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TED and Reddit’s 10 questions to Hans Rosling - Gapminder.org
Hans Rosling answers 10 questions posed to him after his TED Talk. Almost as good as the TED Talk that inspired the questions, this too is a must-see presentation.
Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset | Video on TED.com
An amazing presentation by Hans Rosling about world health & economic data, his site (gapminder.org), the "bottom billion," and ...well, blowing cliches about health and wealth out of the water. Also see Rosling's 10 answers to 10 questions video: http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-and-reddits-10-questions-to-hans-rosling/
Video - The Coming Currency Revolution - WSJ.com
Fascinating video about some of the alternative currencies already out there, building peer-to-peer finance and personal (and virtual) currencies. Scarcity, attention, money... Good stuff. Note: Saltspring Island has had its own currency for years - take it to the next level with virtual component?
The Five Question Interview – Dan Ariely — Ben Atlas
Ben Atlas poses interview questions to Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions. Dan responds to the questions in this video. Atlas's questions focus on rationality/ irrationality, crime, reward, etc. Fascinating stuff about behavioral economics, great insights from Dan Ariely.
Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com
Really interesting, and borderline kooky (but therefore refreshing), talk on creativity/ the muse/ Genius, and strategies for dealing with same. Key: think of it as residing outside of yourself, as a "visitation," and in this way take the heat off yourself when you "fail" to deliver. But don't forget to show up - old-fashioned ideas about genius aren't an excuse for slacking off!
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Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.
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Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success | Video on TED.com
Excellent presentation by Alain de Botton, described as follows:
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[Botton] examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
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Really worth watching/ listening to.
Building Blocks of a New Interface - SIFTABLES - Technology Review: Videos
David Merrill, inventor of Siftables, interactive electronic building blocks, demonstrates his technology at the 2009 TED conference.
Amazing technology; when he started the demo, I was immediately reminded of what art historians _used to do_ when we still used slides: we used "slide tables" (basically light boxes) and moved the slides around to create and edit our lectures, really almost on the fly, as it were. It was a very creative way to put together a presentation and make connections between ideas, a tactile & spatial way, that you can't do anymore using only digital media. So it's kind of nice to see some of that spatial aspect coming back into how we (literally) manipulate information to make new connections.
Finally, A CEO Speaks Up on How to Renew America - HBR Editors' Blog - Harvard Business Review
Timely.
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Immelt exhorted Americans to give up the notion that the U.S. can make it as a services-led, consumption-based economy, where "a mortgage broker is pulling down $5 million a year while a Ph.D. chemist is earning $100,000."
The country must refocus on manufacturing and R&D and must strive to be a leading exporter, he said. He announced that GE was opening an advanced manufacturing and software technology center outside of Detroit near the headquarters of Visteon, the auto parts maker that recently sought bankruptcy protection.
Coincidentally, "Restoring American Competitiveness," an article in the July-August special issue of the Harvard Business Review makes the same case about the importance of manufacturing. It warns that the erosion of the U.S. manufacturing base is seriously undermining the country's ability to innovate. (So much for the idea that we can succeed by letting other countries manufacture the products we invent!)
In his speech, Immelt offered a vision for how the business and government together can revive the economy and solve grand challenges such as clean energy and affordable health care. "We should welcome the government as a catalyst for leadership and change," he said, calling for a "real public-private partnership." (This from a self-described "Republican and free market guy.")
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This article fits nicely with Konrad Yakabuski Globe & Mail article, "Canada's Innovation Gap." http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/canadas-innovation-gap/article1203108/
YouTube - Did You Know?
The "Did You Know?" video, which has been making its viral rounds through various social networks. Breathless, admittedly amazing facts, prepare to meet a firehose of information. ("What does it in-form?" is another question...)
Susan Sontag and Philip Johnson - myarchN
Susan Sontag chatting with Philip Johnson in NYC's Seagram Building. Johnson makes NIMBY noises about how his view will be blocked when a surface parking lot across the way finally gets redeveloped. Too funny. (This video is from ...?, the 60s.)
Greg Lynn | Profile on TED.com
Portal page to Greg Lynn's TED talk.
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Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
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Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
Exchange Morning Post: "Greg Lynn: How calculus is changing architecture"
Questioning symmetry:
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Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture -- and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms. A glorious church in Queens (and a titanium tea set) illustrate his theory.
