I love TED talks, but I'm not sure what to do with such a list without a sort-by-something...
Sorted by "engagement": http://goo.gl/zFAp7
TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
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Re: TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
#42TED talks sorted by "engagement": http://goo.gl/zFAp7
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Think of it from their point of view. They want to be known for brilliant talks, not crap ones. If it really was an awful talk, it devalues their brand to publish it.
A good chunk of the TED talks never make it to the site.
Really? Well in that case, why are we even having this discussion?
Damn you, internet!
Re: TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
#44Re: TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
#45I watched 10 of them from 2011 and this is my favorite:
Online Filter bubbles. How people are becoming increasingly segregated, intellectually from the whole content of the web:
http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bu...
edit, and: http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow...
Re: TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
#46I love TED talks, but I'm not sure what to do with such a list without a sort-by-something...
Agreed, a download is most useful to me. I'd rather play with the data.
I created a CSV version. Will that help?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/70442/TedTalks.csv?dl=1
edit: I've noticed some slight errors, but they should be easily fixed. It was a quick copy paste job, and a quick edit in TextMate to remove extraneous rows. Sorry about that. If I had the time I'd clean it up nice. Maybe someone else would like to.
Re: TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
#47TED talks sorted by "engagement": http://goo.gl/zFAp7
I just knew someone else would have done this when I looked at the original story, that was the first thing I thought was missing - some context as to which ones are popular. Awesome!
Re: TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was in the audience at the time. It was awful. I'm glad comedians are trying to reclaim the term "retard" but I had no context for it and it just seemed inappropriate.
Interesting thought about reclaiming the word from where I sit. As a trained chef (baker), the verb "retard" is commonly used for its meaning of slowing something down. This is usually with bread making, especially sourdoughs. Yeast development can be retarded using colder environments to enable better flavor and texture. Honestly, I have a loaf of bread retarding in the refrigerator now, and I'll bake it in the morn…
That'd be ret-ARD, rather than RE-tard.
Or do Americans put the stress on the first syllable even in the verb? Stressing first syllables is a pretty common feature of American English.
Re: TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting thought about reclaiming the word from where I sit. As a trained chef (baker), the verb "retard" is commonly used for its meaning of slowing something down. This is usually with bread making, especially sourdoughs. Yeast development can be retarded using colder environments to enable better flavor and texture. Honestly, I have a loaf of bread retarding in the refrigerator now, and I'll bake it in the morn…
That'd be ret-ARD, rather than RE-tard. Or do Americans put the stress on the first syllable even in the verb? Stressing first syllables is a pretty common feature of American English.
re-TARD, actually.
And it gets stress on the the first syllable where it's used as a noun, second syllable as a verb. cf "address", "attribute". (I do realize the noun–verb distinction doesn't come play in the UK for the former.)
Re: TEDTalks as of 06.16.11
#50It is still really disappointing that TED never released the Sarah Silverman talk ( http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/15/the-ted-v-sarah-silverman-f... ). Isn't it their purpose to expose the ideas, and ours to contemplate them?
Yeah but TED talks are _heavily_ edited from how they appear live on stage. TED puts an insane amount of effort into making the talks appear fluid and this is subconsciously I think partly why TED has been successful (everyone seems inhumanely perfect and articulate). If a TED talk bombs, it can be tricky to edit it into a coherent whole - I can imagine this is doubly hard with a comedian because timing is so importa…
Ah, I saw this talk from a live stream! Really felt your pain but I think the audience was sympathetic. I took it as a good lesson to have a demo-fallback which also works offline, although admittedly that's not as realistic.