Wednesday's Words of Wisdom

The best way to accomplish serious design is to be totally and completely unqualified for the job... Why can't the sign be on the floor? New Yorkers look at their feet."

— Paula Scher in her talk "Great design is serious (not solemn)" at TEDTalks

Via Tantramar Interactive's YouTube Channel.

Mathemagician

TED Conference speaker Authur Benjamin combines his love of Math and Magic into "Mathemagics" by performing lightening-fast calculations in his head against a panel from the audience armed with calculators. He can even calculate the day of the week you were born on!

The capper? He performs the square of a five-digit number out loud so that you can hear what goes on in his head while he's doing it. With his calculating wit, Math isn't all he's mastered; he's an entertaining performer as well.



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