Sometimes I can't believe my own eyes -- or what people think is a good idea. Coming across the BananaGuard, a banana-sized and -shaped lunchbox designed to safely transport bananas. made me laugh out loud. Especially this line: "The ...READ»
Dave Pollard offers some useful commentary on -- and consideration of -- the role stories can play in a project. Addressing the information and entertainment value stories have as tools to help influence and inspire behavior in a ...READ»
Writing in the May issue of Atlantic Monthly, Howell Raines, the former editor of The New York Times, coins the phrase "Management by Mendacity." It's a condition many cubicle dwellers can identify with.
"Great work great praise it ...READ»
Ray Crist, a scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project, retired last week. Born in 1900 -- and retiring for the third time at the age of 104 -- Crist was dubbed "America's oldest worker."
"I have never given a thought to working ...READ»
Seth Godin's May column (available online soon) is about the four traits of clownhood and how they apply to the work world.
While Fast Company editors decided not to change Seth's contributor photo for the column, Seth has made the ...READ»
Stewart Brand recommends Llamagraphics' Life Balance software -- the "to-do list for real life" -- as a useful tool to do more and stress less.
The "life balance" part comes at the start of using the software. You define a half ...READ»
This week is Administrative Professionals Week! With the theme of "Ambassadors for Excellence" this year, the week will be capped by Administrative Professionals Day on Wednesday.
Founded in 1952 as National Secretaries Week by the ...READ»
Danielle's entry raises an interesting question, and one we've grappled with before in FC Now. I'm sure we'll continue to wrestle with the issue. Last November, Alison Overholt had a negative experience at Starbucks -- she ran away ...READ»
Every morning on my way to work I encounter a treat in the form of a boxy orange truck (a former Con Edison truck converted into a "gourmet coffee" truck) parked in front of the 6 train. With my favorite Stones or Steve Wonder song ...READ»
The Daily News reports that the Donald has doubled down in terms of his salary for the Apprentice. Previously earning $50,000 per episode, Trump will now thump a full $100,000 each program. It seems to me that Trump's appearance on ...READ»
Thanks to the fine folks at xBlog for pointing me to Marian Bantjes' recent comments on business cards in Speak Up. In an entry titled "Logo, Company Name, Slogan, Name, Title, Address, Phone, Fax, Cel, Email, Web Address," Bantjes ...READ»
Even as debate rages on about whether Ruth B. Jordan, Juror No. 4 in the case against former Tyco execs Dennis Koslowski and Mark Swartz, did or did not flash an "okay" sign to the defense (they're just after the "Polack and the ...READ»
These two top business schools will no longer provide BusinessWeek the opportunity to survey their graduating classes. Why? The deans basically say that rankings are crass and misleading.
The real story, however, is quite ...READ»
Continuing on the history tip, yesterday I stumbled across a fascinating Web site detailing the history of a number of tools, technologies, and products. The History of... You Name It compiles more than 50 articles detailing the past ...READ»
I didn't have a chance to post this over the weekend, but it struck me as ironic -- and a nice bit of serendipity -- that the anniversary of the founding of the Pony Express (April 3, 1860) took place in the midst of the Where's the ...READ»
Richard Branson, the high-energy CEO of Virgin, has signed on with Fox to develop a new reality TV show. Like the business moguls Mark Cuban and Donald Trump before him, Branson will challenge contestants to overcome a series of ...READ»
E-Commerce News offers the best business sendup I've come across today with several scathingly silly stories worked in among its other "real" content today. Check out the home page to see how things are worked in, but the stories you ...READ»
Going to the dentist doesn't have to be as painful as pulling teeth. Or so believes the founders of Dental Design of Kedron in Peachtree City, Georgia.
Brought to our attention by Decent Marketing's Katherine Stone, the dental ...READ»
Paul Allen sold TechTV to Comcast Corp. yesterday for below $300 million. Allen took a loss on the station, which he unsuccessfully tried to fold into his own cable network, Charter Communications.
But rather than continue to build ...READ»
Went out to a barbeque restaurant last night with some FC colleagues and when the dessert menu came, how could I not, as Seth Godin's editor, have been intrigued by the purple cow float? I honestly had never heard of such a dessert ...READ»
Brian Maxwell, a marathon runner who invented the PowerBar, died last Friday. 51 years old, he colllapsed while standing in line to mail a package at a California post office.
No disrespect intended, but is this another instance of ...READ»
Just to show that life and work at Wizards of the Coast Inc. isn't all fun and games -- wait... that it is all fun and games -- the company even offers some information about pranks and shenanigans perpetrated by the R&D ...READ»
Inspired by David Rees' Get Your War On clip-art comic strip, Frank Patrick is experimenting with making comic strips using PowerPoint. He even offers a template so Web readers can create their own corporate clip-art comic strips. If ...READ»
Contributors to FC Now try to avoid being too self-referential -- if you want to know what Fast Company is working on, it's probably best to sign up for Fast Take, our weekly email newsletter -- but we just put the April 2004 table ...READ»
I'll admit it. I'm completely addicted to the Apprentice (not as in "I like it," but closer to "I have a problem"). That being the case, I snagged myself a press pass that allowed me to go poke around at the first casting call for ...READ»
