The Week's Links: January 30, 2015

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • A Coffee Cup Designed to Let Astronauts Sip Espresso in Space http://owl.li/I2qEz
  • Literary Moments on TV owl.li/I32Ez
  • Carnegie Hall to Mark 125th Anniversary in 2015-16 Season owl.li/I7HBW
  • Australian Stories Capture 10,000-Year-Old Climate History owl.li/I2Xas
  • Watch All of the 2015 Super Bowl Ads Here owl.li/HZrEl
  • Papyrus Found in a Mummy Mask May Be the Oldest Known Copy of a Gospel owl.li/HUZdp
  • ◉ How does a work of art come to be considered great? owl.li/HQbPC
  • The Alternate Endings of 20 Famous Movies owl.li/HUZbu
  • TED Playlist: Talks to inspire you to go to bed and get a good night's sleep owl.li/HUYdV
  • 5 Things Magicians Knew Before Scientists Did owl.li/HUZ7y
  • 9 Multimedia Resources for Information Design owl.li/HUY09
  • What are you revealing online? Much more than you think owl.li/HUYJw
  • How Big Is Coding Right Now? A Programming School Just Sold for $36M owl.li/HZCWP
  • Ava DuVernay, Barbra Streisand and Others Talk About Directing - NYTimes.comowl.li/HUYmn
  • Stop Playing Monopoly With Your Kids (And Play These Games Instead) owl.li/HUcoe
  • 50 Essential Literary Biographies owl.li/HUclK
  • ◉ Simon Sinek: Why Good Leaders Make Your Feel Safe owl.li/HQbxQ
  • Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World owl.li/HUbXe
  • Stanford’s ‘Developing iOS 8 Apps With Swift’ Class now on iTunes U owl.li/I7ckA
  • Brand Over Brain: TED speakers explore the seductive power of brands owl.li/HT1zS
  • How iOS Design Has Changed owl.li/HTcex
  • Brand Over Brain: TED speakers explore the seductive power of brands owl.li/HT1yT
  • How to Build a Better Learner - Scientific American owl.li/HTc6M
  • The Newsreels of Our Childhoods owl.li/HUctS
  • The great chef Marco Pierre White - in pictures owl.li/HT1Ic
  • Juilliard to Create Center for Entrepreneurship owl.li/HSSJz
  • A 30-Minute Morning Routine owl.li/HSSAO
  • ◉ All In The Timing: Learned Last Week owl.li/HQbjw
  • The Urban Dictionary Of Design Slang owl.li/HSSuv
  • Vice News debuts 'virtual reality news broadcast' of US Millions March owl.li/HQWzx
  • Is It Possible To Think Without Language? owl.li/HSSo3
  • TED Playlist: Talks to get you through your quarter-life crisis owl.li/HQI1i
  • KQED Series ‘Deep Look’ Examines How Electric Light Has Fundamentally Changed Our Lives and Our Bodies owl.li/HSSjM
  • Unexpected Tools That are Influencing the Future of Education owl.li/HSSLd
  • The Secrets Of Highly Efficient Napping owl.li/HQWJj
  • Nina Simone Documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? owl.li/HQHVt
  • How To Be Motivated: 4 New Insights From Research owl.li/HQz5W
  • The Public Domain Project Makes 10,000 Film Clips, 64,000 Images & 100s of Audio Files Free to Use owl.li/HMMCu
  • ◉ Why Employers Must Learn That Creativity Is Not Just For the Young owl.li/HQaWX
  • Canadian passport has a black light secret owl.li/HQl5J
  • Jean Cocteau Delivers a Speech to the Year 2000 in 1962: "I Hope You Have Not Become Robots” owl.li/HMMen
  • How Three Guys With $10K and Decades-Old Data Almost Found the Higgs Boson First owl.li/HQ2hq
  • A Combination Live-Action and Animated Video Featuring a Young Man Walking Through the Evolution of Video Games owl.li/HMM9s
  • This is the most crystal-clear image of space ever taken owl.li/HPZfP
  • The Changing Face of War and the Importance of Cybersecurity owl.li/HMNtF
  • The year the internet turned into one gigantic video player. owl.li/HMJLs
  • The Weirdest, Coolest Stuff We've Learned About Rosetta's Comet So Far owl.li/HMJnL
  • Google is now a more trusted source of news than the websites it aggregates owl.li/HMx64
  • The Slow, Agonizing Death of the MetroCard owl.li/HMDM3
  • NBC will post all the Super Bowl Ads on Tumblr as soon as they air.  owl.li/HMqXC
