The Week’s Links: February 14, 2014

All the links posted on social networks this week: 

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: February 7, 2014

All the links posted on social networks this week: 

  • 100 People Transforming The American Economy For Good http://owl.li/taFbj
  • Where digital secrets go to diehttp://owl.li/taFxO
  • Why Even the Worst Bloggers Are Making Us Smarter http://owl.li/taFGA
  • Facebook Turns 10: The Mark Zuckerberg Interview - Businessweek http://owl.li/taFJe
  • Inside The Ad-Free, Crowdfunded Publication That Is Upending The Newspaper Businessowl.li/taETT
  • ◉ Paola Antonelli Teaches Stephen Colbert A Thing Or Two About Applied Designowl.li/sW6xF
  • Oxford Dictionaries Sports A New Logoowl.li/taEP5
  • Meet The Man Who Solved The Mysterious Cicada 3301 Puzzle owl.li/taEAP
  • ◉ Icons, A Short Film Of Iconic Cultural Images - smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/2/4/…
  • Beautiful: Gorgeous, Digitally Manipulated X-Ray Photographs of Animals and Flowersowl.li/taEzl
  • The four horsemen of mediocrity owl.li/taE4Q
  • ◉ Recommended: The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • UK Critic’s Circle National Dance Awards Call Out The Best In British Dance owl.li/t3TTJ
  • Ferran Adrià: A look inside the complex mind of the world's most innovative chef owl.li/t3fZq
  • 4 Habits Of Punctual People owl.li/t3eOt
  • ◉ The Real Work Of Writing: Elizabeth Gilbert Takes On Philip Roth owl.li/sW6we
  • 5 Things Your Brain Needs More Of Every Dayowl.li/t2UvF
  • ◉ Love In The Time Of Advertising, A Musical Short Film -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/2/4/…
  • From Vincent Van Gogh to Lady Gaga, we tend to like artists’ work more if we perceive them as idiosyncratic. owl.li/t2Udf
  • The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why People Have So Much Trouble Recognizing Their Own Incompetence owl.li/t2U4U
  • ◉ Recommended: Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • “A long time ago, the line between ballet and contemporary dance became blurred.”owl.li/t2TRA
  • Ballet dancer lands lead role in new Starz ballet series 'Flesh and Bone' owl.li/t2TIh
  • Your guide to good work relationshipsowl.li/t2TrI
  • The Woman Who Survived All Three Disasters Aboard the Sister Ships: the Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic owl.li/t2Thy
  • The World's Most Expensive Cup of Coffeeowl.li/t2T9f
  • What was the first year of Kickstarter like?owl.li/t2Rfc
  • The Mysterious Book That Nobody Can Read Or Decipher owl.li/t2Qbw
  • The New York Times' Most Popular Story of 2013 Was Not an Article owl.li/t2OHV
  • ◉ A Simple Trick for Tripling People's Charitable Donations owl.li/sW6uw
  • If you ever used Quark you have to read this: How QuarkXPress became a mere afterthought in publishing owl.li/t2Ozt
  • Fantastic: The Making of Black Sails (2014) Opening Titles — Art of the Title owl.li/t2MCX
  • The Behavioral Psychology of Netflix's Plan to Charge Higher Prices owl.li/t2y4j
  • ◉ Is There Such A Thing As TMI? -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/2/2/…
  • The Next Generation Will Save the Artsowl.li/t2xxL
  • ◉ Recommended: Flex: The New Playbook for Managing Across Differences -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Scientists Digitize Psychology's Most Famous Brain owl.li/t2wBJ
  • IDEO's Tim Brown: The One Thing You Need to Generate Great Ideas owl.li/t2wy0
