Just watched some of the videos of the TED talks and am pretty set on trying to communicate some of the key ideas in Julian Treasure's talk on the underestimated effect of sound in our lives. The talks were mostly fascinating and I think I will lose alot of time on TED, which if you, like me until today, have never heard of, is a website with loads of video talks by people who have some kind of new idea or message in the fields of, well, pretty much everything (science, maths, technology, music, design, architecture, global warming, political issues are the most extensively covered).
Stefan Sagmeister's one was funny and inspiring (The logo for Porto's Casa De Musica with colours that reacted to any design it is used on was one of the best pieces of design I've seen for a while) and Jeff Hawkins was enthused and captivating in his talk on how studying the brain will shape future technology but Julian Treasure was the most salient (he works as a business advisor and sound marketing expert so his talk is very well communicated) and put forward ideas that could quite easily be actioned and have a tangible impact on the quality of people's lives. I know I'm getting a pair of quality earphones to take into uni to listen to an ambient playlist (I'm not up for birdsong all day) after learning that workplace noise can bring productivity down by two thirds! Maybe I'll get triple the amount of work I usually get done finished and have triple the amount of free time!
Julian Treasure's awesome talk about how sound affects us
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