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131: December 2008
DataDyne: EpiSurveyor
The Acumen Fund: Pulse
The Institute for OneWorld Health: Not-for-profit Drugmaking
HopeLab: Video Games for Health
A High Point
Updates
Feedback
Editor's Letter: Bright Spots
Shifting Routes in the Airline Industry
How Cisco's CEO John Chambers is Turning the Tech Giant Socialist
Cisco's CEO John Chambers On How to Weather the Downturn
Mercy Corps: The Bank of Banks
The Academy for Urban School Leadership: A Teacher-Training Residency
DataDyne: EpiSurveyor
Civic Ventures: Silicon Valley Encore Initiative
The Perils and Promise of the Reputation Economy
IndieVest Attracts Indie-Film Investors With Reduced-Risk Model
Biggest Indie Films of All Time
Fast Company Recommended Events: December-January 2008
Spend: 10 Years of the Euro
In Business, Story Trumps Slogan
Contributors
HopeLab: Video Games for Health
Husk Power Systems: Rice-Fired Electricity
The Acumen Fund: Pulse
The Institute for OneWorld Health: Not-for-profit Drugmaking
Do Something: An IPO
The Solar Industry Gains Ground
The Frenemy Relationship in Business
The Caterpillar Self-Driving Dump Truck
The Motorola Sparrow: Retail's Handheld Powerhouse
Shifting Routes In The Airline Industry
High Point: Seattle's Gren Community
Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion)
Fast Talk: Beauty Ingestibles
The Solid State Revolution
Houston Is Recession-Proofing Its Economy -- With Wind Power
Asian Designers Are Schooling American Architects--Here's How
Next-Gen Job Sites
Scobleizer: Google's Plan for Mobile Domination
The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009
Made to Stick: The Anti-Slogan Argument
Table of Contents - December 2008
130: November 2008
Updates
Contributors
Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough
Peter Gabriel: Digital Entrepreneur
Presentations: The Good, the Bad, and the Awful
Three More Who Design for Society
MTV’s New Digital Forays
TV on the Web: What Works and What Doesn’t
Movie Ratings: Running the Numbers
Green Washing
Steve Ballmer’s Cloud Computing Ambitions for Microsoft
Anglo American’s Bristol Bay Controversy: Wildlife vs. Mineral Riches
Calendar: November’s Business and Cultural Events
Attack of the Green Tech Geeks
New Ways to Measure Energy Use
High-Tech Ways to Go Green at Home
Lojack for Laptops
How the Aeron Chair Inspired Burton
Why You Should Make Your Product for Early Adopters
Business Travel Gets an Upgrade at the Airport
MTV Plants Its Flag in the Digital World
Intercell’s Needle-Free Vaccines
BMW Gina: Shape-Shifting Car
Microsoft’s Leader in Web Apps: Meet Dr. Flakenstein
Director of Homeland Happiness
The Problem With Green Retailers
Can Design Solve Social Problems?
Meet America’s Top Guerilla Marketer
CEO Interview: Costco's Jim Sinegal
Abusing Social Media
Editor's Letter: Comedy & Tragedy
Feedback
Seth MacFarlane’s $2 Billion Family Guy Empire
Peter Gabriel’s YouTube for Human Rights: The Hub
How to Avoid Making a Bad Presentation
Table of Contents - November 2008
129: October 2008
Evolution of a Typeface: Neutra
Big Business in Counterfeit Goods
Fast Company October 2008 Contributors
Letter From the Editor of Fast Company: Shock Value
Six Movie Soundtracks that Topped the Charts, and the Box Office
Li Edelkoort's Predictions for What's Not Hot
It's Just an Illusion
Iconoclasts: The Top Five Creative Minds
Updates to Stories from Fast Company
The Impact of the Designers Accord Movement
The Economics of Intel
Five Top Design Firms Make the Gadgets We Love
All Politics Is Microtargeting
Not So Fast: Reviving Retail Sales
Green Business: FedEx's Hybrid-Truck Program Stalls
How to Make Yourself and Others Happier
Calendar: What's Happening October 2008
Fast Facts About America's Bosses
World Fisheries Congress
The Future of Farming is in Nitrogen Efficiency
America's Greenest City
Geisinger Health System's Plan to Fix America's Health Care
Ebay's Fair-Trade MarketPlace
Rebuilding the Port of Los Angeles
Neuroscience Sheds New Light on Creativity
The Federal Open Market Committee
Scobleizer: What Newspapers Can Learn From the Tech Industry
What's Hot
The Second Life of Second Life
Steven Holl's Global Architecture Footprint
Evolution of a Typeface: Neutra
Biomimicry: Nature-Inspired Designs
Kodak's Traceless Technology Fights Counterfeiting
Digital Thinking at Rhode Island School of Design
Can Sony's Lia Vollack Save the Music Industry?