  • Animation basics: The art of timing and spacing - TED-Ed owl.li/t2wr7
  • Creativitys Top 5: The Super Bowl Editionowl.li/tfl4w
  • Creativity Agency and Innovators of the Year 2013 owl.li/tfjSm
  • Work Smarter, Not Harder: 21 Time Management Tips to Hack Productivityowl.li/t0XNH
  • Rare and Imaginative Drawings Reveal an Untold Chapter in European Art Historyowl.li/t0Xl3
  • ◉ The 2000 Year Old Computer: The Antikythera Mechanism owl.li/sW6s3
  • 14 Beautiful Train Stations From Around the World owl.li/t0XjH
  • The science of how temperature and lighting impacts our productivity owl.li/sYQyw
  • Found! Rare Renaissance Illustrations That Depict The End Of The World owl.li/sYLQw
  • ◉ Holiday Travel, In China -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/2/2/…
  • Ha!: One Ad to rule them all. If Tolkien worked in advertising. owl.li/sY9fv
  • 50 Years of Cuban Film Posters owl.li/sXX97
  • The Apple Super Bowl spot that didn't run (?)owl.li/teaGh
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald Creates a List of 22 Essential Books, 1936 owl.li/sXQel
  • ◉ Recommended: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • How online gamers are solving science's biggest problems owl.li/sXQdd
  • Cornell President: Young scientists must be taught music and the arts owl.li/sXGcN
  • Top 25 Oddball Interview Questionsowl.li/sX1wi
  • TED Radio Hour: Predicting The Futureowl.li/sWRGb
  • The Power of Process: What Young Mozart Teaches Us About the Secret of Cultivating Genius owl.li/sWRC9
  • Who reads books in America, and how?owl.li/sW73z
  • Live Events Are King for Getting People to Recommend and Buy Brands owl.li/sW4E7
  • 5 Ways to Do Nothing and Become More Productive owl.li/sW46F
  • Talent Is Persistence: What It Takes To Be An Independent Creative owl.li/sW44N
  • Ideas Are Our Greatest Natural Resourceowl.li/sW43R
  • 17 Supermarket Tricks, Tips And Insider Secrets You’re Probably Clueless Aboutowl.li/sW3Ij
  • Reuters The Pew Research Center reported that nearly a quarter of American adults had not read a single book in the past year....
  • A Journey to the End of the World (of Minecraft)owl.li/sW3vP
  • The Noun Project, Insights on Symbol Design, by Jon Hicks owl.li/sW3oN
  • Peirce's Symbolic Iconic and Indexical Signs: Semiotics owl.li/sW3mz
  • Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide owl.li/sW3k9
  • Joan Didion on Keeping a Notebookowl.li/sW307
  • Writing Is Thinking owl.li/sW2Z4
  • 25 Big Novels That Are Worth Your Timeowl.li/sW2R8
  • Research: Using a Smartphone After 9 pm Leaves Workers Disengaged owl.li/sW2NZ
  • The World Changing Ideas Of 2014owl.li/sW2yS
  • 20 Great Stage-to-Screen Adaptationsowl.li/sW2sx
  • Inside the Super Bowl Social Media Command Center owl.li/taDYU
  • How Curiosity Cultivates Creativity owl.li/sW2j0
  • 50 Essential Mystery Novels That Everyone Should Read owl.li/sW2ab
  • Yves Morieux: As work gets more complex, 6 rules to simplify owl.li/sW1Sd
  • Turns Out The Ancient Greeks Were Quite The Grill Masters owl.li/sW1Pu
  • ◉ Learning to code is learning to think. Kids should learn programming. owl.li/sW6pq
  • How Arduino Is Becoming The World's Social Network For Hackers And Makers owl.li/sW1J9
  • ◉ Recommended: On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • There is evidence that reading can increase levels of all three major categories of intelligence. owl.li/sW1Ea

