Frank De Graeve
Ik merk dat het wonderlijke van TED er een beetje af aan't slijten is. TEDx, TED India, TED Dubai... Het begint er op te lijken dat men op de duur naar sprekers moet gaan hengelen om al hun TED's vol te krijgen. Misschien daarom dat het wat tegenviel.
Mattias
For me it was a first TED experience (beyond the obvious online videos), and I walked out of the European Parlement entirely different than you it seems. :)
I had the pleasure of meeting very interesting people during the breaks who were all "down to earth", excited about their business and showing the willingness to explain it (even some highly advanced mathematical doctor who lost me somewhere along his explanation). The talks were all innovative in their own way (although the OLPC and Wolfram Alpha project are mainly a recap of all the other information & videos that are out there), and I dare say I'll do my best to attend next conference.
Steffest
@Mattias
(and crossposted on
his blog)
I’m glad you liked it!
And a shame we didn’t meet, reading through your blog we have lot’s of common interests like your TV-show torrent RSS feed thing and such
If you like TED, I can really recommend to check out the barcamps in Belgium (as I did in my blogpost): It’s roughly the same concept as TED but it’s an “unconference” meaning that everything is organised on the spot and everybody is free to give a 20 minute talk about any topic they desire (and anyone is free to listen to it, or not)
There’s only one rule: if you attend, you HAVE to participate in one form or another.
As you are a developer and a geek, I’m quite sure you’ll like it :-)
Hope to meet one day!
Maybe at the next TEDx Brussels
Mattias
@Stef: I was at the previous barcamp in Antwerp, and did indeed like the concept. Been a bit too busy to prepare anything for the one in Ghent, but I'm looking forward to joining the next one (hopefully in Antwerp :P )
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