If you have not already discovered the wonderful TED web site, I encourage you to check it out. It is one of the gems of the Internet. The tag line for the web site is:
"Ideas worth spreading. Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world."
For historical reasons, TED stands for technology, entertainment, design. The TED web site features recorded videos, typically 18-20 minutes long, of an amazing variety of interesting people giving talks before live audiences. There are currently over 500 talks available to watch, and more are being added each week. You are certain to find something that interests you.
I will occasionally refer to TED videos in subsequent posts.
If you are on the FPI network, you will need to watch TED videos at home because FPI has blocked all sites with streaming video such as YouTube and TED.
UPDATE 7/20/10: TED came to UVM yesterday. See TEDxUVM and the article in today's Burlington Free Press: TEDx spreads ideas at UVM.
UPDATE 8/13/10: Click here for the presentation by UVM professor and Yankee director Rocki-Lee DeWitt. The three companies that Dr. DeWitt talks about: GE, Coca-Cola, American States Water Company.
