Tag: TED
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TEDx Auckland – Session One: Michael Henderson
As I alluded in my initial TEDx Redux, the inaugural Auckland event was awesome. In the next three posts I will briefly cover my perspectives on the presentations delivered at this, the first TEDx event in Auckland, New Zealand. The first speaker was a fascinating guy called Michael Henderson [UPDATE: Looks like something ‘weird’ is […]
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Ideas Worth Spreading – My Journey to TEDx
TED. Three letters, a veritable treasure trove of new ideas, challenging thinking and incredible people with finely honed presentation skills. I first stumbled across the TED initiative in 2006 when I was shown a presentation by Hans Rosling using Gapminder to do some incredible data visualisations. From that day onward, they have been a regular […]
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Flu Hype, and reality
Below is an interesting video for those caught up in the swine flu (which it isn’t) hype. As a bit of background, Hans Rosling is a doctor and researcher who I first ‘saw’ when he presented at TED 2006 – in this video he demonstrates some really interesting data from the World Health Organisation using […]