The Week's Links (1.22.12)

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All the links posted to Twitter, Facebook and Google+ this week: 

  • No SOPA for you (What I Learned This Week)owl.li/1gRJIC
  • The Connection Between Good Nutrition and Good Cognition owl.li/8vAgU You think what you eat.
  • Jonah Lehrer on concussions in adolescents and the future of football - Grantland owl.li/8vz1c
  • Web addicts have brain changes similar to those hooked on drugs or alcohol, preliminary research suggests. owl.li/8vyAC
  • Your Storytelling Brain owl.li/1gPsrY
  • This is Your Brain on Shakespeare owl.li/8vxzw
  • Band Give Fans New, Free Content For Boosting Its Presence On Instragramowl.li/8vAot
  • The Emigre Font Library is now available in Web Font format owl.li/8vz6P
  • <Code/Racer> turns learning to code into a game. owl.li/8viAw A nice complement to Code Academy owl.li/8viAx
  • A Brief History of Media by Dan Gillmorowl.li/1gObEj
  • Understanding Adobe Photoshop Podcastsowl.li/8vhYP Covers a lot of techniques.
  • Break Bad Patterns by Taking Your Errors to Heart owl.li/8vA6l
  • Most Interesting Libraries of the Worldowl.li/8vzJj
  • Tim Burton’s The World of Stainboy: Watch the Complete Animated Series owl.li/8vyQl
  • PBS Arts: Off Book - Episode 13: The Evolution of Music Online owl.li/1gMTey
  • Original Creators: Wassily Kandinskyowl.li/8pGtF
  • Fight For The Future: SOPA & PIPA Break The Internet owl.li/1gMK38
  • End Piracy, Not Liberty owl.li/8xveK
  • Can These Simple Cartoons Help Redesign Education? owl.li/8vzYA
  • 2011 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate (The Theory of Everything) owl.li/8vzuL
  • PressPausePlay: The Complete Documentary About Digital Culture owl.li/1gLErs
  • Game Theory 101: Game Theory Made Easyowl.li/8vxTl
  • 200,000 Martin Luther King Papers Go Onlineowl.li/8vvYM
  • 10 Essential Civil Rights Movement Photographers owl.li/8vnPB
  • Want to create an ARG? There may soon be an app for that owl.li/8vnEC
  • Rally for the Future of Tech owl.li/8vlHp NY Tech Meetup on 1/18 to protest SOPA
  • Why Creative Teaching is Essential For the Information Age owl.li/8viJy
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The Week's Links (1.15.12)

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All the links posted to Facebook and Twitter this week: 

  • Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on SOPA and Online Piracy | The White House owl.li/8tERz
  • How crossword puzzles mess with your mindowl.li/8p4qk
  • New research finds we’re better able to identify genuinely creative ideas when they’ve emerged from the unconscious. owl.li/8p4mf
  • Damn: Cognitive decline sets in as early as 45owl.li/8p3Zn
  • The Joy of Books : Organizing the Bookcaseowl.li/1gHpfB
  • The Willpower Trick because willpower is incredibly feeble. owl.li/8p3SY
  • One Minute With | Awesome Interviews with Awesome Designers owl.li/8p0cq Great stories.
  • Check out Raven’s free Google Analytics Configuration Tool owl.li/8oYTN
  • To Know, but Not Understand: David Weinberger on Science and Big Dataowl.li/8oTdj
  • Fotoshop by Adobé, A Satirical Look at the Beauty Industry owl.li/1gG8JU
  • Why Aren't Computer Programming Languages Designed Better? owl.li/8oS29
  • Conductor stops concert due to loud ringing phone. owl.li/8qKhE I love tech but you go to a concert you turn your phone off, please.
  • Branding 10,000 Lakes: One Minnesota Lake. One Logo. Every day. By @nicole_meyerowl.li/8oNf3
  • The Complete History Of Art References In The Simpsons owl.li/8ofCb Love this.
  • TED2012 speaker lineup revealed. owl.li/8pUrC It's a great lineup.
  • Greek national gallery robbed of Picasso, Mondrian owl.li/8oa3i
  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: Opening Credits owl.li/1gEYze
  • 50 Classic Automobile Typography Designsowl.li/8nLfn Some amazing designs.
  • Legendary Copywriter Steve Hayden Retires at Ogilvy owl.li/8oM0G
  • “Why’s this so good?” No. 27: Christopher Goffard tracks love in flight owl.li/8oJRd
  • “Why’s this so good?” No. 26: Moehringer KO’s a mystery owl.li/8oJLM
  • “Why’s this so good?” No. 25: Nick Paumgarten’s tower of terror owl.li/8oJH3
  • “Why’s this so good?” No. 24: Gay Talese on Joe DiMaggio owl.li/8oJzw
  • “Why’s this so good?” No. 23: William Langewiesche’s voice of experience owl.li/8oJvt
  • Terry Gilliam: On Ideas, Unlearning & Avoiding Debt owl.li/8nLGf
  • 150 Reasons to Mourn Target and Wieden + Kennedy's Split owl.li/8nLpy
  • .@StevenLevy questions: Has Google Popped the Filter Bubble? with comment from @elipariser owl.li/8ot0a
  • Google introduces Search, plus Your World, toggle between your filters and the rest of the world in your search results....
  • PepsiCo's CEO Indra Nooyi shares 5 points to deal with Uncertainty owl.li/1gDHe1
  • The Harvard Business Review List of Audacious Ideas owl.li/8nLaw
  • Did you know David Bowie spent a year working in advertising? owl.li/8obyg
  • Google's Think Quarterly next issue, focused on Speed, is now online. owl.li/8oaq2
  • Creativity Top 5: January 9, 2012 owl.li/1gCY6t
  • Imagine few people left, internet barely working, what information could you download to ensure your survival? owl.li/8m7Pw
  • Simple thoughts about fair use and copyrightowl.li/8m3ZA Great tips from Seth Godin.
  • Animator Letters Project owl.li/8m7pw Words of wisdom from working animators to people just starting their careers.
  • Elementary, My Dear SOPA owl.li/1gCmaZ
  • Five Ways to Flip Your Classroom With The New York Times owl.li/8m6qU
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The Week's Links (1.8.12)

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All the links posted to Facebook and Twitter this week: 

  • The Frank Lloyd Wright House Next Door: What I Learned This Week owl.li/1gBqxg
  • How Do Magic Eye Pictures Work? owl.li/8jNVP
  • Should we erase painful memories?owl.li/8jEZW
  • 31 Ways To Get Smarter In 2012: Play games, eat chocolate, see art... owl.li/8jbkR
  • The Elements Song by Theodore Gray (and a Daniel Radcliffe Cover) owl.li/1gzpoP
  • 100 things we didn't know last year owl.li/8hdqN
  • The NYTimes Arts & Leisure Weekend os now live online. And through the weekend.owl.li/8jO48
  • Physicists successfully hide an event with a "time cloak." owl.li/8jFzb Crazy.
  • Start 2012 by Taking 2 Minutes to Clean Your Apps Permissions owl.li/8hk95
  • The US Says Goodbye to IE6. Usage officially dropped below 1% (Finally!) owl.li/8hcSN
  • No matter what you do, you should at least understand coding. Use Code Year to learn to code: owl.li/8hcwV
  • Sync your Google Docs to local storage with Insync owl.li/8jhQt It's like Dropbox for Google Docs.
  • Spam Volume Falls to 2007 Levelsowl.li/1gycyN
  • Random House Editorial Director on E-Books and Transmedia owl.li/8h9Pu
  • Saying Goodbye to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company owl.li/8hcKK
  • Communication Arts 2012 Typography Annual is now online. owl.li/8hcDL
  • My New Year's Is 62 Million Times Bigger Than Yours, Said The Man From Beijing owl.li/8haCM 2012 is here already but this is great.
  • PBS Arts: Off Book - Episode 12: Book Artowl.li/1gwZp4
  • The country of Sweden has a new Swede curate @sweden every week. owl.li/8ha9VMore here: owl.li/8ha9X
  • The Requisite End of Year Lists (Updated)owl.li/8h8Ug
  • 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writerowl.li/8gfHm
  • Ha! This is great: How To Lead A Creative Life [Infographic] owl.li/8gfwR
  • Have You Already Broken Your New Year's Resolution? Here's Why owl.li/8gfjb
  • Yves Béhar: Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas owl.li/1gvMS8
  • Double-Blind Violin Test: Can You Pick The Strad? Even the pros were surprised.owl.li/8gfcF
  • Why Don’t We Value Spatial Intelligence?owl.li/8f8HY
  • Fantastic - Negotiation academy: Slate's course on the art of haggling. owl.li/8f8yx /via @brainpicker
  • Apple's Head of Design is from now on Sir Jonathan Ive. owl.li/8f8tx
  • New Year Perspective: 1911 - 2011 in 10 Minutes owl.li/1guJHw
  • Some New Year perspective: Time Clock owl.li/8f8nf
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The Requisite End of Year Lists

