TED Finally Available to the Masses

One of the priciest ($4,400), coolest conferences around is TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). It is a four day conference held in Monterey, California with presentations by some of the brightest idea people in the world (talk about a prime networking opportunity). Each presenter is given a deliberately short amount of time (18 minutes) to present their ideas. This does tend to focus the presentations but also provides enough time for the idea to be developed and shared.

This year TED is releasing these presentations for online consumption. I recently listened to the presentation by my favorite technology writer, David Pogue of the NY Times. Wow. Clean video, lots of viewing options and a dynamite talk about the need for simplicity in technology.

Don't have the time or the cash to attend TED. Now you can get the talks. The networking is in the sharing. Enjoy and welcome to TED.