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: January 31, 2014

All the links posted on social networks this week: 

  • The 10 Greatest Books Ever, According to 125 Top Authors (Download Them for Free)http://owl.li/sVZC9
  • Common Myths About the Brain Debunkedhttp://owl.li/sVZJV
  • Art critics matter only if they engagehttp://owl.li/sW1p2
  • There is evidence that reading can increase levels of all three major categories of intelligence. http://owl.li/sW1Ea
  • How Arduino Is Becoming The World's Social Network For Hackers And Makershttp://owl.li/sW1J9
  • Beautiful: How Disney's 1942 Film Bambi Came to be Influenced by the Lush Landscapes of the Sung Dynasty owl.li/sVZwe
  • Fun: Line Drawings Transform Everyday Objects Into Quirky Scenes owl.li/sVZiA
  • ◉ The Seed Of Doubt owl.li/sW6mT
  • Stephen Hawking Proposes Radical New Theory of Black Holes owl.li/sVZcs
  • ◉ Recommended: The Design of Everyday Things -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Amazing: Deep Freeze Reveals Lake Superior's Secluded Ice Caves owl.li/sVYSs
  • ◉ Photographer JR and New York City Ballet Collaborate For Art Series -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/1/28…
  • Wow: The world put $4 billion on Starbucks gift cards last year. 10% of American adults received a gift card over the holidays....
  • The Choreography Of Design, Treasure Hunts, And Hot Dogs That Have Made Costco So Successful owl.li/sVqbP
  • Luxury Store Selfridges Transforms Basement For Upcoming Festival Of Imaginationowl.li/sV3Tj
  • Google Tips and Tricks Every Student Should Know owl.li/sV37f
  • The 2 Teenagers Who Run the Wildly Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics owl.li/sUyiI
  • No reason for me to watch the game: See All The Spots From Super Bowl XLVIII, Nowowl.li/t5PLe
  • So great: Vintage Ads for Libraries and Reading owl.li/sUxS8
  • While you were sleeping, a new supernova appeared in the sky owl.li/sTwuM
  • 7 Things to Remember When You Think You’re Not Good Enough owl.li/sTgaY
  • Beautiful: The True Inner Beauty of Fishesowl.li/sTfmE
  • Simply thinking you got better sleep makes your brain work better owl.li/sSBSJ
  • 4 Ways To Find Inspiration Everywhereowl.li/sRg1w
  • Using science to explain art is a good way to butcher both owl.li/sRfIm
  • ◉ Humble owl.li/sW6iN
  • ◉ Recommended: Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Tiffany Jenkins: Art is more than brain deepowl.li/sRfcg
  • New research finds a brain network linked to solitary introspection gets switched on when we encounter particularly moving artworks....
  • ◉ Arts and Cultural Production Account for 3.2 Percent -- $504B -- of GDP in 2011 -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/1/26…
  • Don’t feed the swans: behind the scenes of Matthew Bourne's all male Swan Lakeowl.li/sReZb
  • 8 Unexpected Ways Technology Will Change The World By 2020 owl.li/sR6xE
  • Twitter’s 2014 Strategy: The Intersection of Video and Data owl.li/sR5Zv
  • Sit Back, Relax, and Read That Long Story—on Your Phone owl.li/sR5Sj
  • Another Radiolab Classic: Thomas Jefferson Needs A Dead Moose Right Now To Defend America owl.li/sR25K
  • Creativity Top 5: Dumb Ways to Die Toys; Sarah McLachlan Pleads for the Doberhuahua & More owl.li/t2RlB
  • Tumblr No. 2 in Revenue Per Visit Among Social Networks Joins Pinterest, Twitter cutting into Facebook's lead owl.li/t2PZZ
  • ◉ The Connection Between Shakespeare and Maurice Sendak owl.li/sW6h7
  • Learn Web Design: 50+ of the Best Online Educational Resources to Learn to Build Web Sites owl.li/sR22b
  • ◉ Recommended: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • ◉ What Drives Success? -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/1/26…
  • Gorgeous: Powerfully Dramatic Landscapes by 23-Year-Old Shane Hawk owl.li/sQSl7
  • MIT and Stanford will teach Ford's automated cars how to dodge obstacles owl.li/sQiSx
  • Useful science, accessible by all owl.li/sQhXE
  • 12 Shapes You Didn’t Know Had Namesowl.li/sQ2gO
  • Algorithms Are Not Enough: Lessons Bringing Computer Science to Journalism owl.li/sQ1X7
  • Mastering The Fine Art Of Getting To The Pointowl.li/sPXFp
  • Theometrica - Generative sound synthesis instrument inspired by acupuncture owl.li/sPVki
  • ◉ Storytelling Across Platforms: J.J. Abrams And Gabe Newell owl.li/sW6eX
  • ◉ Recommended: Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't -smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Here Are The 7 Things That Can Make You Wildly Successful owl.li/sPTTV
  • ◉ Simon Sinek: Leadership Is Not a Rank, It's a Decision. -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/1/26…
  • Brain Games: Move Objects With Your Mind To Find Inner Calm? owl.li/sPJpK
  • New Instagram Photos of Everyday Objects Turned into Whimsical Illustrations by Javier Perez owl.li/sOPTD
  • BBC Tests Instagram As A Breaking News Service owl.li/sOPR2
  • The Internet Solved a 20-year-old Mysteryowl.li/sOH5V
  • Fantastic: Steve Jobs Unveils Mac at Boston Computer Society, Unseen Since 1984owl.li/sXGFf
  • Download 100,000+ Images From The History of Medicine, All Free Courtesy of The Wellcome Library owl.li/sOGQV
  • Seeing things: A new transparent display system could provide heads-up data - MIT News Office owl.li/sOAFU
  • The 10 strangest musical instrumentsowl.li/sMScm
  • The 5 Best Punctuation Marks in Literatureowl.li/sMarx
  • 7 Things Really Persuasive People Doowl.li/sLP0Q
  • Presentation Zen: Coping with Presentation Anxiety & "Stage Fright" owl.li/sLOAC
  • The Ultimate Guide To Google Analyticsowl.li/sLDY8
  • When Will The Machines Start Predicting Bestsellers? owl.li/sLx16
  • Salvador Dalí Illustrates Don Quixoteowl.li/sLk5S
  • Salvador Dalí’s Rare 1975 Illustrations for Romeo & Juliet owl.li/sLjSJ
  • How To Do Less: A Short Guide owl.li/sLhND
  • Out in the Open: These Hackers Want to Give You Coding Superpowers owl.li/sLgYd
  • Employees Perform Better When They Can Control Their Space owl.li/sLgOI
  • Five Best Language Learning Tools owl.li/sLejb
  • When great authors pick up the brushowl.li/sLbMM
  • A Pizza Geek Discovers the World's Smartest Pizza Box- Wired Design owl.li/sJEPb
  • ◉ Why We Love Beautiful Things owl.li/sLDID
  • An Illustrated Account of the Great Maple Syrup Heist owl.li/sJEA2
  • The Brian Lehrer Show: A Running List of What We Know the NSA Can Do. So Far.owl.li/sJEcB
  • Do what you love, love what you do: An omnipresent mantra that’s bad for work and workers. owl.li/sJwsY
  • 20 Ways the Apple Mac Changed Everythingowl.li/sVbNi
  • Russell Foster: Why do we sleep? owl.li/sJrdZ

