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The Week's Links: August 1, 2014

All the links posted on social networks this week:

  • PBS Digital Studios to Premiere First Scripted Series, "Frankenstein, M.D." on Tuesday, August 19owl.li/zCVyT
  • The secret of Minecraft owl.li/zCCoe
  • 20 New Yorker Design Stories To Read Nowowl.li/zCD2v
  • McDonald's Will Spend the Next 18 Months Rebranding owl.li/zCCVo
  • The 99U Podcast: Graphic Design Advice with Craig Ward owl.li/zCz1L
  • How to Manage Idea Overflow owl.li/zCzyy
  • ◉ The magic of a clear specification owl.li/zCuWF
  • The Enemies of Invention: Psychology Todayowl.li/zCzxa
  • ◉ Recommended: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much owl.li/zCvhz
  • Permission to Sin: How Moral Licensing Sabotages Your Long-Term Goals owl.li/zCyUe
  • ◉ Vint Cerf Explains The Internet's Address Book -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/7/27…
  • Hand-Sketching: Things You Didn't Know Your Doodles Could Accomplish owl.li/zCzm6
  • Five Things Rich People Know That You Don't, General Strict Financial Discipline - WSJ.comowl.li/zCyRM
  • Why Your Life Needs A Mission Statement owl.li/zCzfv
  • Introducing the Password as Reminder owl.li/zCz8R
  • World’s Second Richest Man Thinks You Should Only Be Working Three Days a Week owl.li/zCyrB
  • Get More from Your Day by Using 90 Minute Blocksowl.li/zCyIp
  • ◉ Worthwhile Stories owl.li/zCuIN
  • Pixar: How to Create a Creative Culture owl.li/zCyEL
  • ◉ Recommended: The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession owl.li/zCvc3
  • From the unlocked New Yorker archive: A Pickpocket’s Tale- The spectacular thefts of Apollo Robbins. owl.li/zCy2K
  • ◉ Barcelona: Beautiful Timelapse Short Film -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/7/26…
  • Maria Popova: Staying Present and Grounded in the Age of Information Overload owl.li/zCyzo
  • Fascinating: The Mark of a Masterpiece- The man who keeps finding famous fingerprints on uncelebrated works of art. owl.li/zCxQl
  • How Creative Hobbies Make Us Better At Basically Everything owl.li/zCywX
  • 8 Hilarious Writers Who Landed Their Hollywood Dream Jobs on Twitter owl.li/zCyvx
  • Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world owl.li/zCp8H
  • 7 Questions For Logo Design Legend Ivan Chermayeff owl.li/zCm0i
  • ◉ Creative Destruction owl.li/zCuGk
  • From the unlocked New Yorker archive: How David Beats Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell owl.li/zCxNl
  • The intro to NPR One, NPR's new app, is fantastic. All apps should be introduced by @guyrazowl.li/zIsfA
  • ◉ Recommended: Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work! owl.li/zCv9P
  • UI, UX: Who Does What? A Designer's Guide To The Tech Industry owl.li/zClYa
  • ◉ The Creative Influence: Michael Bierut -smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/7/26…
  • From The New Yorker's unlocked archive: Pixel Perfect, on photographer and retoucher Pascal Dangin. owl.li/zCxIn
  • What Do Chinese Dumplings Have to Do With Global Warming? owl.li/zClmz
  • Great article- Ambient Genius: The working life of Brian Eno. owl.li/zCxCu
  • Didn't Read Facebook's Fine Print? Here's Exactly What It Says owl.li/zCtEF
  • The Beginner's Guide to Getting Better Sleepowl.li/zClfq
  • Uncovering Algorithms: Looking Inside the Facebook News Feed | MIT owl.li/zvu1U
  • The Necessary Art of Persuasion - Harvard Business Review owl.li/zCiHh
  • Did the invention of the notebook make us more creative? owl.li/zvhee
  • ◉ In praise of laziness owl.li/zCuDN
  • Creativity Top 5: Week of July 25, 2014 owl.li/zFRNm
  • A Quick Animated Tour of Iconic Modernist Housesowl.li/zC3f2
  • ◉ Recommended: The Idea Writers: Copywriting in a New Media and Marketing Era owl.li/zCv5p
  • 4 Things You Thought Were True About Time Management owl.li/zvh7Q
  • ◉ Tony Schwartz: To Solve Big Problems, Change Your Process - smartercreativity.com/blog/2014/7/26…
  • Great podcast episode of Digital Human about selling.owl.li/zAHIP
  • Unpacking the Science: How Playing Music Changes the Learning Brain owl.li/zu7AP
  • A History of the Future in 100 Objects owl.li/zAvFo
  • Re-Creating The Magic Of Harry Potter In The Real World owl.li/zAqYQ
  • Browse 'The New Yorker' archives free of charge for the rest of the summer owl.li/zqxbI
  • 7 things good communicators must not doowl.li/znnbE
  • Ingenious Signs Ensure You Always Get A Seat On The Train owl.li/zpF8W
  • Can Creativity Be Learned? owl.li/znas1
  • These Futuristic Perfumes Smell Like Things That Will Be Destroyed By Climate Change owl.li/zpuas
  • What Creative People Need To Do To Protect Their Work owl.li/zn9U4
  • 9 Science-Backed Methods For More Productive Meetings owl.li/zptJL
  • Behind the Traveler Photo Contest – Intelligent Travelowl.li/zn8jG
  • Act Like an Entrepreneur Inside Your Organizationowl.li/zppPM
  • New wrist-mounted device augments the human hand with two robotic fingers. | MIT News owl.li/zo23Z
  • Not Sleeping Well? Blame the Moon owl.li/zmVT2
  • How The Average American Work Week Compares To The Rest Of The World owl.li/zm63i
  • What price is right for great theatre? owl.li/zm8BR
  • 10 Tips For Leading Through Changes owl.li/zm62D
  • The Future of Opera. Is It Dead? - WSJ owl.li/zm8zc
  • War Of Words At Met Opera May Signal Shutdownowl.li/zC3k8
  • Infographic: Every Trip To The Moon, Everowl.li/zm60o
  • Are Multiplayer Games the Future of Education?owl.li/zm8wR
  • How amusement parks hijack your brain owl.li/zm5XC
  • The Moral Hazards and Legal Conundrums of Our Robot-Filled Future owl.li/zm8wd
  • The Creativity Pill? owl.li/zm6vj
  • Nonfiction Books About America’s 50 Statesowl.li/zm4ol
  • In The Information Age, You Can’t Google Good Ideasowl.li/zm1TW
  • What A Bonsai Tree Looks Like Suspended In Spaceowl.li/zm46f
  • ◉ In praise of laziness owl.li/zm8nR
  • 100 Great Sci-Fi Stories by Women Writers (Read 20 for Free Online) owl.li/zm1Sq
  • MIT Will Teach You Photojournalism For Freeowl.li/zm45w
  • MIT photography course materials freely available online owl.li/zm1RL
  • ◉ Recommended: The Idea Writers: Copywriting in a New Media and Marketing Era owl.li/zm840
  • Don’t Sell a Product, Sell a Whole New Way of Thinking owl.li/zm20t
  • DRM-free indie ebooks outsell DRM-locked ones 2:1owl.li/zm0Z3