I used to keep a txt file of my favorite TED Talks. A while ago my mom was having issues with iWeb so I used my TED list as test content in order to trouble shoot. It's just links with some notes about why I liked it or what made it memorable for me but I still reference it every now and then when I'm in need of inspiration.
Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?
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Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?
#72The only TED talk that has ever brought tears to my eyes - Jamie Oliver's: http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html
I love Jamie Oliver and highly recommend his show Food Revolution. It's 100x more moving than his talk. (just tried to find it on Hulu and it's not there, wish I could provide a DL)
It's on ABC's website:
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?
#73Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke... A neuroscientist that suffered from a stroke talked about the experience and the interesting conclusion that came from it.
This is one of those talks you either love or hate. I was surprised to see it was one of the highest rated TED talks (on another site) because for some reason I found it rather irritating.
What I find irritating is that a neuroscientist would be so easily drawn into mysterious, magical thinking about what was going on in her head.
Of course, I suppose I might see things differently if a blood clot turned half of my brain off for a while.
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#74I can't believe no one has mentioned Ken Robinson's talk yet!
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_...
Brilliant (and funny) talk about how schools suck the creativity out of students, but also how this doesn't have to be the case. My favorite TED Talk of all time.
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?
#75I can't believe no one has mentioned Ken Robinson's talk yet! http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_... Brilliant (and funny) talk about how schools suck the creativity out of students, but also how this doesn't have to be the case. My favorite TED Talk of all time.
I'll second this, wholeheartedly.
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?
#76Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs: http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.htm... A surprisingly powerful ode to people who just do the work. Our jobs may not be dirty but the lessons are still interesting and applicable; connecting to startups isn't that hard. I like many of the other linked talks too, but as of my writing this one was not posted.
That was a fabulous talk! Today there are far too many people (myself sometimes included) who think that some jobs are "beneath" them. Maybe the are, but someone still has to do them.
Hats off to all the folks out there who do dirty jobs!
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?
#77I can't believe no one has mentioned Ken Robinson's talk yet! http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_... Brilliant (and funny) talk about how schools suck the creativity out of students, but also how this doesn't have to be the case. My favorite TED Talk of all time.
Well. The author had mentioned it himself.
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#78Benjamin Zander on classical music and shining eyes :) http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_...
And a rather controversial but spectacular idea by Wubbo Ockels on time as a creation of human mind as a response to gravity http://www.tedxamsterdam.com/2009/video-wubbo-ockels-on-time...
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?
#79Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs: http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.htm... A surprisingly powerful ode to people who just do the work. Our jobs may not be dirty but the lessons are still interesting and applicable; connecting to startups isn't that hard. I like many of the other linked talks too, but as of my writing this one was not posted.
This talk can't be watched enough. I introduced it to a number of my past professors who are still using it in their undergrad and grad classes.
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?
#80I liked (in the order they show up in my del.icio.us stream):
* Dan Buettner How to live to be 100 http://blog.ted.com/2010/01/how_to_live_to.php
* Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
* Kamal Meattle on how to grow fresh air http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kamal_meattle_on_how_to_g...
* Ian Dunbar on dog-friendly dog training http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ian_dunbar_on_dog_friendl...
* Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wr...
* Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_be...
* Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_ki...
* Alan Russell on regenerating our bodies http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerat...
* Robert Lang folds way-new origami http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_lang_folds_way_new...
* John Maeda: Simplicity patterns http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/172/
Somehow I never bookmarked
* Dan Gilbert's talks http://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_gilbert.html
* Dan Ariely's talks http://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_ariely.html
Which I've now remedied
There was also one about regenerating local ecosystems that I somehow can't seem to find right now.