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Ask HN: TED like sites/videos?

77 points by vijayr 16y ago

Are there any other sites like ted.com? Not looking for talks on any specific field, just a general collection of talks like TED on various topics, and hopefully not too technical.

tron_carter 16y ago
Ignite puts on events in various locations. 5 min talks on interesting topics, slides advance automatically every 15 seconds. http://igniteshow.com/ http://igniteshow.com/
mikecane 16y ago
Big Think: http://bigthink.com/ http://bigthink.com/
sharadgopal 16y ago
Do Lectures [1]. Some of their content has been featured on the TED website in the past. [1] http://www.dolectures.com/ http://www.dolectures.com/
pitdesi 16y ago
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce in the UK does some very cool animations explaining stuff, somewhat similar to TED http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/ http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/
TamDenholm 16y ago
Fora has some pretty sweet videos. http://fora.tv/ http://fora.tv/
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tarunkotia 16y ago
Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/ http://academicearth.org/
olalonde 16y ago
http://videolectures.net/ http://videolectures.net/
- mesuvash 15y ago
  videolectures.net videos are generally about technical topic. Mostly related to Machine learning these days.
iqster 16y ago
http://igniteshow.com/ http://igniteshow.com/
michael_nielsen 16y ago
http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://longnow.org/seminars/ On average, better than TED, in my opinion, although quality is of course variable.
simonw 16y ago
We collect videos of talks on Lanyrd, through crowdsourcing. You can search through our full video collection here (1764 collected so far): http://lanyrd.com/video/ http://lanyrd.com/video/ You can also browse by topic - for example, here are our videos about JavaScript: http://lanyrd.com/topics/javascript/video/ http://lanyrd.com/topics/javascript/video/ And here's our collection of Ignite videos: http://lanyrd.com/topics/ignite/video/ http://lanyrd.com/topics/ignite/video/ You can even view videos by particular speakers - for example, here's our page for John Resig: http://lanyrd.com/people/jeresig/video/ http://lanyrd.com/people/jeresig/video/ Let us know what you think. We're plan to revamp our video listing pages pretty soon.
- rudasn 15y ago
  > We're plan to revamp our video listing pages pretty soon. You should. It looks very "spammy" right now and quite confusing. Other than that, good job.
jambo 16y ago
GEL Conference: http://www.gelconference.com/videos/ http://www.gelconference.com/videos/ Talks by Sal Khan, the Gregory Brothers (they show off their a cappella chops) and others.
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dlauer 16y ago
The Sputnik Observatory is filled with videos similar to TED, in a very innovative interface: http://www.sptnk.org http://www.sptnk.org The videos are shorter, but the site tries to link you to similarly interesting conversations, and hopefully expose you to something you weren't aware of. It's also growing rapidly, and will have a lot more video up in the next couple of months!
ravstr 16y ago
there's a similar thread on Quora @ http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-collections-of-thoughtful-online-videos http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-collections-of-thoug...
namank 16y ago
I think this is appropriate here: http://blog.ted.com/2007/08/03/100_websites_yo/ http://blog.ted.com/2007/08/03/100_websites_yo/
Lost_BiomedE 16y ago
Google talks are being moved to this dedicated channel: https://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks https://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks Currently 1000+ videos
missn 16y ago
Ted-like Conference in Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/user/ideaCityOnline http://www.youtube.com/user/ideaCityOnline
AndrewWarner 16y ago
I do deep, thoughtful interviews with entrepreneurs. But mine are about 1 hour each. http://mixergy.com http://mixergy.com
- guynamedloren 16y ago
  Andrew, you have the most interesting and in-depth interviews I've seen. I love that I can always expect enthusiasm coupled with exciting topics when I tune in to Mixergy. Keep up the good work, my friend!
- zaru 15y ago
  Big fan Andrew, keep up the good work
ahmicro 16y ago
ontwik has some great talks http://ontwik.com/category/startup/ http://ontwik.com/category/startup/ http://ontwik.com/category/creativity/ http://ontwik.com/category/creativity/ I really love this talk by Obie Fernandez http://ontwik.com/rails/obie-fernandez-mastering-the-art-of-application-development/ http://ontwik.com/rails/obie-fernandez-mastering-the-art-of-...
vijayr 16y ago
wow, thanks for the links. These are the ones mentioned in the comments http://mixergy.com http://mixergy.com http://lanyrd.com/video/ http://lanyrd.com/video/ http://www.youtube.com/user/ideaCityOnline http://www.youtube.com/user/ideaCityOnline https://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks https://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://www.gelconference.com/videos/ http://www.gelconference.com/videos/ http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/ http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/ http://fora.tv/ http://fora.tv/ http://www.sptnk.org http://www.sptnk.org http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-collections-of-thoughtful-online-videos http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-collections-of-thoug... http://videolectures.net/ http://videolectures.net/ http://bigthink.com/ http://bigthink.com/ http://igniteshow.com/ http://igniteshow.com/ http://www.dolectures.com/ http://www.dolectures.com/ http://academicearth.org/ http://academicearth.org/
thekevan 16y ago
Similar to Mixergy and the interviews done by The Startup Foundry. http://www.beyondthepedway.com/ http://www.beyondthepedway.com/
abdels 16y ago
Hey, If ur into audio, try http://said.fm/ http://said.fm/. The content is like a cross between TED and Fora.TV. Brilliant for on the go listening.
dstein 16y ago
http://www.sixtysymbols.com http://www.sixtysymbols.com has a great collection of physics and chemistry clips given by university professors. They're all 5-10 minute tidbits of trivia and general knowledge stuff.
arturo111 16y ago
The closest analogy to TED talks is: http://www.edge.org http://www.edge.org Edge : Conversations on the edge of human knowledge
mesuvash 15y ago
If you are looking for inspirational videos or Interesting videos you can have a look at http://www.lolzwow.com http://www.lolzwow.com
zaru 15y ago
Don't forget the Khan Academy, Bill Gates recognized it as one of his favorite sites on the internet http://www.khanacademy.org/ http://www.khanacademy.org/
rchiba 15y ago
http://www.dailybrink.com http://www.dailybrink.com
mermeladas 15y ago
It's strange that PopTech wasn't mentioned http://poptech.org/ http://poptech.org/