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: January 24, 2014

All the links posted on social networks this week: 

  • Russell Foster: Why do we sleep? http://owl.li/sJrdZ
  • Do what you love, love what you do: An omnipresent mantra that’s bad for work and workers. http://owl.li/sJwsY
  • The Brian Lehrer Show: A Running List of What We Know the NSA Can Do. So Far. http://owl.li/sJEcB
  • An Illustrated Account of the Great Maple Syrup Heist http://owl.li/sJEA2
  • What Makes a 'Super Successful' Company? owl.li/sJraP
  • The Untold Tale of Pow!, the Fourth Rice Krispies Elf owl.li/sJqXz
  • What Reviewers Said About the First Mac When It Debuted 30 Years Ago owl.li/sUw7m
  • '1984' 30 Years Later: A brief history of Apple's instantly iconic Super Bowl spot. owl.li/sTCZm
  • An Eyeful of Sound: Top Five Multisensory Performances owl.li/sJqUq
  • The Fascinating Origins of 10 Everyday Color Words owl.li/sJqR2
  • ◉ Oliver Sacks On Rediscovery, Memory And Autoplagiarism owl.li/sLD76
  • There Really Is a Conference Where Nerds Study Videogame Music owl.li/sJqOk
  • Watch: A 2-Minute Animation Of Stephen Hawking's Big Ideas owl.li/sJqG6
  • What scientific idea is ready for retirement? | Edge.org owl.li/sIIlz
  • David Lynch interviewed by Mike Figgis owl.li/sIIdJ
  • Read this: Jonathan Harris Navigating Stuckness owl.li/sHLXy
  • How to Check If Your Accounts Have Been Hacked owl.li/sHLKT
  • 11 Simple Ways to Improve Your Memory owl.li/sHLn3
  • Can You Answer These 10 Oddball Job Interview Questions Asked at America’s Top Tech Companies? owl.li/sHLfP
  • What High Schoolers Should Be Reading owl.li/sHL9d
  • 12 Easy Ways to Make Life Simple Again owl.li/sHL3v
  • Target Got Hacked Hard in 2005. Here's Why They Let It Happen Again - Threat Level - Wired.com owl.li/sHKQ7
  • 4 Fundraising Goals for 2014 - Fundraising Fundamentals - The Chronicle of Philanthropy owl.li/sHKMt
  • ◉ How Can We Alleviate The Feeling Of Running Out Of Time? Experience Awe owl.li/sLD1p
  • The Verge takes a look at the smartphone "wars": Inside the mind of a fanboy. owl.li/sQhlT
  • ◉ Is Classical Music Culturally Relevant? - smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/1/20…
  • Disturbing: Requirements for DRM in HTML5 are a secret owl.li/sGTdb
  • The Experiment That Forever Changed How We Think About Reality owl.li/sGLkY
  • How to Motivate a Young Musician owl.li/sGLcO
  • The History of Popular Music, According to Google owl.li/sGK2n
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'Cosmos' reboot hits FOX on March 9th owl.li/sGwJh
  • The art therapy secret is out: doodling is good for you. owl.li/sFkEt
  • ◉ Goals And Plans owl.li/sLCSk
  • In Memory Of Colby, The L.A. Print Shop That Made Posters For Jimi Hendrix, The Sex Pistols, And Ed Ruscha owl.li/sFkBA
  • Smithsonian's Bee Man Delivers Up Some Advice for Dealing with Colony Collapse Disorder owl.li/sFkrb
  • 11 Inscriptions on Old Buildings That Tell It Like It Is owl.li/sFkpn
  • ◉ Great Work - smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/1/21…
  • How "Fuzzy-Trace Theory" Impacts Your Finances owl.li/sFjYa
  • Grant Study Reveals What Makes Us Happy owl.li/sFjQi
  • No more needles? 7 ways scientists are attempting to move beyond shots owl.li/sFjpS
  • Salman Khan doubles down on building the school of the future owl.li/sFjkY
  • Moving to An Area With More Green Space Can Improve Your Mental Health for Years owl.li/sFjfA
