Google is now offering a way for authors and publishers to offer content for free under the Creative Commons license on Google Books. Rightsholders who want to distribute their books can let users download, use, and share them.
Wikipedia to Go Creative Commons
It appears that all Wikimedia content will become available for free under the Creative Commons License soon. This has been approved by a 75% majority of community voters, though the decision has not yet been approved by the Wikimedia Foundation’s board of trustees. The licensing update/result page says:
Ooga Labs Cooking In Creative Secrecy
Google’s known as the company with a “different” kind of corporate culture. Call Ooga Labs “really different,” then – these guys play Calvinball, a game in which “the only permanent rule . . . is that you can’t play it the same way twice.” Between matches, Ooga’s employees apparently work on stuff like search engines and social networks.
Companies Need Creative Hiring Solutions
I just took a web design survey. It took me less than four minutes, if that, thanks to the multiple choice options and easy questions. What slowed me down was the chance to speak up about women, driving long distances to work and single parenting.
Adobe Launches Creative Suite 3
Adobe Systems has launched their Adobe Creative Suite 3 product line, the company’s largest software release in their 25-year history. The product line offers integrated design and development tools for graphic artists and web designers.
Creative Suite 3 brings together Adobe and Macromedia products that will give designers and developers a number of options for print, Web, mobile interactive, film and video production.
Creative Commons 3.0 Launched
Creative Commons, the non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share, has launched version 3.0 of their copyright licenses.
Ideal Networking Tips for the Creative Entrepreneur
These tips are ideas that I have used successfully and often recommend to other creative entrepreneurs.
Building a creative company: Embrace new ideas
A creative company is a must in today’s highly competitive business environment. To build that innovative business, it takes courage on the part of management.
Creative Discovery Comes To Search
It’s probably entirely appropriate that if a supercomputer is going to be set up to strive for creative answers to tough questions, that hardware will consist of Apple Xserve G5s.
Overcoming Groupthink: Invite Creative Ideas
You are probably familiar with the concept of groupthink. It’s where all members of a meeting, a task force, or even an entire company hold the same opinion on a topic.