links for 2009-07-29

An Easy Way to Increase Creativity: Scientific American

Quick, interesting read on psychological distance and thought processes.

(tags: creativity)
Read This If You Hate Meetings – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com

Meeting people vs Maker people.
1 hour intervals vs 1/2 day intervals
Which are you?

(tags: organization)
AP: “We’re Done” Answering Questions About Fair Use & Our Rights System

Danny goes into good thoughts on his personal blog about the APs 'fair use' comments.

(tags: ap copyright)
Hotels.com Not Unique Enough To Get A Trademark | Techdirt

I have to admit; I'm a bit happy about this ruling; if for nothing else the courts actually realized there are alternative spellings to domains and it seems that the courts are starting to understand the the internet. I'm still all for TM protection under the correct circumstances; however, I'm more for courts starting to think about online and offline together when awarding TMs. Hopefully, the patent office will follow their example.

(tags: trademarks)

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