  • The Infinite Hotel Paradox - Jeff Dekofsky owl.li/HMD9e
  • TED Playlist: How we make choices owl.li/HIqRV
  • Five Dramatic New Concert Halls to Watch For owl.li/HMD5q
  • Five Packaging Design Predictions For 2015 owl.li/HMM4E
  • Medium editor on SOTU coup: ‘People are already here’ owl.li/HMxmb
  • Fantastically Wrong: The Silly Theory That Almost Kept Darwin From Going on His Famous Voyage owl.li/HIbYf
  • Barbara Beskind: At 90, She's Designing Tech For Aging Boomers owl.li/HF5vX
  • Russell Brand, Amanda Palmer, And Shepard Fairey Get Bundled As A Filmmaker Shoots For Total Disruption owl.li/HDi7T
  • Book Explores Emotional Connection with Type owl.li/HEgbi
  • NASA Has Released The Largest Picture Ever Taken And It Will Shake Up Your Universe owl.li/HB4jp
  • The World's Most Beautiful Box Of Chocolates owl.li/HEdJX
  • Moog Music Recreates a Trio of Its Legendary Modular Synths owl.li/HB4ap
  • Watch a Rare 1990 Documentary on the World of David Lynch owl.li/HE5Rj
  • Be Inspired By The 74 New Members Of Fast Company's Most Creative People In Business 1000 owl.li/HIlmn
  • How The Cronut King Is Changing The Way Bakeries Work: Made-to-order desserts. owl.li/HDjnq
  • Origin Unknown: Study Says Blast Of Radio Waves Came From Outside Our Galaxy owl.li/HB2rY
  • What advice would you give someone looking for a career they love? owl.li/HB1Z7
  • ◉ Young Minds in Critical Condition owl.li/HDg2L
  • NASA Creates Retro-Futuristic Travel Posters owl.li/HAdp0
  • ‘Bad Day at the Office’, A Twisted Short Film With a Unique Perspective on What Makes a Day Good or Bad owl.li/HB1Le
  • What I Learned About the Future by Reading 100 Science Fiction Books owl.li/HzNCU
  • AsapSCIENCE Thoroughly Explains the Scientific Power of Meditation owl.li/HB1Hq
  • More rare pics: Celebs in the City - NYC,1981 owl.li/HyW3u
  • Tesla Founder Elon Musk Plans to Launch Affordable Satellite-Based High-Speed Internet Service owl.li/HB1FT
  • When Lincoln's State of the Union Leaked owl.li/HB2yy
  • What do you think about machines that think? Kevin Kelly: Call them Artificial Aliens. owl.li/HB1BQ

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 23, 2015

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • More rare pics: Celebs in the City - NYC,1981 owl.li/HyW3u
  • Tesla Founder Elon Musk Plans to Launch Affordable Satellite-Based High-Speed Internet Service owl.li/HB1FT
  • When Lincoln's State of the Union Leaked owl.li/HB2yy
  • What do you think about machines that think? Kevin Kelly: Call them Artificial Aliens. owl.li/HB1BQ
  • How to Trick Yourself Into Drinking More Water Every Day owl.li/HwSvm
  • Study: Teens Who Get Less Sleep More Vulnerable to Drinking Problems owl.li/HwvrV
  • ◉ The Paradox of Art as Work owl.li/HDfIC
  • The New York City subway, through the eyes of Stanley Kubrick owl.li/Hwvc4
  • Inside Alfred Hitchcock’s Lost Holocaust Documentary owl.li/HwvoQ
  • How language can affect the way we think owl.li/Hv64m
  • These Are the Best Countries for Traveling Alone owl.li/Hwvl5
  • Saul Bass Poster Sketches for Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ owl.li/Hv5q5
  • ◉ The School of Life: How to Find Fulfilling Work - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/1/21…
  • What It's Like Living in the Coldest Town on Earth owl.li/HwvhL
  • 20 Recipes Sam Sifton Thinks You Should Try in 2015 - NYT Cooking owl.li/Hwvg4
  • Rare Photos of the New York City Punk Scene in the ’70s and ’80s owl.li/HyVzO
  • Mark Ronson on How Fiction Inspired Uptown Special owl.li/Hv5az
  • On The Media: A Paranoid Reflection Of Our Digital Age owl.li/Hv53L
  • ◉ Mark Ronson: TED Remixed & The Exhilarating Creativity of Remixing owl.li/HDftB
  • A 16-Year Old Programmer Just Made a Plugin That Shows Where Politicians Get Their Funding owl.li/Hv4E1
  • 9 of Abraham Lincoln's Smartest (and Sassiest) Quotes owl.li/Hv50m
