Posted: Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at 12:39 am. Filed in Features, Video, Widgets.
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TED – Ideas worth spreading
There are many sources to keep yourself informed about the newest innovations and the most fascinating ideas of our time, but no written word can express these ideas in the way the people involved in them can. Having the brightest minds of our time talking about the things they love and that changed their life is what TED offers to the world.
It does not matter if you need a different way of thinking to get creative on your next successful post, feel like something is strangling your creativity or you just have the impression that ten fingers are not enough to express your emotions, you find the right inspiration at TED.
You might even be able to see the talks live and end up drinking with Mike Rowe after you saw him talking about a really dirty job, as Matt did a while ago.
As big fans of The Entertainment Gathering and the idea behind TED, we are very happy that we can now bring these amazing talks to your WordPress.com blog.
You can now embed videos of TED talks following the instructions at the Support site.
Happy spreading!
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:46 am
Never heard of TED but willing to give them an earful!
April 15th, 2009 at 12:47 am
You are right man!!
TEd is one of the best website ever!!
Which is your favouritte video?YOu should watch the video of Shai Agassi about the betterplace.com eletric car solution…
Good job
Alberto
April 15th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Oh wow. I never saw that site before… it’s so good!
April 15th, 2009 at 12:57 am
i found this site a couple of months ago and it is really great. There is a wonderful article about mushrooms pretty much saving our planet, if we’d only let them
April 15th, 2009 at 1:01 am
This seems interesting.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Cool!
This TED thing sounds… awesome-tastic!! 
April 15th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Too bad they aren’t captioned…
April 15th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Thank a lot,
It is nice to have a new tool to help community to expand.
Thanks for your endless effort.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:39 am
This is great! Thanks so much for supporting this. Just another reason to head over to TED!
April 15th, 2009 at 1:40 am
The first TED award acceptance speech i ever saw was Bono – and it was spell binding and set me on my present course of action with my charity project, and that was 4 yrs ago! TED is an amazing idea.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Great feature. Majora Carter’s TED talk is superb.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:59 am
TED is welll good!! =]
just discovered it recently…
very good for students nd also general knowledge!! lol =P
April 15th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Woo hoo!
April 15th, 2009 at 2:09 am
Ah, I’ve wondered how we could embed TED videos. Nice.
April 15th, 2009 at 2:12 am
Fantastic!! I Love TED! Thanks for this.
April 15th, 2009 at 2:31 am
I’m a big fan of TED! Rock on!
April 15th, 2009 at 2:41 am
Thanks, I didn’t knew this site!
April 15th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Thanks- I’m gonna need all the help I can get!
April 15th, 2009 at 2:50 am
I love this equivalent of the celebrity rag for the brilliant and brave — these are the people who SHOULD be influencing us.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:00 am
This is awesome. I’ve seen several TED videos in the past. A lot of great insights. Thanks for the link to the Mike Rowe’s video. I have no idea he’s such a philosophical man.
And thanks for adding TED to the ever-expanding list of shortcodes. TED’s videos are best embed directly. Using VodPod is often too tricky for some videos. More support for videos is always a plus.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:00 am
I first saw one of TED’s videos a little while ago. They have really interesting stuff, what bothers me is that their website always trows me an error. Besides that, and the fact that the website is too slow, everything is great.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:02 am
Very happy about this. This reminds me though, that I still haven’t figured out how to stop TED videos from auto playing.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:03 am
Hey, yeah, thanks. I’ve looked at it before, but somehow forgot…
April 15th, 2009 at 3:06 am
FAN-TAS-TIC!!!. I love the Ted Talks and have referenced them before in my posts. Thanks.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:49 am
*Thanks, interesting. But I want this IN SPANISH LANGUAGE…
*Muchas Gracias se ve interesante. Pero busco esto, con temas culturales y filosoficos,
en el IDIOMA ESPAÑOL…
April 15th, 2009 at 4:12 am
Thats great….& yeah… especially for me & other bloggers who blog on Personal development & Self help topics..
to WP !
Thank U…Thank U …Thank U….
