Have you heard of TED? Technology, Entertainment & Design. It’s an annual conference…kind of an exclusive event, hard to get a ticket. Anyway, leaders or innovators in those fields are invited to come and present. Here are a few of my favorites:
Jennifer Lin an amazing 14-year old pianist. Her improvisation at about 20 minutes in is incredible. Proof, in my mind, that Richard Dawkins is wrong.
A demo from a Microsoft guy of future image-handling software (seadragon and photosynth). If you think Picasa is cool…wow.
A really interesting way of presenting data. No powerpoint slides for this guy.
Lots of others.
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Posted: June 7th, 2007
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interesting
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technology,
TED
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How Not to Talk to Your Kids
This is an interesting read on how to correctly praise your kids…and the potential harm of over-praising or always telling your kids they are “smart.” It stresses the importance of praising your kids’ effort, encouraging them to develop persistence and a desire to work hard at things, and not to be discouraged when something doesn’t come easily. It’s a bit of a longer article…but worth the effort. As it says in the article, “the brain is a muscle. Giving it a harder workout makes you smarter.”
It’s written by Po Bronson, an interesting author and lecturer. I’ve enjoyed skimming through some of his books (What Should I Do with My Life and Why Do I Love these People?)and reading his essays.
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Posted: February 16th, 2007
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family,
interesting
Tags:
kids,
parenting,
praise
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