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You should clarify that this is a TEDx conference (the 'x' is the important part). It's not really "TED" in the truest sense and is just a TED-like conference h
by gilgoomesh 13y ago
You should clarify that this is a TEDx conference (the 'x' is the important part). It's not really "TED" in the truest sense and is just a TED-like conference hosted by a third-party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference)#TEDx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference)#TEDx
- panacea 13y agoI think his arguments apply to the mothership, just the same.
- nailer 13y agoThe quality of TEDx however should make TED think twice about licensing their brand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbtl0Q81igc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbtl0Q81igc
- Fat_Rat 13y agoLet's not forget about vortex math!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oRnhrOf0r0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oRnhrOf0r0
- nailer 13y agoOh dear. The gold starts around 2 minutes in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oRnhrOf0r0#t=121 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oRnhrOf0r0#t=121
- robertjwebb 13y agoThey should get Gene Ray, creator of Time Cube on TEDx next!
- davidgerard 13y agoNobody cares. If TED want to rent out the brand name, they get to keep both pieces of the resulting reputation.
- Goladus 13y agoAdditionally, I haven't noticed a substantial difference in the marketing or publishing of TEDx videos on the web. While obviously anything can go viral, one can usually only distinguish between TEDx talks and TED talks by reading the fine print.
- MAGZine 13y agoOr by the big red 'x' on the TED logo.
- Goladus 13y agoOne that sometimes shows up on the main TED site anyway. Regardless, people don't know what it means. I've lost count of how many times someone has complained about an overly political, low quality talk and seen someone else come along and try to explain that it wasn't a real TED talk because it was a TEDx talk. Except on Hacker News, that person is usually just ignored. TEDx is substantially diluting the TED brand. Growth of TEDx has been far too fast and reckless.
- vdaniuk 13y agoI do care about difference between TED and TEDx. So you are by definition of word 'nobody' is wrong.
- davidgerard 13y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo
- vdaniuk 13y agoTechnically correct is a way to go on website dedicated to technology, don't you think?
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- wavefunction 13y agoI view the TED and TEDx talks as the same: "science-lite for people who want to be thought of as intellectuals."
- simonrobb 13y agoOr, you know, people who aren't trained in science but are interested in it when it's presented in a language they can understand. Also, hard science isn't all that comes out of TED (see the "E" and "D" in "TED")