Voices: The Week's Links

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:

• Donna Strickland is the third woman ever to win a physics Nobel Prize buff.ly/2PbIozq

• Designing the Invisible. Your one stop guide to designing for voice based interfaces. buff.ly/2y6ZAz2

• From Designer to Founder: Two Entrepreneurs Share Lessons From Building their Businesses buff.ly/2PcNImu

• Adobe's Scott Belsky on Thriving in the Messy Middle of Entrepreneurship buff.ly/2O2KNAd

• This man has helped shape Google search almost from the start buff.ly/2OyYGp1

• Here’s the key to building good habits (and breaking bad ones) buff.ly/2yeD5rM

• This is how competition affects your brain, motivation, and productivity buff.ly/2yaP2yN

• How the “Most Human Human” passed the Turing Test buff.ly/2yceJz7

• Distant dwarf planet called ‘The Goblin’ could point to Planet X buff.ly/2Os72Px

• Self-driving truck technology is taking longer to develop than expected buff.ly/2y7kjm4

• The 2018 Nobel science prizes buff.ly/2O6YAG1

• From idea to typeface: How are fonts designed? buff.ly/2Ro6V5V

• Jeff Goodby’s 5 Vandalism Rules for Advertising Professionals buff.ly/2O1jp5I

• How to be Strategic buff.ly/2NlfL1n

• MIT, Google, Cisco and USPTO create Prior Art Archive for better patents buff.ly/2OxiMQC

• Announcing Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas awards buff.ly/2RsPVLP

• Microsoft open sources MS-DOS again, this time on GitHub buff.ly/2y3aDsV

• The surprisingly dark history of the color pink buff.ly/2Rgej39

• SNL's 10 Best Ad Parodies, as Selected by Some of Advertising's Top Creatives buff.ly/2NgJVme

• The 7 TED Talks every designer should watch | Inside Design buff.ly/2NUdQ99

• Netflix Is Planning a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure ‘Black Mirror’ buff.ly/2y84P1c

• We may not have found aliens yet because we’ve barely begun looking buff.ly/2P5DB2R

• Three robot advances that’ll be needed for DARPA’s new underground challenge buff.ly/2P3oPJE

• The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads buff.ly/2NRmmpj

• When to Stick with Something — and When to Quit buff.ly/2IuVUfk

• Frances H Arnold, George P Smith and Gregory P Winter win Nobel prize in chemistry buff.ly/2QqUqFr

• What eight Google products looked like when they were brand-new buff.ly/2OeTcQh

• The Lie Generator: Inside The Black Mirror World of Polygraph Job Screenings buff.ly/2RfSMrp

• A giant crawling brain: the jaw-dropping world of termites buff.ly/2QDyZSs

• How to Stop Sabotaging Your Sleep buff.ly/2xNjDmz

• We thought the Incas couldn’t write. These knots change everything buff.ly/2y0zz4h

• The almighty tussle over whether we should talk to aliens or not buff.ly/2xQtnvM

• Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think buff.ly/2t0cxYM

• There are too many video games. What now? As the games industry gets more and more crowded, we look at what small teams are doing to stand out buff.ly/2xWNY1k

• See Mailchimp’s weird new branding fastcompany.com/90241616/see-m…

• I Went To XOXO Fest, Logged Off And Found The Good Internet Still Exists buff.ly/2IixPIt

• With Instagram Cofounders Out, It’s Facebook All the Way Down buff.ly/2zGC2Dc

• Grit: Bringing Passion Back buff.ly/2QLEA9w

• IQ and Society buff.ly/2Qdmvkl

• Beautiful Minds: The Next Generation buff.ly/2PsJZAK

• Misty Copeland says Instagram is getting more people to watch ballet: ‘It gives them a view into my world’ buff.ly/2Rd6NGe

• At This Theater, All of the Directors Will Be Women buff.ly/2zFmnDW

• I Am a Librarian, I Am a Tech Whisperer buff.ly/2R7tr2W

• The say of the land. Is language produced by the mind? Romantic theory has it otherwise: words emerge from the cosmos, expressing its soul buff.ly/2y3ovDo

• The Annoying Habits of Highly Effective People buff.ly/2NbSq1K

• A sweet look at some of the small things that make our lives beautiful buff.ly/2kwlLbs

• Can you teach a computer to be funny? buff.ly/2ExExqj

• The to-do list method for people with crazy lives and short attention spans buff.ly/2wg4qto

