True Innovation

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Innovation and the Bell Labs Miracle by Jon Gertner - NYTimes.com:

But to consider the legacy of Bell Labs is to see that we should not mistake small technological steps for huge technological leaps. It also shows us that to always “move fast and break things,” as Facebook is apparently doing, or to constantly pursue “a gospel of speed” (as Google has described its philosophy) is not the only way to get where we are going. Perhaps it is not even the best way. Revolutions happen fast but dawn slowly. To a large extent, we’re still benefiting from risks that were taken, and research that was financed, more than a half century ago.

 

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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.

Creativity Top 5: February 27, 2012

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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.

Bret Victor: Creators need an immediate connection to what they create.

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Bio: Bret Victor invents tools that enable people to understand and create. He has designed experimental UI concepts at Apple, interactive data graphics for Al Gore, and musical instruments at Alesis. For more on Bret, see http://worrydream.com. This talk was given at CUSEC 2012 (http://2012.cusec.net).


Bret Victor has worked on experimental UI concepts at Apple and also created the interactive data graphics for Al Gore’s book, Our Choice.

via kottke.org​

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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.

PBS Online Film Festival Starts Today

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Preview the films appearing in the PBS Online Film Festival, running Feb. 27-March 30, 2012. The Festival will bring together 20 short films over five weeks, produced by a number of public broadcasting organizations including Independent Television Service (ITVS), POV and the National Minority Consortia (Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), National Black Programming Consortium (NPBC), Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) and Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT). The public will have the opportunity to choose the winner of the “People’s Choice” award by voting on PBS.org.

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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 (2/26/12)

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All the links posted to Twitter, Facebook and Google+ this week: 

  • A small red bundle of love (What I learned this week) owl.li/1hEhFG
  • Make yourself a cup of coffee and read this: Innovation and the Bell Labs Miracleowl.li/9irSB
  • Weird, or just different? owl.li/9hYw2
  • Reading a book really is better the second time round - and re-reading can offer mental health benefits owl.li/9cxHJ
  • Significant Objects: A Doll With A Storyowl.li/9hc2l
  • Life’s Messy. Train Your Brain to Adapt.owl.li/99YqL
  • Fasting can help protect against brain diseases, scientists say owl.li/99Ylm
  • Kids and Sleep Through History: They Have Never Gotten Enough, but Who’s to Say How Much They Really Need? owl.li/99YgC
  • Copyright and Fair Use Tips When Bloggingowl.li/9cPEX
  • 2 movies inspired by Snow White are coming, you should check out Snow, Glass, Apples audio play by Neil Gaiman instead. owl.li/9fJgs
  • New code lets websites opt-out of Pinterest.owl.li/9cxgw How much will this affect the site’s rapid growth?
  • Move Over Search Box, Google’s Home Page Gets A Share Box owl.li/9cxb6
  • Forbes has joined a group of 30 clients using Narrative Science software to write computer-generated stories.http://owl.li/9cx6b
  • Creativity Top 5 owl.li/1hA92V
  • Unusual music packaging owl.li/9cAMq
  • The 1-Step Plan for Super-Productivityowl.li/9cAGJ
  • 5 Cool Sites To Help You Choose Which Book To Read Next owl.li/9cABU
  • Herb Lubalin on his PBS Logo owl.li/1hyO9M
  • Dali’s Surrealism as Marketing Tool owl.li/9cy5X
  • Production Company of the Year 2011: B-Reel - Creativity Online owl.li/9cVpO
  • Gandhi’s list of “the seven blunders that human society commits, and that cause all violence”owl.li/1hxOBO
  • I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened owl.li/9crP7 So very true.
  • Clever and humorous “Art Addicted” campaign advertising Team Detroit for College for Creative Studies. owl.li/9crsX
  • The making of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opening title sequence owl.li/9cqwm
  • Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work, another must-read gem by @jonahlehrer for The New Yorker owl.li/9a4uz
  • Seven misconceptions about how students learn owl.li/99YcC
  • Royal Shakespeare Company production to be broadcast to 3,000 UK schools this summer.owl.li/97ib2
  • 6 things we learned about journalism from Social Media Week owl.li/97i1z
  • Building New Habits Through Advertisingowl.li/1hvS1K
  • 100 best Typefaces of all times owl.li/94EW0

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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.