PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Read about SOPA/PIPA:

• https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction
• http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa
• http://www.craigslist.org/about/SOPA
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

SAY NO TO SOPA/PIPA! - http://americancensorship.org/

How the censoring will work:

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes … the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. … You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things. … They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

- Steve Jobs

The new iPhone 4S has:

• the Siri talking assistant feature
• an enhanced camera
• a much faster processor
• the ability to support GSM and CDMA

But, I’m going to wait for the next iPhone (hopefully iPhone 5) before upgrading. =\

Based on the experiments at the University of Pennsylvania:

• Creative ideas are by definition novel, and novelty can trigger feelings of uncertainty that make most people uncomfortable.
• People dismiss creative ideas in favor of ideas that are purely practical — tried and true.
• Objective evidence shoring up the validity of a creative proposal does not motivate people to accept it.
• Anti-creativity bias is so subtle that people are unaware of it, which can interfere with their ability to recognize a creative idea.

Now, this is my kind of grocery shopping. =)

How Green Is Your Internet? from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.

There’s more to social networking in a business environment that need to be accounted for and I’m so appreciative that Seth Godin has summed it up perfectly in his Q & A session video. We’ve all heard it a million times, but it’s about quality and not quantity of who is in your network. Unless you have a relationship with substance behind an alias or screen name, it’s all a facade – one that means little to pretty much nothing.

I love Godin’s reference to the internet as a “giant cocktail party.”

Exactly one week ago, I had the privilege of speaking at the 6th Annual I.T. and Web 2.0 Venture Forum at Rice University about Bubblevine. Although it was a long and busy day, I really enjoyed my time participating in the event. I met a number of great people and listened to some great company presentations and guest speakers.

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