Jeff Bezos: After the gold rush, there's innovation ahead...

For my last Ted talk I chose Jeff Bezos-After the gold rush,there's innovation ahead. I didn't realize until after the video that it was created in 2003 but posted to the talks in April of 2007. I found the video interesting regardless given his insight pertaining to the net. You have to remember in 2003 there were many skeptic's criticizing the internet at the time. Many of the skeptic's had already declared that the internet was destined to fail. Bezo used a few different analogies in his talk, I liked the way he presented the analogy of electricity and the net, showing that it was not the intention of producing electricity at the time to use it for such things as heating,powering tools or supplying enough electricity to generate cities across the U.S. the mere objective was to provide light in small areas. In saying that he related it to the net, stating that we were only in the beginning stages of how enormous the internet would become, obviously he was correct in his analogy looking back from 2003 until the present the net has transpired into this gigantic world of communication, business ventures, education etc.... I am glad that I chose this talk without realizing it, the insight of where the net was and where it is today is truly amazing. I wonder what all the skeptic's that were around in 2003 must be thinking now :)

Anand Agarawala: BumpTop desktop is a beautiful mess

I viewed this video and have to say that, I think the BumpTop desktop is definitely going to be a huge seller once it hits the marketplace. I can see where this actually would benefit businesses and their employees as well as people wanting to purchase it for personal use. BumpTop desktop will make searching for files, pictures, and other information so much easier.