The Week's Links (3/6/11)

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

• What We Learned This Week http://ow.ly/1bE4LY
• Artsmarts: Why Cutting Arts Funding Is Not a Good Idea | Psychology Today http://ow.ly/48Q11 Funding the arts funds innovation.
• Seth’s Blog: The limits of evidence-based marketinghttp://ow.ly/48PXV
• Data point: The leading mobile operating systems around the globe | JWT Intelligence http://ow.ly/48F4K
• The Science of Buzz | Fast Companyhttp://ow.ly/445LD
• CultureLab: Near-death neurologist: Dreams on the border of life http://ow.ly/3Uq8h
• Are Shrinking Brains Making Us Smarter? : Discovery News http://ow.ly/3Un1P
• PSFK » 11 Innovative Ideas To Help Reinvigorate Creativity In The Classroom http://ow.ly/47BSD
• Shanghai: 1990 vs. 2010 http://ow.ly/3Umwa A lot happens in 20 years.
• Visualizing WiFi Signals with Light http://ow.ly/1bC6vK
• 100 Great Tips to Improve Your Life | LifeRemixhttp://ow.ly/44oAV
• Right Brain vs Left Brain Creativity Test at The Art Institute of Vancouver http://ow.ly/447T4
• Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc. http://ow.ly/3UmsKSearch Flickr images by color.
• Got a Fan Club? Mobilize It - NYTimes.comhttp://ow.ly/47Mrk
• TED 2011: The Rediscovery of Wonder, Day 3 | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/47DAF
• Photographer and TED Prize Winner JR launches the Inside Out Project and seeks your help by using your portrait. http://ow.ly/47BRI
• The ‘Panda’ That Hates Farms: A Q&A With Google’s Top Search Engineers | Wired.com http://ow.ly/47ycb
• Be brilliant at the basics | David Airey, graphic designer http://ow.ly/3Uqbn
• The result of TED’s Ads Worth Spreading competition are in. http://ow.ly/47plR Are these ads worth spreading?
• BankSimple Wants to Shake Up Banking, With Cutting Edge UI Design | Co.Design http://ow.ly/47ihy
• Cool Font Pairings | FontFuse http://ow.ly/3Uq0T
• Caffeine Cuts Men’s Ability to Collaborate Under Stress http://ow.ly/1bB9Vv
• TED2011 : Cady Coleman @ The International Space Station on Vimeo http://ow.ly/1bB9VA
• At TED, Ex-Apple Designer Debuts Tricked-Out iPad Version of Al Gore’s New Book | Fast Companyhttp://ow.ly/47hlS
• Newsbook | Engage http://ow.ly/47hbk An index of current news from many news services, curated on Facebook.
• Why Are Easy Decisions So Hard? | Wired.comhttp://ow.ly/47h3P Ever been paralyzed by a supermarket aisle? This explains why.
• TED to Name Winners of Video Ad Contest on Thursday - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/47giB
• Fanatical Devotion: Where Have All the Passionate Artists Gone? | Big Think http://ow.ly/3Upgm
• NExTWORK - The Future of the Network Starts Herehttp://ow.ly/47aLz Wired and The Economist present a conference on the power of networks.
• 15 Essential Interviews For The Creative Community | Inspired Magazine http://ow.ly/3U7nM
• Solar-powered print ad pushes green energyhttp://ow.ly/1bAXes
• TED 2011 The Rediscovery of Wonder, Day Two | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/4766E
• TED 2011: The Rediscovery of Wonder, Day One | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/46QnZ
• Sappi Fine Paper - Comprehensive Search to Find a Printer http://ow.ly/3Uq2x
• Google Body a detailed 3D model of the human body by Google Labs http://ow.ly/445KG
• Creativity Bytes: A Brief Guide To Light Painting | The Creators Project http://ow.ly/3Updd
• How to Execute Great Ideas http://ow.ly/447Yk
• House of Buttons http://ow.ly/3Unfc A collection of great UI buttons.
• The Internet Wishlist is a collection of ideas for apps and websites people are wishing for.http://ow.ly/448Dy
• What Katie Ate - The food images in this blog are mouth-watering. http://ow.ly/3U76r
• Smithsonian Exhibition: The Art of Video Games / American Art http://ow.ly/447F4
• Fonts In Use – The Typographic Monotony of American Retail http://ow.ly/3Uncr
• TEDTalks are now on Hulu http://ow.ly/45Rmx
• Suitcase Type Foundry - iPad applicationhttp://ow.ly/44eUC A beautiful way to search for fonts.
• What Do We Mean By “Innovation,” “Collaboration,” or “Design”? | Co.Design http://ow.ly/447x9
• A Creative Commons Primer (in Links)http://ow.ly/3Un4f
• The Hangline | Creative Billboard Examples and Inspiration http://ow.ly/3Umzt
• SND32: “i” of Portugal named World’s Best-Designed™ – The Society for News Designhttp://ow.ly/447us
• OpenInvo: unexpected innovation. unexpected opportunity. http://ow.ly/3U6Ns A marketplace for open innovation.
• Motion Graphic Design Census, an unofficial web-based survey of Motion Graphic Designers.http://ow.ly/3RgTR
• Furniture shops: The secret of IKEA’s success | The Economist http://ow.ly/443C3
• Secrets of a Mind-Gamer - NYTimes.comhttp://ow.ly/447qB
• PSFK » The Trick To A Great Memory? It’s All About Creativity http://ow.ly/447pK
• Futurity.org – Being bilingual gives brains a boosthttp://ow.ly/44CBc
• Learning a Second Language Protects Against Alzheimer’s | LiveScience http://ow.ly/44CCL
• One word, sixty seconds to write about it. oneword.com http://ow.ly/3RfVL
• Seriously, always read The Manual http://ow.ly/4476u
• Frank Chimero - The Manual http://ow.ly/4475g A manual you’ll actually want to read.
• Announcing Transmedia, Hollywood 2: Visual Culture and Design http://ow.ly/446Ym
• CultureLab: Emotion 2.0, When Robots Cryhttp://ow.ly/3RfIA
• Microsoft’s Former CTO Takes On Modernist Cuisinehttp://ow.ly/445Hd
• Top ten brains of the digital future « Prospect Magazine http://ow.ly/446Wi
• Henry Jenkins named one of Top 10 Brains of the digital future. http://ow.ly/446U1
• CultureStops.org - On March 10, witness a world devoid of creativity, imagination & though.http://ow.ly/44pcY
• 1030+ Illustrator Tutorials: A Collection Motherload! - Web Design Blog http://ow.ly/3RcOr
• JPMorgan Fund Seeks Minority Stake in Twitter - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/44CHH
• Charitable Deduction Limit: Bad For Art Nonprofits? : NPR http://ow.ly/44CER