Li Edelkoort: Famous Trendspotter
Intel Atom: Intel Makes Its Smallest Chip Ever
Building a Sustainable Design Community
The Masters of Typography: House Industries
October 2008: Reader Feedback
Marcel Wanders Designs Miami's Mondrian
Made to Stick: Why Companies Should Pave the Way to Praise
Table of Contents - October 2008
128: September 2008
Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports
Airline Execs Talk Low-Cost Airlines Congress
The Plastic Recycling Dilema
Scobleizer: Sky Fighters
Editor's Letter: Natural Wonder
High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrew
Big Game Trophy Hunter
Now September 2008
Meet: World Low-Cost Airlines Congress
Listen: Songs of Autumn
Gimme an F!
Class Actions
Myspace, the Sequel
The Box Score
These Brands Are Made for MySpace
Good Enough to Eat
Who Will Be the Godfather of Web Video?
Comedy Is Not Pretty
Caffeinated, Aggressive & Brash, Esq.
When Eight Figures Simply Won't Do
Quiksilver's Spice Girls
The Simemperor
Forces of Nature
Doing What Feels Right Despite the Evidence
Green Business: Plastic Potion No. 9
Not So Fast: The Breakup
Contributors
Updates
Power Play
Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports
The Success of Kayak.com
Reflection: A Century of the Automobile Industry
Oakley's Post-Apocalyptic Headquarters
How to Make Banking Fun
Clorox Goes Green
Microsoft vs. Google in the Battle for the Stars
The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor
Timberland's Jeff Swartz on Corporate Responsibility
Fixing Washington D.C.'s School System
Feedback
Green Architecture at the California Academy of Science
Made to Stick: The Myth of Mutual Funds
Table of Contents - September 2008
127: July 2008
Editor's Letter: Market Manipulation
Contributors
The Music Industry Goes Green
The Texas Rangers' Young GM
Advertisers Target Captive Audiences
Wipro's University-like Ambitions to Dominate Outsourcing
Startup Radio Show, The Takeaway, Recreated the Morning Edition
Travel Guide Books Get a Redesign
The Challenge Of Spreading A New Idea
The Green Housing Boom
The King of Green Investing
Vinod Khosla's Green Ventures
Can Carbon Credits Slow Global Warming?
High-Tech Gear for Olympic Athletes
Obscura Digital's High Def Projections
The Carbon Industry's Main Players
Robert Scoble on Twitter
Baseball's Under-Thirty Executives
The Email Trail
Products of Brand Mash-Ups
P&G's Sustainability Initiatives -- Not So Sustainable
FastCompany's July/August 2008 Calendar
Democrats in Denver ; Republicans in St. Paul
Numerology: Hot Dog!
Gettysburg Battle Site Revamps To Attract Tourists
Historical Destinations Go Touristy
The Black Market Code Industry
The Personality Behind Online Gaming Site Bodog
Feedback
Updates
Selling Your Innovation: Anchor and Twist
Table of Contents - July 2008
126: June 2008
Applaud: Congratulations, Graduates!
Global City of the Year: London Calling
Chicago is the Creative Capital of the World. Discuss.
Evolutionary Economics: Bottom Up Solutions to Business Problems
Customer Focused Companies
Editor's Letter: Great Stuff
Contributors
Hope for Hydrogen
The Business of Broadway
Microsoft's Ad Campaigns: An Overview
Ecrio's Revolutionary Cell Phone Applications Could Change How America Shops
Brand Hijack
June Events for Creative Business People
Honorary Degrees for Michael R. Bloomberg and Other Luminaries
Spin the Bottle
American Apparel's New Image
Audiobrain Meets NBC: Creating Music for the Beijing Olympics
Sonic Frontiers
Robert Scoble on the Best iPhone Applications
Three Examples of Dirty Marketing Campaigns
Benefits of Buying "Local"?
U.S. City of the Year: Chicago
Global City of the Year: London
Best Cities for Innovation
Texas Oil Tycoon Tackles Renewable Energy
Copenhagen's World Barista Championship
Chicago is the Creative Capital of ohe Universe. Discuss.
