It's My Life

Thing 18: TED: Ideas worth spreading

Ben Dunlap: The story of a passionate life was my introduction to TED. He speaks of people with undaunted passion for living, tempered trust in the inherent goodness of people, of the life-paths of 'masters of the universe' including two whose presence in his world was so awesome that having the two of them in the same room was akin to having two Japanese giant-monsters facing each other over Tokyo - if they did not like each other and fought, they would trample the people beneath them without realizing it. He spoke of a Holocaust survivor whose wisdom and integrity guided the spirit of the small North Carolina college he had adopted.

This link will take you to the main list of talks. It's an inspiring, informative way to get short clips from some of our greatest thinkers. Here are 10 ways to tell people about TED.

David Macaulay has a nice talk in there. humm... I think this is a thing. Maybe I can take care of one of my 23 Things right here? I've enjoyed this talk about illustrating and drawing illustrations of his book Rome and I know his work is part of many library collections.

I hope you like TED. There's some really nice things to think about in here, so thought it would be a good thing to share.

I took the PEW Internet Typology Test just now

Where do you fit?

Based on your answers to the questionnaire, you most closely resemble survey respondents within the Omnivores typology group. This does not mean that you necessarily fit every group characteristic.

Omnivores make up 8% of the American public.

Basic Description
Members of this group use their extensive suite of technology tools to do an enormous range of things online, on the go, and with their cell phones. Omnivores are highly engaged with video online and digital content. Between blogging, maintaining their Web pages, remixing digital content, or posting their creations to their websites, they are creative participants in cyberspace.

http://www.pewinternet.org/quiz/index.asp 

LOL Omnivore. nom nom nom

Roll Your Own LOL, Not Just For Cats Anymore | Laughing Squid

This seems to be a list of LOLmemes, many new to me! Yeah! But for later viewing. Right now I must pay bills.

Link: Roll Your Own LOL, Not Just For Cats Anymore | Laughing Squid.

So like it or not, the LOL hyper-meme explosion shows no signs of slowing down, causing English teachers to cringe at the very sight of these grammar destroying image mutations. First there was the breakout Lolcats. A few early websites were on the scene, but it was I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? that perpetuated and propelled this image macro meme into internet history. Here’s my previous write-up on lolcats.