The Week's Links (9.18.11)
Antonio Ortiz
All the links posted to Facebook and Twitter (@) this week:
- Registration Open for Futures of Entertainment 5 owl.li/6xEyT
- What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com owl.li/6xBms
- The Willpower Circuit owl.li/6qQQT The marshmallow experiment 40 years later.
- 30 gifts to 30 strangers in Sydney, a must-see end-of-week treat owl.li/1eIYtS
- The Perils of a Wandering Mind owl.li/6lPFi Is daydreaming bad for you?
- Google Aims Dart To Kill JavaScript owl.li/6vRz4
- Osaka Station City Dynamic Water Sculpture owl.li/1eIRZL
- Peter Lovatt: ‘Dancing can change the way you think’ owl.li/6hbTG
- How the Boston Globe Pulled Off HTML5 Responsive Design owl.li/6vRt5
- Season 7 of @’s Design Matters starts today with Michael Arad, designer of the 9/11 Memorial. owl.li/6wqng
- How Does the Brain Work? owl.li/6vGTt
- “Why’s this so good?” No. 11: Tom Junod on Mister Rogers and graceowl.li/6tCId
- “Why’s this so good?” No. 10: Ralph Wiley tackles Jim Brown owl.li/6tCGJ
- Mapnificent - Dynamic Public Transport Travel Time Maps owl.li/6hbxDAvailable for major cities. Very cool.
- The Devil’s Drink by Luke Fentress owl.li/6vqji Is coffee the work of the devil? 2.25 billion cups are consumed per day.
- 50 Most Influential Designers in America | Fast Company owl.li/6vQ0K
- Registration Open for Futures of Entertainment 5 owl.li/6vPLj
- New Consortium Finances Arts Projects to Aid Recovery - NYTimes.comowl.li/6vH2K
- Dear great teachers, ThanksForTeaching.Us owl.li/6vDlD
- Amazon.com: @, connecting writers and readers via Kindelowl.li/6lQ3o
- Chefs aim to save the world owl.li/6vGbR
- Where’s Adobe Taking Us? — What does the future hold for Graphic Designers? owl.li/6qP12
- There is no software for leadership.
- Getting Started on the Google+ API owl.li/6vCQP
- Guardian launches national Book Swap with 15,000-volume giveaway. Books left in public places around the UK. owl.li/6vBPq
- First Lady Michelle Obama honors National Design Awards Winnersowl.li/1eHXFE
- Reliable Cross-Browser Testing, Part 1: Internet Explorer owl.li/6lPyF
- How to Focus Mind Map owl.li/1eHQWY
- Leaflet - a modern, lightweight JavaScript library for interactive maps by CloudMade owl.li/6gUo2
- Seminal Productivity Ideas owl.li/68Prf
- YouTube adds a built-in video editor owl.li/6uQks
- Facebook Introduces the Subscribe Button owl.li/6uMCc Yet another feature to be more like Google+
- Lego: Words Puzzle owl.li/6lPvl Has Lego ever done a bad ad?
- Exhibition: Absolut Vis10ns owl.li/6tCYC Larger than life bottles by various artists.
- Where in the World? A Google Earth Puzzle owl.li/6rlua How did I miss this before, amazing images.
- From Cows to Cartons owl.li/6lCIN Packaging milk.
- 40 Trippy “Tilt-Shift” Photos & 1 Video That Toy With Your Eyeballsowl.li/6kKnN
- Comedians@Google Eddie Izzard: Sometimes you have to kill your creative babies owl.li/1eGLZb
- Makin’ Ads: 2011 Radio Mercury Finalists Announced owl.li/6tBE4 Listen to some good radio spots.
- 7 Artists Who Create Magical, Miniature Worlds owl.li/6kK1L
- Creativity Top 5: September 13, 2011 - via creativity-online.com The Dior spot at #3 is spectacular, with gorgeous … owl.li/1eG4Ba
- Twitter Unlocks its Valuable Web Analytics Data with Free Dashboardowl.li/6tz2o
- “What you tolerate becomes your job.” —Aaron Hillegass /via @
- OMG, ETC owl.li/6qMEj Are words really getting in the way so much we need acronyms?
- Game of Thrones 2011 Emmy Winner for Main Title Design. Art of the Title has an interview with designers. owl.li/6tkMw
- Happy Words Trump Negativity in the English Language owl.li/6qLpg
- Gamer Heal Thyself With Jane McGonigal’s SuperBetter owl.li/6qKGU
- Cliff Richard wins fight to have music copyright extended in the UKowl.li/6t9eR
- The anticipation of giving: Rare video of Frank Oz eulogizing Jim Hensonow.ly/1eFKH1
- Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorsonowl.li/6kKku
- Jeff Bezos On Innovation: Stubborn On Vision; Flexible On Detailsowl.li/6lGSY Insight into Bezos’ thinking.
- Don’t Write What You Know owl.li/6ld3a Is documenting it better than making it up?
- Linda Rottenberg: If no one is calling you “crazy,” you’re probably not thinking big enough. ow.ly/1eEN6e
- Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. owl.li/6ifmz
- Life is essentially decisions and coffee. /via @
- The “Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest is due 10/10/11 owl.li/6riMh
- The Consequences of Writing Without Reading owl.li/6qOYs
- Andy Carvin: the man who tweets revolutions owl.li/6lH4w
- 25 Quotables from the 99% Conference owl.li/62yvU