a couple of weeks in Beta, the new TED Books app launched today on iPad and iPhone and I'm incredibly excited about it. Here's why. 1. It brings together all of our authors in one irresistible ...
Behind TED's Global Talent Search 12 Jul 2012 | 04:33 am
Today we unveiled the video results of a round-the-world tour. It's a wonderful collection of 293 talks and performances, most of them shorter than 6 minutes. TED's Content Director Kelly Stoetzel ....
TED.com has a new video player! 20 Jun 2012 | 11:20 am
This has been a long time in the works, and I'm really excited to see it live. Our new player allows much higher-definition video. It also auto-adjusts for people's bandwidth to minimize any bufferin...
TED and inequality: The real story 18 May 2012 | 06:16 am
Today TED was subject to a story so misleading it would be funny... except it successfully launched an aggressive online campaign against us. The National Journal alleged we had censored a talk becau...
The thinking behind the new open platform of TED-Ed 25 Apr 2012 | 11:52 pm
Big day. After more than a year of planning and dreaming, we're finally launching our new TED-Ed website, whose goal is to offer teachers a thrilling new way to use video. The site is in Beta. But we...
Abundance vs disruption: dramatically different views of the future 20 Mar 2012 | 01:29 am
At this month's TED conference, there was animated debate between two sharply differing views of the future. ONE: The future will be one of scarcity and disruption. Economic growth has run up agains...
YouTube commenters let rip on TED-Ed! 19 Mar 2012 | 09:54 pm
When TED Talks first launched in 2006, it took more than 4 months for us to rack up our first million views. TED-Ed, which launched on YouTube last Monday, did the same in just one week. That's certai...