  • ◉ Recommended: Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Facebook Open-Sources a Trove of AI Tools owl.li/Hv4xx
  • Elon Musk’s Latest Moon-Shot: Space Internet owl.li/Hv4Lt
  • Great summary of the digital strategy: White House breaks own State of the Union embargo for online audience owl.li/HHW4N
  • Across the New York Area, Restoring ‘Wonder Theater’ Movie Palaces to Glory owl.li/Hv0VA
  • ◉ Can the Internet be archived? - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/1/21…
  • Citizen Kane to screen at Hearst Castle, just like William Randolph Hearst wanted owl.li/Hv4Ic
  • See the World's Greatest Stolen Artworks in This Virtual-Reality Museum owl.li/Hv4Fu
  • Well, That Didn't Work: The Segway Is a Technological Marvel. Too Bad It Doesn't Make Any Sense owl.li/Hv5c9
  • Deloitte Says Millennials Will Spend $62 Billion on Media in 2015 owl.li/Hv0Tk
  • Work Hard, Play Hard Is Real and Potentially Dangerous owl.li/HrMgW
  • ◉ The illusion of life owl.li/HDfcG
  • The New Yorker's new TV show owl.li/HopbQ
  • Microsoft Is Teaching Cybersecurity to Cities Around the World—For Free owl.li/HrGtA
  • ◉ A response to terror by Chris Riddell and Neil Gaiman - in pictures - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/1/20…
  • Google's modular Project Ara smartphone will begin pilot testing in Puerto Rico later this year owl.li/HnlIt
  • Love this: New York City At Night - Aerial Photos of New York City owl.li/HrFOY
  • ◉ Recommended: Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • The Cathedral of Computation owl.li/HniZZ
  • Why It Pays to Read owl.li/HrCN4
  • Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking That IQ Tests Miss - Scientific American owl.li/Hv0Ul
  • A Reclusive Logo Designer Gets His Due owl.li/HopI6
  • Shifting Politics of Net Neutrality Debate Ahead of F.C.C. Vote - NYTimes.comowl.li/HCqgQ
  • Undercover Agent Reveals How He Helped the FBI Trap Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht owl.li/Hmng9
  • The subliminal power of city fonts owl.li/Hlsim
  • Pheromones and Other Stimuli We Humans Don't Get, with E.O. Wilson owl.li/Hkiwh
  • Can you ID a city from a subway sign? owl.li/HlrUS
  • Teaching the Nervous System to Forget Chronic Pain owl.li/HjUU6
  • Photos From the Coldest City on Earth owl.li/HkPSi
  • “Facebook at Work” Launches So You Can Never Not Be on Facebook owl.li/HjUCe
  • Toys as Teaching Machines owl.li/HkuPF
  • 9 of the World's Leading Designers Talk About What Matters Now owl.li/HmnsV
  • Legendary Apple Designer Susan Kare: Design Never Really Changes owl.li/Hkusz
  • Rare images from the Selma march: The Long Road from Selma to Montgomery owl.li/HyYNX
  • These Rare Photos of the Selma March Place You in the Thick of History owl.li/HjEkk
  • UK prime minister wants backdoors into messaging apps or he’ll ban them- Ars Technica owl.li/Hiprb
  • An Old Fogey’s Analysis of a Teenager’s View on Social Media owl.li/HfYBC
  • Reported.ly puts its social-first journalism model to work covering the Charlie Hebdo attacks owl.li/Hip7W
  • Amazing: What CT scans can see inside the human body today is just insane owl.li/HfYvt
  • Rebuilding History’s Biggest Dot-Com Bust owl.li/HioGw
  • More from 'an actual teen': What Teens Really Think About YouTube, Google+, Reddit and Other Social Media owl.li/HfqLw
  • Most of The New York Times’ most popular items last year weren’t news stories owl.li/Hhwxt
  • A Tree Grows 40 Different Types of Fruit owl.li/HjUa8
  • The Golden Globes' Social Team Is as Stressed About Meme-ing Celebs as You owl.li/Hhwtj
  • The Chemistry Behind Sriracha Hot Sauce Explained owl.li/HdxaJ
  • Responsive logos and abstraction in design owl.li/HcUSb
  • Publishing Thrived on Kickstarter in 2014 owl.li/HaaF6
  • Capturing Creativity: How Oscar-Contending Documentarians Portrayed Innovators And Eccentrics owl.li/HbdOJ