Hats Off
April 15th, 2009 at 4:17 am
I have used TED embedded videos with a few of my blogs — an excellent resource for thoughtful material on a wide variety of subjects.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Excellent! I’ve had TED listed in my sidebar for a long time.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:25 am
TEDtalks on Youtube is my mainstay. Lovely.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:53 am
awesome! now I know more about sneaky moves of anti-social smartphone users… LOL!
(Back to cubing….)
April 15th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Absolute serendipity, as I was enjoying the TED site just last night. Fascinating stuff. Thank you!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Oh, that’s fantastic news. Absolutely love these!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:15 am
fab videos there. the first one that i saw was on creativity and it had me hooked – http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/66
April 15th, 2009 at 5:17 am
gr8
April 15th, 2009 at 6:06 am
This is good good stuff. Not one of the videos disappoints, though some just aren’t relative to what I’m interested in. Still interesting though.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:21 am
lov u all….
April 15th, 2009 at 6:51 am
i dont really get it
April 15th, 2009 at 7:02 am
I am a student at Michigan State University and I was introduced to TED by a professor. It is an AWSOME website to keep yourself updated and well informed. It is all about the fascinating ideas and newest innovations by ‘horses mouth’
April 15th, 2009 at 7:12 am
TED VIDEOS? Ossum. One day, I’ll be in a TED video, and I’m not talking about in the audience!
April 15th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I know nothing about TED but thanks to all of you. Now I´m really curious
April 15th, 2009 at 8:32 am
i love TED
April 15th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Fantastic resource, well done. We got a taste of this last year when the Nobel talks at the Landau conf were made available…cheers Cormac O R
April 15th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Came to know about TEDIndia by seeing your link. Thanks
April 15th, 2009 at 10:34 am
You are right man!!
April 15th, 2009 at 11:21 am
I heard about TED before… and I think it’s a great chance that we could use the videos so easly!! thanks wordpress… and keep the good stuff coming!!
April 15th, 2009 at 11:36 am
TED on the Rock.
Good job, Thanks.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Thanks, I’m a TED fan so this is great news!
April 15th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I love TED!! Actually, I practice my english watching it!
April 15th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I’m going to read something about TED… soon… promise! ;-p
April 15th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
TED is amazing, true democracy. If knowledge is power then TED online gives power to the people. Truly great visionaries
April 15th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
TED is great, I often look when I have a spare moment but embedding into the blog is a good idea.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
TED is how I personally discovered and fell in love with “Rives”, so I’m thankful, that’s for sure.
April 15th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I love the TED talks. Interesting & thought provoking. They are creating conversattion & spreading ideas…as our entertainment & barage of constant getting stuff…or stuffism is trying to drown us all out. The TED conference is the best thing going on the web…as far as I am concerned.
April 15th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I’ve found the TED channel at youtube a year ago. And since that I have watched all(!) videos (except some of the dancing/musik ones
).
I have some links to really great TED videos put together in my blog.
My blog is in german, but the linked videos are of course in english.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
As a TED fan, I’ll now have to keep in mind TED videos when posting.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Been watching videos on TED every so often for a few years now. I always feel inspired and recharged after I see one. A great reminder of what’s possible.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
That’s a fantastic initiative! I’ve been a huge fan of TED for a long time but had to rely on YouTube to embed the videos… There are some wonderful talks there if you have time to explore the website (Sir Ken Robinson’s talk on children and creativity and Gustavo Dudamel and the young Venezuelan orchestra’s performance are among my favourite videos).
April 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
That’s an awesome site and a great addition here, thanks!
April 15th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
It is brilliant! I know it for a while and it’s inspiring me all the time
April 15th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Viva la Ted!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
*FABULOUS*! Thanks, guys! Now I can directly embed TED without having to go through Youtube! Hurray!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I absolutely LOVE TED. It’s a link on my blog. So nice to see the word spreading…
April 15th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
I’d love to get a better more detailed explanation…but thanks…it sounds interesting. In the meantime. I’ll just research it and study it and hopefully it will prove useful. I trust it because WordPress is always ahead of the curve.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Been downloading TED podcasts for sometime now and before just went to the website….the BEST OF THE BEST
Also been advocating through Twitter. @techdom
April 15th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I’ve seen a few TED Talks related to work, but I didn’t know this site was available. Thanks for sharing the information. I’ve just posted a TED Talk on my blog!
