The Week's Links: August 7, 2015

ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS THIS WEEK:

  • Good Libations: A Brief Visual History of Booze owl.li/QoAza
  • The Next Librarian of Congress — The Message owl.li/Qlkhj
  • Which paintings were the most creative of their time? An algorithm may hold the answers owl.li/QkTIe
  • Free: Download Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Short Course, The Inexplicable Universe, in Audio or Video... owl.li/QlL4C
  • The Physics of Some Seriously Awesome MythBusters Stunts owl.li/Qj3hV
  • 8 Contemporary Designers Redefining Typography | The Creators Project owl.li/QlIj0
  • Neil Gaiman’s Philosophical Dream, in a Whimsical Animation Narrated by Amanda Palmer owl.li/QlDIK
  • 3 Typography Tips For A More Comfortable Read owl.li/QiFpA
  • A Neuroscientist Argues That Everybody Is Misunderstanding Fear and Anxiety owl.li/QiEOG
  • Dance Network Steps Up 2 Screens This Fall; Initial Programming Announced owl.li/QiEGE
  • On 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, read John Hersey’s 1946, issue-long story at NewYorker.com owl.li/QAuH0
  • You call that a pirouette? Football players learn ballet owl.li/QiCuG
  • Stolen Rodin sculpture recovered through lucky breaks, persistent chipping owl.li/QiDgx
  • Stunning Sim Shows How Far Hit Songs Have Traveled in Space owl.li/QiIbm
  • Explaining graphic design to four-year-olds owl.li/QiC6L
  • I run a university. I’m also an Uber driver. owl.li/QiBek
  • Facebook now used by half of world's online users - BBC News owl.li/QiAOo
  • The Counterintuitive Art of Leading by Letting Go owl.li/QhNqx
  • TV Legend Norman Lear Tells A Story About How He Beat Writer's Block owl.li/Qi5so
  • The 4 Types of Productivity Styles owl.li/QhNbI
  • “Modern” homepage design increases pageviews and reader comprehension, study finds owl.li/QhURH
  • Inside the 13 Books on the Man Booker Longlist owl.li/QhHbF
  • Why we're drawn to fizzy drinks owl.li/QiBMM
  • How brand-new words are spreading across America owl.li/QhPjJ
  • Why we're drawn to fizzy drinks owl.li/Qhrys
  • BBC Micro:bit—a free single-board PC for every Year 7 kid in the UK owl.li/Qhrtt
  • The White House’s Alpha Geeks — Backchannel owl.li/Qf6qX
  • Watch: 5 Classical Music Gems from Massive New YouTube Archive owl.li/Qenlj
  • Infamously Altered Photos, Before and After Their Edits owl.li/QftJo
  • ◉ Recommended: So You've Been Publicly Shamed - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Welcome to the Quietest Square Inch in the U.S. owl.li/QcCOs
  • The Story Behind New York Magazine's Powerful Cosby Cover owl.li/QfbKU
  • Edison's Files Reveal the Only Known Voice Recording of Someone Born in the 18th Century - The Atlantic owl.li/QhH5T
  • ◉ The Acceptance of Change owl.li/QlH8r
  • An Introvert’s Guide to Eating and Drinking Out — Human Parts owl.li/Qf6uS
  • Amazing Stanley Kubrick Narrates a Promo Reel for Dr. Strangelove: Features Unused Takes owl.li/Qcbmf
  • History of Icons - a visual brief on icon history by FUTURAMO owl.li/Qbxxf
  • ◉ Ink - Written by Hand - smartercreativity.com/blog/2015/8/3/…
  • The Plan to Beam the Web to 3 Billion Unconnected Humans owl.li/Q8HDr
  • Filmmakers fighting “Happy Birthday” copyright find their “smoking gun” owl.li/Qbxc5
  • ◉ Recommended: The Story of Art - smartercreativity.com/recommendation…
  • Thirteen new spider species discovered in Australia's north owl.li/Q8GTM
  • Haruki Murakami: the moment I knew I would be a novelist owl.li/Q9i8z
  • Study: People read more on sites with modern designs. They also remember more. | Poynter. owl.li/QcbPA
  • Andy Warhol’s Celebrity Polaroids Are Like Retro Instagrams⁰ owl.li/Q8FCM
  • The Full-Throttle Campaign to Keep Ballet Kicking owl.li/Q9gxd
  • Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer With Simple Cell Phone owl.li/Q9dxx
  • Ad Age's 2015 Small Agency Awards: See the Winners owl.li/QqjKS
  • ◉ The School of Life: Nigella Lawson on Food and Philosophy owl.li/QlH0Y
  • This Wooden Computer Chip Could Make Recycling Electronics A Lot Easier owl.li/Q7ZuQ
  • Dream Job Of The Week: Culinary Diplomat owl.li/Q7Zfa
  • President Obama will host the first-ever White House Demo Day on August 4th owl.li/Q62TJ
  • The decline of TV viewing in the USA. This Chart Shows Why Comcast Would Be Interested in Vice Media and BuzzFeed owl.li/Q7Tdm
  • Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers owl.li/Q61Cm
  • 25 Lost Cities owl.li/Q6tTy
  • 2-Hour Single-Take Heist Thriller Watch the Trailer for the Single-Take Film that Rocked Darren Aronofsky's World owl.li/Q5NPN
  • Do Fewer Things, More Often owl.li/Q8Cyy
  • Websites, Please Stop Blocking Password Managers. It’s 2015 owl.li/Q6kw8
  • Behind the Lens: Photographing the President in 50 Countries owl.li/Q62XH
  • Tony Fadell: What will Google's $3.2bn guru do next? - BBC News owl.li/Q5fFH
  • My Life as a Magnolia Bakery Cupcake Bouncer owl.li/Q5fAH
  • What Do You Do to Feel More Creative? owl.li/Q5fsP
  • Portuguese scientists discover why pendulum clocks swing together owl.li/Q5fyZ
  • The origin of sci-fi movie sounds owl.li/Q3Sta
  • You Might Not Know Kenny Ortega, But You Probably Know His Choreography owl.li/Q5fyk
  • 28 Important Philosophers List the Books That Influenced Them Most During Their College Days owl.li/Q3Soq
  • The nerd's guide to learning everything online owl.li/Q5fVk
  • What Music Does to Your Brain While You Work owl.li/Q5fwV
  • Being Neurotic Makes It Harder for You to Remember Things smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…
  • Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies | Jordan Kisner owl.li/Q0D2Q
  • The Secret Agents Who Protect Obama on the Internet owl.li/Q0ChO
  • How blood pressure works - Wilfred Manzano owl.li/Q02mE
  • Johnnie Walker Introduces High End Whisky Tasting Via Tablet owl.li/Q0Br5
  • How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain owl.li/Q01PP
  • The Art of Video Game Photography owl.li/Q0zsM
  • The world’s most charismatic mathematician | Siobhan Roberts owl.li/Q00rT
  • The origin of sci-fi movie sounds owl.li/Q3MTA
  • ◉ On digital luxury and digital intimacy, Jony Ive and Marc Newson with Suzy Menkes owl.li/Q6bu3
  • Extendable Robot Arms and Exoskeletons Could Benefit from Super-Stretchy Wires | MIT Technology... owl.li/Q0yNb
  • Some of my favorite accounts. NASA’s Social Media Strategy Is Genius—And Kinda Maddening owl.li/Q0eLg

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.