Brett McGuire, being the IP guy that he is, highlighted a report from the World Intellectual Property Organization that found Indonesia only submitted seven, yes, seven, international patent applications in all of 2009. Compared to Malaysia’s 218 applications, this makes Indonesia look pretty much irrelevant in terms of creativity and innovation.

The main question that I have is, is this due to lack of creativity in innovation, invention, and discoveries or is it due to ignorance?

How many people in this country created something that’s absolutely new but has no idea how to patent it? Or afraid that it might be stolen so they don’t make it public? Which of those scenarios are more worrying?

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Source: treehugger.com

Idea: Need a simple todo app on the iPhone? Use Notes.app as a Hipster PDA. One note per thought. View all for list. Delete as processed.

This is something I tweeted over a year ago. Before, TaskPaper for iPhone. Still, just as good of an idea (and it’s free). (via minimalmac)

Bird’s eye view of my hard drive

Just because I can. It sure looks packed in there. 120GB, with 6.5GB remaining. That big red rectangle is the 4GB sleepimage. Pink one in the middle is Macworld Expo Keynote 2009.

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Top 10 Annoying Office Buzzwords

“Grumpy colleagues, slow computers and office jargon are the things that annoy workers most, according to a survey released on Wednesday.”- The Jakarta Globe

Yeah, touch base. I hate that term. You wanna touch base? Are you trying to hit on me? What’s next, first base, second base, third base, home run? So ambiguous.

Push the envelope. What does that even mean? Trying to bribe?

Blamestorming… I actually like this one. Witty.

Thinking outside the box. Yeah, ugly phrase but people work in cubicles. Practically in boxes. Can’t blame them.

Blue sky thinking. WHAT THE HELLL???

See the complete list at Jakarta Globe.

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