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Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

The image above is the Barreleye, one of the most unusual fish in the ocean. The Barreleye has a completely transparent head (so that it’s eyes, located inside the head, can detect available prey). More unusual transparent creatures in the Random Fun section below.

Best Practices and Tips for Restaurant Web Design – http://bit.ly/h94W9W

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Nurturing Wisdom – http://bit.ly/haKErZ

Finding Cash for Your Start Up – Part 1 – http://bit.ly/gMlOdE

The Top 20 VC Power Bloggers Of 2010 – http://tcrn.ch/fCErc9

How to Hire in Chicago – http://bit.ly/fe8W9y

How to Turn Disaster Into Gold – http://bit.ly/eBvZhQ

Age doesn’t define whether someone can be a great leader – http://bit.ly/gbKaWy

Managing and Motivating Employees in Their Twenties – http://bit.ly/gZkNEh

Un-manage your employees – http://bit.ly/fn1YGL

Wanna Know What it’s Like Being a VC? –  http://bit.ly/gpHMSI

Is Your Service Agile? – http://bit.ly/hHxUZU

Love this post about how Meetup.com bet the company and changed its revenue model – http://bit.ly/i2QGu2

Inc’s “The Way I Work” series makes it way to @garyvee. It’s a great one – http://bit.ly/i40DZb

Useful new email service from amazon – allows you to leverage their experience to send bulk emails – http://bit.ly/fJaRe1

Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: Puts the Emphasis on Chicago Entrepreneurs’ Stories – http://bit.ly/f42hB4

Guerrilla to Genius: 300+ Creative Advertising Campaigns – http://bit.ly/gBKtRT

Interesting foursquare infographic on check-ins in 2010 – http://4sq.com/gbA49M

Happy for friends at Mullen. #3 on AdAge A-List – http://bit.ly/effTzD

Victors & Spoils on AdAge 10 to watch A-list – http://bit.ly/dTfYec

In-House SEO: Integrating SEO into the Project Process – http://bit.ly/fcSROx

How much more participation can you handle? – http://bit.ly/e9R7dq

Should you care about Quora? – http://bit.ly/hS0ocB

LinkedIn doing more w/ its ad model (but CTRs are embarrassingly low) – http://on.wsj.com/httlfE

New Startup Brings Strangers Together Over Social Meals – http://on.mash.to/dH1ZCV

Smart social media focused program by Miller High Life – http://bit.ly/hSemM8

Not surprising to see foreign languages starting to dominate Twitter & English % decreasing – http://tcrn.ch/gfohTW

5 Bad Google Ads: What Were They Thinking? – http://selnd.com/dPqMbV

100 Unique Business Cards Design Inspiration – http://bit.ly/hqUXuM

crowdSPRING designer interview – 12 Questions: Meet Aleksandar Macanovic (Serbia) – http://bit.ly/dOObRv

Popular Movie Scenes Expressed by Typography – http://bit.ly/gO0KsI

Guidelines for Successful Communication With Clients – http://bit.ly/dRapE1

Top 10 tutorials for designing a magazine cover like a pro – http://bit.ly/gEUHHQ

35 Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials – http://bit.ly/fClDnI

100 Unique Business Cards Design Inspiration – http://bit.ly/hqUXuM

68 Modern Typography Design Inspiration – http://bit.ly/gS32E2

Stellar Branding Across Various Mediums – http://bit.ly/hDyD7M

1000+ Free Web 2.0 Photoshop Gradients in 25 Sets – http://bit.ly/ebdrSn

Creative and Artistic Poster Designs – http://bit.ly/dXjDu3

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – http://bit.ly/1ySfi

Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – http://bit.ly/XTLkS

I’m in Logo Love: the new Comedy Central logo – http://bit.ly/e9CJPc

40+ UI Design Tools and Resources – http://bit.ly/igtG73

Time-Saving and Educational Resources for Web Designers – http://bit.ly/e5sENZ

Showcase of Beautiful (or Creative) E-Commerce Websites – http://bit.ly/eGwQgs

Best Practices and Tips for Restaurant Web Design – http://bit.ly/h94W9W

Justin Maxwell gives some pretty interesting insights into the design philosophy behind Mint.com – http://is.gd/XWhNOC

30+Useful Example CSS3 Style (Really Useful CSS) – http://bit.ly/gE5vyB

All The Cheat Sheets That A Web Developer Needs – http://bit.ly/eVr93w

Web Designs of 45 Bands and Music Artists – http://bit.ly/gyBXMt

The Scaling Fallacy and Web Design – http://bit.ly/fcJcxe

45 Useful jQuery Tutorials And Techniques For Better UI – http://bit.ly/ePn4DE

Fun industrial design: Unusual and Creative Designs of a Door Stop – http://bit.ly/dKY0Yq

Impressive Aluminum Based Package Designs – 37 Packages – http://bit.ly/hheqPp

Good to see innovation in delivering internet access to Africa (using voice control) – http://bit.ly/e84c2B

British Engineer Designs Own Heart Valve Implant, Saves Own Life – http://bit.ly/hpcxK8

Google’s Elemental API Periodic Table – http://tcrn.ch/h2BdMy

Apple Post-Jobs May Lack Charisma, Maintain Success: Commentary – http://bloom.bg/hal4HW

Interesting debate – especially in the comments – about 3D movies – http://bit.ly/hyAszs

American portion size, then vs now – http://bit.ly/idfXmX

With increasing numbers of mobile apps, IP theft is becoming more common – http://bit.ly/hhpyUl

Pitcher Spurns $12 Million, to Keep Self-Respect – http://nyti.ms/f3hjzc

The Short and Sweet Guide to Being Fucking Awesome – http://bit.ly/i3g5Dl

The evolution of computer displays – http://bit.ly/hfumQU

Dirks on Strategy: Web sources level field – http://bit.ly/dVaIX4

A compelling critique of the iconic MBTI personality test – http://j.mp/e8KyEj

Revealing picture of how fucked Illinois is even compared to other troubled states like CA and NJ – http://yfrog.com/gzjc6p

Batteries made from paper and rechargeable from humidity – http://engt.co/gv8AHG

How Chicago’s clout culture stifles innovation – http://bit.ly/e6cK0c

11 see-through animals – http://bit.ly/ge2NpN

It’s no Joke: Duke Nukem Forever Trailer Revealed – http://ow.ly/3IuEF

Pirate Crossword – http://post.ly/1WUwn

Sea Bed Hunting On One Breath – http://post.ly/1WG3i

I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.