Tagged: tedx

Kevin Purdy makes connections.

When we sat down with the former editor of Gawker's Lifehacker blog at TEDxRochester in November 2011, he had just wrapped up organizing Buffalo's TEDx.

Purdy talked to us about what he's doing when he's not writing about tech, food and "Other Freelance Nonsense."

Top of the list: hooking people up (not like that).

Like the music? It's "The 19th letter - no words" by Buffalo-based Fourem.

Sarah C. Rutherford is a maker of things and making things happen.  She's an illustrator and painter, who works out of a space at Rochester's Public Market.

The Innovation Trail sat down with Rutherford in our listening booth at TEDxRochester in November 2011.  She told us about the connections she sees between art and food - and how Rochester has been a conducive environment to bringing those connections to life.

Like the music? It's "And Put to Rest Manic Limbs" by Buffalo-based Poverty Hymns.

John "Magnus" Champlin makes your world a little bit more interesting.

The Innovation Trail caught up with Champlin in our listening booth at TEDxRochester in November 2011.  He told us about his efforts to add "factoids" to the built environment, by designing QR codes that entice and surprise the person who finds them.

Like the music? It's Buffalo-based Fourem's "Voyage to the Center of the Lung."

Support for "What do you make?" comes from Advanced Motion Systems.

Elouise Oyzon makes fun things. 

The Innovation Trail caught up with Oyzon in our listening booth at TEDxRochester in November 2011.  She told us about her efforts to make her workplace as fun as possible, through a pilot project at the Rochester Institute of Technology called "Just Press Play."

The Microsoft-sponsored project adds a "game layer" to the college experience, giving students a chance to win "achievements," for engaging "in a playful way with their educational environments and experiences."