Chris Anderson

The email that could change Meg Jay's life came in December without warning, containing little more than a link. Clicking on it opened a Web page that offered Jay the most significant invitation of her career: "We're honored to have this opportunity to invite you to give a talk at TED. " Without hesitation, she accepted. And just like that, the Virginia clinical psychologist, who specializes in "twentysomethings," or the study of people in their 20s, was swept into the slipstream of a cultural juggernaut that has expanded well beyond its original focus on technology, entertainment and design.

The email that could change Meg Jay's life came in December without warning, containing little more than a link. Clicking on it opened a Web page that offered Jay the most significant invitation of her career: "We're honored to have this opportunity to invite you to give a talk at TED. " Without hesitation, she accepted. And just like that, the Virginia clinical psychologist, who specializes in "twentysomethings," or the study of people in their 20s, was swept into the slipstream of a cultural juggernaut that has expanded well beyond its original focus on technology, entertainment and design.

When Chris Anderson was a 5-foot-4 freshman at Anaheim Canyon, he looked like a lost middle school student. He got attention because he was the younger brother of standout guard Jerime Anderson, but few expected him to develop into one of the best basketball players in Southern California. That's exactly what he has become, as demonstrated again on Friday night, when he scored 17 points, contributed nine assists and six rebounds to help the Comanches defeat Canyon Country Canyon, 65-59, in a Southern Section Division 2AA second-round playoff game in Canyon Country.

When Chris Anderson was a 5-foot-4 freshman at Anaheim Canyon, he looked like a lost middle school student. He got attention because he was the younger brother of standout guard Jerime Anderson, but few expected him to develop into one of the best basketball players in Southern California. That's exactly what he has become, as demonstrated again on Friday night, when he scored 17 points, contributed nine assists and six rebounds to help the Comanches defeat Canyon Country Canyon, 65-59, in a Southern Section Division 2AA second-round playoff game in Canyon Country.

On Tuesday afternoon, Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine and author of the 2006 bestseller "The Long Tail," received an e-mail warning that his new book, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," was to be challenged. On the blog of the Virginia Quarterly Review, a leading literary journal, Waldo Jaquith was about to post the results of an examination into the book, which Hyperion will publish next month.

Chris Anderson, 81, an influential jazz pianist whose innovative approach to harmony made him a favorite for an array of notable players, died Feb. 4 in New York City of complications from a stroke, the New York Times reported. A native of Chicago, Anderson was self-taught on the piano and grew up with a brittle bone disease and a degenerative eye condition. Blind by the age of 20, he nevertheless forged a steady career working with the likes of Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington and Billy Higgins.

Brian Newhall now admits he was overreacting. At the time, however, the question Newhall posed to the Occidental College JV basketball team at halftime of a game against Whittier seemed appropriate. "Who here will ever pass the ball to Chris Anderson again?" demanded Newhall, who was infuriated by the uninspired play of his 6-foot, 9-inch freshman center. No one answered. Teammates had grown accustomed to seeing Anderson tiptoe through the key with the bravado of a ballerina.

As long as a tuba was wrapped around him, Chris Anderson always felt at home on center stage. He could not lift the instrument when he began playing it in the fifth grade--"Why couldn't he have chosen the piccolo?" asked his mother, Lynn--but by the time he had reached junior high, Anderson was an award-winning soloist for a jazz ensemble that played a festival circuit throughout the western United States.

The use of the word "standard" to describe the lexicon of songs written in the first half of the century by writers such as Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart and others has a dual purpose. It reflects, first of all, that this material has become a part of the standard repertoire. Less obviously, it defines a collection of music that has become the standard against which to measure the work of different performers.

Since Chris Anderson took over TED in 2001, the conference has expanded well beyond its original focus on technology, entertainment and design. This week, it begins its fifth and final TED conference in Long Beach before moving to Vancouver next year.  On Monday evening, Anderson took the stage to talk about TED's growth and share some numbers. Perhaps the most remarkable is  revenue, which reveals a lot about the business of TED. PHOTOS: Tech we want to see in 2013 To be clear, TED is owned by the nonprofit Sapling Foundation.

On Tuesday afternoon, Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine and author of the 2006 bestseller "The Long Tail," received an e-mail warning that his new book, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," was to be challenged. On the blog of the Virginia Quarterly Review, a leading literary journal, Waldo Jaquith was about to post the results of an examination into the book, which Hyperion will publish next month.

Chris Anderson, 81, an influential jazz pianist whose innovative approach to harmony made him a favorite for an array of notable players, died Feb. 4 in New York City of complications from a stroke, the New York Times reported. A native of Chicago, Anderson was self-taught on the piano and grew up with a brittle bone disease and a degenerative eye condition. Blind by the age of 20, he nevertheless forged a steady career working with the likes of Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington and Billy Higgins.

The use of the word "standard" to describe the lexicon of songs written in the first half of the century by writers such as Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart and others has a dual purpose. It reflects, first of all, that this material has become a part of the standard repertoire. Less obviously, it defines a collection of music that has become the standard against which to measure the work of different performers.

As long as a tuba was wrapped around him, Chris Anderson always felt at home on center stage. He could not lift the instrument when he began playing it in the fifth grade--"Why couldn't he have chosen the piccolo?" asked his mother, Lynn--but by the time he had reached junior high, Anderson was an award-winning soloist for a jazz ensemble that played a festival circuit throughout the western United States.

Brian Newhall now admits he was overreacting. At the time, however, the question Newhall posed to the Occidental College JV basketball team at halftime of a game against Whittier seemed appropriate. "Who here will ever pass the ball to Chris Anderson again?" demanded Newhall, who was infuriated by the uninspired play of his 6-foot, 9-inch freshman center. No one answered. Teammates had grown accustomed to seeing Anderson tiptoe through the key with the bravado of a ballerina.

PALO ALTO - Gentry Underwood's tiny start-up rolled out a mobile app last month that promised to tame the unruly email inbox, the bane of the digital age. Not surprisingly, the iPhone app became an overnight sensation as more than 1.3 million signed up just to be on the wait list. Dropbox apparently couldn't wait, and on Friday the online storage company bought Orchestra, the company that makes Mailbox. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We want to give Mailbox to everyone who wants it, and there are a lot of people who want it. We could raise more money and hire a bigger team but joining Dropbox gives us the opportunity to scale more quickly," said Underwood, chief executive and co-founder of the Palo Alto company.

The Miami Heat joined the recent "Harlem Shake" craze, making a team video that they released Thursday that showcases their dance skills and sense of humor. Their version features Chris "Birdman" Anderson dancing around the locker room while the other players stretch or sit by their lockers. Then the camera cuts to the whole team dancing in costume.  LeBron James is dressed up like a king, Mario Chalmers is dressed as Super Mario, Chris "Birdman" Andersen dons a bird ensemble, Dwyane Wade is wearing a bear head, and Ray Allen has a "Phantom of the Opera"-style mask As of Friday morning, the video had over 2 million views.  "In life u gotta figure out how to have fun and enjoy it. Hope y'all enjoy," Chalmers wrote on Twitter.