If you didn't catch Conan's last show on Friday, it's worth a watch. It's funny of course, but my favorite part was this 4-minute monologue where he talks about his experience over the past 20 years. The final minute is the best.
Isn't Conan great? What was NBC thinking??
Lots of amazing stories right now around the tragedy in Haiti. Favorites include:
The Red Cross Haiti text donations pass 5 million, a mobile record.
NPR's piece on technology and disaster, see Google missing person's widget.
A short, interesting article on why donating will make you happier in 2010.
There's a great article in today's NYTimes called 'Old Fogies in Their 20's.'
It's basically about how the speed of technology is creating mini-generation gaps between people born just a few years apart. There's already big differences between how teens, 20-somethings and 30-somethings use email, text & instant messaging and it seems to be accelerating. I love this quote: "My friend's 3-year-old has become so accustomed to her father's multitouch iPhone screen that she approaches laptops by swiping her fingers across the screen, expecting a reaction." Definitely a different way of seeing the world.
Last February, I wrote about my favorite TED talk here. Never in a million years did I think I'd be applying to go to a TED conference less than a year later, but that's exactly what's happening... (insert drumroll) welcome TedxAustin ✌
On 2/20, TEDxAustin debuts at the ACL studio with 300 amazingly lucky folks. I've been to the ACL studio twice, once to hear David Simon speak about The Wire (best show ever made) and once for Pecha Kucha. Both were fantastic of course, but a TED conference - well, that would definitely take the cake.
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