Figurative: The Week's Links

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ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:

  • Harvard scientists suggest 'Oumuamua is an alien device buff.ly/2SSB12u

  • In the Age of A.I., Is Seeing Still Believing? buff.ly/2AQu2Qu

  • Times critics reflect on how the Great Recession affected theater, music and the arts - Los Angeles Times buff.ly/2qylHLa

  • Writing is a product designer’s real “unicorn” skill. buff.ly/2JLcsQP

  • Q&A: Publicis Groupe creative chief Nick Law on leadership, Marcel and the future of advertising buff.ly/2SVeLER

  • Inside the booming business of background music buff.ly/2zFyBeP

  • The Problem With Being Perfect buff.ly/2zsGLqK

  • “We Need an FDA For Algorithms:UK mathematician Hannah Fry on the promise and danger of an AI world.” buff.ly/2DqDug0

  • The 8 best science images, videos, and visualizations of the year buff.ly/2Pg4MMc

  • The quirky ways AI researchers gather data to feed their algorithms buff.ly/2JJFj81

  • World's 'oldest figurative painting' discovered in Borneo cave buff.ly/2PN1VKf

  • Using Experiments to Launch New Products buff.ly/2QvGytS

  • Feeling Your Way to Breakthrough Creative Work buff.ly/2PeKfI9

  • 5 damaging habits designers need to break buff.ly/2D8Woal

  • It’s dangerous to think virtual reality is an empathy machine – Erick Ramirez | Aeon Ideas buff.ly/2Sn74XL

  • The Sensory Connection Between Art & Science with Ani Liu buff.ly/2PhvS5X

  • TC Sessions: AR/VR surveys an industry in transition buff.ly/2yZJk30

  • The 25 greatest foreign-language films buff.ly/2SO4z0S

  • Why we should all consider taking a midlife gap year buff.ly/2PxK8Xv

  • The ISS Has a Supercomputer! Never Mind the Fried Disks buff.ly/2SKEuA5)

  • A Huge Achievement in Math Shows the Limits of Symmetries buff.ly/2ztdU5p)

  • This Is Not What You Expect To See Happening Outside Of Your High-Rise Office Window buff.ly/2SLUcKY

  • Th*nks for asterisks: the maligned punctuation enjoying Twitter revival buff.ly/2JH7Zyq

  • In France, a Giant Spider and a Minotaur Roam, and Sleep buff.ly/2AOw9o2

  • Hovermap drones dive underground to autonomously map mines and tunnels buff.ly/2D5amKb

  • The future of Information Architecture – UX Collective buff.ly/2zebXcU

  • The Psychology of Social Sharing—What Makes People Engage with Your Social Media Content? buff.ly/2zwSuoj

  • Kim Høltermand: From Police Fingerprint Examiner to Professional Photographer buff.ly/2NYPVQU

  • This Is What Democracy Looked Like: A brief history of the printed ballot. buff.ly/2zyObZx

  • The New Rules of Communicating in a Virtual World buff.ly/2z6kcYw

  • Weighing the Risk: What’s the Cost of Not Making a Life-Changing Career Choice? buff.ly/2SFJohE

  • You have no idea where camels really come from buff.ly/2SFx9l4

  • What's the future of food? buff.ly/2SKIxwc

  • The quick, practical guide to picking colors for your designs buff.ly/2pZQNLH

  • How I Exploited My Own Social Media Data – Towards Data Science buff.ly/2Dan8ru

  • A Fact-Checker’s Notes on The Lifespan of a Fact buff.ly/2znY2kN

  • Andy Warhol Inc.: How He Made Business His Art buff.ly/2F28ogk

  • A Cunning Husband-and-Wife Duo Sold Hundreds of Forged Artworks in Finland. Now, They Are Headed to Prison | artnet News buff.ly/2zr9VGI

  • This Neurosensor Could Predict Hit TV Shows with Uncanny Accuracy buff.ly/2SKi01P

  • Prosthetic leg for amputees designed by Jae-Hyun An to encourage new genre of ballet buff.ly/2SI5Erd

  • Artists drive social change? How do you measure it? Here's a new tool from Americans for the Arts. buff.ly/2EZFjly

  • 5 basic skills of power, and how you can learn to use them buff.ly/2SHhTUV

  • Why we should all consider taking a midlife gap year buff.ly/2PxK8Xv

  • How can you uncover your best self? Start by judging other people — really buff.ly/2Sx8AXt

  • How do artists make a living? An ongoing, almost impossible quest buff.ly/2Mktfu9

