Features

All In A Days Work

David Roberts — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:46:00 +0000

The United States leads the world in two categories: work and waste. American employees put in more hours and take fewer vacations than just about anyone else in the industrialized world, and our individual ecological "footprints" are much larger.

All Systems Go

Mark Borden — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:46:21 +0000

What's Happening This Month

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:27:20 +0000

Browse events in April, from the world's biggest lighting show to, inevitably, Tax Day.

Week 1

tuesday, april 1
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Right of the Dial: The Rise of Clear Channel and the Fall of Commercial Radio
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Meet the Press

Robert Scoble — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:26:08 +0000

A year ago, Timothy Ferriss was a relative unknown. If the serial entrepreneur was known at all, it was likely for being the only Princeton University guest lecturer who has also been a Chinese kickboxing champion. Since then, as the author of the best-seller The 4-Hour Workweek, Ferriss has become a business-world phenomenon and a media darling sought after by everyone from Maxim magazine to CNBC. How did that happen? Ferriss credits his blogging strategy.

Your Boss Is a Monkey

Dan Heath and Chip Heath — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:26:34 +0000

Exotic-animal trainers need a great poker face. Let's say you're a trainer, and one day, a beluga whale spits a mouthful of cold water at you. Your first instinct will be to shriek or jump or curse, but any reaction will probably reinforce the spitting. If you react, that whale will own you, and you'll be a Spit Bull's-eye for the rest of your life. Instead, you must ignore it and appear unfazed, expressionless -- a training technique called "least-reinforcing scenario," or LRS.

Beyond Ballistic

Tim McKeough — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:35:19 +0000

David Chu

Executive Creative Director
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¡Hola Surfers!

Ellen McGirt — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:35:09 +0000

Zipcar Makes the Leap

Alex Frankel — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:35:07 +0000

The Faces and Voices of Google

Chuck Salter — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:35:21 +0000

It's too good to be true. That's what Andy Rubin was thinking back in 2005. He'd worked for more than a decade at various tech outfits, including a stint at Apple, and now Google was interested in acquiring Android, his latest venture. When he dug around to see if the Internet giant would be a good fit, Rubin met with what he assumed was the usual Silicon Valley spin: lots of talk about boundless freedom, perfect perks, a culture that prizes spectacular failure more than middling success. Right.

Designs on Success

Tim McKeough — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:25:06 +0000

Patrick Robinson

Executive Vice President of Design
Gap Adult and Gap Body

After stints at Armani, Perry Ellis, and Paco Rabanne, Patrick Robinson is leading Gap's design team.