• Facing a tough decision? Borrow from psychology, business and the military to see past your blind spots buff.ly/2N95UeT

• Methane isn’t just cow farts; it’s also cow burps (and other weird facts you didn’t know about this potent greenhouse gas) buff.ly/2N64AJr

• ◉ The simple genius of a good graphic - smartercreativity.com/blog/2018/10/1…

• 8 TED Talks about deep time buff.ly/2NMAjoi

• The future museum buff.ly/2y22s0a

• How To Tell When You Are Being A Bore - The Book of Life buff.ly/2OnnOPq

• Are data nerds the new creatives? buff.ly/2xXoIIw

• Being funny can make you money. Just ask Apple, IBM, and Taco Bell buff.ly/2zE04yy

• Looking Back at 20 Years of Google Doodles buff.ly/2N7JfQ0

• 3 Tips to Help You Prototype a Service buff.ly/2DCJl2A

• Leading others to think innovatively together: Creative leadership buff.ly/2OoxWaI

• Why Design Thinking Works buff.ly/2R9vlAf

• Kids’ Brainpower Tied to Exercise, Sleep and Limited Screen Time. At least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, nine to 11 hours of sleep a night, and no more than two hours a day of recreational screen time were tied to higher mental test scores. buff.ly/2NNuEyy

• The Queen: Aretha Franklin buff.ly/2xIkyF0

• How Dictionary.com’s Twitter account got so cleverly woke buff.ly/2xXKrQo

• Instagram’s Founders Have Always Had Impeccable Timing buff.ly/2R7ZTCc

• ◉ One Small Step for the Web… Tim Berners-Lee launches Solid - smartercreativity.com/blog/2018/9/29…

• Darpa Goes Underground for Its Most Daring Robot Extravaganza Yet buff.ly/2xXy8n3

• It may be ‘data journalism,’ but Julia Angwin’s new site the Markup is nothing like FiveThirtyEight buff.ly/2R8AmZK

• Mind-reading devices can now access your thoughts and dreams using AI buff.ly/2DCxqld

• Designer Confessions: The Most Embarrassing Moments Edition buff.ly/2oqJOKY

• What I Wish I Knew at Every Age buff.ly/2JDvckT

• Be Frugal with Everything Except Your Bed, Your Chair, Your Space, and Your Team buff.ly/2NEc77B

• 3 Surprising Secrets to Maintaining Your Focus buff.ly/2OiabOz

• Is the grass really greener? A creative's take buff.ly/2R3Lg2X

• Google Images will now display creator and copyright metadata buff.ly/2DBQfFs

• Quantum mechanics may contradict itself when applied to big objects buff.ly/2DCg2gv

• Where in the world are kids most optimistic about the future? buff.ly/2DxJR1T

• Exclusive: WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind buff.ly/2Dugde0

• Billboards — yes, billboards — are having a heyday in a digital world buff.ly/2xL35ee

• 4 Ways AI Will Help Overwhelmed Designers Refocus Their Energy on Creativity buff.ly/2R1v7uD

• Facebook global creative director Andrew Keller on why creative ideas need to build communities buff.ly/2DzhNeB

• The future of design – UX Collective buff.ly/2Ifdrrz

• Discovery of Galileo’s long-lost letter shows he edited his heretical ideas to fool the Inquisition buff.ly/2OGlosd

The simple genius of a good graphic

In a talk that's part history lesson, part love letter to graphics, information designer Tommy McCall traces the centuries-long evolution of charts and diagrams -- and shows how complex data can be sculpted into beautiful shapes. "Graphics that help us think faster, or see a book's worth of information on a single page, are the key to unlocking new discoveries," McCall says.

In a talk that's part history lesson, part love letter to graphics, information designer Tommy McCall traces the centuries-long evolution of charts and diagrams -- and shows how complex data can be sculpted into beautiful shapes. "Graphics that help us think faster, or see a book's worth of information on a single page, are the key to unlocking new discoveries," McCall says.

One Small Step for the Web… Tim Berners-Lee launches Solid

Tim Berners- Lee, inventor of the Web, launches Solid via Medium post:

I’ve always believed the web is for everyone. That’s why I and others fight fiercely to protect it. The changes we’ve managed to bring have created a better and more connected world. But for all the good we’ve achieved, the web has evolved into an engine of inequity and division; swayed by powerful forces who use it for their own agendas.

Today, I believe we’ve reached a critical tipping point, and that powerful change for the better is possible — and necessary.