April 15th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Yes, TED is a cool site. If you haven’t been there, I do recommend you check it out.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
yeah i really enjoyed TED..
i first watched it on youtube… it was a talk by malcolm gladwell, the author of the tipping point
April 15th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
I found TED a while ago, but haven’t checked back lately. Thanks for the plug.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Cool!
I never tried it but it seems like a useful and helpful resource to people! 
April 15th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Thanks very, very much. It was TED and also the folks at edge.com who eventually provided me with the motivation to start blogging. The free-roaming intellects coupled [most of the time, anyway] with a devotion to science and discovery are an inspiration.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
TEDTalks are inspiring! (though some videos had an error…)
Anyways, WP thanks for sharing!
April 15th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
can you point me to the faulty videos to see if I can get this fixed?
April 15th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Been a fan for about 6 months. Loved the Ken Robinson talk on creativity. check it out!
stevemacgregor
April 15th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
I love you Ted
April 16th, 2009 at 12:07 am
I had never heard of TED. I went to the site. It’s amazing. Thanks WordPress.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Love the Ted Videos. Also excited about the new possibilities with the new beta version of TEDx…hope to see one in Texas soon!
April 16th, 2009 at 1:39 am
don’t know anything about TED but I might look into it? :-1
April 16th, 2009 at 3:03 am
TED pretty much kills it. Keep it up!
April 16th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Bless you bless you bless you! Embedded TED!
April 16th, 2009 at 3:28 am
TED is a wonderful idea worth spreading itself. I’ll be regularly posting TED videos now on my WordPress blog, thanks!
April 16th, 2009 at 4:51 am
A very very lemony site…makes u salivate with ideas just like a slice of lemon!!!
Tickles your grey cells and makes u think…
i have written a few magical lines and Ted has been a huge factor…thank you!!!
April 16th, 2009 at 6:15 am
ever since Jeff han, i have always been watching TED
April 16th, 2009 at 6:25 am
I love TED! Thanks…
April 16th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Great news, always been a fan of TED
April 16th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Very cool site.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:01 am
wow… that must be cool! i will give it a try., tnx ted!
April 16th, 2009 at 9:02 am
I love the new introduction of TED into wordpress. I was expecting this to happen, but never thought you people will hear it so soon. thanks a million.
-Aiz.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
TED feeds my mind and helps me to see how things fit together (or don’t). These people do great work, and we should have more intellectual discourse that takes this accessible form.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Thank You. What a great idea. I shall certainly try and use this facility. I’m a big fan of TED. I’ve got loads of TED lectures on my YouTube site. I treat it like a radio station and put it on when I’m doing something mundane like the washing up! I find it so informative and inspirational. ♥Ali
April 16th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
… absolutely, great site … and glad to hear WordPress is ‘on the beam’ with this one …
April 16th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
FINALLYYYY..!!! Hurrahhh…..
April 16th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Right. Some conferences just blow your mind! One of the best sites ever!
April 16th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Oy! I love the TED Talks site. This is a great diversion for your mind when the workday becomes humdrum.
One of my favorite talks was Mike Rowe’s of Dirty Jobs talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/477
What an interesting way of looking at work and what really satisfies ourselves in a career.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I first heard of this site when my empty nested, unemployed and depressed mom’s shrink ordered her to go there. Don’t know if she ever did, but going to forward it to her again.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Ted.com is a great resource for inspiration. I try to listen to someone on Ted several times a week if not more. It will be great to use some of these to post in our blogs. Thanks!
April 16th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I’ve been following the TED talks periodically for the past year or so. They just recently did one on Slow Living that I’m eager to write about. Now I can embed the talk in my post about it. Thanks!