BASIC: The Week's Links

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ALL THE LINKS POSTED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS:

  • What's the best advice you've ever received? 10 designers share tips on surviving, thriving, and knowing when to shut up. buff.ly/2EQV2n6

  • Want to Innovate? Science Says, “Be A Nonconformist!” buff.ly/2SCQBiD

  • The World’s Scariest Fonts buff.ly/2JrKM34

  • 4 Ways to Pressure-Test Strategic Decisions, Inspired by the U.S. Military buff.ly/2SzsLE7

  • The Hunt for the Watch Thieves of Southern California: The true story of a ring of thieves who stole millions of dollars' worth of luxury watches—and the special agent who brought them down. buff.ly/2Dfbv2H

  • The Surprising Power of The Long Game buff.ly/2CMrm7L

  • Use meaningful words to explain clear, precise goals buff.ly/2Dd1X8a

  • Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal buff.ly/1k8ndHi

  • Screenwriters get a bad deal, that’s why I’m producing my own show buff.ly/2Swu0nO

  • Behind the wheel: Montana Rep's experiment in car theater buff.ly/2zgxEtb

  • New Theory of Intelligence May Disrupt AI and Neuroscience buff.ly/2OZD4n3

  • A Huge Achievement in Math Shows the Limits of Symmetries buff.ly/2SwymLp

  • Plane Panic: A Medical Emergency at 35,000 Feet | DiscoverMagazine.com buff.ly/2AzVMc3

  • Ideo breaks its silence on design thinking’s critics buff.ly/2COJUo0

  • These UX Designers are Rethinking the Voter Ballot  buff.ly/2xdMzmQ

  • Why we need to get past imposter syndrome to become mentors buff.ly/2SrEAfA

  • What Is Good Design? - DESK Magazine buff.ly/2qhcRkZ

  • Continuing Animation’s Legacy | Communication Arts buff.ly/2JpHPQw

  • The Pleasure and Pain of Speed - buff.ly/2DbViuW

  • The Average User Checks Email 5.6 Hours Per Weekday. This Is Not Good. buff.ly/2SrK6ie

  • Say Hello to Stratolaunch, The Largest Airplane Ever Created buff.ly/2DbfRrF)

  • How to Keep Working When You’re Just Not Feeling It buff.ly/2zdlXmX

  • Systemizing Color for Change – Tyler Miller buff.ly/2z6smjB

  • New schemes teach the masses to build AI buff.ly/2ERjh4q

  • The US pushes to build unhackable quantum networks buff.ly/2Ss8r7N

  • What happened when I tried the U.S. Army’s tactic to fall asleep in two minutes buff.ly/2Daw0NP

  • Police arrest man after attempted theft of Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral buff.ly/2Ssom5P

  • The Underestimated Cerebellum Gains New Respect From Brain Scientists buff.ly/2Sr8Bwg

  • In Japan, the Kit Kat Isn’t Just a Chocolate. It’s an Obsession. buff.ly/2OMZtnp

  • Memory FAQ: Answers to the common questions that baffle us all buff.ly/2CKcaIo

  • Memory special: What happens to your memories while you sleep? buff.ly/2OVdDTj

  • Memory special: Can you supercharge your memory? buff.ly/2OZcRVt

  • Meet the Carousing Texan Who Just Won a Nobel Prize buff.ly/2D9WjnE)

  • Elizabeth Streb: My quest to defy gravity and fly buff.ly/2Da7gWj

  • 5 steps to help you figure out your passion buff.ly/2ShDBOV

  • 8 TED Talks to watch when you need to feel awe about the world again buff.ly/2D7mCdX

  • Atari Asteroids: Creating a Vector Arcade Classic buff.ly/2PYtWLJ

  • This McKinsey study of 300 companies reveals what every business needs to know about design for 2019 buff.ly/2ENoRoi

  • How to Kick Your Bad Habits (And Why That's More Important Than You Think) buff.ly/2D8FAki

