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A Wall Street quant turned web pioneer and angel investor, Joshua Schachter helped shape the digital landscape by founding social booking service del.icio.us in 2003 and inventing the concept of tags during the Web 2.0 era. Now an advisor to startups, he builds drawing machines and writes algorithms to draw designs and patterns. He also indulges his passion for autonomous technology and motorsports, organizing a robotics event called Self Racing Cars which allows engineers to try out their autonomous vehicles on a race track.

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October 22, 2024

Dedicated to unlocking the possibilities within everyday struggles, Session 2 of TEDNext 2024 covered everything from recycling glass bottles to battling perfectionism. Speakers presented in a format new to the TED stage, speaking for exactly five minutes with prepared slides auto-advancing behind them every 15 seconds. This format, developed and perfected by Ignite Talks over […]

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