The Week's Links (5/6/12)

All the links posted to Twitter and Facebook this week: 

  • Leoš Janáček was crazy: What I’ve Learned This Week owl.li/1juOzR
  • Technology Review’s Emerging Technologiesowl.li/aALqY
  • Textual Playlists owl.li/9hZTZ
  • The genius of Alfred Hitchcock - in picturesowl.li/aAIpG
  • New World Symphony Tries Remix of Classical Music for iPod Generationowl.li/aHhhI
  • 20 Great Art Institutions to Follow on Tumblr, From the MoMA Library to the Museum of Wildlife Art owl.li/aAGFS
  • Creative Collaboration Lessons From A NY City Ballet Pas De Deux owl.li/1jqWEz
  • Top 10 most expensive works of art sold at auction - in pictures owl.li/aHh4N
  • Scott Wilson: Do What You Think Is Right & Apologize Later owl.li/aAGwP
  • From the 99% Conference Radiolab Explores Creativity and Failure owl.li/aHhBT
  • Management Secrets: Core Beliefs of Great Bosses owl.li/aADrP
  • 8 Visionaries on How They Spot the Futureowl.li/axYg2
  • MIT & Harvard open classes: ‘The Single Biggest Change in Education Since the Printing Press’ owl.li/aGjHs
  • Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography? owl.li/1jnOYP
  • Michael Bierut on rebranding Mohawkowl.li/axW5F
  • So fantastic: Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses owl.li/aG0FY
  • Urban Legends: See 45 Years Of Street Art From Around The World owl.li/axVZ3
  • Adobe CS6 gets a new interface and over the top new packaging. owl.li/axDNk
  • The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams owl.li/9hZOS
  • No Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Understanding social media in Chinaowl.li/axCWG
  • 3 Simple Tips for Better Meetings owl.li/axCPw
  • Henry Rollins Advice For Young Peopleowl.li/1jl7kO
  • The Poster that Launched a Movement (Or Not): Does political graphic design matter?owl.li/aDfaY
  • ‘Carnivàle’ Creator Bypasses Hollywood, Launches Transmedia Story ‘Haunted’owl.li/axwwi
  • Creativity Top 5: May 1, 2012 owl.li/1jjt6e
  • Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter? owl.li/axwn2
  • The Origins of the World’s Most Important Typefaces owl.li/9hZNl
  • Don’t Overthink It: 5 Tips for Daily Decision-Making owl.li/axwaZ
  • Three Years of Kickstarter Projects. Amazingowl.li/aDfkP
  • Fantastic History of Neue Haas Grotesk and Helvetica owl.li/axvYV /via @daringfireball
  • The design of a signage typeface. Another great type story via @daringfireballowl.li/axw3x
  • Facebook’s ‘Life-Saving’ Feature: Organ Donation Status on Timeline owl.li/aD7v7
  • Do you worship the tools of your trade as much as ballerinas worship their pointe shoes? owl.li/1jiOAs
  • 2012 Logo Trends - LogoLounge.comowl.li/aADdk
  • Adobe & HTML, is a compilation of all the things Adobe is doing to support HTML. Interesting resource. owl.li/axhfi
  • Modern Web Development Part 1 – The Webkit Inspector. An in-depth look.owl.li/axgD2 /via @paul_irish
  • A Look At Art with Stephen Fry owl.li/9hZMb
  • Fantastic essay on punctuation marks. [PDF]owl.li/axcU5
  • ‘Prometheus’ TV commercial to feature live tweets, Zeebox tie-in owl.li/aAAC5
  • Is it time to ditch the pitch? Isn’t there a better way to buy design? owl.li/axaGm
  • What Are You Tweeting For? owl.li/1jg43D
  • How Geniuses Think - thinking strategies commonly used to creative geniuses.owl.li/aAqWA
  • Thinking in a Foreign Language Makes Decisions More Rational owl.li/ax6ZF

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.