The Rarely Updated Blog of Nate Warner

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The TED conference kicks ass. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of it before.

TED stands for Technlology, Entertainment, and Design.

The TED group throws a conference for the top 1000 scientists, inventors, designers, business leaders, artists, photographers, architects, film-makers, musicians, authors, explorers and visionaries. The goal is to provide a forum for sharing ideas.

This, of course, is what TED has always been about. Bring together extraordinary people from every area of thought, work and culture, and lo and behold, astonishing connections are made, excitement and inspiration follow.

It works this way because all knowledge is connected. Hearing experts in your field may deliver incremental improvements to what you do… But if you want the big breakthrough, the giant Aha… then you have to emerge from your trench, climb to higher ground and see the big picture.

After 5 minutes on the TED site I was hooked. I had to attend the 2007 conference. Unfortunately I ran into two problems. The $4400 price tag and the fact that the passes have been sold out for nearly a year. Ah well, I guess I will just have to follow the the TED Blog like a normal person.

Check out their site and blog. Make sure to watch some of the podcasts. I only got through two of them tonight, but it is some of the best content I have viewed on the web. Very inspiring.