About me
As Executive Producer of TED Media, I'm focused on extending TED in new directions — particularly those that help spread ideas. I led the charge to bring the conference online, launching TEDTalks in 2006, and the new TED.com in 2007. I also co-produce the annual confe ... More »
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Location:
United States, New York, NY -
Current organization:
TED -
Current role:
Director, TED Media -
Past organizations:
HotWired, Wired -
Gender:
Female -
Areas of expertise:
Leading creative, collaborative, cross-disciplinary teams, Envisioning and building innovative new media products, Writing, editing and developing editorial voice, Producing and hosting events, Web design and development, Theater and performing arts, Scanning the cultural horizon, Celebrating friends' successes, Collecting and dispensing random bits of useful information, Turning lemons into lemonade
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I am:
Artist, Brainstormer, Connector, Global soul, Idea generator, Producer, Web guru, World traveler, Writer/Editor -
Languages:
English, French -
My website links:
Media Habit, TED.com, Personal blog on Vox -
Universities:
Stanford University -
TED Conferences Attended:
TED2009, TED2008, TEDGlobal 2007, TED2007, TED2006, TEDGlobal 2005, TED2005, TED2004
Comments
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Theme: The Rise of Collaboration– April 18, 2007
Mischa, quite right! We should have Yochai's talk (which preceded his excellent book The Wealth of Networks) posted in the next month, followed soon by those from Clay Shirky and Howard Rheingold. All are essential thinkers in this space. We're editing as fast as we can! :-)
Talk: Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen– April 8, 2007
The amazing thing about this demo is its ability to make people gasp out loud. And that's just from watching it. Using Jeff's display is even more profound, because it's a sensory experience that involves your whole body — and not just your 'mouse finger.' It's a real "Aha" moment; it changes the way you think about computers.
In fact, it reminded me immediately of a Wired Magazine article from, oh, 1995, when electronic music pioneer Brian Eno leveled a critique against the state of computing: "What's pissing me off [about the computer] is that it uses so little of my body," he told then-Executive Editor Kevin Kelly. "You're just sitting there, and it's quite boring. You've got this stupid little mouse that requires one hand, and your eyes. That's it. What about the rest of you? ... It's imprisoning." Well, Brian Eno, meet Jeff Han ...
Talk: Jill Sobule sings to Al Gore– April 6, 2007
Parody or prophesy? When the mercury climbed over 70 degrees Fahreneheit in Manhattan this January, I felt I should wear a halter top in tribute to Jill, our resident singer-songwriter-seer.
Talk: Rives controls the Internet– April 1, 2007
This piece so perfectly displays what I love about Rives' work. On the surface, it's a light-hearted, fast-paced parody of Internet culture. But then he layers in unexpected depth and emotion. I saw this live and have watched it many times during demos of the site, and I STILL tear up every time he gets to the part about emailing dead people (All you want is their name in your In-Box...). Bravo.
Blog: Testing your Web 2.0 Literacy– March 17, 2006
You mean our custom-made Web 2.0 logo (set in VAG Rounded! In orange! Get it?) didn't provide a strong enough value proposition for you? Seriously, Peter, there's always some overlap in what people/blogs/media outlets find interesting and irresistible. These viral links make up a very small percentage of our posts, but they're generally very well-received, and we intend to keep it up.