The Week's Links (2/20/11)

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

• What We Learned This Week http://ow.ly/1bqghG
• Official Google Blog: An update to Google Social Search http://ow.ly/3ZTnT
• Joshua Davis Creates the Face of Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy Supercomputer | Co.Designhttp://ow.ly/3ZTmW
• What IBM’s ‘Watson’ Finds Elementary, And Not So Much | Wired.com http://ow.ly/3ZJEO
• The Secret Coke Recipe on “This American Life?” My Dad Found That | Fast Company http://ow.ly/3ZGPh 
• BBC News - Best of British: Design Award Highlightshttp://ow.ly/3ZGIz 
• PSFK » The School of Life’s Minibar For The Mindhttp://ow.ly/3ZGaw 
• The 2011 Most Innovative Companieshttp://ow.ly/3ZG8c 
• The Tomb of St. Peter by Margherita Guarduccihttp://ow.ly/3O708 A look at ancient type and text. /via @quipsologies 
• Writing habits of the the best writers | Psychology Today http://ow.ly/3O6Fi 
• Neil Gaiman Explains How Piracy Helped Sell his Books - eBookNewser http://ow.ly/3WYg4 
• ‘Thinking Cap’ Designed to Promote Creativity : Discovery News http://ow.ly/3WXlu 
• Seven steps to Zen-like creativity - The Globe and Mail http://ow.ly/3O4L8 
• 50 Best Blogs for Humanities Scholarshttp://ow.ly/3O4io 
• Barcode-to-Bibliography App Makes College Ridiculously Easy | Fast Company http://ow.ly/3YGca 
• Official Google Blog: Visualize your own data in the Google Public Data Explorer http://ow.ly/3YCYE 
• The Art of Managing the Right-Brainedhttp://ow.ly/3MWkj 
• Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait Painting Make-Uphttp://ow.ly/3MW36 Amazingly realistic. Fantastic. 
• Twitter Releases YouTube Video Guide on How to Buy Ads on Service | AllThingsD http://ow.ly/3YttD 
• A whopping 94 percent of global data is now stored digitally, up from 0.8 percent 25 years ago.http://ow.ly/3WXjD 
• Angry Birds gamers spend 200 million minutes playing each day http://ow.ly/3YrS0 
• 15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will | The A.V. Clubhttp://ow.ly/3Yr6z 
• CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions - Smashing Magazine http://ow.ly/3YrwZ 
• Pioneers of Spanish Graphic Design | Brain Pickingshttp://ow.ly/3YqPI 
• 145 Years of Architecture at MIT: Design Observerhttp://ow.ly/3YqKz 
• The End Of Trends: If It’s Hot, It’s Over : NPRhttp://ow.ly/3UNiG 
• On ‘Jeopardy!’ Computer Win Is All but Trivial - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3YpA3 
• Frank Chimero - Whiteboard Accountinghttp://ow.ly/3MVWo interesting idea on freelancing, choosing clients and managing your money. 
• The Recipe for a certain soda | This American Lifehttp://ow.ly/3YnoP 
• Email Etiquette II: Why Emoticons (And Emotional Cues) Work :: The 99 Percent http://ow.ly/3XZ4H 
• Little Big Details - A blog all in the details.http://ow.ly/3MVTg 
• Announcing TED Conversations! http://ow.ly/3YeKY 
• Google counters Apple subscriptions with more flexible One Pass http://ow.ly/3XZ2q 
• Live on TED.com tomorrow: Ask IBM insiders about Watson, the Jeopardy computer http://ow.ly/1bn2F6 
• Videogames make players feel like their best selves. Why not give them real problems to solve?http://ow.ly/3MVOR 
• Brazilian “fanfunding” site suggests new business model for concert industry | JWT Intelligencehttp://ow.ly/3WYTU 
• BBC News - Product placement logo for TV shows launched http://ow.ly/3WYFk 
• The HTML5 test - How well does your browser support HTML5? http://ow.ly/3MPFc 
• Initializr - Start your HTML5 project in 15 seconds!http://ow.ly/3WVuX 
• 10 Incredible Interactive YouTube Videoshttp://ow.ly/3MO8j La Linea Interactive is great interactive animation. 
