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Dave Eggers: Genius, and pirate?

Saturday January 3, 2009 • filed Filed under: Reading/Writing

I was really blown away by this TED talk from writer and publisher Dave Eggers, the creative genius behind McSweeney’s (Angie’s literary love!). He’s adorably nervous, quite witty, and doing some amazing work. He founded 826 Valencia, a pirate supply store and free tutoring center for students. No, that’s not a joke.

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(Er, the embedded video appears to have stopped working… Here’s the link to the TED site.)

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Friday September 12, 2008 • filed Filed under: Random

This TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson (about creativity and education) is one of the most entertaining and brilliant things I’ve seen all year.

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