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Katy Börner
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Associate Professor of Information Science, Indiana University
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Geoffrey Canada
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President and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone
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Building the Harlem Children's Zone: In one of the all-time most popular Gel talks, Geoffrey Canada describes how his nonprofit, the Harlem Children's Zone, works to help young people in inner-city Harlem. Canada issues a sober indictment of failing... More
Building the Harlem Children's Zone: In one of the all-time most popular Gel talks, Geoffrey Canada describes how his nonprofit, the Harlem Children's Zone, works to help young people in inner-city Harlem. Canada issues a sober indictment of failing schools, then describes the solution he has created.
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Dennis DiFlorio
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President of retail banking, Commerce Bank
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Dan Dubno
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Producer and technologist, CBS News
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Jason Fried
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Seth Godin
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Entrepreneur, author, and public speaker
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This is broken: Why are so many things broken? In this entertaining talk - one of the favorites of Gel 2006 - Seth Godin gives a tour of things poorly designed, the reasons why they are that way, and how to fix them.
This is broken: Why are so many things broken? In this entertaining talk - one of the favorites of Gel 2006 - Seth Godin gives a tour of things poorly designed, the reasons why they are that way, and how to fix them.
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Greg Harper
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President, Harpervision
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Pablos Holman
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Ji Lee
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Founder, The Bubble Project
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The Bubble Project: A few years ago in New York City, cartoon "thought bubbles" began appearing on print advertisements in the subway. Interested passersby wrote in text, beginning a dialogue about the ad, its message, the city, American culture, and... More
The Bubble Project: A few years ago in New York City, cartoon "thought bubbles" began appearing on print advertisements in the subway. Interested passersby wrote in text, beginning a dialogue about the ad, its message, the city, American culture, and with each other. Ji Lee's low-tech, decentralized Bubble Project needed no instructions, no moving parts, no planning, and almost no investment - and yet it yielded a rich set of commentary from and about the people of New York (and now other cities, as the project has since spread to several other cities). A brilliant example of good experience in the city.
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Jane McGonigal
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Game designer, Institute for the Future
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Erin McKean
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Your daily lexicographer quota: Words rock... and so does this lexicographer. At the time of this talk, Erin was serving as editor-in-chief of The New Oxford American Dictionary - and here she describes the process of making, and editing, the words in the dictionary. Well worth watching.
Your daily lexicographer quota: Words rock... and so does this lexicographer. At the time of this talk, Erin was serving as editor-in-chief of The New Oxford American Dictionary - and here she describes the process of making, and editing, the words in the dictionary. Well worth watching.
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Craig Newmark
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Growing Craigslist: Craig Newmark describes the values that he's held true to while growing and managing Craigslist.
Growing Craigslist: Craig Newmark describes the values that he's held true to while growing and managing Craigslist.
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Andrew Rasiej
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Founder and publisher, Personal Democracy Forum
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City politics with an online twist: Andrew describes his experiences running for Public Advocate of New York City.
City politics with an online twist: Andrew describes his experiences running for Public Advocate of New York City.
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Douglas Rushkoff
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Author and media theorist
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Marc Salem
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Cathy Salit
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President, Performance of a Lifetime
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Leni Schwendinger
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Founder and Principal Designer, Light Projects Ltd
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Rick Smolan
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An adoption story: Rick tells the story of a young orphan he met in Korea in the 1970s - and what happened next.
An adoption story: Rick tells the story of a young orphan he met in Korea in the 1970s - and what happened next.
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Linda Stone
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Continuous partial attention: One major downside of technology, Linda Stone says, is its power to distract us from more important things.
Continuous partial attention: One major downside of technology, Linda Stone says, is its power to distract us from more important things.
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Charlie Todd
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Founder, Improv Everywhere
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A convincing rooftop prank: U2 didn't actually play from an 8th Avenue rooftop, but prankster Charlie Todd made it look that way. See also: clip from Charlie's Gel 2005 talk
A convincing rooftop prank: U2 didn't actually play from an 8th Avenue rooftop, but prankster Charlie Todd made it look that way. See also: clip from Charlie's Gel 2005 talk
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