The Week's Links (3/27/11)

All the links posted to Facebook and Twitter (@smartercreative) this week:

• What we learned this week http://ow.ly/1bWNXo
• Imaginary Foundation: Autistic boy of twelve develops his own version of theory of relativity.http://ow.ly/4nefi /via @brainpicker
• Morgan Spurlock Is With the Brand | Fast Companyhttp://ow.ly/4n5J7
• LinkedIn: 100 million members and counting… (infographic) http://ow.ly/4ned5 
• 40K Books: 99-Cent Essays by Million-Dollar Authors | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/4n5HM 
• Think Quarterly - Google’s Publication UK Edition, soon coming to the US. Available as a PDF.http://ow.ly/4n5CM 
• Inkling signs with major publishers to bring 100 textbooks to iPad by 2012, no actual ink — Engadgethttp://ow.ly/4n0zd 
• De Condimentis: Butter | HiLobrowhttp://ow.ly/48Q3h You really don’t know butter. 
• New Electrode Tech Could Recharge Batteries in Two Minutes | Gadget Lab http://ow.ly/4lJsn 
• Tools for creating ideas http://ow.ly/48GoY 
• Reach, Design Across The Social Spectrum - Graphic Design Conference - April 2, 2011 - Princeton University http://ow.ly/4lXdn 
• In honor of Spring coming (eventually): The Physics of The Flower’s Bloom http://ow.ly/4k1nS 
• CBS: Viewers’ Age and Sex Shouldn’t Matter to Marketers - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lG95 
• Nerve-Electronic Hybrid Could Meld Mind and Machine | Wired.com http://ow.ly/4jWAN 
• World’s Most Admired Companies 2011: Best in Innovation - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.comhttp://ow.ly/4lXvP 
• Disney’s Imagineers On Sound Designhttp://ow.ly/1bVAXW 
• Brainstorming 2.0: Making Ideas That Really Happen :: The 99 Percent http://ow.ly/447mL 
• SXSW: What ARG Makers Can Learn from UI Designers « Culture Hacker http://ow.ly/4lXTq 
• How to say ‘Peace’ in 100+ languageshttp://ow.ly/47i9d 
• Magazines’ New Rules for Counting Digital Sales - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lY0u 
• Brain Light Bulb http://ow.ly/4lWPU Absolutely love this. 
• Conversation, discovery and reputation: tools for navigating the age of abundance « Planning in High Heels http://ow.ly/4lW5O 
• “VANISHED”: Smithsonian and MIT to Launch Sci-Fi Infused Interactive Mystery Event | MIT Comparative Media Studies http://ow.ly/4lQEv 
• Google Appears Ready to Publish U.S. Version of Think Quarterly Magazine | MediaWorks - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lJqv 
• An Illustrated Guide - short reviews of notable picture books. http://ow.ly/48Gno 
• Le Flaneur: Time Lapse Video of Paris Without the People http://ow.ly/1bV8df 
• Color: Trojan horse photo startup - Fortune Techhttp://ow.ly/4lEZj What likely lies behind Bill Nguyen’s whimsical new iPhone app. 
• How to Kick Ass on Kickstarter: An Interview with Frank Chimero - GOOD http://ow.ly/4lLas 
• Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It) http://ow.ly/47icb 
• Wall Street Journal offering single issue downloads for the iPad | Macworld http://ow.ly/4lGTR 
• Slaughter the Sacred Cows by Sally Hogsheadhttp://ow.ly/1bV182 
• Four lines of code is all it takes for The New York Times’ paywall to come tumbling down » Nieman Journalism Lab http://ow.ly/4lEmD 
• Top 6 Help Design Patterns for iPhone Apps | inspireUX http://ow.ly/44oyC 
• 3 Iconic Film Directors Interpret Classic Operas | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/4lDyF 
• Behind the Veil: Questions About Art Authentication | By James Panero - WSJ.com http://ow.ly/4lBWT 
• emazekraker - Web Wireframe Kit http://ow.ly/44orm 
• The School of Life : Mark Vernon on Doubthttp://ow.ly/47caW Do you suffer from the ‘disease of doubt’? 
• Best of Digital News Design Winners – The Society for News Design http://ow.ly/4hX7B 
• How Kickstarter Became a Lab for Daring Prototypes and Ingenious Products http://ow.ly/4ijnn 
• The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness | Fast Company http://ow.ly/47b8F 
• Paramount Movie World Premiere on BitTorrent: PR Stunt or the Future? | Fast Companyhttp://ow.ly/4hW0J 
• Architecture and Design Film Festivalhttp://ow.ly/44sqJ 
• Polaroid and Apple: Innovation Through Mental Invention | Fast Company http://ow.ly/4jX3X 
• Apple’s Jonathan Ive: How did a British polytechnic graduate become its design genius?http://ow.ly/4jWUo 
• The Happiness Project: 10 Tips to Beat Clutter…in Less Than 5 Minutes. http://ow.ly/44ovd 
• Amazon Launches Its Own Android App Storehttp://ow.ly/4k1iC 
• First Look: Firefox 4 Web browser Reviewhttp://ow.ly/4k1d6 
• New Chameleon project helps developers port iOS apps to the Mac http://ow.ly/4k1by 
• Scott Adams Blog: Happiness Engineeringhttp://ow.ly/4jWJU 
• Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Harvard Business Review http://ow.ly/475S2 
• Exploring and Defining Influence: A New Study Brian Solis http://ow.ly/44spA 
• The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Products | Fast Company http://ow.ly/4hVZS 
• Paula Scher: Who Gives The Best Info? A Short History Of Information Design http://ow.ly/44sng 
• Brain’s ‘Reward Center’ Reacts to Bad Experiences Too | Psych Central News http://ow.ly/44jLj 
• Tom Moon, a Critic, Returns to His Music Roots - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/4js9Z 
• How Bill Gates’ Favorite Teacher Wants to Disrupt Education | Fast Company http://ow.ly/44osS 
• Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011http://ow.ly/4hVsP 
• An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Influence & Persuasion | SEOmoz http://ow.ly/44oku 
• In a continent with few computers and little electricity, a smartphone is a potential revolution. Digital Africa http://ow.ly/4hGke 
• 5 Manifestos for Art, Life & Business :: The 99 Percent http://ow.ly/4ix9i 
• How the Internet Gets Inside Us : The New Yorkerhttp://ow.ly/44odr 
• Girl Walks Into a Bar - The first major movie made for and released on YouTube. http://ow.ly/4fjgB 
• MoMA | On Line- Drawing Through The 20th Century http://ow.ly/4hG2y 
• “Cure for the Common Font” — A Web Designer’s Introduction to Typeface Selection http://ow.ly/4ix74 
• 6 Recent Innovations From Starbuckshttp://ow.ly/4fkHk 
• Brilliant statistician Hans Rosling will be live online from 11:30am-1:30pm EST in the TED Conversations space at http://on.ted.com/AskHans 
• Kansas City Library Transforms Parking Lot Into Giant Bookshelf http://ow.ly/1bRx5V 
• Five and a Half Habits of Highly Effective Designers - Smashing Magazine http://ow.ly/446Oj