  • The people of Green Bank, W Virginia, can’t use cell phones, wi-fi, or other kinds of modern tech due to a telescope. owl.li/H8O9z
  • Why You Should Declare Email Bankruptcy for 2015 owl.li/Hb4zt
  • Pew Research: Social Media Site Usage 2014 owl.li/H86kS
  • 13 Awesome and Quirky Commercials Directed by Wes Anderson owl.li/HahTG
  • Across time and culture, stories have been agents of personal transformation – in part because they change our brains owl.li/HeBK9
  • Big Data Knows When You're Going to Quit Your Job Before You Do owl.li/HafdO
  • Porridge could be key to a long and healthy life, says Harvard University owl.li/H7jJ9
  • ◉ The illusion of life owl.li/H7kfz
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life Lessons owl.li/H7jF1
  • Discovery of Teixobactin could pave the way for a new generation of antibiotics because of the way it was discovered. owl.li/H7h18
  • 30 Things Turning 30 in 2015 owl.li/H7iFV
  • Study Finds Reading to Children of All Ages Grooms Them to Read More on Their Own owl.li/H7gJh
  • Fashion Brand Celine Taps Joan Didion to Front New Campaign owl.li/H7iBG
  • ◉ Recommended: The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • The Cheesemaking Monk of Manitoba owl.li/H7gDI
  • The Formula To Better Problem Solving owl.li/H7iAB
  • Brain Damage Saved His Music owl.li/H7h5g

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 16, 2015

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: January 9, 2015

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' Links: January 2, 2015

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • The Rapidly Disappearing Business of Design http://owl.li/GyY88
  • The Esquire Register: 37 People Under 35 Who Are Reshaping the World http://owl.li/GBdyj
  • Talk, Sing, Read, Write, Play: How Libraries Reach Kids Before They Can Read http://owl.li/GBLJK
  • How NPR Is Preparing for "The Year of the Podcast" http://owl.li/GBVbq
  • The Weird Connections Between Hearing and Taste http://owl.li/GECsR
  • 15 Amazing Places You Can Tour Virtually http://owl.li/GCAXL
  • Explainer: what is 4D printing? http://owl.li/GBMai
  • How to Hack Your Holiday Memories owl.li/GAcPi
  • Is there still a case against Serial's Adnan Syed after Jay Wilds' interview? owl.li/GFLwj
  • Clever end credits for The Boxtrolls shows how stop motion works owl.li/GyXTt
  • Ahem: Your Complete Guide to the Science of Hangovers owl.li/GFLmA
  • Spirited Photos of Authors Getting Boozy owl.li/GyYAb
  • Ranked: The 12 programming languages that will earn you the most owl.li/GyTE2
  • 5,200 Days in Space: An exploration of life aboard the ISS, & the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile owl.li/GyYrG
  • Peter Gabriel: Tech Can Make Video Evidence a Cornerstone of Justice owl.li/GBLZ6
  • Scientists Discover That Drunk Birds Sing Like Drunks owl.li/GyYha
  • Being cold can have positive metabolic effects. owl.li/Gwa54
  • Nutmeg Spice Has A Secret Story That Isn't So Nice owl.li/Gw84D
  • Why There's a Dangling Thing In Our Throats owl.li/Gvt2B
  • The Illustrious History of Misquoting Winston Churchill owl.li/GvV8Q
  • How The New Yorker Finally Figured Out The Internet: 3 Lessons From Its Web Redesign owl.li/GvsRj
  • 40 Free Resources Every Designer Should Know owl.li/GvJt4
  • Jay Speaks Part 2: 'Hae was dead before she got to my house. Anything that makes Adnan innocent doesn’t involve me.' owl.li/GDT02
  • 7 of the Ocean's Strangest Creatures, Including a Fish With a Flashlight owl.li/GvsHf
  • Behind the Scenes at Sony as Hacking Crisis Unfolded - WSJ owl.li/GDSyF
  • Knight Foundation: Net Neutrality Report owl.li/GvGZJ
  • Rare Look Inside North Korea's Capital City owl.li/Gx3Im
  • Interesting study: Making your kid play organized sports could cost them their creativity owl.li/GvGQW
