The Week's Links (3/4/12)

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All the links posted to Twitter, Facebook and Google+ this week: 

  • 99% Invisible (What I Learned This Week)owl.li/1hMZFT
  • World Press Photos of the Year, 2012owl.li/9lClv /via @jkottke
  • Jason Randal On Developing Expertise.owl.li/9hYmi
  • Collected Wisdom: 25 Bits of Advice on Making Ideas Happen owl.li/9lrEa
  • When Bad Things Happen To Productive People owl.li/9lr1N
  • The Three Little Pigs As Breaking Newsowl.li/1hLk4W
  • The myth of the eight-hour sleep owl.li/9iE1HTurns out 2 4 hour “naps” between an hour awake, work the same.
  • Phys Ed: How Exercise Fuels the Brainowl.li/9kX8A
  • SVA/BBC Design Film Festival, design, advertising and book related films. March 24, for only $15. owl.li/9oD5P
  • Announcing Transmedia Hollywood 3: Rethinking Creative Relations owl.li/9lrx3
  • I’m Being Followed: How Google—and 104 Other Companies—Are Tracking Me on the Web owl.li/9oxPC
  • Have you met @alaindebotton? owl.li/9hYiH
  • Made by Hand: The Beekeeper owl.li/1hK5QF
  • Introducing Programming to Preschoolersowl.li/9lqVC
  • Kickstarter Expects To Provide More Funding To The Arts Than NEA owl.li/9lqDo
  • Check out Explore – a discovery engine for meaningful knowledge edited by @brainpickerfor @Coursekit j.mp/AgjnCC
  • Bansky on Art and Advertising owl.li/1hJNpE
  • Rethinking School owl.li/9lq7N
  • Talent or Practice – What Matters More?owl.li/9lqgc
  • J.K. Rowling And The Benefits of Failureowl.li/9hYfs
  • Designers & Books: Book lists and commentary from esteemed designers and architectsowl.li/9lpWr Love this.
  • Four, A Beautiful Animated Short About The Seasons owl.li/1hIBRp
  • Freed of London keeps ballet dancers on their toes owl.li/9mbrm Do they make the World’s best pointe shoes?
  • The Curious Beauty Of Empty Video Game Environments owl.li/9lpi0
  • True Innovation owl.li/1hInoh
  • New York Times introduces archive photo Tumblr owl.li/9louQ Great images.
  • Creativity Top 5: February 27, 2012owl.li/1hHp86
  • Writing a TEDTalk from the future: Q&A with Damon Lindelof owl.li/9lGyt
  • Peter Weyland TEDTalk from 2023 as envisioned by Prometheus director Ridley Scottowl.li/9lGpl Also, clever movie promo
  • Dancing the grandeur of technology: Quixotic Fusion at TED2012 owl.li/9lFJy
  • 10 Great Masters of Tilt-Shift Photographyowl.li/9lBXB
  • Snow Drawings by Sonja Hinrichsenowl.li/9iGFa For fans of beautiful art, math and circles.
  • The Met Opera Implements Dynamic Pricingowl.li/9ltlK
  • Who translates your ideas? owl.li/9hYel
  • Depression Is Linked to Hyperconnectivity of Brain Regions, a New Study Shows owl.li/9izWh
  • TED announces the winners of last year’s Ads Worth Spreading owl.li/9lnLm
  • Feltron Report 2010/2011 is out owl.li/9ll5FFantastic as always.
  • Mark Twain Captured on Film by Thomas Edison (1909) owl.li/9izwT
  • Bret Victor: Creators need an immediate connection to what they create. owl.li/1hGVRH
  • Martin Scorsese’s film school – 85 films you should see j.mp/xvdfjU @openculture has many free j.mp/n6cVDa 
  • Cocoa Literature owl.li/9iwym A large library of cocoa development resources.
  • Have you met @SirKenRobinson? owl.li/9hYcL
  • Teller Reveals His Secrets owl.li/9iwwG Just great.
  • A Solar Company’s Amazing Infographics Are Powered By The Sun owl.li/9irni
  • How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google’s New Privacy Policy Takes Effect owl.li/9ix2T
  • PBS Online Film Festival Starts Todayowl.li/1hFAh2
  • Adele In The Goldilocks Zone owl.li/9irkhWhat is the role of style in music?
  • Developed as an app and short film “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” just won an Oscar. owl.li/9iOCo
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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.