  • The banana is dying. The race is on to reinvent it before it's too late buff.ly/2zpuNho

  • Garbage: "20 Years a Creator: The Influence of Technology in the Creative Process" | Talks at Google buff.ly/2znZfZt

  • Will Mindful Technology Save Us From Our Phones—and Ourselves? buff.ly/2OLxzrX

  • Elon Musk: The Recode interview buff.ly/2Pz1wLn

  • Acting like an extravert has benefits, but not for introverts – Christian Jarrett | Aeon Ideas buff.ly/2JHN9iF

  • Novelist Haruki Murakami has good advice on what you can do when life looks dark buff.ly/2DkMKlS

  • At Marvel HQ in NYC, we peek behind the cape at the brand’s approach to digital buff.ly/2qye9IF

  • Are interactive, digital posters set to overtake the printed poster? buff.ly/2FcGzCb

  • Designing people’s Instagram Stories is now a million-dollar business buff.ly/2AI57hZ

  • The 3 Psychological Reasons We Cling to Conventional Wisdom (and How to Break Free) buff.ly/2NjvSw3

  • DNA of a Designer: The traits of strategic designers and how they vary buff.ly/2Pz7uMm

  • The 100 greatest foreign-language films buff.ly/2EZSJhp

  • Here's What Happens to Your Body After Daylight Saving Time buff.ly/2D0d4R2

  • How Quantum Mechanics Lets Us See, Smell and Touch buff.ly/2zhqhl4

  • Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from. buff.ly/2DfZo5n

  • A freak 1870s climate event killed millions – and could happen again buff.ly/2F6qA8i

  • In Norway, a Robot Will Soon be Delivering People's Mail buff.ly/2qrsQx7

  • This Tiny Drone Uses Friction to Pull More Than Its Own Weight buff.ly/2SBdEua

  • What's the best advice you've ever received? 10 designers share tips on surviving, thriving, and knowing when to shut up. buff.ly/2EQV2n6

  • Want to Innovate? Science Says, “Be A Nonconformist!” buff.ly/2SCQBiD

  • The World’s Scariest Fonts buff.ly/2JrKM34

  • 4 Ways to Pressure-Test Strategic Decisions, Inspired by the U.S. Military buff.ly/2SzsLE7

  • The Hunt for the Watch Thieves of Southern California: The true story of a ring of thieves who stole millions of dollars' worth of luxury watches—and the special agent who brought them down. buff.ly/2Dfbv2H

  • The Surprising Power of The Long Game buff.ly/2CMrm7L

  • Use meaningful words to explain clear, precise goals buff.ly/2Dd1X8a

  • Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal buff.ly/1k8ndHi

  • Screenwriters get a bad deal, that’s why I’m producing my own show buff.ly/2Swu0nO

  • Behind the wheel: Montana Rep's experiment in car theater buff.ly/2zgxEtb

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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.

BASIC: The Week's Links

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ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:

  • What's the best advice you've ever received? 10 designers share tips on surviving, thriving, and knowing when to shut up. buff.ly/2EQV2n6

  • Want to Innovate? Science Says, “Be A Nonconformist!” buff.ly/2SCQBiD

  • The World’s Scariest Fonts buff.ly/2JrKM34

  • 4 Ways to Pressure-Test Strategic Decisions, Inspired by the U.S. Military buff.ly/2SzsLE7

  • The Hunt for the Watch Thieves of Southern California: The true story of a ring of thieves who stole millions of dollars' worth of luxury watches—and the special agent who brought them down. buff.ly/2Dfbv2H

  • The Surprising Power of The Long Game buff.ly/2CMrm7L

  • Use meaningful words to explain clear, precise goals buff.ly/2Dd1X8a

  • Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal buff.ly/1k8ndHi

  • Screenwriters get a bad deal, that’s why I’m producing my own show buff.ly/2Swu0nO

  • Behind the wheel: Montana Rep's experiment in car theater buff.ly/2zgxEtb

  • New Theory of Intelligence May Disrupt AI and Neuroscience buff.ly/2OZD4n3

  • A Huge Achievement in Math Shows the Limits of Symmetries buff.ly/2SwymLp

  • Plane Panic: A Medical Emergency at 35,000 Feet | DiscoverMagazine.com buff.ly/2AzVMc3

