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Design Innovation Readings

What the creative collaboration on the music of Cowboy Bebop can teach us about Agile Practices

In this post I talk about what the collaboration between the producers of Cowboy Bebop and Japanese composer Yoko Kanno for creating the music of show can teach us about Agile Practices.

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Inspiration

For Inspiration: “Perfeição”

So, it’s been 25 years without Renato Russo. Most of my Brazilian friends have a love/hate relationship with Legião Urbana. But I guess we would all agree on one thing: some of the sentiments he put down on paper are as relevant today as they were 25 years ago. For example: “Perfeição”

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Inspiration

For Inspiration: “Right Now”

there is lot of high flying solos I remember Eddie playing, but my favourite is “Right Now”

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Inspiration

Watch Neil Gaiman’s “Creative Writing Lessons”

Neil Gaiman while answering questions about Creative Writing tackles the question all writers hate; where do you get your ideas from? He jokes about this first but then explains why this is, and why this is such a difficult question for writers

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Consumer Behavior Trend Watching

Living in Germany: 10 myths about culture 

Culture is one of the driving engines for German soft power. The federal and state governments invest more than 10 billion euros annually in cultural endeavors like youth theaters, music schools, chamber orchestras, renovations of historical buildings or museum expansions. That adds up to 123 euros per citizen – the cost of a mid-sized Ikea bookshelf […]

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Inspiration

Watch Neil Gaiman’s “Make Up Your Own Rules”

In this Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts, author and Artist Neil Gaiman talks about how the world is change, and the creative industries are changing with it, and encourage us to “make up your own rules”

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Inspiration

For Inspiration: “Constelação Carinhoca” by Mundo Livre S/A

Founded in 1984 and confined for nearly ten years in the garages on the periphery of Recife band led by Fred Zeroquatro proposed in the 90s – along with the late Chico Science – the universal and update the northeastern music. ‘s Sound World Free S / A has since reprocessing samba with new wave […]

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Inspiration

For Inspiration: “Procure Saber” by Mombojó

“Procure Saber” by Mombojó

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Inspiration

For Inspiration: “Original Fire” by Audioslave

Chris Cornell was found dead on Wednesday. Rest in Peace, Chris!

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Inspiration

For Inspiration: Barbatuques’ “Ayú!” featuring Naná Vasconcelos

The American jazz magazine DownBeat named Naná Vasconcelos percussionist of the year every year from 1983 to 1991 […]