TEDxRainier - Chris Bliss - Communication Meets Comedy
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Powerhouse comedian Chris Bliss explores and reveals what communication translates, and how comedy and thinking funny can lead to better communication. A fresh and captivating voice in the tradition of American satire from Mark Twain to Jon Stewart, Chris Bliss has been one of the country's top comedians for the last 15 years, logging credits th... Read more
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- -: TEDxRainier - Chris Bliss - Communication Meets Comedy
January 6, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Powerhouse comedian Chris Bliss explores and reveals what communication translates, and how comedy and thinking funny can lead to better communication. A fresh and captivating voice in the tradition of American satire from Mark Twain to Jon Stewart, Chris Bliss has been one of the country's top c...
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- -: TEDxRamallah - Julia Bacha - One Story, One Film, Many Changes.
May 19, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Julia Bacha is Media Director at Just Vision (justvision.org). She is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked on films exhibited at the Sundance, Berlin, Jerusalem, and Dubai International Film Festivals, and broadcast on the BBC, HBO, Sundance, CBC and Al Arabiya television channels. Originall...
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- -: TEDxRamallah - Khaled Al Sabawi - Keeping Palestine Cool: A Different Kind of Underground Movement
May 22, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"What is za purpose of your visit to Izrael?" This is the welcoming question that is asked by Israeli border security to anyone that travels to the Palestinian territories. For this Palestinian, it is to bring green energy to Palestine. Recognizing Palestine's grave energy crisis, Khaled Al Sabaw...
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- -: Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration
December 6, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. At TEDxCMU, he shares how his ambitious new project, Duolingo, will help millions learn a new langua...
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- -: The Adam and Eve Story: Comparing Pop Culture to Scripture
December 6, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/17/Sexuality_and_the_Bible_What_the_Texts_Really_Say Theology professor Thomas Romer analyzes Genesis 2-3, and exposes popular elements of the Adam and Eve story that don't actually appear in the original text. ----- Sexuality and the Bible: What the ...
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- -: Ethan Zuckerman: How to listen to global voices
July 19, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sure, the web connects the globe, but most of us end up hearing mainly from people just like ourselves. Blogger and technologist Ethan Zuckerman wants to help share the stories of the whole wide world. He talks about clever strategies to open up your Twitter world and read the ...
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- -: Ellen Misses Mexico
December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)During the Thanksgiving holiday, Ellen took a small vacation in Mexico. She shared some of the highlights -- including a clip from her favorite Mexican show!
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- -: Ellen Found the Best Apps!
May 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)She searched for days, and now Ellen is ready to share the best apps she could find. There's nothing better than a Double Dream Hands app!
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- -: Translation by Iterative Collaboration between Monolingual U
September 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Google Tech Talk September 24, 2009 ABSTRACT Translation by Iterative Collaboration between Monolingual Users. Presented by Benjamin Bederson. Human translation is expensive and slow, and often unavailable between uncommon language pairs. Machine translation is inexpensive and fast, but qual...
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- -: TechFest: The Translating Telephone
March 2, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Microsoft TechFest demo: The Translating Telephone. March 2010
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