James Grime's piece in The Guardian—How YouTube Is Popularizing Science—is a fun opportunity to explore science lessons long forgotten "with no pressure or expectations." Also, if you haven't yet seen posts elsewhere, Rebecca Greenfield's piece on Monday in The Atlantic—Designing a 19th-Century Kindle: An E-Reader for Dickens—took a look at how art student Rachel Walsh elected to convey the concept of the Amazon Kindle to Charles Dickens. Incredible!—Laura
If you use Flickr, I bet you've seen these wonderful photographs: Running ahead of myself, Sunny Side Up, Trees Snow and Shadows. In weeks, months and years past, these images, among many others, greeted visitors to the website by way of their home screens. All of these were culled directly from the community, representing classic photographs from various perspectives, cameras and photographic philosophies. Flickr has recently refreshed its home screens with a new set of rotating images; but before doing so, they caught up with the photographers behind some of these iconic Flickr images and asked them how their exposure on Flickr has affected them. Whether you've long wondered why and how certain images get featured as brand imaging on Flickr, need a kickstart for your own art-making or just enjoy inspiring real life stories, you won't want to miss this post.—Lauren
Why don't people dance at jazz concerts anymore? The provocative and ever-inventive pianist Jason Moran got tired of asking this question, so he and Meshell Ndegeocello curated a show for this year's Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival that remixed the tunes of the esteemed stride pianist Fats Waller to house, Afro-beat, Motown, and hip-hop. It was a risky move, but last Saturday's show sold-out quickly, and the audience loved it. Folks in the New York area looking to check out more Moran should note that he's performing again at Gathering of Tribes next Sunday.—Justin
Image: Rachel Walsh