With the motto “Ideas worth spreading”, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) has been putting on conferences for over twenty years to bring together brilliant people from these three industries.

Launched in 2007, their website features over 200 TEDTalk videos, which are 18 minute “Inspired talks by the world’s leading thinkers and doers”. Wow!!! These aren’t your ordinary “how-to” videos presented by teenage girls in their bedrooms – nonono, TED is like the Lincoln Center of YouTube. Part personal storytelling/part motivational speech TED is The Moth with a point.

And now thanks to video, we can all sit at the table with the cool kids! TED rolls with people like: former VP Al Gore, THE Jane Goodall, and neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Tayler. We’ve also got the class nerds and band geeks such as: Johnny Lee (who actually was a YouTube star) hacking into Wii remote controls before our very eyes, Sir Ken Robert talking about how the school system is killing creativity (whaaaa???), David Gallo showing us phosphorescent creatures of the deep and Nellie McKay performing some songs on piano and uke (though she doesn’t actually give a speech, as I don’t think anyone could sit through 18 minutes of someone talking in a 1930s voice).

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Jen Kwok’s American Idol Season 8 recap for TV Grapevine. Last auditions for AI in New York and Puerto Rico before Hollywood Week!

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Jen Kwok’s TV Grapevine recap of American Idol Season 8, Audition Episode 6 in Salt Lake City, UT.

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Here’s the latest American Idol Recap of lackluster auditions in Jacksonville, FL, where only 16 tickets to Hollywood were given out.  However, at least we got to see hilarious footage of a mohawked Randy Jackson in his days as a bassist for the band Journey: WOOOOOOOOOOOW This episode of ‘American Idol’ starts off with some great [...]

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Recap of American Idol Season 8 Auditions in Louisville, KY for TV Grapevine. Read about the guy who threatened the judges, the girl that Kara made cry, and Joanna Pacitti, a contestant who was previously signed to A&M and Geffen Records.

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TV Grapevine Recap of American Idol Season 8 Auditions. Episode 3 in San Francisco, CA

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Jen Kwok’s recap and review of NBC’s Momma’s Boys season finale. Episode aired on January 19, 2009. Find out the decisions of Rob, Michael and Jojo. Erica confesses her Penthouse past.

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Review of Papcitos Mexican street food in

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Jen Kwok’s recap for Gossip Girl Episode You’ve Got Yale aired on January 19, 2009.

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Jen Kwok recaps American Idol Season 8 Auditions in Kansas City, MO for TV Grapevine!

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