TED talks worth Watching

by BRITTA RICKER PETERS on March 30, 2010 • game geoweb visualization web2.0: mashups • COMMENT

There were a few TED talks over the past few weeks that were really interesting and informative. Really, what TED talks are not interesting and informative?

First…Tim Berners-Lee talks Mashups. Tim Berners-Lee gets excited about open data and resulting mashups. He shows us amazing visualizations of Volunteered Geographic Content popping up all over the digital globe. He also talks about the role of this resource for disaster management.  You can see in our portfolio some of the cool mashups Kumiko has made with open data.

Second… Jane McGonigal tells us about the potential for collective online gaming to save the world…not just the world of war craft.

Third…Bing Maps using augmented reality and photo synth, oh my!  Although we do not use Bing Maps here at Mapkist, that may change in the near future. Check out this video to see why.

Enjoy!!