  • Ideo breaks its silence on design thinking’s critics buff.ly/2COJUo0

  • These UX Designers are Rethinking the Voter Ballot  buff.ly/2xdMzmQ

  • Why we need to get past imposter syndrome to become mentors buff.ly/2SrEAfA

  • What Is Good Design? - DESK Magazine buff.ly/2qhcRkZ

  • Continuing Animation’s Legacy | Communication Arts buff.ly/2JpHPQw

  • The Pleasure and Pain of Speed - buff.ly/2DbViuW

  • The Average User Checks Email 5.6 Hours Per Weekday. This Is Not Good. buff.ly/2SrK6ie

  • Say Hello to Stratolaunch, The Largest Airplane Ever Created buff.ly/2DbfRrF)

  • How to Keep Working When You’re Just Not Feeling It buff.ly/2zdlXmX

  • Systemizing Color for Change – Tyler Miller buff.ly/2z6smjB

  • New schemes teach the masses to build AI buff.ly/2ERjh4q

  • The US pushes to build unhackable quantum networks buff.ly/2Ss8r7N

  • What happened when I tried the U.S. Army’s tactic to fall asleep in two minutes buff.ly/2Daw0NP

  • Police arrest man after attempted theft of Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral buff.ly/2Ssom5P

  • The Underestimated Cerebellum Gains New Respect From Brain Scientists buff.ly/2Sr8Bwg

  • In Japan, the Kit Kat Isn’t Just a Chocolate. It’s an Obsession. buff.ly/2OMZtnp

  • Memory FAQ: Answers to the common questions that baffle us all buff.ly/2CKcaIo

  • Memory special: What happens to your memories while you sleep? buff.ly/2OVdDTj

  • Memory special: Can you supercharge your memory? buff.ly/2OZcRVt

  • Meet the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize buff.ly/2D9WjnE)

  • Elizabeth Streb: My quest to defy gravity and fly buff.ly/2Da7gWj

  • 5 steps to help you figure out your passion buff.ly/2ShDBOV

  • 8 TED Talks to watch when you need to feel awe about the world again buff.ly/2D7mCdX

  • Atari Asteroids: Creating a Vector Arcade Classic buff.ly/2PYtWLJ

  • This McKinsey study of 300 companies reveals what every business needs to know about design for 2019 buff.ly/2ENoRoi

  • How to Kick Your Bad Habits (And Why That's More Important Than You Think) buff.ly/2D8FAki

  • The Library of Congress Lets You Stream Hundreds of Free Films buff.ly/2NZtlaZ

  • Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal buff.ly/1k8ndHi

  • How constraints lead to creativity: making music for Super Nintendo games buff.ly/2nKZUyI

  • An Attempted Murder at a Research Station Shows How Crimes Are Prosecuted in Antarctica buff.ly/2Av859D

  • How Apple and the Ford Foundation go beyond metrics in quantifying their impact buff.ly/2z5PgYo

  • How to Make Sure You’re Not Using Data Just to Justify Decisions You’ve Already Made buff.ly/2AuhMVN

  • True 'innovation' generates ideas, not wealth buff.ly/2zffMPp

  • The Power of Shutting Up and Sitting in Silence buff.ly/2ShgELM

  • Can You Quantify Awe? Researchers attempt to capture the full richness of the awe experience buff.ly/2O0Y6w9

  • How Instagram Saved Poetry buff.ly/2Sk9man

  • 7 Writers on How Their Go-to Fonts Make Them Feel buff.ly/2O7IyXx

  • Social media is a symptom, not a tactic buff.ly/2SjQk3C

  • “The infamous “trolley problem” was put to millions of people in a global study, revealing how much ethics diverge across cultures.” buff.ly/2z4dO3V

  • Debbie Millman on the power of courage over confidence, embracing criticism and overcoming fear buff.ly/2ShSZuD

  • Bionic Hands and Transparent Salaries: 5 (Well-Educated) Predictions on the Future of Creative Work buff.ly/2Sh98AF

  • Apple’s Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines buff.ly/2D3aM4r

  • A Lump Was Placed on 'the World's Most-Touched Breasts' to See If Anyone Would Notice buff.ly/2AsqhQR

  • “The Final Act Sunsetting a Nonprofit Arts Organization” buff.ly/2qatyhS

  • Why Is It That Some People Just Can't Dance? buff.ly/2Sg1kiD

  • The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History buff.ly/2CCXgU4)

  • Erica Eisen: The Oldest Printed Book in the World buff.ly/2D1DuD1

  • NYC Allocates $198.4M for Largest Ever Cultural Budget buff.ly/2Sjp71l

  • Your Data Literacy Depends on Understanding the Types of Data and How They’re Captured buff.ly/2z0olgC