  • The Library of Congress Lets You Stream Hundreds of Free Films buff.ly/2NZtlaZ

  • Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal buff.ly/1k8ndHi

  • How constraints lead to creativity: making music for Super Nintendo games buff.ly/2nKZUyI

  • An Attempted Murder at a Research Station Shows How Crimes Are Prosecuted in Antarctica buff.ly/2Av859D

  • How Apple and the Ford Foundation go beyond metrics in quantifying their impact buff.ly/2z5PgYo

  • How to Make Sure You’re Not Using Data Just to Justify Decisions You’ve Already Made buff.ly/2AuhMVN

  • True 'innovation' generates ideas, not wealth buff.ly/2zffMPp

  • The Power of Shutting Up and Sitting in Silence buff.ly/2ShgELM

  • Can You Quantify Awe? Researchers attempt to capture the full richness of the awe experience buff.ly/2O0Y6w9

  • How Instagram Saved Poetry buff.ly/2Sk9man

  • 7 Writers on How Their Go-to Fonts Make Them Feel buff.ly/2O7IyXx

  • Social media is a symptom, not a tactic buff.ly/2SjQk3C

  • “The infamous “trolley problem” was put to millions of people in a global study, revealing how much ethics diverge across cultures.” buff.ly/2z4dO3V

  • Debbie Millman on the power of courage over confidence, embracing criticism and overcoming fear buff.ly/2ShSZuD

  • Bionic Hands and Transparent Salaries: 5 (Well-Educated) Predictions on the Future of Creative Work buff.ly/2Sh98AF

  • Apple’s Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines buff.ly/2D3aM4r

  • A Lump Was Placed on 'the World's Most-Touched Breasts' to See If Anyone Would Notice buff.ly/2AsqhQR

  • “The Final Act Sunsetting a Nonprofit Arts Organization” buff.ly/2qatyhS

  • Why Is It That Some People Just Can't Dance? buff.ly/2Sg1kiD

  • The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History buff.ly/2CCXgU4)

  • Erica Eisen: The Oldest Printed Book in the World buff.ly/2D1DuD1

  • NYC Allocates $198.4M for Largest Ever Cultural Budget buff.ly/2Sjp71l

  • Your Data Literacy Depends on Understanding the Types of Data and How They’re Captured buff.ly/2z0olgC

  • 10 Secrets of User Experience Designers buff.ly/2RbF0W1

  • Google privacy update tries to make it easier to wipe web history buff.ly/2RdMIiC

  • When Is a Martini No Longer a Martini? buff.ly/2yYJfwO

  • Found: A Photo of the Man Who Fired Van Gogh and Changed Art History buff.ly/2Sfy1g0

  • Remember Bookmarks? buff.ly/2Sh246Z

  • An Oral History of Apple's Infinite Loop buff.ly/2SdmCxu)

  • Guadalupe Rosales used Instagram to create an archive of Chicano youth of the '90s — now it's an art installation - Los Angeles Times buff.ly/2PNa1PP

  • Broadway League Report Finds Audience Getting Younger, With More Kids And Teens Attending Shows buff.ly/2q5xNv0

  • The Life of the Writer/Musician buff.ly/2D1Eree

  • Siri: What will advertising on voice look/sound like? buff.ly/2CDUiP8

  • The Evolution of Website Web Design Trends from the 90s to Now buff.ly/2z26wxE

  • U.S. Embassy in London environmental graphics | Communication Arts buff.ly/2D1uDRQ

  • In pictures: World's longest sea bridge buff.ly/2OCrKNg

  • Calculating art: Artistic success takes a mysterious mix of talent, luck and timing. But could algorithms now predict and produce the hits? buff.ly/2z75NLZ

  • Inside the windowless bunker where Disney stores its 'secret weapon' buff.ly/2RasrdA

  • Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin buff.ly/2ODQTHw

  • Nasa photographs rectangular iceberg buff.ly/2R3tD2q

  • The 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs in 2018 buff.ly/2SasyXS

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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.