Happy February 29!

If you’re interested in technology, entertainment, or design and the intersection of the three, the TED conferences are for you. For all who don’t have a chance to go to these events in person, every speaker has been recorded, so you may see their TED Talks, which are 5 to 20 minute presentations by scientists, authors, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and entertainers from hundreds of disciplines.

You’ll see J.J. Abrams, the founder of LOST and other commercial television shows, planetary scientist Carolyn Porco on the Saturn mission, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a director of the World Bank and Nigeria’s first woman Finance Minister.

You’ll hear talks on ants and bees, DNA and double helixes, the science of love, and business and web innovations, and the next best things…. Take a look at their site to get a sense of the different themes covered: http://www.ted.com/index.php/themes, categorized by technology, entertainment, design, business, science, culture, arts, and global issues.

You may also search to see if one of your favorite role models has given a talk.

I’ve enjoyed going to their site on Wednesdays, when they update, to see some new videos. You may also receive an e-mail reminder of new video postings and announcements about the actual conferences.

Happy TED’ing!