77 points by vijayr 16y ago

Are there any other sites like ted.com? Not looking for talks on any specific field, just a general collection of talks like TED on various topics, and hopefully not too technical.

tron_carter 16y ago

Ignite puts on events in various locations. 5 min talks on interesting topics, slides advance automatically every 15 seconds. http://igniteshow.com/ http://igniteshow.com/

mikecane 16y ago

Big Think: http://bigthink.com/ http://bigthink.com/

sharadgopal 16y ago

Do Lectures [1]. Some of their content has been featured on the TED website in the past. [1] http://www.dolectures.com/ http://www.dolectures.com/

pitdesi 16y ago

The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce in the UK does some very cool animations explaining stuff, somewhat similar to TED http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/ http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/

TamDenholm 16y ago

Fora has some pretty sweet videos. http://fora.tv/ http://fora.tv/

deleted 16y ago

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tarunkotia 16y ago

Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/ http://academicearth.org/

olalonde 16y ago

http://videolectures.net/ http://videolectures.net/

mesuvash 15y ago
videolectures.net videos are generally about technical topic. Mostly related to Machine learning these days.

iqster 16y ago

http://igniteshow.com/ http://igniteshow.com/

michael_nielsen 16y ago

http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://longnow.org/seminars/ On average, better than TED, in my opinion, although quality is of course variable.

simonw 16y ago

We collect videos of talks on Lanyrd, through crowdsourcing. You can search through our full video collection here (1764 collected so far): http://lanyrd.com/video/ http://lanyrd.com/video/ You can also browse by topic - for example, here are our videos about JavaScript: http://lanyrd.com/topics/javascript/video/ http://lanyrd.com/topics/javascript/video/ And here's our collection of Ignite videos: http://lanyrd.com/topics/ignite/video/ http://lanyrd.com/topics/ignite/video/ You can even view videos by particular speakers - for example, here's our page for John Resig: http://lanyrd.com/people/jeresig/video/ http://lanyrd.com/people/jeresig/video/ Let us know what you think. We're plan to revamp our video listing pages pretty soon.

rudasn 15y ago
> We're plan to revamp our video listing pages pretty soon. You should. It looks very "spammy" right now and quite confusing. Other than that, good job.

jambo 16y ago

GEL Conference: http://www.gelconference.com/videos/ http://www.gelconference.com/videos/ Talks by Sal Khan, the Gregory Brothers (they show off their a cappella chops) and others.