• MoMA’s Paola Antonelli on Humanizing Objects and “Talk To Me” http://ow.ly/1bmwx2 
• Fashion Color Report Fall 2011 | PaperSpecshttp://ow.ly/3XnpD 
• A 90-Minute Plan for Personal Effectiveness - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business Reviewhttp://ow.ly/3MNtY 
• Apple Offers Subscriptions for All iPad Publications - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3Xnzo 
• Robert Lepage’s ‘Siegfried’ at the Met Opera Is to Use 3-D - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3XnrB 
• HTML5 Will Be Done in 2014, What Comes Next? | Webmonkey | Wired.com http://ow.ly/3XcO3 
• Usage Statistics and Market Share of Content Management Systems for Websiteshttp://ow.ly/3MNaq 
• Chrysler Gets Extra Miles Out of Eminem Super Bowl Ad - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/3WWPE 
• Upcoming Conferences and Events for Designers and Developers in 2011 - Smashing Magazinehttp://ow.ly/3WYzs 
• Game Theory Series Probes Videogames’ Big Questions | GameLife | Wired.com http://ow.ly/3WX8H 
• Technology: Print me a Stradivarius | The Economisthttp://ow.ly/3WYDH 
• TinEye Reverse Image Search http://ow.ly/3MN94 
• Readability 2.0 is disruptive two ways – Jeffrey Zeldman http://ow.ly/3WYc9 
• Apple Unveils Subscription Plans | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://ow.ly/3WWxo 
• PSFK » Radiohead Defies Convention Again With Latest Album Release http://ow.ly/3WW1l 
• free university lectures - computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry http://ow.ly/3WVs3 
• Social Media Sparked, Accelerated Egypt’s Revolutionary Fire | Epicenter | Wired.comhttp://ow.ly/3WUN0 
• Five Signs You’re a Bad Boss - WSJ.comhttp://ow.ly/3WUJt 
• Malcolm Gladwell on Creativity, Writing and Embracing Chaos http://ow.ly/1blxIm 
• Industry Experts Talk About The Future Of Publishinghttp://ow.ly/3MN4T 
• The School of Life : Nick Southgate on Little Things and Big Differences http://ow.ly/3WTkn 
• In the Blink of Bird’s Eye, a Model for Quantum Navigation | Wired.com http://ow.ly/3MN1p 
• The 21st Century MVP: Bridge Personalities Who Happily Span Cultures | Co.Design http://ow.ly/3MFE2 
• Simplify Wedding Planning with Google for Weddingshttp://ow.ly/3VB9r 
• Subversion for designers - PixelNovel Timeline - Version Control System for Adobe Creative Suite.http://ow.ly/3MFCA 
• Branding & Visual Studies: Foundations and Research — Rob Giampietro’s Branding and Identity Design syllabus for SVA. http://ow.ly/3Uq5n 
• Biologist Stuart Firestein on Smell, Taste and Memoryhttp://ow.ly/1bkutm 
• A List Apart: Design Criticism and the Creative Process http://ow.ly/3MFxi 
• Universities on the brink, the state of US higher education. Forbes.com http://ow.ly/3RaVw 
• Danger: America Is Losing Its Edge In Innovation - Forbes http://ow.ly/3MFrg 
• Internet Explorer 9 Guide for Developershttp://ow.ly/3VaDA 
• Valentine’s Day - Wikipedia http://ow.ly/3MFyfKnow the story behind the flowers and chocolates. 
• Search Optimization and Its Dirty Little Secrets - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3VBEK 
• A Taste of TED2011 | A TED.com Playlisthttp://ow.ly/3VyYT