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• A.G. Lafley over at HBR on innovation. Good little video…
• Rod has some good thoughts for Microsoft
• More on FriendFeed…
• Great writing resources…

• Dell saves pedestrian… nothing like an Inspiron as a crash barrier…
• Redmonk adds new analyst creating Greenmonk… I agree with them that the higher the price of oil goes, the more innovation it will drive as we look for a way around it.

We’ve been harping on about this for years. The URL is dying, replaced with search:

Of the 10 fastest rising search terms on Google last year, 7 were for searches where adding a “.com” would have brought the user to the correct site. These are called “navigational” searches — searches done when the user already knows exactly where he or she wants to end up — and they make up a surprising large number of total searches…. According to Compete last fall, navigational searches make up about 17% of all searches on average, more on Yahoo! and Live than on Google. For well-known web sites, Compete found that about 9 out of the top 10 search terms for that site tend to be some sort of variation on the domain. Surprisingly, people actually often search for entire domain names rather than type them into their browser’s address bar.

I’m seeing Moleskinerie’s popping up everywhere these days. I love them. What is even better is the artistic community around them. Stunning images.

• Intel on social responsibility…
• Free notebooks? Interesting idea… I’ve been wondering how long before we get to subscriber models.
• Thank goodness… In a Harris Interactive survey of 2,030 US adults of whom, 1,778 have actually flown in an airplane, a full three quarters say that cellphone usage on airplanes should be restricted to “non-talking features.” In other words, email, texting, and surfing the Web. That’s a pretty significant majority seeing as how the EC has cleared the way for calls within European airspace. 69% of consumers agreed that if voice calls are permitted, a special “talking zone” should be established so that other passengers are not interrupted.
• James has a great photo that brilliantly articulates the difference between press and bloggers. Can you guess?