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• Google's Zeitgeist.

• Time's The Top 10 of Everything of 2011: In 54 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad, of the past 12 months.

• Best of TED 2011.

• Big Think's The Year in Ideas.

• Food & Wine's The Best Beer and Wine of 2011.

• Brand New's The Worst Identities of 2011, The Best.

• Co.Design's Favorite Branding Projects of 2011.

• Adweek's The 10 Best Commercials of 2011: The year's most impeccable craft and storytelling in advertising. The 30 Freakiests Ads of 2011: Van Damme to David Lynch, zombies to food phantasmagorias, the year's craziest spots. And lastly, The 20 Most-Shared Ads of 2011.

• Ad Age's 2011 Book of Tens: Ten 2011 Campaigns Creativity Loved, The Year's Social Media Blunders, Most Influential Marketers and More.

• Creative Review's Advertising Picks of the Year, Music Video Picks of the Year.

• Co.Design: 14 Of The Year's Best Ideas In Interface Design.

• The 99% Percent's Best of 2011: Our Most Popular Tips, Interviews & Think Pieces.

• The Best Architecture of 2011: Jonathan Glancey's choice for The Guardian. Frank Gehry completed his first Manhattan skyscraper and Mattel Toys launched Architect Barbie, but it was very much Zaha Hadid's year.

• Entertainment Weekly's The Best of Stage 2011.

• Wired's Game|Life The 20 Best Videogames of 2011. And NPR's Top 10.

• CreativeApplications.Net reports innovation and catalogues projects, tools and platforms relevant to the intersection of art, media and technology. They've selected the Best and Most Memorable Projects of 2011.

• The Year in Pictures: New York Times, BuzzFeed, The Big Picture (I, II, III), Reuters.

• The Atlantic's In Focus The Year in Volcanic Activity.

• The Creators Project: The Year in Legos, Best Music Videos, Best Animation & Motion Graphics, Best Interactive Installations.

• Flavorpill's The Best Debut Novels of 2011.

• New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2011.

• BookPage's 25 Best Book Jackets of 2011.

• Coverjunkie's Best Magazine Covers of 2011.

• Longform's Best of 2011.

• The Million's A Year in Reading.

• The 20 most popular Nieman Journalism Lab posts of 2011.

• World Go Boom: DJ Earworm Mashes up the United State of Pop 2011.

• PopWatch's The Year in Memes.

• Videogum's The Best Viral Videos Of 2011.

• Underwire's Best of 2011: Pop Culture’s Tastiest Bits.

• The Best of For Print Only 2011, Part I (January - June), Part II (July - December), Part III Posters.

• PBS' POV selects The Best Documentaries of 2011.

• Entertainment Weekly's The 25 Best Movie Trailers of 2011.

• 2011: The Cinescape:

• The New Yorker's Culture Desk Best 26 Films of 2011. (Yes, 26).

