In part 1 we took a look at Marty Sklar's, former Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, "Mickey's 10 Commandments" (video). These were originally written about how to create fun and exciting adventures at theme parks, but can be applied to our work in the digital creative fields as well. In this part 2 we'll take a look at the second half of these rules and se... Read more

Sweden's Frederick Ingblad is a specialized intellectual property prosecutor, and this morning he made a very specialized announcement: at the request of Belgian authorities, Ingbland and Swedish police had just made a series of coordinated raids on ISPs and universities. Their target: "The Scene."For two years, Belgium has been looking into the online operations that obtain, crack, and distribute... Read more

SpuriousLogic writes "Does happiness rise with income? In one of the more scientific attempts to answer that question, researchers from Princeton have put a price on happiness. It's about $75,000 in income a year. They found that not having enough money definitely causes emotional pain and unhappiness. But, after reaching an income of about $75,000 per year, money can't buy happiness. More money c... Read more

By now you're certainly familiar with the concept of product placement, and the fact that it's been growing and growing and growing these days. Well, how about a counter-clockwise twist on the concept? ChurchHatesTucker points us to the rumors making the rounds that some luxury brand companies are experimenting with product anti-placement. That is, they're sending their competitors' products to... Read more