  • Four Lessons In Innovation From The Inventor Of The Laser owl.li/sFj10
  • World map of vaccine-preventable outbreaks owl.li/sFiUi
  • Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head owl.li/sFiNQ
  • Beautiful: Herb and spice brand Schwartz gets explosive in new ad owl.li/sFaF1
  • What Beatboxing Looks Like in Super Slow Motion owl.li/sFayh
  • ◉ Anxiety - smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/1/20…
  • Amazing and mostly unnoticed: How Costume Design Became Central In 'Game Of Thrones' owl.li/sFawL
  • ◉ Why Sci-Fi Author William Gibson Loves Japan owl.li/sLDba
  • The Shape of Spectacular Speech: An Infographic Analysis of What Made MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Great owl.li/sLi2H
  • Pre-cog shopping: Amazon plans to ship your packages before you even buy them owl.li/sLgc6
  • Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Iconic images of Dr. King from the Smithsonian collection owl.li/sLb5A
  • Successful ‘Hour of Code’ computer tutorials prompts effort to change school policies owl.li/sFaas
  • Jack Dorsey Says The Receipt Is Untapped "Canvas" And "Publishing Medium" owl.li/sF9WK
  • Read David Foster Wallace’s Notes From a Tax Accounting Class, Taken to Help Him Write The Pale King owl.li/sF9OU
  • How to Look at Art owl.li/sF9Fm
  • Understanding Why We Dream owl.li/sF9sP
  • The Science Of The "Flying V" Formation owl.li/sF90U
  • The Literary Misery Index: What the Economy Has to Do With What You’re Reading owl.li/sF7GM
  • Read Beethoven’s Lengthy Love Letter to His Mysterious “Immortal Beloved” (1812) owl.li/sF7nO
  • The Ten Most Popular Web Fonts of 2013 owl.li/sF64K
  • Here Are the Countries That Drink the Most Coffee (The U.S. Isn't in the Top 10) owl.li/sE0Jl
  • 5 Lessons In Discipline From A Professional Ballerina That Will Change The Way You Lead Your Life owl.li/sDcfW
  • How Theaters Can Combat the Stay-at-Home Mindset owl.li/svuXp
  • The Coolest Science of 2013, in GIFs owl.li/svugT
  • The Police Car of the future owl.li/svuc6
  • The Ministry of Type: British Rail Identity owl.li/svu69
  • What Space Does To Our Bodies: An Interactive Guide owl.li/svu1K
  • What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014? owl.li/svtYk
  • Terry Teachout: The Best Theatre I Saw This Year owl.li/svtRA
  • Over the Past 12 Years Bloomberg's Administration Has Acted As An Incubator for Cultural Institutions owl.li/svtIS
  • Is an 8pm curtain a thing of the past? owl.li/svsLN
  • How Netflix Reinvented HR- Harvard Business Review owl.li/svsc0
  • 5 Scientific Ways to Build Habits That Stick owl.li/svqGF
  • The Abstraction Method of Problem Solving owl.li/svpza
  • 6 Pieces of Advice From Successful Writers owl.li/svoH9
  • A Glimpse Into The Future Of NPR, From Its First-Ever Creative Director owl.li/svnMe
  • Want Perfect Pitch? You Might Be Able To Pop A Pill For That owl.li/svlFg
  • So shocking: Type legends Frere-Jones sues Hoefler owl.li/sHcui
  • Evgeny Morozov: Hackers, Makers, and the Next Industrial Revolution- The New Yorker owl.li/svlwW
  • How Is Wind Chill Calculated? owl.li/svlqf
  • Sleep, it turns out, may play a crucial role in our brain’s physiological maintenance. owl.li/svk1h
  • Bruce Springsteen, Woody Allen, and the Long Tradition of Hating Your Own Work owl.li/svjG7
  • Read 700 Free eBooks Made Available by the University of California Press owl.li/sviQX
  • Conference Calendar - A simple calendar for web and digital conferences owl.li/svilm

