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Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII
I enjoyed the Crockford on Javascript talks. Even if you're not interested in JS, the first talk is about the history of computing/programming languages and is quite interesting. http://yuiblog.com/crockford/
Meredith Patterson's astonishing CCC talk on computing and linguistics. It's a tour de force, presenting a systematic and practical proposal for how we can build an open and secure future for computing. I can't imagine a better example of the joys of inter-disciplinary thinking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEfedtQVOY
One of my favorites is Alan Kay "Programming and Scaling" http://www.tele-task.de/archive/video/flash/14029/
Notice most of the talks people are referencing are about tech philosophies -- a vision/perspective -- not a particular technology.
I really liked googles map reduce lectures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPBkvYh-ss Wish google would update the quality and fix the link to the slides - heres a copy on slide share: http://www.slideshare.net/sriprasanna/introduction-to-cluste... You can find the links to the rest of the videos and slides from there, theres 7 total I think.
Simple Made Easy changed how I think about constructing software systems of any kind. It provided me with a strong vocabulary and mental model to identify coupling and design with a more clear separation of concerns and focus on the output rather than the ease of development. http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy
http://io9.com/watch-a-series-of-seven-brilliant-lectures-by...