• Mashable's The 10 Craziest Kickstarter Projects of 2011.

• io9's Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011. Wired Science's Top Scientific Discoveries of 2011.

• My Modern Metropolis' Top Ten Illusions in 2011.

• The Year That Was: The Morning News gathered writers and thinkers around the world and asked them to sift through the past year of revolutions, deaths, discoveries, and breakthroughs to answer: What was the most important event of 2011?

• Ten Days That Defined 2011.

• RIP Tech: Macworld's 10 products and services that died in 2011.

• The Week's Remembering Those Who Passed Away.

• If this list is not comprehensive enough for you check out Fast Company's The Best And Worst Of Everything In 2011: A Mega, Meta Mashup.

• 23 Bizarre Things Ceremonially Dropped on New Year’s Eve.

• JWT 10 Trends for 2012.

• CNN's Top Tech Trends for 2012.

• TrendWatching's 12 Consumer Trends for 2012.

• When 2012 starts around the World.

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Updated on Tuesday, January 3, 2012:

​2011 is now gone but the great lists keep coming:

• FontShop's Best Typefaces of 2011.

• The Dieline's Top 100 Package Designs of 2011.

• The Verge's The Best Tech Writing of 2011.

• Harvard Business Review's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011. 

• The Best Board Games of 2011.

• Vimeo's 11 for '11.

• Information is Beautiful's The Top 21 Albums of 2011 from 120 Top 10 Lists.

• The Best of Open Culture 2011.

• Welcome 2012: New Year's Around the World.

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

The Week's Links (12.18.11)

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

  • Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works owl.li/836qE
  • 2011 in Lego: the year's news - in picturesowl.li/7YzIk
  • The Pen Is Mightier Than The Phone: A Case For Writing Things Out owl.li/7YzCZ
  • Look Out, Kids: Competitiveness Peaks in Middle Age owl.li/7Y0gk
  • 10 Trends for 2012 in 2 minutes by JWTIntelligence owl.li/1gd9NQ
  • Study of the Day: Those Who Love One Another, Yawn Together owl.li/7VXtr
  • In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011owl.li/81ksz
  • MIT has made a camera that can take 1 Trillion frames per second. owl.li/7Y3Ca
  • I Work For The Internet owl.li/7XSVa
  • Intro to Narratives in Emoji 101 owl.li/7XSJQ
  • What is a Higgs Boson? owl.li/1gc0gj
  • The new, new Twitter: 10 big takeawaysowl.li/7VXqD
  • A List Apart: What I Learned About the Web in 2011 owl.li/7Yh92
  • Fast Company: How to Lead a Creative Lifeowl.li/7Y37G
  • Luck is an attitude. owl.li/7Y0Nl
  • Unexpected Stories: Disney Tarantino Mashupowl.li/1gaI4p
  • ori moneygami international owl.li/7Y0vFFantastic money portraits.
  • Creativity Top 5: December 13, 2011owl.li/1g9WQw
  • The Newton Papers online at Cambridge Digital Library owl.li/7Yh47 /via @nickbilton
  • The Life Marathon: What Creatives Can Learn From Elite Runners owl.li/7VXyq
  • Ice Cube on Eameses and Architecture, that's right architecture, the video is a must watch.owl.li/7VXjY
  • PBS Arts: Off Book - Episode 10: Product Design owl.li/1g9ryi
  • Agency of the Year: Mcgarrybowen | Adweekowl.li/7XU5p
  • Designing for the Mind owl.li/7VWZO
  • Nintendo's Miyamoto stepping down, working on smaller games owl.li/7VWBK The greatest video game artists scales down.
  • How the "Most Beautiful Woman in the World" Invented a Radio System for Remote-Controlling Torpedoes owl.li/7VWjv
  • You Say You Want a Devolution? owl.li/7VRGK Are we stuck in a style rut?
  • Tony Schwartz: The Myths of the Overworked Creative owl.li/1g8fY8
  • The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Educationowl.li/7QrkD
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.