You may have either opinion of TED, the Technology Entertainment Design conference in California, USA. You might see it as a gathering of forward-thinking visionaries mapping their collaborative plans for a better future, or you might see it as a bunch of rich twits getting together to stroke each other’s egos and whatever else they stroke. But you have to admit one thing: it’s pretty entertaining.
This year, Bill Gates, showing his usual social skills which are equivalent to a James Bond villain’s, actually brought a jar of mosquitoes with him and from the stage he released them into the audience. No, don’t ask me. The story’s at ValleyWag; ask them.
What set him off? Well, Sir Tim Berners-Lee also attended, and gave a talk about the importance of web standards. Perhaps, given the Redmond company’s stance on standards, Marvin the Microsoft Martian heard the speech and became VERY, VERY ANGRYYYYY!
Peter Brittain