  • Experts demand urgent overhaul of England’s public library service owl.li/GvrrF
  • The Anti-Plagiarism Machine owl.li/Gvrpa
  • What's the score? The classical music quiz of the year owl.li/GvqQs
  • 10 Creative Rituals You Should Steal owl.li/GvreT
  • The Meanings Behind the Weird Symbols on 20 Beer Labels owl.li/Gvqs5
  • Yoga Hacks: How to Undo the Damage of a Desk Job owl.li/GvrcA
  • How the Nutcracker Lost Its Purpose owl.li/GvqdZ
  • Michelle MacLaren Is the Best Director on TV owl.li/Gvr8u
  • Before The Internet, Librarians Would 'Answer Everything' — And Still Do owl.li/Gvskx
  • Moody’s Lowers the Metropolitan Opera’s Credit Rating - NYTimes.comowl.li/GvqYM
  • Nicholas Negroponte: Internet Access is a Human Right owl.li/Gve1W
  • Cartography: The true true size of Africa owl.li/GuBFD
  • The Messy Minds of Creative People owl.li/Gus3l
  • Exclusive: Jay, Key Witness from 'Serial' Tells His Story for First Time, Part 1 - The Intercept owl.li/GyZjO
  • Rise and Fall of the American Kiddie Ride owl.li/Guw8n
  • Meet the Dogged Researchers Who Try to Unmask Haters Online- MIT Technology Review owl.li/GsRu0
  • Examining Martian Meteorites, Scientists Think They’ve Found The Red Planet’s Missing Water owl.li/Guw1l
  • The Ultimate Counterfeiter Isn't a Crook—He's an Artist owl.li/GsRaY
  • A 3D Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater" owl.li/GuvYz
  • Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer owl.li/Gvpdv
  • How Laws Restricting Tech Actually Expose Us to Greater Harm owl.li/GuvIv
  • The Leonard Lopate Show: Staging The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 25 Years After His Passing owl.li/GsPru
  • Keeping ‘Nutcracker’ Running Like Clockwork owl.li/GsPpw
  • Switching to Farming Made Human Joint Bones Lighter owl.li/GsHyn
  • How Reading Transforms Us- NYTimes.com owl.li/GsOFa
  • 11 Smells That Are Slowly Disappearing owl.li/GsHoS
  • NASA’s Style Guide Details Its Striking Design Language, Allows For Comic Sans owl.li/GsNIk
  • Stunning Black-and-White Photos of the Nazca Lines owl.li/GsHjg
  • 6 things I learned from riding in a Google Self-Driving Car owl.li/GsNsC
  • A High-Tech Dance Performance Melds Human Bodies With Code owl.li/GsPtP
  • The French Go Crazy For 'An American In Paris' owl.li/GsHXm
  • In Memoriam: Classical Musicians Who Died in 2014 owl.li/GsHf6
  • Snow Drawings Transform Frozen Lakes owl.li/GsHds
  • Language study: What is a foreign language worth? owl.li/GrQ6V
  • What Happens to Your Identity When You Don’t Speak to Anyone for 27 Years owl.li/GsH9E
  • MIT Students Build a Wooden Roller Coaster by Hand for Incoming Freshmen owl.li/GrPV0
  • Space Songs: An EP Made Entirely from NASA's Sound Library owl.li/GsH6d
  • What Americans can learn from other food cultures owl.li/Gqxdx
  • The secret histories of 6 ubiquitous American foods owl.li/GsGRc
  • Rockstar litigation, a high-water mark in patent wastefulness, is over owl.li/GsHhn
  • The Web Is the Real World owl.li/Gs2MH
  • 6 Questions For The White House's Maker-In-Chief Stephanie Santoso owl.li/GpHgN
  • There’s More to Frankincense and Myrrh Than Meets the Eye owl.li/GpG1s
  • 6 Brand Storytelling Lessons From Santa Claus owl.li/GpCIi
  • The Esquire Register: 37 People Under 35 Who Are Reshaping the World owl.li/GpFVZ
  • ‘PBS Idea Channel’ Explains the History Behind the Television Broadcast of a Burning Yule Log in a Fireplace owl.li/GpCHe
  • Serial Host Sarah Koenig Says She Set Out To Report, Not Exonerate owl.li/GpCKO
  • ‘Know Before You Fly’, An Animation by the FAA About Drone Safety for People Who Receive Unpiloted Aircraft as Gifts owl.li/GpCGt
  • A decade from now, will our offices commute to us? owl.li/GpCJu
  • The science of setting goals owl.li/Gqx8K
  • Watch Art on Ancient Greek Vases Come to Life with 21st Century Animation owl.li/GpCIQ

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.