Here's What You Do If Locked in a Vegas Hotel With a $150K Slo-Mo Video Camera

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via fastcodesign.com

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A little bit of Vegas rock and roll madness with some mighty technology and child-like wonderment makes for an amazing video.

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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.

Why Man Creates by Saul Bass, 1968

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via theworldsbestever.com

A series of explorations, episodes & comments on creativity by iconic designer Saul Bass.

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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.

The Music Box - What happens when a great dancer writes, directs and performs in a short film

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via youtube.com

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Daniel Cloud Campos has toured as a backup dancer with many big time artists, including a few tours with Madonna. More recently he has been part of one of our favorites, The LXD. In addition he is applying all of his skills as a dancer to some great filmmaking. This ten minute film is a fun way to get the week started.

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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.

The Week's Links (3/27/11)

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All the links posted to Facebook and Twitter (@smartercreative) this week:

  • What we learned this week http://ow.ly/1bWNXo
  • Imaginary Foundation: Autistic boy of twelve develops his own version of theory of relativity.http://ow.ly/4nefi /via @brainpicker
  • Morgan Spurlock Is With the Brand | Fast Companyhttp://ow.ly/4n5J7
  • LinkedIn: 100 million members and counting… (infographic) http://ow.ly/4ned5 
  • 40K Books: 99-Cent Essays by Million-Dollar Authors | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/4n5HM 
  • Think Quarterly - Google’s Publication UK Edition, soon coming to the US. Available as a PDF.http://ow.ly/4n5CM 
  • Inkling signs with major publishers to bring 100 textbooks to iPad by 2012, no actual ink — Engadgethttp://ow.ly/4n0zd 
  • De Condimentis: Butter | HiLobrowhttp://ow.ly/48Q3h You really don’t know butter. 
  • New Electrode Tech Could Recharge Batteries in Two Minutes | Gadget Lab http://ow.ly/4lJsn 
  • Tools for creating ideas http://ow.ly/48GoY 
  • Reach, Design Across The Social Spectrum - Graphic Design Conference - April 2, 2011 - Princeton University http://ow.ly/4lXdn 
  • In honor of Spring coming (eventually): The Physics of The Flower’s Bloom http://ow.ly/4k1nS 
  • CBS: Viewers’ Age and Sex Shouldn’t Matter to Marketers - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lG95 
  • Nerve-Electronic Hybrid Could Meld Mind and Machine | Wired.com http://ow.ly/4jWAN 
  • World’s Most Admired Companies 2011: Best in Innovation - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.comhttp://ow.ly/4lXvP 
  • Disney’s Imagineers On Sound Designhttp://ow.ly/1bVAXW 
  • Brainstorming 2.0: Making Ideas That Really Happen :: The 99 Percent http://ow.ly/447mL 
  • SXSW: What ARG Makers Can Learn from UI Designers « Culture Hacker http://ow.ly/4lXTq 
  • How to say ‘Peace’ in 100+ languageshttp://ow.ly/47i9d 
  • Magazines’ New Rules for Counting Digital Sales - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lY0u 
  • Brain Light Bulb http://ow.ly/4lWPU Absolutely love this. 
  • Conversation, discovery and reputation: tools for navigating the age of abundance « Planning in High Heels http://ow.ly/4lW5O 
  • “VANISHED”: Smithsonian and MIT to Launch Sci-Fi Infused Interactive Mystery Event | MIT Comparative Media Studies http://ow.ly/4lQEv 
  • Google Appears Ready to Publish U.S. Version of Think Quarterly Magazine | MediaWorks - Advertising Age http://ow.ly/4lJqv 
  • An Illustrated Guide - short reviews of notable picture books. http://ow.ly/48Gno 
  • Le Flaneur: Time Lapse Video of Paris Without the People http://ow.ly/1bV8df 
  • Color: Trojan horse photo startup - Fortune Techhttp://ow.ly/4lEZj What likely lies behind Bill Nguyen’s whimsical new iPhone app. 
  • How to Kick Ass on Kickstarter: An Interview with Frank Chimero - GOOD http://ow.ly/4lLas 
  • Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It) http://ow.ly/47icb 
