Greenpeace dubbed its campaign against Nestlé a success earlier this week when the food giant announced that it will no longer use products that drive tropical rainforest destruction, specifically palm oil that comes from companies like Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group.

Over the last couple of years (let's pick a random title and call it "The Obama Era") we've seen a movement develop, spearheaded by groups like the Sunlight Foundation and enabled by some innovative thinkers in the White House, around open government data and transparency. The movement has been wildly successful in publishing reams and reams of local, state and federal government data (in the US and abroad) in machine-readable formats online.

The explosion of public opinion and negative press about Facebook lately has been absolutely fascinating to watch for several reasons. First, it delineates the clear existence of two different models of innovation and company operation -- for instance, the Ubuntu development model versus the Apple product development model -- and exemplifies all too clearly the consideration and input (or lack thereof) that users and user interests have in the evolution of a product.

The state of Caliornia is now at the centre of debate for legalized online casino gambling. Precisely, they are discussing the possibility of passing an intrastate internet poker gambling industry, its benefits, while also allowing the state government to collect taxes and create more jobs.

Sixty Catholic Workers and friends from the Midwest held a demonstration to contrast the Works of Mercy and the Works of War outside the Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois on April 26, 2010. The nonviolent protest was the culmination of a weekend gathering known as the Midwest Catholic Worker Resistance Retreat that happens every spring and ends in nonviolent direct action. This year's retreat, "The Cost of War: At Home and Abroad" had over 200 people in attendance from all over the country.

AFP has news that a 37 year old Thai man in Rayong has been arrested "for allegedly insulting the kingdom's royal family on Facebook". The new comes a few weeks after a government press release warned that social networks in Thailand are under "thorough watch" -- as blogged here -- although the comment itself was made last month (March 19), according to the AFP article, more details of which are below.

With the "shrinking globe," an American woman plying her trade in Europe is not as much of a cultural oddity as it may have been in the past. But an American woman racing her bicycle on the European circuit full-time, well that is another story.

This evening my son and I attended a two hour "Light Painting Workshop" at the Oklahoma City CoCo. (Coworking Collaborative) We learned about "makers," building electronic circuits, LCD lights, and photography while we experienced new ways to have creative fun.

It's interesting that those in the social media industry believe everything that's occurring with respect to social media is new. As I look back to direct marketing, database marketing, networking and advertising -- I don't believe our goals for businesses were different at all.

Politifact, the fact-checking project of the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, gives Obama a "No Flip" on the Flip-O-Meter in his announcement to expand offshore drilling in previously banned places.

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