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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