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About Me

Location:
United States, Grass Valley, CA
Current organization:
Raspyni Brothers
Current role:
Co-Director
Gender:
Male
My website links:
Raspyni Brothers
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TEDCRED 100+ TED Speaker

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  • TEDCred score: +100.70 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

  • A comment on Talk: Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk

    May 4 2013: I do this all the time and the reaction is similar to what you said when you were invited, "If you're serious... I'd love it!"

    Now I do it every week. When people want to meet with me, I tell them that I walk my dog at 4PM every day and it's a hike. I've had the best meetings on these trails. Thanks for bringing the idea to the big world.
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    A reply on Talk: David Pogue: 10 top time-saving tech tips

    Apr 27 2013: Not every talk has to be a TED talk. I've been to a many TED conferences and the program is always a perfect mix of challenging, inspiring, motivating, and game-changing presentations. And every once in a while, something like this, the Raspyni Brothers, Ze Frank, or Jill Sobule are introduced just to cleanse the pallet. Brilliant.
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    A comment on Talk: Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

    Apr 1 2013: BRAVO, Richard! Thank you for seeing the light, and then shaping it to serve your community. Very inspirational.
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    A comment on Talk: A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me

    Jan 6 2012: Really fun! Thanks for doing this - the year and the talk!

  • A comment on Talk: Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity

    Nov 15 2011: Very inspiring... thank you for doing it and for sharing your stories. I want to sign up!

  • A comment on Talk: Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover

    May 20 2010: I am homeschooling my 8-year old and I just roll my eyes at the math books our program provides. They aren't even 2.5 Men! These are more like Barney!

    I enjoyed this TED Talk very much.

  • A comment on Talk: Eve Ensler on security

    Feb 13 2010: Wow... I just confirmed something I had a feeling about: I really hate watching some read to me. Even Eve Ensler.

  • A comment on Talk: Chris Anderson on TED's nonprofit transition

    Feb 7 2008: That was a nice journey down memory lane. I was in the audience that day and can clearly remember how happy I was that I wasn't Chris Anderson at that moment.

    Looking back now, it's inspiring to see how his nervousness about the unknown future of TED didn't interfere with his passion for it to blossom.

    I am guilty of getting stuck in the "what if" possibilities much more often than I'd like. Chris' talk is a shinning example of the power of moving beyond fear, and headstrong into construction.

    Well done.

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