John Maeda: Simplicity patterns
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Sep 20, 2007
http://www.ted.com The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.
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I was thinking about this topic the other day. Glad to find a TEDtalk on it.
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Indeed, simplicity, a good way to start. Amazing talk. Ideas being shared are so great. Speaker seemed to entertained well his audience, not letting them be bored.
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thank you for increasing the evergrowing population problem by having 5 children. Is that simple enough for you?
Mr. Welch sent me here.
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thank you for increasing the evergrowing population by having 5 children. Is that simple enough for you.
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That was great.
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smart man w/ clever points, but as a talk i didn't find it very focused or compelling. disappointedly, i must say that it was kind of a tease.
i imagine his books have more depth.
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Well, at least I can write proper English.
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just because you dont use your head, doesnt mean hes dumb.
have tried think abstractly?
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the key to genius to to make the complex simple, but not any simpler.
-albert einstien
reivilo 4 years ago 16
Does anyone else feel like he gets cut off at the end?
halcyonyear 3 years ago 12