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I'm passionate about

Creativity, intelligence, brain power, books, the internet

An idea worth spreading

"If you don't recognize a man will to meaning, a man search for meaning, you make him worse, you make him dull, you make him frustrated, you add and contribute to his frustration; while if you presuppose in this man there must be a spark or search for meaning you will elicit it from him, you will make him become what he, in principle, is capable of becoming." - Viktor Frankl, "Search for Meaning"

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Life changing experiences, your search for meaning, any contributions to changing the world, your artistic dreams and endeavors, your travels, my travels

People don't know that I'm good at

Cooking... and tasting. Actually they know about tasting.

My TED Story

TED2011 webcast

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• TEDCred score: +197.00 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

• A reply on Conversation: Watch TED on TV and have TED audio files

  Feb 19 2011: Thanks, Nafissa. I checked the link and I have seen all the countries and channels that broadcast TED, very encouraging. I hope TED will be successful in distributing the talks in many more corners of the world.

• A reply on Conversation: Create a three minutes version for each TED talk

  Feb 17 2011: If you are going to do it, I would love to get involved.

• A reply on Conversation: Create a three minutes version for each TED talk

  Feb 17 2011: Think of it more like an abstract or an executive summary for a paper.

• A comment on Conversation: Create a three minutes version for each TED talk

  Feb 17 2011: I have this example of two talks on the same subject, one a three minute talk and the second a twenty minute talk www.ted.com/talks/dean_ornish_says_your_genes_are_not_your_fate.html and
  www.ted.com/talks/dean_ornish_on_healing.html
  
  It could simply be easier to convince someone to spend three minutes watching a video and suggest they watch the longer version if they liked the short one.

• A comment on Conversation: Should anyone be able to upload their TEDTalk to TED.com?

  Feb 17 2011: Yes, absolutely. Yet, I would like to be able to search or have some way to differentiate between the ones that are self uploaded and the ones that are officially uploaded.

• A reply on Conversation: In your experience, what did you find to work best for promoting TED to people who were unlikely to be TED fans?

  Feb 17 2011: :)). I guess I am too enthusiastic to be able to be patient.

• A comment on Conversation: In your experience, what did you find to work best for promoting TED to people who were unlikely to be TED fans?

  Feb 17 2011: Very rarely I find on TED two talks on the same subject, by the same presenter, one that is 3 minutes long and the other 20 minutes long. For example www.ted.com/talks/dean_ornish_says_your_genes_are_not_your_fate.html and www.ted.com/talks/dean_ornish_on_healing.html
  
  This is something I find very helpful to get more people to watch TEDs. I give them the link to the first one making sure I mention it is only 3 minutes and tell them that if they like it, there is more where that came from. They always ask for more. Unfortunately, there aren't many talks on TED that have a three minute version.

• A reply on Conversation: In your experience, what did you find to work best for promoting TED to people who were unlikely to be TED fans?

  Feb 17 2011: You are right about that, it is amazingly addictive. And yes, indeed it is easier with people who have a passion or an interest. But what about the ones who don't have one yet? Those are the ones most unlikely to be TED fans. Someone who has a passion are probably already addicted.

• A reply on Conversation: In your experience, what did you find to work best for promoting TED to people who were unlikely to be TED fans?

  Feb 17 2011: I have tried that, and in my experience it was a hit and miss. Usually, people are so busy that it is hard for them to put aside the average 20 minutes of a TED talk. They put it the talk on hold, planning to watch it later until they forget about it. :(