GeekWire app of the week: TED
Feb 12, 2013, 12:54 PM | Updated: 1:11 pm
GeekWire's Todd Bishop says he uses the TED app to get through his weekend chores. (Image courtesy iTunes)
(Image courtesy iTunes)
This week’s GeekWire app of the week could be good if you’re looking for a little inspiration.
The TED app provides access to a huge bank of TED talks, which Bishop explains are inspirational talks both from extraordinary and pretty ordinary folks.
“The TED conferences are inspiring talks by really big people, and actually some people who are just downright inspiring even if they aren’t well known,” says Bishop.
TED is a non-profit “devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.” TED conferences began in 1984 and brought together people in Technology, Entertainment, Design, hence TED. It’s since gone global, and the app gives the user access to more than 1,400 TED talk videos.
“I really like it because you can basically access any of the talks, any of the big talks they’ve had over the years, their full video library,” says Bishop.
“You can also listen to just the audio. You can sort by different genre. You can just sort of say, inspire me, show me the most inspiring talks.”
Bishop chose it for this week’s app of the week because it was recently announced TED will be hosting its big conference nearby in Vancouver B.C. in 2014 and 2015.
He says it’s a really great app, and offers some great listening entertainment for him when he’s doing weekend chores around the house.
The TED app is free and available iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows Phone.
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