  • Wall Street Journal offering single issue downloads for the iPad | Macworld http://ow.ly/4lGTR 
  • Slaughter the Sacred Cows by Sally Hogsheadhttp://ow.ly/1bV182 
  • Four lines of code is all it takes for The New York Times’ paywall to come tumbling down » Nieman Journalism Lab http://ow.ly/4lEmD 
  • Top 6 Help Design Patterns for iPhone Apps | inspireUX http://ow.ly/44oyC 
  • 3 Iconic Film Directors Interpret Classic Operas | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/4lDyF 
  • Behind the Veil: Questions About Art Authentication | By James Panero - WSJ.com http://ow.ly/4lBWT 
  • emazekraker - Web Wireframe Kit http://ow.ly/44orm 
  • The School of Life : Mark Vernon on Doubthttp://ow.ly/47caW Do you suffer from the ‘disease of doubt’? 
  • Best of Digital News Design Winners – The Society for News Design http://ow.ly/4hX7B 
  • How Kickstarter Became a Lab for Daring Prototypes and Ingenious Products http://ow.ly/4ijnn 
  • The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness | Fast Company http://ow.ly/47b8F 
  • Paramount Movie World Premiere on BitTorrent: PR Stunt or the Future? | Fast Companyhttp://ow.ly/4hW0J 
  • Architecture and Design Film Festivalhttp://ow.ly/44sqJ 
  • Polaroid and Apple: Innovation Through Mental Invention | Fast Company http://ow.ly/4jX3X 
  • Apple’s Jonathan Ive: How did a British polytechnic graduate become its design genius?http://ow.ly/4jWUo 
  • The Happiness Project: 10 Tips to Beat Clutter…in Less Than 5 Minutes. http://ow.ly/44ovd 
  • Amazon Launches Its Own Android App Storehttp://ow.ly/4k1iC 
  • First Look: Firefox 4 Web browser Reviewhttp://ow.ly/4k1d6 
  • New Chameleon project helps developers port iOS apps to the Mac http://ow.ly/4k1by 
  • Scott Adams Blog: Happiness Engineeringhttp://ow.ly/4jWJU 
  • Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Harvard Business Review http://ow.ly/475S2 
  • Exploring and Defining Influence: A New Study Brian Solis http://ow.ly/44spA 
  • The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Products | Fast Company http://ow.ly/4hVZS 
  • Paula Scher: Who Gives The Best Info? A Short History Of Information Design http://ow.ly/44sng 
  • Brain’s ‘Reward Center’ Reacts to Bad Experiences Too | Psych Central News http://ow.ly/44jLj 
  • Tom Moon, a Critic, Returns to His Music Roots - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/4js9Z 
  • How Bill Gates’ Favorite Teacher Wants to Disrupt Education | Fast Company http://ow.ly/44osS 
  • Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011http://ow.ly/4hVsP 
  • An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Influence & Persuasion | SEOmoz http://ow.ly/44oku 
  • In a continent with few computers and little electricity, a smartphone is a potential revolution. Digital Africa http://ow.ly/4hGke 
  • 5 Manifestos for Art, Life & Business :: The 99 Percent http://ow.ly/4ix9i 
  • How the Internet Gets Inside Us : The New Yorkerhttp://ow.ly/44odr 
  • Girl Walks Into a Bar - The first major movie made for and released on YouTube. http://ow.ly/4fjgB 
  • MoMA | On Line- Drawing Through The 20th Century http://ow.ly/4hG2y 
  • “Cure for the Common Font” — A Web Designer’s Introduction to Typeface Selection http://ow.ly/4ix74 
  • 6 Recent Innovations From Starbuckshttp://ow.ly/4fkHk 
  • Brilliant statistician Hans Rosling will be live online from 11:30am-1:30pm EST in the TED Conversations space at http://on.ted.com/AskHans 
  • Kansas City Library Transforms Parking Lot Into Giant Bookshelf http://ow.ly/1bRx5V 
  • Five and a Half Habits of Highly Effective Designers - Smashing Magazine http://ow.ly/446Oj
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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.

What we learned this week

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• Data wranglers and printers are the true rulers of the world.

• An email written in text-speak, all caps and with multiple exclamation marks does not communicate or convey what you think it is communicating and does nothing to facilitate a dialogue to address whatever it was that made you write it in the first place. 

• There are no longer any seasons. Instead there is too hot, too cold, too wet, often in deadly combinations.

 

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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.