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Disrupting Democracy: Keya Dannenbaum On Her "OkCupid Of Politics" And The Future Of Elections

BY David Zax | 12-07-2011 | 6:53 PM | DESIGN

How will technology change our electoral process? Fast Company gets Crystal Ballin' with Keya Danenbaum, the founder of ElectNext, which applies the techniques of dating websites to representative democracy.READ MORE›

Elena Silenok On Magic Mirrors, Virtual Closets, And The Future Of Fashion

BY David Zax | 11-23-2011 | 5:12 PM | DESIGN

In the latest installment of Fast Company’s future-gazing series, Crystal Ballin’, Elena Silenok of Clothia envisions an era of magic mirrors, virtual closets, and the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy by Alicia Silverstone.READ MORE›

Solar Entrepreneur Lynn Jurich: Sunny Days Ahead

BY David Zax | 10-06-2011 | 10:49 AM | ETHONOMICS

What's the future of solar energy? Fast Company gets Crystal Ballin' with Lynn Jurich, cofounder of SunRun, which is flourishing in a season that has seen a few high-profile bankruptcies in solar energy.READ MORE›

Train Your Computer, Monitor Your Brand Online Using "Sentiment Analysis"

BY David Zax | 08-31-2011 | 4:56 PM | INNOVATION

When will a computer finally understand sarcasm? Seth Redmore of Lexalytics gazes into the future of text analysis and machine intelligence.READ MORE›

A Former Choirboy Shows Us The Future Of Live Music

BY David Zax | 06-10-2011 | 1:42 PM | CAREERS

For the latest (mic-stand-kicking) edition of our future-gazing series Crystal Ballin' we spoke with Ian Hogarth, CEO of Songkick. "In my vision of the future, hipsters aren’t obsolete," he tells us. "I think that you're always gonna need human curation. Machines can only do so much."READ MORE›

Aaron Levie, CEO Of Box.net, On The Future Of The Cloud

BY David Zax | 06-03-2011 | 1:12 PM | DESIGN

For this installment of our forward-looking Crystal Ballin' series we speak with the man who founded his cloud-based file-sharing platform in college. Join us for a discussion of meatballs, sex, and enterprise software design.READ MORE›

Envisioning The Omnipresent, Benevolent Internet Of The Future

BY David Zax | 05-26-2011 | 11:39 AM | INNOVATION

Lynn St. Amour, CEO Of The Internet Society, joins us for our second entry in the Crystal Ballin' series, in which CEOs and thinkers venture to speculate on what lies ahead. In today's edition, we answer the questions: What is the future of the Internet? And is it a force for good? READ MORE›

Crystal Ballin' With ... Drew Larner, CEO of Rdio

BY David Zax | 05-18-2011 | 11:49 AM | INNOVATION

Fast Company introduces a new series of interviews, in which we ask CEOs and others to don the futurist's wizard hat and gaze into our crystal ball. Our first interview, on the future of music, is with Drew Larner, the CEO of Rdio.READ MORE›