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#21 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 12:45:28 PM
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Talking about TED, I am proud of my form 1 deskmate and TED fellow Juliana Rotich http://fellows.ted.com/profiles/juliana-rotich
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#22 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:48:19 PM
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I saw her in a talk last year not TED and although Kenyans don't know about it she represented Kenya and Africa in an elegant manner. Of late it seems the African woman is taking more stands and leaderships positions.
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#23 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:59:24 PM
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I started watching TedTalks when that malawian boy built a windmill and I was hooked. I have however watched many good ones and some bad. However 2 really stand out for me namely....
'the danger of the single story' which I have watched it multiple times coz it captures my spirit (succeeding inspite of)
and the most inspiring talk i.e. 'autonomous flying robots' by Vijay Kumar coz it made me act and build my own 'raiyacopter'
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ChessMaster
#24 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:09:28 PM
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Kid build nuclear reactor in basement

Drones are in season. Many developers and techies are getting into them now. I saw a real estate agent in the U.S. using a drone to showcase the house.The applications are interesting. Keep the videos coming.I appreciate them.
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#25 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:36:51 PM
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ChessMaster wrote:
Kid build nuclear reactor in basement

Oh yeah - that's another one i watched (but after watching http://www.microsoft.com.../aug11/08-17Fusion.aspx).

As for the drones, its very gratifying to see stuff you have built with your own two hands take off for the skies - however let not the video fool you - it is not a toy, its dangerous - I nearly lost a thumb playing with that thing and had to get 4 stitches.
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#26 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:50:38 PM
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Sorry for the injury.I'm hoping next year to have time to make a drone.Any tips?
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#27 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:02:33 PM
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That indian guy seems like the next bill gates/wozniak combination. Inspiring. I watched a talk,can't remember which one which said that we are at the infrastructure stage of the internet.Like how the 1920's was for electricity.The are those who are more interested with the infrastructure and there those who are thinking ahead and think about appliances like tv's,radios,computers...this guy is is the application part.Today I'm very happy with wazua.Applause Applause Applause
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masukuma
#28 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:20:53 PM
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ChessMaster wrote:
Sorry for the injury.I'm hoping next year to have time to make a drone.Any tips?

go for small victories - stand on the shoulders of giants.
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#29 Posted : Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:27:35 PM
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I will do that.Thank you
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#30 Posted : Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:04:42 AM
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#31 Posted : Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:31:22 AM
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If you get time watch Mathemagician. Amazing genius
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#32 Posted : Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:28:16 AM
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Big fan of TEDTalks...KISS TV nowadays airs a few of them, not sure when...I keep stumbling on it on most weekends. But my best has to be Peter van Uhm: Why I chose a gun... Brilliant narrative on why his instrument is a gun.

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#33 Posted : Wednesday, November 28, 2012 6:05:41 PM
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murchr wrote:
If you get time watch Mathemagician. Amazing genius


This "Mathemagician" guy is out-of-this-world. His mind = wow!

I discovered him in youtube, did not know that he did a ted. Will look for it.
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#34 Posted : Wednesday, November 28, 2012 6:20:43 PM
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Mathemagician have watched.Getting it soon.
@nifunze - what do you mean his instrument is a gun?musical or military?
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#35 Posted : Thursday, November 29, 2012 5:16:08 AM
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masukuma wrote:
I started watching TedTalks when that malawian boy built a windmill and I was hooked. I have however watched many good ones and some bad. However 2 really stand out for me namely....
'the danger of the single story' which I have watched it multiple times coz it captures my spirit (succeeding inspite of)
and the most inspiring talk i.e. 'autonomous flying robots' by Vijay Kumar coz it made me act and build my own 'raiyacopter'


Great to see you got inspired. This kid was so much better than the presenters at TEDEXNairobi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Id9caYw-Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkd9TWUtFm0
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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#36 Posted : Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:32:12 AM
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There's an old TEDTalk, where a professor does magic with statistics and regression analysis then at the end of it he does real magic. "Nothing is what it seems"
"Money never sleeps"
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#37 Posted : Friday, December 07, 2012 5:05:40 AM
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This one will make your Friday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_6-iVz1R0o
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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#38 Posted : Friday, December 07, 2012 5:29:57 AM
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@murchr - I've watched his talks.I find him to be a bit judgemental but he has great insights.The two before is what I'm on now.Thanks again.I watched so many ted talks this week I'm sure I'll post a few links here.
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#39 Posted : Friday, December 07, 2012 10:40:26 AM
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Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

This one is .... WAO! DESERVES A WHOLE WAZUA THREAD!
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#40 Posted : Friday, December 07, 2012 11:22:43 AM
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mukiha wrote:
Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

This one is .... WAO! DESERVES A WHOLE WAZUA THREAD!


I agree with him. For mechanical work, incentives work but otherwise, incentives restrict you as it narrows your work to reaching the goal: the incentive!
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