This is why I have, over recent years, been working with a few people at MIT and elsewhere to develop Solid, an open-source project to restore the power and agency of individuals on the web.

Solid changes the current model where users have to hand over personal data to digital giants in exchange for perceived value. As we’ve all discovered, this hasn’t been in our best interests. Solid is how we evolve the web in order to restore balance — by giving every one of us complete control over data, personal or not, in a revolutionary way.

Solid is a platform, built using the existing web. It gives every user a choice about where data is stored, which specific people and groups can access select elements, and which apps you use. It allows you, your family and colleagues, to link and share data with anyone. It allows people to look at the same data with different apps at the same time.

Solid unleashes incredible opportunities for creativity, problem-solving and commerce. It will empower individuals, developers and businesses with entirely new ways to conceive, build and find innovative, trusted and beneficial applications and services. I see multiple market possibilities, including Solid apps and Solid data storage.

Memes: The Week's Links

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:

• Is the grass really greener? A creative's take buff.ly/2R3Lg2X

• Google Images will now display creator and copyright metadata buff.ly/2DBQfFs

• Quantum mechanics may contradict itself when applied to big objects buff.ly/2DCg2gv

• Where in the world are kids most optimistic about the future? buff.ly/2DxJR1T

• Exclusive: WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind buff.ly/2Dugde0

• Billboards — yes, billboards — are having a heyday in a digital world buff.ly/2xL35ee

• 4 Ways AI Will Help Overwhelmed Designers Refocus Their Energy on Creativity buff.ly/2R1v7uD

• Facebook global creative director Andrew Keller on why creative ideas need to build communities buff.ly/2DzhNeB

• The future of design – UX Collective buff.ly/2Ifdrrz

• Discovery of Galileo’s long-lost letter shows he edited his heretical ideas to fool the Inquisition buff.ly/2OGlosd

• Pursue excellence, not perfection. 16 Signs You’re a Toxic Perfectionist buff.ly/2xyLwyF

• The 'Distracted Boyfriend' Meme's Photographer Explains All buff.ly/2DxBd3l

• What Ecologists Can Learn From Memes buff.ly/2NCECCy

• Enter the Age of Borderless Memes buff.ly/2NIgFtC

• Facebook's AI Can Analyze Memes, but Can It Understand Them? buff.ly/2DsR3fH

• Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Memes buff.ly/2NGEPF0

• Is This Finally the Beginning of the End for the Password? buff.ly/2QVNxwV

• There is no fall TV season anymore buff.ly/2OJomMt

• Insight Report: Why iIllustration is booming buff.ly/2xQSXAK

• Nothing Makes Me Jealous Anymore. That's a Problem Where's the work we all wish we made? buff.ly/2xPFCbM

• The Challenges of Overcoming Creative Imposter Syndrome buff.ly/2DwO2uQ

• “The New Media Barons What Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan makes of the tech billionaires taking over the new business—including her boss.” buff.ly/2QYa5NK

• Here's the Plan to End Malaria With Crispr-Edited Mosquitoes buff.ly/2NINYNl

• Google Is Getting a Lot More Visual to Keep You on Its Site buff.ly/2NI6rcQ

• Hilarious Images of Bored Tourists From Around the World buff.ly/2Dv2J1n

• The Clever Engineering Behind the New iPhone's Battery buff.ly/2NIM8fp

• How to optimize caffeine (and improve your productivity) buff.ly/2DvAFv3

• Why do we hate wasps and love bees? buff.ly/2QMMDmy

• New Microscope Shows the Quantum World in Crazy Detail buff.ly/2xuUsFl

• Why you should read this article slowly buff.ly/2NJzFXZ

• A Mathematical Model Captures the Political Impact of Fake News buff.ly/2DygD34

• Why your brain is hardwired to be bad at economics – and how to fix it buff.ly/2MYQD02

• Your fingerprints reveal more than you think buff.ly/2MOam2t

• TED Playlist: Who's watching us? In the age of smart tech, privacy is a definite concern. Here's the download on who has your information and what they're doing with it. buff.ly/2MTAw3L

• The 5 types of mentors you need in your life buff.ly/2QHjMQC

• How a $450 Million da Vinci Was Lost in America—and Later Found buff.ly/2ML7Wl9

• Audiobooks Are the New E-books, Except They Might Keep Growing buff.ly/2QOfAhL

• The Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2018-19 Season buff.ly/2OKf1Eu

