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The Week's Links (3/27/11)

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

  • What we learned this week http://ow.ly/1bWNXo
  • Imaginary Foundation: Autistic boy of twelve develops his own version of theory of relativity.http://ow.ly/4nefi /via @brainpicker
  • Morgan Spurlock Is With the Brand | Fast Companyhttp://ow.ly/4n5J7
  • LinkedIn: 100 million members and counting… (infographic) http://ow.ly/4ned5 
  • 40K Books: 99-Cent Essays by Million-Dollar Authors | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/4n5HM 
  • Think Quarterly - Google’s Publication UK Edition, soon coming to the US. Available as a PDF.http://ow.ly/4n5CM 
  • Inkling signs with major publishers to bring 100 textbooks to iPad by 2012, no actual ink — Engadgethttp://ow.ly/4n0zd 
  • De Condimentis: Butter | HiLobrowhttp://ow.ly/48Q3h You really don’t know butter. 
  • New Electrode Tech Could Recharge Batteries in Two Minutes | Gadget Lab http://ow.ly/4lJsn 
  • Tools for creating ideas http://ow.ly/48GoY 
  • Reach, Design Across The Social Spectrum - Graphic Design Conference - April 2, 2011 - Princeton University http://ow.ly/4lXdn 
  • In honor of Spring coming (eventually): The Physics of The Flower’s Bloom http://ow.ly/4k1nS 
  • CBS: Viewers’ Age and Sex Shouldn’t Matter to Marketers - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lG95 
  • Nerve-Electronic Hybrid Could Meld Mind and Machine | Wired.com http://ow.ly/4jWAN 
  • World’s Most Admired Companies 2011: Best in Innovation - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.comhttp://ow.ly/4lXvP 
  • Disney’s Imagineers On Sound Designhttp://ow.ly/1bVAXW 
  • Brainstorming 2.0: Making Ideas That Really Happen :: The 99 Percent http://ow.ly/447mL 
  • SXSW: What ARG Makers Can Learn from UI Designers « Culture Hacker http://ow.ly/4lXTq 
  • How to say ‘Peace’ in 100+ languageshttp://ow.ly/47i9d 
  • Magazines’ New Rules for Counting Digital Sales - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lY0u 
  • Brain Light Bulb http://ow.ly/4lWPU Absolutely love this. 
  • Conversation, discovery and reputation: tools for navigating the age of abundance « Planning in High Heels http://ow.ly/4lW5O 
  • “VANISHED”: Smithsonian and MIT to Launch Sci-Fi Infused Interactive Mystery Event | MIT Comparative Media Studies http://ow.ly/4lQEv 
  • Google Appears Ready to Publish U.S. Version of Think Quarterly Magazine | MediaWorks - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lJqv 
  • An Illustrated Guide - short reviews of notable picture books. http://ow.ly/48Gno 
  • Le Flaneur: Time Lapse Video of Paris Without the People http://ow.ly/1bV8df 
  • Color: Trojan horse photo startup - Fortune Techhttp://ow.ly/4lEZj What likely lies behind Bill Nguyen’s whimsical new iPhone app. 
  • How to Kick Ass on Kickstarter: An Interview with Frank Chimero - GOOD http://ow.ly/4lLas 
  • Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It) http://ow.ly/47icb 
  • Wall Street Journal offering single issue downloads for the iPad | Macworld http://ow.ly/4lGTR 
  • Slaughter the Sacred Cows by Sally Hogsheadhttp://ow.ly/1bV182 
  • Four lines of code is all it takes for The New York Times’ paywall to come tumbling down » Nieman Journalism Lab http://ow.ly/4lEmD 
  • Top 6 Help Design Patterns for iPhone Apps | inspireUX http://ow.ly/44oyC 
  • 3 Iconic Film Directors Interpret Classic Operas | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/4lDyF 
  • Behind the Veil: Questions About Art Authentication | By James Panero - WSJ.com http://ow.ly/4lBWT 
  • emazekraker - Web Wireframe Kit http://ow.ly/44orm 
  • The School of Life : Mark Vernon on Doubthttp://ow.ly/47caW Do you suffer from the ‘disease of doubt’? 
  • Best of Digital News Design Winners – The Society for News Design http://ow.ly/4hX7B 
  • How Kickstarter Became a Lab for Daring Prototypes and Ingenious Products http://ow.ly/4ijnn 
  • The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness | Fast Company http://ow.ly/47b8F 
  • Paramount Movie World Premiere on BitTorrent: PR Stunt or the Future? | Fast Companyhttp://ow.ly/4hW0J 
  • Architecture and Design Film Festivalhttp://ow.ly/44sqJ 
  • Polaroid and Apple: Innovation Through Mental Invention | Fast Company http://ow.ly/4jX3X 
  • Apple’s Jonathan Ive: How did a British polytechnic graduate become its design genius?http://ow.ly/4jWUo 
  • The Happiness Project: 10 Tips to Beat Clutter…in Less Than 5 Minutes. http://ow.ly/44ovd 
  • Amazon Launches Its Own Android App Storehttp://ow.ly/4k1iC 
  • First Look: Firefox 4 Web browser Reviewhttp://ow.ly/4k1d6 
  • New Chameleon project helps developers port iOS apps to the Mac http://ow.ly/4k1by 
  • Scott Adams Blog: Happiness Engineeringhttp://ow.ly/4jWJU 
  • Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Harvard Business Review http://ow.ly/475S2 
  • Exploring and Defining Influence: A New Study Brian Solis http://ow.ly/44spA 
  • The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Products | Fast Company http://ow.ly/4hVZS 
  • Paula Scher: Who Gives The Best Info? A Short History Of Information Design http://ow.ly/44sng 
  • Brain’s ‘Reward Center’ Reacts to Bad Experiences Too | Psych Central News http://ow.ly/44jLj 
  • Tom Moon, a Critic, Returns to His Music Roots - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/4js9Z 
  • How Bill Gates’ Favorite Teacher Wants to Disrupt Education | Fast Company http://ow.ly/44osS 
  • Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011http://ow.ly/4hVsP 
  • An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Influence & Persuasion | SEOmoz http://ow.ly/44oku 
  • In a continent with few computers and little electricity, a smartphone is a potential revolution. Digital Africa http://ow.ly/4hGke 
  • 5 Manifestos for Art, Life & Business :: The 99 Percent http://ow.ly/4ix9i 
  • How the Internet Gets Inside Us : The New Yorkerhttp://ow.ly/44odr 
  • Girl Walks Into a Bar - The first major movie made for and released on YouTube. http://ow.ly/4fjgB 
  • MoMA | On Line- Drawing Through The 20th Century http://ow.ly/4hG2y 
  • “Cure for the Common Font” — A Web Designer’s Introduction to Typeface Selection http://ow.ly/4ix74 
  • 6 Recent Innovations From Starbuckshttp://ow.ly/4fkHk 
  • Brilliant statistician Hans Rosling will be live online from 11:30am-1:30pm EST in the TED Conversations space at http://on.ted.com/AskHans 
  • Kansas City Library Transforms Parking Lot Into Giant Bookshelf http://ow.ly/1bRx5V 
  • Five and a Half Habits of Highly Effective Designers - Smashing Magazine http://ow.ly/446Oj