TED time

I’ve been spending a lot of time the past few weeks trying to broaden my horizons. From reading more, to taking a further interest in the arts, to making an effort to travel more often, all in all it’s been a pretty rewarding experience. If you are interested in such things, it would be remiss of me not to direct you to the TED talks, if you are not already familiar with them. The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference is an invite only annual conference of the best minds in the above areas. Fellow Cacti and TED-head Jeff Mancini just sent us some links to check out, and wow, some of these concepts and innovations are just amazing. the main site is here:
http://www.ted.com/
And from a tech point of view this talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html
is an absolute can’t miss. It’s David Merill doing a demo on Siftables, the toy blocks that think, and it is totally mind-blowing in its implications. Or, if you want to cut and go straight to the TED inspired parody, you can always count on good old XKCD.
http://www.xkcd.com/541/
Have a good weekend!