• The Top 10* Most-Produced Plays of the 2018-19 Season buff.ly/2OKeZwm

• Is the podcast bubble bursting? buff.ly/2znGwOX

• Who Says Culture Doesn't Pay? $9.9 Billion Was Spent on New Arts Projects Around the Globe in 2017 buff.ly/2xFKala

• “The Great Endumbening IQ scores look to be on the decline. Is there a complicated explanation, or are we just getting stupider?” buff.ly/2znnwA0

• The urge to share news of our lives is neither new nor narcissistic – Lee Humphreys | Aeon Ideas buff.ly/2MT8sO3

• Alastair Macaulay, Chief Dance Critic, Is Retiring buff.ly/2QO2f9g

• This Is Your Brain on the Internet We know where to find information — we just can’t remember it anymore buff.ly/2Dbn8sn

• Famous Advertisers in History: David Ogilvy buff.ly/2wW8u2z

• Beyond Patronage: Artists and Experimental Monetization On creative funding and distribution. buff.ly/2OHIaQp

• Beginner’s Guide to Blockchain — Explaining it to a 5 Year Old buff.ly/2KXgNiI

• You Can Never Go Back to the Old Twitter buff.ly/2ph5dXi

• Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late buff.ly/2DmWtsr

• ◉ Why we choke under pressure — and how to avoid it - smartercreativity.com/blog/2018/9/22…

• The whiff of sandalwood makes the human head sprout more hair buff.ly/2xIVgpi

• 10 mysteries of the universe: How did it all begin? buff.ly/2QNiPWR

• The Drive to Keep Growing Emotionally - The Book of Life buff.ly/2I7hqXm

• How To Get Back On Track When One Thing Derails Your Day buff.ly/2MjZyc5

• NASA’s new exoplanet-hunter has spotted its first alien worlds buff.ly/2PPJTn5

• A stretchy stick-on patch can take blood pressure readings from deep inside your body buff.ly/2OEHXO1

• The future of humanity depends on design ethics, says Tim Wu buff.ly/2PXuhOs

• Beautiful Thinkers: Matthew Willcox, Author buff.ly/2Nvcl0V

• Design the Life You Want, and Your Career Will Thank You buff.ly/2xE1tCZ

• The latest fantastic use of print and digital from @NYTmag. Totally worth 30 mins of your time. Listen to the World buff.ly/2OLXs6G

• The health benefits of reading buff.ly/2NTLvyX

• Shakespeare's neglected queen reigns once more buff.ly/2OJso7E

• Is It Time to Get Rid of Time? The crisis inside the physics of time. buff.ly/2QQ8NUJ

• The Rise of Anti-Notifications buff.ly/2poIzfx

• 'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars buff.ly/2NZjw0A

• Five Underrated Things to Pack for Every Trip buff.ly/2pspfxX

• Forget the new iPhones: Apple’s best product is now privacy buff.ly/2poHlkw

• How to Be Better at Parties buff.ly/2xzyK2c

• Fidget spinners, weighted blankets, and the rise of anxiety consumerism buff.ly/2poLd55

• “The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Perfume Sometimes it takes a touch of darkness to create something alluring.” buff.ly/2xDEibV

• You Can Never Go Back to the Old Twitter. The platform’s return to a chronological timeline won't be enough to recapture its original magic. buff.ly/2ph5dXi

• What does OK stand for? buff.ly/2DjeKHj

• Tea Uglow: How to Lead When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing buff.ly/2MISKoS

• Craig Oldham on When Your Dream Job Becomes Just Another Job buff.ly/2Hdr5gU

• When design jargon goes wrong buff.ly/2NWnnvs

• The Advertising Industry Doesn't Need More Data- It Needs More Creativity buff.ly/2PTUwVT

• Apple is investing in a huge mangrove forest in Colombia buff.ly/2Df6KXy

• The entire city of Paris will be car-free for a day buff.ly/2pqoUMx

• Artificial genes show life does not have to be based on DNA buff.ly/2DqG6LM

• Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure buff.ly/2Df38EY

• Slow Down to Think More Creatively - Chief Learning Officer buff.ly/2NWnvek

Why we choke under pressure — and how to avoid it

When the pressure is on, why do we sometimes fail to live up to our potential? Cognitive scientist and Barnard College president Sian Leah Beilock reveals what happens in your brain and body when you choke in stressful situations, sharing psychological tools that can help you perform at your best when it matters most.