the benefits of blogging

Sharon Butler gave this talk at TEDxOrlando on the advantages that blogging can bring to working artists. She also name dropped Habitat for Artists which I'm a pretty big fan of. Check it:

Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption

sharing is caring.

denis dutton & aesthetics

aesthetics: less philosophy, more science.

the children are our future.

this kid is slightly annoying, but he sure as hell knows more at age 11 than i did.

jamie oliver at TED

i like you jamie oliver. i like what you're all about. not just the naked thing either (although i do miss your show on food network).

i respect jamie oliver because he doesn't just talk about sustainability or eating locally- he really backs it up with his cooking. lately he's become the poster boy for school cafeteria reform. and it's about time someone took up that torch. i know my high school lunches consisted mostly of dressing drenched "salad," chocolate chip cookies, and potato chips. not exactly well rounded. oliver is taking his mission public in america in his new show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (which airs on ABC, friday nights at 9pm).

below is a video of oliver's speech from TED earlier this year. for more about TED, check out the documentary from 2007 (which showcased the year al gore presented what would become An Inconvenient Truth).