Comments on: Doing the dishes with TED http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/ A place to gather and talk about learning and teaching with technology at UW-Madison. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:15:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Dishes with Yochai at John Thomson: Thinking out loud http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-125 Dishes with Yochai at John Thomson: Thinking out loud Sun, 04 May 2008 02:22:35 +0000 http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-125 [...] took a great suggestion this morning and did my dishes while watching Yochai Benkler’s TED talk on Open-source [...] […] took a great suggestion this morning and did my dishes while watching Yochai Benkler’s TED talk on Open-source […]

]]> By: doug http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-122 doug Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:25:53 +0000 http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-122 Thanks Jeff and John! You're right - the Photosynth demo is impressive. I really like how is he is presenting to a very tech-savvy group, and you can still hear jaws dropping in the audience. John - I'll be sure to check out your suggestions. Thanks! And as for radio - it was once my <em>constant</em> companion. Sometimes, now that I have so much more control over what I want to hear and when I want to hear it, I miss <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/" rel="nofollow">my favorite radio station</a>, which didn't let me pick the song, but was always full of new and exciting surprises. Thanks Jeff and John!

You’re right - the Photosynth demo is impressive. I really like how is he is presenting to a very tech-savvy group, and you can still hear jaws dropping in the audience.

John - I’ll be sure to check out your suggestions. Thanks!

And as for radio - it was once my constant companion. Sometimes, now that I have so much more control over what I want to hear and when I want to hear it, I miss my favorite radio station, which didn’t let me pick the song, but was always full of new and exciting surprises.

]]> By: John http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-121 John Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:51:21 +0000 http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-121 I had never thought of doing something while doing the dishes, and I do plenty. TED talks are a great idea. I'm with Jeff. Photosynth is one of my favorite talks, especially when he remarks "I never thought I would ever receive that kind of reaction when I went to work for Microsoft." If I remember right E.O. Wilson, Dan Dennet, and Jill Boldt Taylor were also good talks. I had never thought of doing something while doing the dishes, and I do plenty. TED talks are a great idea.

I’m with Jeff. Photosynth is one of my favorite talks, especially when he remarks “I never thought I would ever receive that kind of reaction when I went to work for Microsoft.”

If I remember right E.O. Wilson, Dan Dennet, and Jill Boldt Taylor were also good talks.

]]> By: Jeff Bohrer http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-119 Jeff Bohrer Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:36:47 +0000 http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-119 I too came across the TED archives a while ago and was amazed at the breadth and uniqueness of the topics. One of my favorites is a demo of PhotoSynth. I don't even know how to describe it, but it's a new image retrieval and viewing system. Somewhat like PicLens in how you scroll through a series of images, but much more powerful. <b>Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo</b> <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129" rel="nofollow">http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129</a> As for fun while doing dishes, I discovered this old technology called a radio. It can tune in frequencies on the FM radio band. I like the music, but I can't pick the songs it plays. Much like a podcast, you get what you get. ;-) I too came across the TED archives a while ago and was amazed at the breadth and uniqueness of the topics.

One of my favorites is a demo of PhotoSynth. I don’t even know how to describe it, but it’s a new image retrieval and viewing system. Somewhat like PicLens in how you scroll through a series of images, but much more powerful.

Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129

As for fun while doing dishes, I discovered this old technology called a radio. It can tune in frequencies on the FM radio band. I like the music, but I can’t pick the songs it plays. Much like a podcast, you get what you get. ;-)

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