Greg Lynn is the head of Greg Lynn FORM, an architecture firm known for its boundary-breaking, biomorphic shapes and its embrace of digital tools for design and fabrication.
Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
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Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
A series of revelations about building practice -- "Vertical structure is overrated"; "Symmetry is bankrupt" -- helped Lynn and his studio conceptualize a new approach, which uses calculus, sophisticated modeling tools, and an embrace of new manufacturing techniques to make buildings that, at their core, enclose space in the best possible way.
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Who says great architecture must be proportional and symmetrical? Not Greg Lynn. He and his firm, Greg Lynn FORM, have been pushing the edges of building design, by stripping away the traditional dictates of line and proportion and looking into the heart of what a building needs to be.
A series of revelations about building practice -- "Vertical structure is overrated"; "Symmetry is bankrupt" -- helped Lynn and his studio conceptualize a new approach, which uses calculus, sophisticated modeling tools, and an embrace of new manufacturing techniques to make buildings that, at their core, enclose space in the best possible way.
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VIVACE: Energy from Slow Currents - MIT Technology Review: Videos
Video demo of how VIVACE works (the device developed to mimic how fish harness energy from water currents).
"The Brain Unveiled," by Emily Singer (MIT Technology Review)
Stunning imagery of the brain's neural structures. Must-see. Also includes a couple of links to video/ time-lapse imaging.
Video podcast: Cycling for Everyone: Lessons for Vancouver from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany | The City Program | Continuing Studies | Simon Fraser University
Thanks to a pointer from Roland Tanglao, here's the complete video archive of Gil Penalosa's recent talk at SFU on Walking, Bicycling and Public Spaces.
Chicago's Green Dividend
Short video clip produced by CEOs for Cities, which asks, "How much is it worth, to live two miles closer to work?" The answer(s) is (are) astonishing, when you take those 2 miles and make them cumulative, for the whole US. That said, imagine what it does mean, then, if we build cities that are walkable, that engage people in public transit, that shave those 2miles off people's commutes/ daily drives?
Justin.tv - DHH Talk - Startup School 2008 - HackerTV - Live Streaming Video
Fascinating presentation by David Heinemeier Hansson, the Ruby on Rails guy and developer at 37 Signals: advice on start-ups, life, the universe, and everything.
Casey Reas @ University of applied Arts, Vienna at tagr.tv - digital || art || media || hub
Casey Reas delivers a lecture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna on programming & process for visual designers.
"Toronto's accidental treasure" by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star)
A brief article by Christopher Hume on the Leslie Street Spit, which includes a fascinating video, "Celebrating the Leslie St. Spit," by Greg Smith and Catherine Farley. Before settlement, the area (a wetlands) had an abundance of wildlife. This was then basically obliterated as Toronto took it over for industrial and port-related uses. Ironically, those uses required a seawall, and while waiting for various bureaucratic wheels to turn to allow construction, the city started dumping rubble from construction/ excavation sites. This in turn created a new "Spit," and when economic conditions changed (no need for a seawall after all), the rubble-filled/ built-up area was eventually recolonized by nature. Today it's another wildlife preserve... Neat.
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By the 1970s, however, the Spit had become a five-kilometre-long peninsula, with no apparent purpose. Responsibility for the city's newest landform was then handed over to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, whose job was to find new uses for the place. The process took so long the Spit was left alone for another couple of decades.
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In the meantime, the ownership of the land had evolved into a patchwork of civic, provincial and federal agencies that in addition to the TRCA includes the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Toronto Economic Development Corp (TEDCO) and the Toronto Port Authority. Its annual management budget is paltry, under $200,000.
Perhaps because of this administrative confusion, and continuing neglect, the Spit was free of the kind of human intervention that has altered the landscape everywhere else. By the time the city started to get serious about reclaiming and revitalizing the waterfront, the Spit was an established part of life in Toronto. Though only open on weekends and holidays, it had become a magnet for birders, bikers, hikers and joggers. Indeed, it has achieved storied status, attracting 250,000 visitors annually. We see it now as a shining example, a desperately needed ray of hope in a world fast destroying itself.
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Videos (and slides) of keynotes available - The Mobile City » Blog Archive »
Michiel de Lange posted keynotes and slides online from the recent Mobile City conference.
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