Wow! Inspiration... and emotional too. A true fighter.

SETH GODIN "THE INDUSTRY IS DEAD"

Christian Missionary Deconverted by Pirahã Tribe

AWESOME ADVENTURERER WITH AWESOME MESSAGE OF UNITY

A guy called Matt visited 42 countries in 14 months and filmed himself while dancing

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Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks

About this presentation
Renowned graphic designer Michael Bierut claims that he's not creative. Instead, he likens his job to that of a doctor who tends to patients – "the sicker, the better." Digging into the 86 notebooks he's kept over the course of his career, Bierut walks us through 5 projects – from original conception to final execution – extracting a handful of simple lessons (e.g. the problem contains the solution; don't avoid the obvious) at the foundation of brilliant design solutions.

About Michael Bierut
Prior to joining Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm's New York office, Michael Bierut worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design. His clients at Pentagram have included The New York Times, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Harley-Davidson, The Minnesota Children's Museum, The William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, Mohawk Paper Mills, the New York Jets, Princeton University, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Morgan Library and Museum.

He has won hundreds of design awards and his work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Montreal. His commentaries about graphic design in everyday life have been heard nationally on the Public Radio International program "Studio 360" and his appearance in Helvetica: A Documentary Film is considered by many that movie's funniest moment. Michael is a co-founder of the weblog DesignObserver.com, and his book 79 Short Essays on Design was published in 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press.

Links
www.pentagram.com
www.designobserver.com

The Writer Who Couldn't Read by Robert Krulwich

BOOK THAT BECOMES A CHAIR

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Web 2.0 Expo NY: Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape

msnbc.msn.com - 11 YEAR GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE

Moshe Kai Cavalin, 11, graduated with honors Friday from East Los Angeles College, but he'd rather you not call him a genius.

"I consider myself a regular kid who works hard and does his best," says this only child of a Taiwanese mother and an Israeli father. Source

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youtube.com - Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Artist
1452 - 1519

0:01 - The Last Supper
0:14 - Portrait of an Unknown Woman (La Belle Ferroniere)
0:24 - St. John the Baptist
0:35 - Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci
0:48 - Study of an Old Man's Profile
0:59 - Madonna Litta
1:11 - The Annunciation
1:23 - The Virgin of the Rocks
1:33 - Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine)
1:43 - The Lady of the Dishevelled Hair (La Scapigliata)
1:53 - John the Baptist
2:02 - Virgin and Child with St. Anne
2:14 - St. Hieronymus
2:24 - Madonna with the Carnation
2:33 - Portrait of a Musician
2:45 - Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)
2:58 - Self-Portrait

Music: Bach's Prelude And Fugue No. 13 In F-Sharp Major BWV 882 - Praeludium from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 performed by Daniel Ben Pienaar.

music: http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/dbp-wtc2b/

User youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/eggman913

ted.com - Music wars by David Pogue

About this talk

New York Times tech columnist David Pogue performs a satirical mini-medley about iTunes and the downloading wars, borrowing a few notes from Sonny and Cher and the Village People.
About David Pogue

David Pogue is the personal technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy Award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. He's also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, with...

ted.com -[ economist ] Paul Collier: 4 ways to improve the lives of the "bottom billion"

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Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor.

About Paul Collier

Paul Collier’s book The Bottom Billion shows what is happening to the poorest people in the world, and offers ideas for opening up opportunities to all.

Ted.com - Richard Branson - The Billionaire: Life at 30,000 feet

About this talk

Richard Branson talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences -- and reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations.
About Richard Branson

Richard Branson bootstrapped his way from record-shop owner to head of the Virgin empire. Now he's focusing his boundless energy on saving our environment.

ted.com - Jakob Trollback: Rethinking the music video

ted.com - Hector Ruiz: The power to connect the world

THIS TALK

AMD CEO Hector Ruiz talks about his dream of giving the whole world access to the Internet. AMD's 50x15 initiative hopes to connect 50 percent of the world to the Net by 2015. Sharing his own life story, Ruiz shows how access to ideas is life-changing.

About Hector Ruiz

The head of AMD, Hector Ruiz is devoted to his company's 50x15 initiative, which seeks to give 50 percent of the world's population access to the internet by 2015

ted.com - Seth Godin: Sliced bread and other marketing delights

About this talk

In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.

About Seth Godin

Seth Godin is an entrepreneur and prolific business-book author who specializes in marketing in the digital age

Ted.com - TRULY INSPIRATIONAL - Charles Leadbeater: The rise of the amateur professional

ted.com - Ron Eglash: African fractals, in buildings and braids

"I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof." This is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families while researching the intriguing fractal patterns he noticed in villages across the continent. He talks about his work exploring the rigorous fractal math underpinning African architecture, art and even hair braiding.

ted.com - WOW ! OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. GOT TO SEE THIS. Al Seckel: Your brain is badly wired -- enjoy it!

Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist and master of visual illusions, explores some of the perceptual illusions that fool our eyes and our brains. Running through example after example of images that buck our expectations, he asks why such tricks make us so happy (The Pursuit of Happiness was the theme of the 2004 TED conference). He even creates some of his own illusions, challenging our notion of what's true.

ted.com - " MATHEMAGICIAN " - FUN AND MUST SEE PRESENTATION - Benjamin: Lightning calculation and other "Mathemagic"

In a lively show, "mathemagician" Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares in his head, performs a massive mental calculation, and guesses a few birth days. How does he do it? He'll be happy to tell you.