I have known of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) for the last ten years. TED was started in 1984 to bring people together from Technology, Entertainment, Design in a conference. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TED Global conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TED x programs, and the annual TED Prize.
The annual TED conferences, in Long Beach/Palm Springs and Edinburgh, bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less). On TED.com, they make the best talks and performances from TED and partners available to the world, for free. More than 900 TED Talks are now available, with more added each week.
Here is a recent favorite by Steve Jobs given as a Stanford Commencement speech.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html
Salman Khan on his 2200 education videos on Youtube and their use in the classroom.
http://blog.ted.com/2011/03/09/lets-use-video-to-reinvent-education-salman-khan-on-ted-com/
I am grateful for brilliant thinkers such as Steve, Salman, and Bill in they changed our lives with their insights into using technology.
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