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: January 17, 2014

All the links posted on social networks this week: 

  • Conference Calendar - A simple calendar for web and digital conferences http://owl.li/svilm
  • Read 700 Free eBooks Made Available by the University of California Press http://owl.li/sviQX
  • Bruce Springsteen, Woody Allen, and the Long Tradition of Hating Your Own Work http://owl.li/svjG7
  • Sleep, it turns out, may play a crucial role in our brain’s physiological maintenance. http://owl.li/svk1h
  • How Is Wind Chill Calculated? http://owl.li/svlqf
  • Evgeny Morozov: Hackers, Makers, and the Next Industrial Revolution- The New Yorker http://owl.li/svlwW
  • It is time to redesign tickets. owl.li/svihT
  • Timeline of the far future owl.li/svfUw
  • AMA: How a Weird Internet Thing Became a Mainstream Delight owl.li/svftf
  • Netflix Earns First Oscar Nomination owl.li/sFcL0
  • Your Brain Can Only Handle a Limited Number of Close Friends owl.li/svflq
  • The More Fires Firefighters Are Exposed to, the More Heat Resistant They Become owl.li/sveVY
  • "The perfect crime is far easier to pull off when nobody is watching." Burglars Who Took On FBI Abandon Shadows owl.li/sveU0
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson and Neil Gaiman on the Secret of Genius owl.li/svbBF
  • Hacking the Concept of Time owl.li/svbdd
  • Vint Cerf goes inside the online revolution in education. owl.li/svb9P
  • This Interactive Map Shows How Far You Could Travel In 24 Hours owl.li/svb0T
  • The Best of Brain Pickings 2013 owl.li/sv5hn
  • The Secret Life of the Radio owl.li/sv5bo
  • 10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World owl.li/suOaC
  • Net neutrality is half-dead: Court strikes down FCC’s anti-blocking rules owl.li/sAR34
  • The Woman Who Could Write, But Couldn't Read owl.li/suNYp
  • Is Quantitative Analysis the Secret to Understanding Culture? owl.li/suNx0
  • Why Anvils are Shaped as They Are owl.li/suNtg
  • A Modest Proposal: Better Criticism, More Art owl.li/suNmo
  • The strange science of how names shape careers owl.li/suNjc
  • A Makeover for Maps owl.li/suNa0
  • Typeface Designer Creates Book That Teaches Toddlers About Typography owl.li/suN3J
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  • Redesigning The Modern Egg Carton owl.li/suJ7j
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  • Interesting story from designer Antony Buonomo on how the “12 Years a Slave” main titles were created. owl.li/suIKD
  • Salvador Dalí’s 100 Illustrations of Dante’s The Divine Comedy owl.li/suHqa
  • A Dance Performance That Features One Dancer and Many Plastic Bags owl.li/suHp0
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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.