Comments on: TED Video and Picture Links http://afromusing.com/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/ Africa and Beyond! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: testing the wheel | going random http://afromusing.com/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/comment-page-1/#comment-17801 testing the wheel | going random Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/#comment-17801 [...] Afromusing sums it up: TED Global felt like a seminal moment in Africa. I may have said this already but i will say it again. It was unlike any conference i have ever attended. Stupendous, challenging, interesting, eye-opening, heart-opening literally with Dr. Seyi Olesola and figuratively with Binyavanga Wainaina, Chris Abani and the music of Vusi Mahlasela. It was not uncommon to see people quietly wiping away tears during some of the talks. … [...] [...] Afromusing sums it up: TED Global felt like a seminal moment in Africa. I may have said this already but i will say it again. It was unlike any conference i have ever attended. Stupendous, challenging, interesting, eye-opening, heart-opening literally with Dr. Seyi Olesola and figuratively with Binyavanga Wainaina, Chris Abani and the music of Vusi Mahlasela. It was not uncommon to see people quietly wiping away tears during some of the talks. … [...]

]]> By: aegeus http://afromusing.com/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/comment-page-1/#comment-17613 aegeus Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:23:57 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/#comment-17613 I have been following all the reports on TED and i am impressed. I hope to attend one soon! I have been following all the reports on TED and i am impressed. I hope to attend one soon!

]]> By: Shiroh http://afromusing.com/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/comment-page-1/#comment-17331 Shiroh Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:56:56 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/#comment-17331 It is interesting to hear about the TED Conference. It is interesting to hear about the TED Conference.

]]> By: David McQueen http://afromusing.com/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/comment-page-1/#comment-17330 David McQueen Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:37:47 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/#comment-17330 Amazing is such a weak verb to encapsulate what concurred at this event. Many of us spoke without required permission to each other in volumes and pictures unparelled. I am still pinching myself. Amazing is such a weak verb to encapsulate what concurred at this event.
Many of us spoke without required permission to each other in volumes and pictures unparelled.

I am still pinching myself.

]]> By: Mulumba http://afromusing.com/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/comment-page-1/#comment-17322 Mulumba Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:12:10 +0000 http://www.afromusing.com/blog/2007/06/09/ted-video-and-picture-links/#comment-17322 "Its like being given knowledge speed in an engaging syringe with extra tablets of wonderful food." Now that's one of the closest descriptions to what was actually going on with people that attended TED Global that I have come across. It was a dreamlike experience in some respects. “Its like being given knowledge speed in an engaging syringe with extra tablets of wonderful food.”

Now that’s one of the closest descriptions to what was actually going on with people that attended TED Global that I have come across. It was a dreamlike experience in some respects.

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