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ELECTRONICS   |  Comment

Brainstorming and Mind Maps

The technique of generating New Product Ideas via Brainstorming is not new to the Creativity Industry. Brainstorming was conceived back in the 1930's when Alex Osborne of the advertising agency Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborne ...READ»

ANDROID   |  Comment

Big News From BlackBerry

Today we have the privilege of recognzing two signifcant achievements for RIM [RIMM], the maker of BlackBerry devices. Both are long in coming, much-needed, and potentially dangerous for companies trying to dominate the touchscreen ...READ»

ELECTRONICS   |  Comment

Rapid Prototyping using Evaluation Boards

Creating electronic products is as easy as installing software and connecting an electronic circuit board (Evaluation Board)to your desktop or notebook computer's USB port. Semiconductor manufacturers are developing and selling ...READ»

ELECTRONICS   |  Comment

Low Fidelity Prototyping

In creating the next "Big Thing", the main question asked by novice Entrepreneurs is, "How to Build a Working Prototype?" Well, the answer is by using parts from existing devices that have elements your design ...READ»

ELECTRONICS   |  Comment

Product Specifications

In creating a new product or modifiying an existing one, the physical attributes, function/feature sets, and ID (Industrial Design) must be contained in one document, the Product Specification. The specs I write for wireless ...READ»

ELECTRONICS   |  Comment

New Product Development Tools

According to Don Debelak in his book, How to Bring a Product  To Market for Less Than $5,000,  a product can be developed by "taking apart existing products and use their parts to  make a new product."  Well, that ...READ»

AUTOS   |  1 comment

Big Business in Counterfeit Goods

The U.S. government made more than 13,000 seizures of counterfeit goods in 2007, 1,000 less than in 2006. But the value of those products totaled $196 million, a 27% increase from 2006.READ»

COMMITMENT   |  Comment

ROI or NOT.

I recently received a response to a note I sent to a colleague of mine who works for a Fortune 50 company now. He heads up their research. I worked with him at Harris Interactive (http://www.harrisinteractive.com) where he designed ...READ»

COMMITMENT   |  Comment

ROI.... Everybody says they want it, but few get it

I recently received a response to a note I sent to a colleague of mine who works for a Fortune 50 company now. He heads up their research. I worked with him at Harris Interactive (http://www.harrisinteractive.com) where he designed ...READ»

Smart Brainstorming with Kluster

Here at FastCompany.com, we run across a lot of innovative software and technology, so much so that you can become jaded if you aren’t careful. So when I come across a new piece of technology that I think is really timely, cool and ...READ»

Employees Betrayed?

As the president/CEO of a professional services firm, an issue that is consistently top-of-mind is how to most effectively communicate with Strategic Communications Group’s (Strategic) senior team, employees and network ...READ»

DEFINITIONS   |  Comment

What's Behind The Acronyms

In order to participate in the discussion it's helpful to know what people are talking about. I've grabbed some of my favorite acronyms from a number of different online sources. I invite everyone to amend, alter, correct and ...READ»

SAN JOSE   |  Comment

What's Going On In My World

Hi! My name is Brent and I am a happily married. I have a beautiful child and an awesome dog; I am also surrounded by friends and family that love me. In addition, I have a great job as a recruiter at Cisco. You could say my life is ...READ»

Kenan Samms
AMAZON   |  Comment

Who Gets “It”?: Salesforce.com Does

On the Internet, your process is your brand. Have a good process, and people will keep coming back to buy, read, interact. Have a bad process, and you need to re-think your business or communications goals. Amazon, eBay, GE, iTunes, ...READ»

APPLE   |  Comment

Google Faces Decline Of Entrepreneurial Energy

"Google, is starting to suffer something that could have an equally significant impact: a drain of some of the entrepreneurial energy that drove its early growth and on which its unique culture depends heavily.” While Google ...READ»

Matt Mason
CHINA   |  6 comments

Steal This Idea

The Fast Interview: Author Matt Mason on how the pirating of intellectual property can be a good thing.READ»

EXCEL   |  Comment

PDF to Word Software - Able2Extract

I just wanted everyone to know in my first post about the extremely handy PDF to Word software that you can find at investintech.com.  It will help you save time and it will increase your productivity dramatically.READ»

CHARTLOGIC   |  Comment

EMR Technology-Precision Voice

Precision Voice is the new technology in ChartLogic's EMR 6.5 system. It has cut the time it takes to document and record patient charts from 11 mins to 90 seconds and does it with impressive accuracy. ChartLogic maintains a 96% ...READ»

CHARTLOGIC   |  Comment

Earn a link: Create a Healthcare Twist on a classic song

So even though it is nowhere near Christmas I found this song and thought it was a fun twist on a classic sing-along. Can you come up with a better healthcare twist on lyrics to a classic song? If so I will post it on its own post ...READ»

Candidate from Hell

I find this guy's resume on HotJobs and offer him an opportunity to interview for my open position. I picked him, among others, because his resume looked good. He declines and tells me he doesn't think he's qualified. Ok, so at that ...READ»

Electronic Medical Records: The Woes of Paper

Electronic Medical Records, it's about change   Are we forgetting the hassles of yesterday? A time when paper ruled our lives; some say it seemed much simpler to deal with a sheet of pulp rather than a seeming endless ...READ»

PR Can Help Heal Westland/Hallmark Meat

The Westland/Hallmark Meat Company’s recall of 143 million pounds of ground beef as a result of an animal abuse scandal documented in video by the Humane Society of the United States is disturbing on many levels. The American ...READ»

Hire Me!

Note: if you start a blog and want to use the spell check, copy the contents of your posting first. Installing the spell check deletes the contents of the editing box! Aaargh. Wasted time. It's time to hire someone for the ...READ»

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