Features

• The Great Migration

  A letter from the founding editors.

• Same Place, Different World

  For 50 years, the men and women of Campbellsville, Kentucky sewed underwear in a vast Fruit of the Loom plant that dominated the town's economy and its psychology. Then Fruit of the Loom shut down, Amazon.com moved in, and Campbellsville changed forever.

• Pack Lite

  Boblbee's Peoples Delite helps the road warrior pack it all in.

• Flee Market

  A Spy in the House of Work

• Free Minds

  Bet the Company

• Web Opportunities on Aisle 5

  Career Move: Corwin J. Karaffa, senior VP of operations at HomeGrocer.com Inc.

• Real Tools for Virtual Teams

  Where's the best place for teams to work when their members are located in far-flung places? On the Web. Here are ratings of a collection of Web sites designed to make teams work virtually anywhere.

• Looking for Talent? Take the A Train

  Companies that are desperate for skilled workers aren't looking in the right places, say the founders of CitySkills.org -- a nonprofit group that's moving young people from the inner city to the Internet.

• Legal Grounds

  Legal Grounds Law Coffee blends latte with legalese.

• Companies Are People, Too

  Forget all the talk about corporate culture. It's time to analyze your company's personality. This diagnostic will help.

• Design Vision

  "We're filling the world with amazing devices," says design guru John Thackara. "But we cannot answer the most important question: What is the stuff really for?"

• What?s Your Identity?

  Report From the Futurist

• Where Am I?

  Create a door-to-door route map with Earthmate.

• No Place Like Home

  E2 Home, is a joint venture between Electrolux and Ericsson. Its mission? To change housework as we know it -- and to rethink business strategy in the process.

• Beyond the City Limits

  The founders of Vigilante, a fast-growing ad agency, aim to understand the realities of urban life -- the people who live there and the ideas that originate there.

• Should I Go .Com?

  That question is being asked by more and more businesspeople, as they wonder whether they should become part of the Great Migration. Becky Stein, leader of the Silicon Valley Internet practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, can help you decide.

• Built to Scale

  The leaders of Netigy are wrestling with a make-or-break question that's been the downfall of many promising startups: How do you get big in a big hurry? The answer: act like you already are.

• Change Agent - Issue 36

  "Looking for a poster child for old-economy industries that are stuck in the headlights?"

• Voyage to the New Economy

  Executives are leaving the security of big companies for the Internet economy. Should you sign up for the journey? What can you expect once you arrive at your destination? Or have you already missed the boat?

• Market Jitters

  Volatility "is a unique and necessary condition for the creation of value" in the Internet economy, argues Wall Street analyst and technology strategist Pip Cobourn.

• Difference Is Power

  Lots of companies talk a good game when it comes to the proposition that different is better. Ted Childs, IBM's vice president of global workforce diversity, walks that talk.

• Just Keep It Simple, Please

  Click Here: Take control of your online life.

• Chief Reality Officer

  Job Titles of the Future: Jeff Pundyk

• These Sites Make Teams Work

  Here's a comparison of five Web-based tools that are designed to help teams work better.

• This Job Adds Up

  How Inktomi makes finance fast.

• Road Rules - Rule 21

  Pack Backward.

• Used Cars, New Models

  Talk about an unlikely e-commerce juggernaut. This year, 55-year-old Manheim Auctions expects to sell more than $1.5 billion worth of used cars online. Would you like to take its Web strategy for a test drive?

• The Great Migration

  Do you have what it takes to succeed in this New World?

• Harness Your Hire Power

  What's Your Problem?

• Does Your Startup Measure Up?

  Signing up with a young technology company need not be a leap of faith. Daniel Rippy got startup fever, left his job at Bristol-Myers Squibb -- and had second thoughts. His new book helps you look before you leap.

• Mighty Is the Mongrel

  What does it take to win in the global economy? A commitment to mixing people, experiences, and ideas. Companies and countries that embrace diversity to stimulate creativity will be the ones that own the future.

• Living Dangerously - Issue 36

  After a certain point, there is no path to follow.

• Relaunch!

  Unit of One

• What We Have Here Is No Failure to Communicate

  Meeting I Never Miss

• My Favorite Bookmarks - Josh Silverman

  Picks from the CEO of Evite.

• Don't Mess With Success

  My Smartest Mistake: Recognize personal success in your present job.

• CDU to Gretzky: The Puck Stops Here!

  Consultant Debunking Unit

• Life/Work - Issue 36

  "What if you turned over your uncompleted wish list to someone else?"

• Digital Matters - Issue 36

  "Today, we face a genuine threat -- the wireless-technology gap."

• What's Your Mission Statement?

  Structure is liberating: A monastary in the lowlands of South Carolina has some truly inspired ideas about work, life -- and compost.

• Time to Pay Up, Pal

  Click Here: Making payments just got easier.

• The Greener Cleaners

  Hangers cleaners is using innovative technology, smart design, and a sleek image to do for dry cleaning what Starbucks did for coffee shops: take a mundane event and turn it into an experience.

• Pssst: Wanna See a Great Business Plan?

  Welcome to the world of stealth startups, where hype gives way to passon for anonymity. But does it make sense to keep secrets in an age of instant communication? Mum's the word.

• Here's the Matter With Meetings

  One Click Faster: Beth Haggerty, president and CEO, InfoRocket.com

• Thin Is In

  IBM offers a svelte alternative to your average monitor.

• Free-Agent Clubhouse

  It used to be a church. It's got the vibe of a funky nightclub, the technology of a wired office, and the members-only attitude of a lodge. Meet Baby -- René Eller's club for Amsterdam's "Brand Called You" set.

• Advertisers in Issue 36

  Interact with the companies whose products and services are advertised in Fast Company.

• Stop the Insanity!

  A new generation of dotcom entrepreneurs are creating companies that work -- without expecting people to spend every waking moment at work. Here's how to build a saner startup.

• Chief Detonator

  Job Titles of the Future: Chris Holten-Hempel

• Share the Wealth

  The new economy is great at unleashing innovation. It's just not very fair at sharing the bounty. A new book offers an ambitious "populist vision." You may not like its answers, but you can't ignore the questions.

• Baggage Claim Will Never Be the Same

  Four devices that will prevent your luggage from falling into the wrong hands.

• My Favorite Bookmarks - Flex the Cat

  "Vague" picks from Vaguepolitix's favorite feline.