The Science Of Productivity→

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A short 3 minute video covering the main points discussed in an in-depth article by Gregory Ciotti with some points to keep in mind as we engage in the tradition of making new year's resolutions. 

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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: December 16, 2012

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All the links posted on social networks this week:

  • The Making of XOXO, plus all the session videos. ➞
  • The Pleasures of Imperfection ➞
  • Love Of Spicy Food Is Built Into Your Personality ➞
  • 30 Great Moments In The History Of Robots ➞
  • What Schools Can Learn From Google, IDEO, and Pixar ➞
  • TED's Ads Worth Spreading Report (PDF) ➞
  • The Top 10 Smartest Cities In North America ➞
  • How to Train an Animator, by Walt Disney ➞
  • What storytelling does to our brains ➞
  • The sad, surprising story of Google Reader. ➞ 
  • Gift Ideas For Smarter Creativity ◉
  • The Design of a Site Meant to be Read ➞
  • Gestures as a New Dimension in Mobile Design ➞
  • Behind The App: The Making of Twitterrific 5 ➞
  • Why your computer is getting cheaper but your broadband bill isn’t ➞
  • A Year Inside The Australian Ballet: Episode 9 - A 50th Birthday ◉
  • PBS series 'Shakespeare Uncovered' to dig deep into Bard's plays ➞
  • Researchers Create the Most Complex Virtual Brain So Far ➞
  • Listen to the BBC's radio version of Asimov's 'Foundation' trilogy online ➞
  • It's Your Life: The Holstee Manifesto Lifecycle Video ◉
  • Start your day with Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's Object of the Day. ➞
  • Start your day with History.com's What Happened Today in History ➞
  • Woody Allen answers 12 unusual questions ➞
  • A Year Inside The Australian Ballet: Episode 8 - The corps de ballet ◉
  • Amazing: Birds of a Feather ➞
  • Remarkable Macro Photographs of Ice Structures and Snowflakes ➞
  • Aaron Dignan: How to Use Games to Excel at Life and Work ◉
  • Ten things you never knew about Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol ➞
  • Why Leaders Should Constantly Reiterate What's Important ➞
  • Loren Brichter: Designs on the future of iOS apps ➞
  • How To Win At Self-Distribution If You're Not Louis C.K.: A Case Study For Creators And Marketers ➞
  • The Orchestra ◉
  • Have the Courage to Be Direct - Anthony Tjan ➞
  • MIT Media Lab's Leah Buechley on falling in love with technology ◉
  • Cavemen Were Much Better At Illustrating Animals Than Artists Today ➞
  • Collecting the World's Collections of Small Oddities One Day at a Time ➞
  • Why Do We Hiccup? And Other Scientific Mysteries—Seen Through the Eyes of Artists ➞
  • The Insane Amount of Biodiversity in One Cubic Foot ➞
  • Ambient Noise Spurs Creativity ➞
  • Bacterial Life Abounds in Antarctic Lake, Cut Off From the World for 2,800 Years ➞
  • The First Use of OMG Was in a 1917 Letter to Winston Churchill ➞
  • For Adults, TV Can Serve the Same Role as an Imaginary Friend ➞
  • Understand Music ◉
  • Creativity Top 5 ◉
  • Made By Hand: The Knife Maker ◉
  • Amazing Modernist Sandcastles Sculpted by Calvin Seibert ➞
  • There Are More Brainteasers About Crossing Rivers Than You Ever Imagined ➞
  • 20 Game-Changing Technology Trends That Will Create Both Disruption and Opportunity on a Global Level ➞
  • The Paper That Changed Type Design ➞
  • Beautiful: 20 Inspiring Typography Posters ➞
  • Kafka’s Nightmare Tale, ‘A Country Doctor,’ Told in Award-Winning Japanese Animation ➞
  • The Four Fears Blocking You from Great Ideas ➞
  • World's Largest Brain Simulation Has 2.5 Million Neurons ➞
  • A great new tumblr: Photoshop Secrets ➞
  • New research suggests specially selected nocturnal odors can inspire creativity. ➞
  • Give A Damn, Damn It: Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian ◉
  • Learning by Design: It's Not What You Know, But How You Think ➞
  • What Neuroscience Really Teaches Us, and What It Doesn't ➞
  • The Neuroscience of Creativity ➞
  • Made By Hand: The Distiller. A short-film series on hand-made things. ◉
  • Raymond Chandler, "The Simple Art of Murder"(1950) ➞
  • New Cadbury chocolate doesn't melt, even at 104 degrees ➞
  • The Code Side Of Color ➞
  • 7 Basic Types of Stories: Which One Is Your Brand Telling? ➞
  • The Best Ads And Creative Talent Of The Last 50 Years, According to Britain's D&AD ➞
  • How encryption works in your web browser. ➞

Recommended this week:

 
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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.

A Year Inside The Australian Ballet: Episode 9 - A 50th Birthday

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In 2012, The Australian Ballet has been following Senior Artist Amy Harris and Corps de Ballet member Jake Mangakahia as they've taken on new roles, new ballets and challenging classics in a supersized 50th anniversary season.

Streamers, fireworks, cake, international stars and an unforgettable gala -- their 50th birthday on November 2 was one heck of a party! Episode 9 of A year inside The Australian Ballet shows the celebrations in the studio, famous guests rehearsing, and highlights from the gala.

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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.

A Year Inside The Australian Ballet: Episode 8 - The corps de ballet

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Through 2012 The Australian Ballet has been sharing a behind the scenes look at the company. Episode 8 looks at the the corps de ballet. The corps is a vital part of classical productions, and where most dancers start their careers. Featuring intimate back-stage moments and stunning overhead shots of the corps' symmetry in Swan Lake, Episode 8 of A year inside The Australian Ballet explores the challenges and pleasures of "being like everybody else".

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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 Orchestra

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Over the years I've shared a remarkable guide to the orchestra, talked about the roller coaster ups and downs of selling an orchestra, showed instruments from the inside and looked at conductors analyzed through motion capture. 

Now I find myself in awe once again through The Orchestra, a fantastic app by Touch Press, makers of educational apps including The Elements, Shakespeare's Sonnets and Leonardo Da Vinci: Anatomy. 

A glance at the app and it becomes obvious that is was created with great care. In a blog post Touch Press' Creative Director goes behind the scenes and the passion becomes evident:

The first beautiful thing about The Orchestra is the music. For that we thank Haydn, Beethoven, Debussy, Mahler, Stravinsky, and a certain Mr. Berlioz. (Music by these great composers and others was performed for this app by the Philharmonia orchestra, one of the world’s great musical institutions, and also one of its most innovative under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen, a big name in such circles.)

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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.