The Week's Links (12.18.11)

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

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.