As part of the Google D.C. Talks series, Google’s Washington office hosted a special book talk with Chris Anderson, Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine and best-selling author of “The Long Tail.”
In his new book “Free: The Future of a Radical Price,” Anderson makes the provocative case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them.
This event took place on July 7, 2009 at Google’s offices in Washington, D.C.
http://www.ted.com Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. In this short talk from TEDU, he asks: How can we best engage our brains to help us better understand big ideas?
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
AMELIA stars two-time Academy Award®-winner Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart, the legendary aviatrix. Also featuring Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor. Directed by Mira Nair.
In Theaters October 23rd!
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http://www.ted.com The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses, books and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
Watch the Jaguar XJ driven on UK roads – forget the teaser vid, this is the real thing. Visit http://www.autocar.co.uk/jaguar/ for more Jaguar news and reviews.
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Doom Resurrection – $9.99 – 9/10 – Get it from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318567158&mt=8
Probably my favorite first person shooter in the App Store, Doom does a great job with gameplay, controls and story. It is quite pricey, but if you like first person shooters you will really enjoy Doom.
The bus the Doctor was travelling on has passed through a hole in the fabric of reality and he is stuck on a strange planet with the other passengers. With the other side of the door being Earth they try to get home, with gruesome results for the bus driver. Time for Emergency Code 1 for the police. Another great clip from the BBC Doctor Who special Planet of the Dead. Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC America YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcamericatv
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