The Week's Links (5/15/11)
/All the links posted to Facebook and Twitter (@smartercreative) this week:
- Burnout Gains More Recognition among Psychologists: Scientific American http://owl.li/4UY8j
- Arts education: President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities issues report - latimes.comhttp://owl.li/4UjqL
- Cracking “The Thomas Beale Cipher” (Based on a true legend) http://ow.ly/1cEqWh
- From Me To You- the GIF is not for silly memes anymore. Mesmerizing. http://owl.li/4REFL
- How Self-Control Works: Scientific Americanhttp://ow.ly/4BuKQ
- Isobar Code Standards & Front-End Development Best Practices http://ow.ly/4yPqj
- Periodic Table of Storytelling http://ow.ly/4xp0nThis is mind-blowingly awesome.
- “I Was Itching Like a Crackhead”: Study Finds College Students Addicted to Mediahttp://ow.ly/4x9LU
- Longreads Goes Social With Community Picks And Aims For Sustainability http://owl.li/4TSUO Great source of fantastic writing.
- Why We Buy: How to Avoid 10 Costly Cognitive Biases — PsyBlog http://ow.ly/4tXAz
- Get to the Good Part: In Praise of Shortened Attention Spans http://owl.li/4TQAX
- Introducing the New Brain Pickingshttp://owl.li/4TjUx Congrats to @brainpicker for the relaunch. A great source of inspiration. #ff
- The Story Behind the Graham Google Doodlehttp://owl.li/4Twtl
- Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Storieshttp://ow.ly/1cDjhq
- Why writers must embrace social media, no matter the genre http://ow.ly/4Bv1D
- Alvin Ailey Awards Choreography Fellowships - NYTimes.com http://owl.li/4TjKI
- JavaScript Garden is a collection of docs about the most quirky parts of the JavaScript programming language. http://ow.ly/4yBjt
- WhatFont Bookmarklet - Find out which fonts are used on a webpage. http://ow.ly/4x7PH
- Watch Google’s Apple-esque Video Intro of Its Chromebook http://owl.li/4T9hB Biz and students can rent the device.
- The Pringle as Technology http://ow.ly/4x7xb Did junk food begin with the pringle?
- Natalie Portman & Colin Firth have both published papers on neuroscience. http://ow.ly/4C7DT
- Seven Myths About Transmedia Storytelling Debunked | Fast Company http://ow.ly/4C65b
- 20 Great Documentaries to Watch on Netflix Instant.http://ow.ly/4C5Sf
- Today’s Google Doodle is a brilliant tribute to Martha Graham. Beautiful. http://owl.li/4SfvS
- World’s Biggest Talkers Spread the TEDhttp://ow.ly/1cBMFc
- Hacking Education: A Contest for Developers and Data Crunchers http://owl.li/4RfGI
- Steven Sasson, inventor of the digital camera.http://ow.ly/4yPns The first digital pics were saved on tape. /via @daringfireball
- A Google-a-Day Puzzle http://owl.li/4REy2
- Gaming Grows Up http://ow.ly/1cAQiM
- How Mundane Routines Produce Creative Magichttp://ow.ly/4yMGr
- The Wired UK 100: The 100 most influential people in the UK digital world. http://owl.li/4Rg4R
- Why Culture Always Trumps Strategyhttp://ow.ly/4yxin
- Facebook Publishes Guide to Social Marketing Best Practices http://owl.li/4RoZI
- The Future Of Work Is Play http://ow.ly/4x7JS
- Creatives You Should Know 2011 - Advertising Agehttp://owl.li/4RhKH
- Seth’s Blog: What’s high school for?http://owl.li/4Q7T9
- Brand Empathy: How Mirror Neurons Can Reduce the Gap Between Brand and Self - Deep Mediahttp://owl.li/4Rfj5
- Microsoft Agrees to Buy Skype for $8.5 Billion to Add Web Calls - Bloomberg http://owl.li/4ReED
- Finding Your Work Sweet Spot: Genuine Interest, Skills & Opportunity :: The 99 Percenthttp://ow.ly/4lXQO
- 50+ Articles to Make You a Better Web Designerhttp://ow.ly/4x6Du
- Frank Rose: Entertainment and ads are being blurred (Wired UK) http://owl.li/4PR3A
- Minimalism Quotes… Through the Centurieshttp://ow.ly/4x6nh
- Nearly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalismhttp://ow.ly/1cztJ0
- How many groups reached the Americas before Christopher Columbus? http://ow.ly/4tXIx
- Beyond ‘Thriller’: Reinventing The Music Video - WSJ.com http://owl.li/4Q7EX
- Katie Wech, Screenwriter of Prom, on Writing Scripts - WSJ.com http://owl.li/4MySY
- Creativity Bytes: A Brief Guide To Architectural Projection Mapping | The Creators Projecthttp://ow.ly/4lWpq
- Confab 2011: The Content Strategy Conferencehttp://ow.ly/4yIJy 2011 is sold out, start planning for 2012.