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Censoring the internet is wrong. And preventing innovation is wrong.
Speaking of preventing innovation, art, and progress: the current implementation of IP and software patents are wrong, too.
Says someone who works at a software company ... 

To get a little more insight, I found this article on Lawrence Lessig's site quite helpful: http://wiki.lessig.org/Against_perpetual_copyright

Ten years later ... the prequel.

Watching this I was delighted by how quickly the trailer captured me. This feels right ... Peter Jackson still has the magic!

At the same time I was shocked by the fact that it has been more than ten years since I was awed by the first trailer for "The Fellowship of the Ring".

I'm old. But I still feel the childlike enthrallment of magical Middle Earth. Everything's okay ...

Art inspired by American Gods

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A collection of art inspired by what is probably my favorite book, American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

What if all the people who came to America brought their old gods with them ... and abandoned them over time as they settled down in their new home?

I like this very human way of treating your religion(s) ...

(more at superpunch.blogspot.c...)

Design Thinking @ Procter & Gamble

Marketing Director Cindy Tripp gives a talk on how P&G implemented Design Thinking, what they learned, how they proceed. Very insightful, especially if you're trying to scale Design Thinking in a large enterprise.
The talk seems to be a little longish, but (for its target audience) it's worth the while.
BTW: It's interesting where you find these Design Thinking teams and initiatives organizationally. At P&G it seems to be in Marketing, sometimes it's close to a COO ... is there also a company that puts it close to their product development organization?