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dlauer 16y ago

The Sputnik Observatory is filled with videos similar to TED, in a very innovative interface: http://www.sptnk.org http://www.sptnk.org The videos are shorter, but the site tries to link you to similarly interesting conversations, and hopefully expose you to something you weren't aware of. It's also growing rapidly, and will have a lot more video up in the next couple of months!

ravstr 16y ago

there's a similar thread on Quora @ http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-collections-of-thoughtful-online-videos http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-collections-of-thoug...

namank 16y ago

I think this is appropriate here: http://blog.ted.com/2007/08/03/100_websites_yo/ http://blog.ted.com/2007/08/03/100_websites_yo/

Lost_BiomedE 16y ago

Google talks are being moved to this dedicated channel: https://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks https://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks Currently 1000+ videos

missn 16y ago

Ted-like Conference in Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/user/ideaCityOnline http://www.youtube.com/user/ideaCityOnline

AndrewWarner 16y ago

I do deep, thoughtful interviews with entrepreneurs. But mine are about 1 hour each. http://mixergy.com http://mixergy.com

guynamedloren 16y ago
Andrew, you have the most interesting and in-depth interviews I've seen. I love that I can always expect enthusiasm coupled with exciting topics when I tune in to Mixergy. Keep up the good work, my friend!
zaru 15y ago
Big fan Andrew, keep up the good work

ahmicro 16y ago

ontwik has some great talks http://ontwik.com/category/startup/ http://ontwik.com/category/startup/ http://ontwik.com/category/creativity/ http://ontwik.com/category/creativity/ I really love this talk by Obie Fernandez http://ontwik.com/rails/obie-fernandez-mastering-the-art-of-application-development/ http://ontwik.com/rails/obie-fernandez-mastering-the-art-of-...

vijayr 16y ago

wow, thanks for the links. These are the ones mentioned in the comments http://mixergy.com http://mixergy.com http://lanyrd.com/video/ http://lanyrd.com/video/ http://www.youtube.com/user/ideaCityOnline http://www.youtube.com/user/ideaCityOnline https://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks https://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://longnow.org/seminars/ http://www.gelconference.com/videos/ http://www.gelconference.com/videos/ http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/ http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/ http://fora.tv/ http://fora.tv/ http://www.sptnk.org http://www.sptnk.org http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-collections-of-thoughtful-online-videos http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-collections-of-thoug... http://videolectures.net/ http://videolectures.net/ http://bigthink.com/ http://bigthink.com/ http://igniteshow.com/ http://igniteshow.com/ http://www.dolectures.com/ http://www.dolectures.com/ http://academicearth.org/ http://academicearth.org/

thekevan 16y ago

Similar to Mixergy and the interviews done by The Startup Foundry. http://www.beyondthepedway.com/ http://www.beyondthepedway.com/

abdels 16y ago

Hey, If ur into audio, try http://said.fm/ http://said.fm/. The content is like a cross between TED and Fora.TV. Brilliant for on the go listening.

dstein 16y ago

http://www.sixtysymbols.com http://www.sixtysymbols.com has a great collection of physics and chemistry clips given by university professors. They're all 5-10 minute tidbits of trivia and general knowledge stuff.

arturo111 16y ago

The closest analogy to TED talks is: http://www.edge.org http://www.edge.org Edge : Conversations on the edge of human knowledge

mesuvash 15y ago

If you are looking for inspirational videos or Interesting videos you can have a look at http://www.lolzwow.com http://www.lolzwow.com

zaru 15y ago

Don't forget the Khan Academy, Bill Gates recognized it as one of his favorite sites on the internet http://www.khanacademy.org/ http://www.khanacademy.org/

rchiba 15y ago

http://www.dailybrink.com http://www.dailybrink.com

mermeladas 15y ago

It's strange that PopTech wasn't mentioned http://poptech.org/ http://poptech.org/