That's me on the TEDActive stage 
I posted about TED before the event. I was skeptical. I was concerned that this elitest group of smart people would be getting together to one up each other on who is smarter. I was right. It is elitest, they are smart and I had right to be skeptical. That said, they share all their content with the world, for free. I for one, will never be the same after losing my TEDVirginity. The conference was littered with brilliance, hope, change and awareness of many things in life that we need to fix, improve, stop and/or consider. If you can, attend TED. If you cannot, watch the videos at TED.com. They’re free, they’re for you, me and the world to share. Thanks TED. Life will never be the same.
For my “Doors Open” video at TEDActive 2010, click here.
Want the TED recommended book list? Get it here.
Want to join us at our TEDxAmericanRiviera event on 10/10/10?
Want to know the best Mexican restaurant in Palm Springs? Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericgreenspan and say hello.
P.S. Check out @missrogue’s blog post: 10 Reasons TEDActive Rawks (Thanks Tara!)
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I loved TED and meeting you and your wife! As a fellow “non-virgin” I want to add “Switch Craft: Battery Powered Crafts to Make and Sew” to that TED reading list. It is one of the only books of a TEDster that actually shows people (specifically women) how to make electronic gadgets of their own. Talk about “Making it Work!”
Cheers Eric Greenspan! May we meet again
BTW: @missrogue’s list is awesome – glad to see you post it!
Totally agree, Eric: TED is a mind-blowing experience. The firepower in the room is explosive, and learning what other people are doing is the most thrilling part of it. I attended TEDMED in 2003 in Philly, and still have the DVDs (sort of newfangled then) and cool badge.
Best
JL
Ready for TEDx with a 4-year old and an 11 year-old doing their age-level activities with Montessori’s infamous bi-nomial cube. (a+b)cubed is a physical material/activity on the shelf in Montessori classrooms; at the younger level the challenge is to dis-assemble and then reassemble the prisms and cubes as a stereo-gnostic ‘puzzle;’ the older children use the material to cube binomials first as a mathematical exercise, then as an algebraic equation, and ultimately as a model for the calculation of cube root. We’re pumped.