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Category Archives: TED Thursday

Lunch Byte 10/9

Posted on October 8, 2014 by apepitone

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The Lunch Byte for 10/9 is a Ted Talk titled: Why massive open online courses(MOOCs) still matter

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Lunch Byte 10/2

Posted on September 29, 2014 by apepitone

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We will be featuring the Ted Talk: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think. In Room P214 at 12pm.

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TED Thursday: Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

Visualization seems to be the theme of the week, so let’s finish it off with a 20-minute TED talk from one of the most influential data visualization specialists out there:

Hans Rosling shows you the best stats you’ve ever seen…

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TED Thursday: Brewster Kahle

Posted on October 22, 2009 by

What better way to close out Open Access Week than with a TED Talk by Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive? Enjoy!

A digital library, free to the world…

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TED Thursday: The Library of Human Imagination

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

Last year I read a fascinating article in Wired about Jay Walker’s personal library. Click through for photos of his amazing collection, which seems to be specifically arranged for serendipitous inspiration. In this 7-minute show-and-tell for TED, you can see …

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TED Thursday: Mobile devices

Posted on October 1, 2009 by

Continuing the theme of mobile interfaces, this 15-minute talk by Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase addresses the use of mobile devices in the developing world.

Jan Chipchase on our mobile phones…

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TED Thursday: Google

Posted on September 24, 2009 by

We use their services, we debate their expanding influence, Google is in the conversation. This 20-minute talk gives a little insight into the company:

Sergey Brin and Larry Page on Google…

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TED Thursday: Linked Data

Posted on September 17, 2009 by

Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web

Check out this 15-minute video.? If you have any doubts about the viability of the Semantic Web, Sir Berners-Lee will happily convert you.? Why should librarians care?? Linked Data is the authority control of …

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