  • 10 Secrets of User Experience Designers buff.ly/2RbF0W1

  • Google privacy update tries to make it easier to wipe web history buff.ly/2RdMIiC

  • When Is a Martini No Longer a Martini? buff.ly/2yYJfwO

  • Found: A Photo of the Man Who Fired Van Gogh and Changed Art History buff.ly/2Sfy1g0

  • Remember Bookmarks? buff.ly/2Sh246Z

  • An Oral History of Apple's Infinite Loop buff.ly/2SdmCxu)

  • Guadalupe Rosales used Instagram to create an archive of Chicano youth of the '90s — now it's an art installation - Los Angeles Times buff.ly/2PNa1PP

  • Broadway League Report Finds Audience Getting Younger, With More Kids And Teens Attending Shows buff.ly/2q5xNv0

  • The Life of the Writer/Musician buff.ly/2D1Eree

  • Siri: What will advertising on voice look/sound like? buff.ly/2CDUiP8

  • The Evolution of Website Web Design Trends from the 90s to Now buff.ly/2z26wxE

  • U.S. Embassy in London environmental graphics | Communication Arts buff.ly/2D1uDRQ

  • In pictures: World's longest sea bridge buff.ly/2OCrKNg

  • Calculating art: Artistic success takes a mysterious mix of talent, luck and timing. But could algorithms now predict and produce the hits? buff.ly/2z75NLZ

  • Inside the windowless bunker where Disney stores its 'secret weapon' buff.ly/2RasrdA

  • Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin buff.ly/2ODQTHw

  • Nasa photographs rectangular iceberg buff.ly/2R3tD2q

  • The 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs in 2018 buff.ly/2SasyXS

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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.

Dichotomies: The Week's Links

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ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:

  • Calculating art: Artistic success takes a mysterious mix of talent, luck and timing. But could algorithms now predict and produce the hits? buff.ly/2z75NLZ

  • Inside the windowless bunker where Disney stores its 'secret weapon' buff.ly/2RasrdA

  • Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin buff.ly/2ODQTHw

  • Nasa photographs rectangular iceberg buff.ly/2R3tD2q

  • The 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs in 2018 buff.ly/2SasyXS

  • Digital immortality: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever buff.ly/2ScpnPw

  • Lessons learned: Seven ways news outlets can rebuild trust and sustainability buff.ly/2OJR6sz

  • What happens when Facebook goes down? People read the news - Chartbeat Blog buff.ly/2EvYKCl

  • Younger generations are actually better at telling news from opinion than those over age 50 buff.ly/2Aq9AWr

  • A 6-Part Tool for Ranking and Assessing Risks buff.ly/2Ap3HZx

  • One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible buff.ly/2AoKXcP

  • How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years buff.ly/2CxJeTI

  • The “Big Three” (And Free) Ways To Boost Your Creativity: Todd Sampson buff.ly/2D1Vpt9

  • Michael Bloomberg Thinks Midsize Arts Nonprofits Can Change American Cities, and He's Spending Over $100 Million to Prove It buff.ly/2PVNCjx

  • 4 types of research methods all designers should know buff.ly/2PQEgFF

  • (Re)building use cases for language technology in the newsroom buff.ly/2AoLZoQ

  • Six Cyber Threats to Really Worry About in 2018 – MIT Technology Review – Medium buff.ly/2PzrAmR

  • “We Had Gone Back 20 Years.” The Heads of Puerto Rico’s Largest Media Company on Life After Hurricane Maria buff.ly/2CBDA2T

  • Which Data Skills Do You Actually Need? This 2×2 Matrix Will Tell You. buff.ly/2NOBpuZ

  • Illusion of the Year: Top 10 finalists in the 2018 Contest buff.ly/2OLE3Hr

  • An Alternative History of Silicon Valley Disruption buff.ly/2yVVWbz

  • Establishing an AI code of ethics will be harder than people think buff.ly/2yVCFqS

  • Did I Make a Mistake Selling My Social-Media Darling to Yahoo? buff.ly/2PKNsLK

  • Two Hundred Fifty Things an Architect Should Know buff.ly/2CxHw4I

  • Fold N Fly ✈ A database of paper airplanes with easy to follow folding instructions. buff.ly/2R9nT7s

  • How to redesign a 175-year-old newspaper – The Economist buff.ly/2CWHFjr

  • The Two Types of Knowledge (or How to Be Smart) buff.ly/2RYEo7v

  • When you need to take an intellectual snack break buff.ly/2yTs7IA

  • Why we have an emotional connection to robots buff.ly/2yTrJK8

  • Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film Companies buff.ly/2NOlRHF

