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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