Can Alex Bogusky Help Microsoft Beat Apple?
Feedback
China's New Oil Supplier
Mineral Wealth of the Congo
Mining Copper in Zambia
Special Report: China Storms Africa
China Surpasses U.S. as Leader in Sub-Sahara
China Saps Mozambique of Timber Resources
Dirty Marketing Campaigns
Table of Contents - June 2008
125: May 2008
Letter from the Editor
Contributors
The Cell Sell
Under the Sea
I Just IM'd to Say "I Love You"
Google's Surfing Safari
Promised Land
When the Giving Gets Tough
Judge the Nudge
How to Fix the Web
All In A Days Work
Cheesy Goodness
The Un-Tipping Point
Créme de la Curator
Barneys and Friend
Now: May 2008
Primer: The Big-Bang Machine
Journal-ist: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
The Power of the Prize
Vision Quest: Contests Throughout History
The Wide, Wide World of Heroes
Ning's Infinite Ambition
Virtuous Circles
Rebel Alliance
All Systems Go
Feedback
Medical Leave
Van Jones: "I'm Bad! I'm Slick!"
Get Laziness on Your Side
Table of Contents - May 2008
124: April 2008
The Prize Giver
The Engineer
The Student Teacher
The Design Pro
The Amateur
Contributors
Letter from the Editor
Measuring Footprints
The Napkin Sketch
MLB's Digital Dominance
The Hot Zone
Ode To A Burrito
The Red Sox Secret Lineup
Second Life
Show Me The Video!
Library of the Living Dead
Take Me Out to the Ballpark
The Mother Lode
Meet the Press
Whither Municipal Wi-Fi?
A Field Guide to Boss Management
Dead Man Walking
You've Got Problems!
AOL's Greatest Hits
AOL's Greatest Hope
Project Rehab
Now: April 2008
Burn This
Feedback
Making Innovation Work
Hotbed
MEET: World Retail Congress
Journal-ist: Freedom of Choice
The Amazing Race
The Brand Called Obama
Your Boss Is a Monkey
Table of Contents - April 2008
123: March 2008
In Praise of Spikes
Where Art Thou?
Zipcar Makes the Leap
Eureka?
¡Hola Surfers!
Hustle & Flow
Now: March 2008
The Journal-ist: In the Lead
Letter from the Editor
Contributors
Straight to Video
Another Inconvenient Truth
Our Profiles, Ourselves
Designs on Success
Homage to History
A Club is Reborn
Beyond Ballistic
Keeping it Cool
Google
Three Instances Where Checklists Have Worked--and How
Consumer Products
Corning's History
A Laptop in Every Pot
Consumer Experiences
Open House: Just Plane Ambitious
Feedback
The World's Most Innovative Companies
Heroic Checklist
Table of Contents - March 2008
122: February 2008
The Dirtiest Mind in Business
Seven Dirty Habits of Highly Effluent People
Voyage of Discovery
Is the Tipping Point Toast?
Oil
Mad Scientist
Lab Results May Vary
Now February
The Journal-ist: Matters of Perception
Speaker For Hire
Intel's Amazon Ambitions
Making Friends, Creating Customers
Carbon Craze
Fast Talk: The Protector
Fast Talk: Bureaucracy Breaker
Fast Talk: Clean-Up Hitter
Fast Talk: Privacy Warrior
Fast Talk: Bush's Record Collector
Contributors
Fueling The Future
Letter from the Editor
Is Bacteria Fuel the Next Big Thing?
Devil's Food
Lost in the Funhouse
CSI: Construction
Paint the House Green
Resolution or Goal? You make the Call.
Yahoo's Rally Cry
Artery, Heal Thyself
Scuttling Scut Work
Office in a Cloud
Urban Outfitters
Q&A: Mr. Fix-It
Order Versus Chaos
Feedback
Loco Motion
Make Goals Not Resolutions
Table of Contents - February 2008
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iPhone Owners Spend More Money -- and Not Just on Apple Hardware
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Penalty! Unnecessary Blandness! Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics
Ashton Kutcher is pioneering a new kind of media business, bridging Hollywood, tech, and Madison Ave.
Litl Video Tour: A Design Miracle, a Challenging Sell
To Sell or Not to Sell: Silicon Valley Acquisitions Market Heats Up
Masters of Design
Getting What You Pay For
Airlines Charge Less for More Suffering
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The 12 Best and Worst Digital Characters