“I don’t trust these ATM machines. I always withdraw my money at the bank employee’s station. I want my money to be handled by humans, not by robots”, says the strange old lady standing in front of me in the bank queue. Her statement makes me nervous. Apparently what I consider […]
The TED2018 conference “The Age of Amazement” in Vancouver left me amazed indeed. I was sitting with my jaw dropped in Gartenbaukino on the broadcast event organized by TEDxVienna. But there was one particular talk that kept my brain busy for months after the live stream in April. It was […]
There was a time when kids and young adults wanted to become doctors, astronauts and police officers. However, in the 21st century it seems like a new set of dream jobs has replaced the old one. Today’s most admired “professions” are those of: freelancers, social media stars, and entrepreneurs. Being […]
Jannike Stöhr tempted us at this year’s “What if…” conference to start a quest for our dream job. Jannike tried out 30 jobs over the period of one year, just to find “the one”. We talked with her about her many, many jobs, her findings and her future. Jannike was working […]
30% of all Google searches, about 300 million per month, are employment related. People are constantly on the search for new jobs and in times of acceleration of virtually everything the generation Y seems to move faster from job to job as every before. For a company this means to […]
At TEDxVienna, we care not just about spreading ideas presented at our talks. Our bloggers challenge themselves regularly with the quest of finding interesting stories and curious pieces of information which strike a chord – with you. Thanks to the invention of #TBT we now get the chance to look […]
“A blog is only as interesting as the interest shown in others” Lee Odden Projects, ideas, trends, mind-blowing scientific endeavors, outstanding inventors, makers and trendsetters found a spotlight on the TEDxVienna blog since 2011. Answering questions people want to hear but don’t really ask and spreading knowledge and ideas is […]
New adventures, new successes, new creative minds! This is TEDxVienna’s resolution for 2014 and here we are taking a first step towards accomplishing our goals. Starting its 5th year now, the TEDxVienna has developed into a stage for impressive projects and ideas worth sharing and most importantly into a strong community, […]
Information technology has proven to be an important part of the solution for problems that have always been there. For example the mobile phone made people more available to loved ones. Internet shops made it easier to compare goods and prices from stuff they want to buy. Search engines bring […]