  • It’s Time to Become a Time Realist buff.ly/2zXSRt6

  • 3 ways that tech helps me handle my anxiety and depression buff.ly/2EpJ4R9

  • When Pop-Up Books Taught Popular Science buff.ly/2CuqEMc

  • Italy’s Oldest Instrument Hints at Sounds of Prehistoric Rome buff.ly/2OBpxl9

  • The 10 Best Books on Productivity, According to People Who Get Things Done buff.ly/2NQfxiT

  • Why Doesn’t Ancient Fiction Talk About Feelings? buff.ly/2q1Zntd

  • The Enduring Appeal of Oscar the Grouch buff.ly/2S39AT9

  • How quantum physics can make encryption stronger buff.ly/2CVn0Mv

  • Why I study the most dangerous animal on earth -- mosquitoes buff.ly/2Curbhp

  • 8 TED Talks on what you need to know about medicine buff.ly/2CV87tO

  • The Best Colors Named After People buff.ly/2ysMsEk

  • How Can We Make Design Better for the Color-Blind? buff.ly/2pUs9vM

  • Celebrity designers, context collapse, and rethinking how I teach design history buff.ly/2QYcPd5

  • How to Turn Creative Tension Into an Inspired Creative Product buff.ly/2OACdss

  • Typographica: Our Favorite Typefaces of 2017 buff.ly/2CTASGX

  • Stephen Hawking’s Final Book and Scientific Paper Just Got Published: Brief Answers to the Big Questions and “Information Paradox” buff.ly/2QYVDEa

  • Life Advice: Don’t Find Your Passion. Study suggests meaningful work can be something you grow into, not something you discover buff.ly/2RXvneN

  • Being Good at Prioritizing Is More Important Than Working Hard buff.ly/2S02Ox9

  • To Achieve More, Focus on Your Principles buff.ly/2Ey8X1f

  • A cartography of consciousness – researchers map where subjective feelings are located in the body buff.ly/2QZE4ns

  • Dear Creative Leaders: Will Creative Teams Exist in 2028? buff.ly/2EwNKol

  • Inside 75 Years of Lippincott's Iconic Designs, From Campbell's Soup Can to Coca-Cola's Ribbon buff.ly/2RXlttD

  • After 50 Years, The Iconic Mexico 68 Olympics Design Is Still Revered — And Disputed buff.ly/2CSfKkG

  • Computer Stories: A.I. Is Beginning to Assist Novelists buff.ly/2RZpAVX

  • Mysterious cosmic radio signal spotted unusually close to Earth buff.ly/2EwTEWk

  • Moons can have moons and they are called moonmoons buff.ly/2EEETke

  • From Print to Digital: Designing an Immersive ePub buff.ly/2RSPj2t

  • Rhythm in Web Typography buff.ly/2AcEqBR

  • Winners of VR Awards 2018 announced buff.ly/2NQ5x9c

  • 'The body lights up': stroke survivors find their footing through dance buff.ly/2pYbjfH

  • Mathematical ideas are some of the most transformative and beautiful in history. So why do they get so little attention? buff.ly/2RZvkyW

  • Relics of power: why humans cannot resist the magical potency of charismatic objects buff.ly/2EvbtVY

  • How immersive technologies have sparked a theatrical revolution buff.ly/2Eor1dU

  • How Immersive Theater Is Bringing Intimacy Back to Entertainment. Instead of passively observing the story, audiences at these shows are swept up in human interactions buff.ly/2J4TMez

  • Rembrandt masterpiece The Night Watch to be restored under world's gaze buff.ly/2pXj05N

  • Why the practice of craft delivers a meaningful life buff.ly/2EqLH4T

  • Your next doctor’s appointment might be with an AI buff.ly/2RTtaB8

  • Palm’s progress: The rise, fall—and rebirth—of a legendary brand buff.ly/2AeGsRY

  • Paul Allen, 1953-2018: Microsoft’s cofounder and so much more buff.ly/2QTN1yP

  • DNA-based molecular computing will pave the way for programmable pills buff.ly/2NMLgBv

  • How acting as Carrie Fisher’s puppet made a career for Rogue One’s Princess Leia buff.ly/2NMrXZ8

  • How Paul Allen Saved the American Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence buff.ly/2CRPQ0v

  • Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave buff.ly/2NMrPJ9

  • Columbia DSL’s Sandbox: a podcast exploring new forms & functions of storytelling buff.ly/2RXKbu6

  • Creating Virtual Reality Journalism: A Guide For Best Practices buff.ly/2QLVuVr


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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.

Influence: The Week's Links

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ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:

  • Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave buff.ly/2NMrPJ9

  • Columbia DSL’s Sandbox: a podcast exploring new forms & functions of storytelling buff.ly/2RXKbu6

  • Creating Virtual Reality Journalism: A Guide For Best Practices buff.ly/2QLVuVr

  • AI learns to decipher images based on spoken words—almost like a toddler buff.ly/2Dquo3x

  • Arthur Miller and the Making of Willy Loman buff.ly/2Ov5NQg

  • How to approach design differently buff.ly/2S246YO

  • Exclusive: Lisa Strausfeld is developing a new kind of data viz “It’s almost like Google Earth for knowledge,” says the data guru. buff.ly/2AffwBk

  • Hollywood's 50 Most Powerful TV Showrunners of 2018 buff.ly/2RXcCZ5

  • MIT's AI can identify breast cancer risk as reliably as a radiologist buff.ly/2RVN5zh

  • The case for behavioral strategy buff.ly/2J84XTP

  • Jeff Bezos Wants Us All to Leave Earth—for Good buff.ly/2RSKzdb)

  • Jack Dorsey Has Problems With Twitter, Too buff.ly/2Eo7WII)

  • Isabel Allende: "The Influence of Hispanic Culture in Literature" | Talks at Google buff.ly/2J6K3o5

  • How My Smartphone Revived the Purity of Reading buff.ly/2LL6raf

  • Why We Forget Most of the Books We Read buff.ly/2DGStCV

  • How reading rewires your brain for more intelligence and empathy buff.ly/2KMnmIX

  • 10 Excel Functions Everyone Should Know buff.ly/2RQy3e4

  • Coffee Rust Threatens Latin American Crop; 150 Years Ago, It Wiped Out An Empire buff.ly/2RUIe1w

  • Apple overhauls its privacy pages, and now lets U.S. customers download their own data buff.ly/2CpjdpS

  • All the News From Adobe MAX buff.ly/2EkZdHd

  • It’s a Brand-New World When It Comes to Building Brands buff.ly/2QMStmW

  • Is creativity conscious or unconscious? buff.ly/2J2u3mY

  • Pantone’s latest colors are the ultimate sign of the times buff.ly/2EfzyzL

  • Infographic: Netflix is Responsible for 15% of Global Internet Traffic buff.ly/2RKix3z

  • M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion buff.ly/2ElfUlX

  • A Rare Dalí Painting Once Hung at Rikers Island—Until the Guards Decided to Steal It buff.ly/2OQpn92

  • Could the world’s mightiest computers be too complicated to use? buff.ly/2RMTmgy

  • Can We Just Admit That Banksy's Art-Shredding Stunt Is Actually Really Good? | artnet News buff.ly/2EkQe91

  • How to Deal With Conflict Effectively – Better Humans buff.ly/2OW6emh

  • Met Says 'Heavenly Bodies' Is Most Visited Show in Museum's History - buff.ly/2IStUlP

  • The Natural Wildness of the English Language – The Economist buff.ly/2pQBt3N

  • 4 lessons from the longest-running study on happiness buff.ly/2FpXlJn

  • Say no to meetings! And 3 other ideas to keep your workplace happy and healthy buff.ly/2RGDOLA

  • 3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer buff.ly/2RLyq9T

  • TED Talks to watch on a sleepy day in buff.ly/2IVXGWW

  • How to stop wasting your life watching TV and do something worthwhile with your downtime buff.ly/2CaJEzr

  • How Much Power Do ‘Millennials’ Actually Have? buff.ly/2C6IlBr

  • Gadget Lab Podcast: Gadget Lab Talks to Google’s Ivy Ross buff.ly/2ROckDO)

  • No One Can Get Cybersecurity Disclosure Just Right—Especially Lawmakers buff.ly/2RNLb3O)

  • Watch Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog Strut Through a Construction Site - We didn't learn from that Black Mirror episode. buff.ly/2EhSo9B)

  • Stephen King’s 20 Rules for Writers buff.ly/2EdT8g0

  • Cassini revealed three big surprises before diving into Saturn buff.ly/2C7wqmZ

  • Three people had their brains wired together so they could play Tetris buff.ly/2EflndW

  • This photographer is capturing images of dying species before they disappear buff.ly/2OkuVZV

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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.

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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.