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Job Fair - Mississauga, Hamilton, Ottawa, Toronto - Ontario - Canada

RITA VICTORIA PERSAUD — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:21:27 -0500

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Work/Life

Being a Rock Star Creates Balance Opportunity!

Joe Raasch — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:40:01 -0400

Does the term "rock star" permeate your workplace? Rock star as in someone whose work, accomplishments, mere presence, is legendary and feels like a rock star is in the room?

I have a different take, from Bob Lefsetz - he of the mercurial Lefsetz Letter:

Work/Life

Inspired By ...

Alissa Walker — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:39:10 -0400

Apple: Top-notch design and an emphasis on utility boost appeal to a wide range of consumers.

Hermès: Relentlessly high quality. "We want people to feel that luxury."

In-N-Out Burger: Lee cites its "simplicity"--and a secret menu that "gives the customer power."

Starbucks: "A modern-day Italian piazza," says Lee, where people from diverse backgrounds interact.

The Best Advertising Slogans of All Time According to Digg Users

Rip Empson — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:05:07 -0400

Inc.com named Apple’s “Think Different,” Wheaties’ “Breakfast of Champions,” Maxwell House’s “Good to the Last Drop,” and—who could forget?—Wendy’s “Where’s the Beef?” among others.

11 of the Worst Facebook Applications

Fast Company staff — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:55:08 -0400

Own Your Friends! enables your friends to judge your financial worth on an auctioning block for all the Facebook world to see. Who doesn't want that?

The gaming app, Pimp Fight, lets you "build and fight pimps against yo' friends” – charming. However, the real fun is comes in as you make your way through loads of built-in advertisements, some of which require personal financial information.

The Work/Life Balance Ratio

Carmel Benson — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:10:47 -0400

"Work-life balance has become such a commonly used phrase that we
rarely if ever stop to even question its meaning. Let's examine it...

Work/Life

Doing What Feels Right Despite the Evidence

Dan Heath & Chip Heath — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:31:04 -0400

1. Mergers and Acquisitions

The Simemperor

Clayton Neuman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:55 -0400

Spore, which lets a player create and evolve a species, has taken online community to a different level than any of your previous games, even during the development process. What was your goal?

Comedy Is Not Pretty

Fast Company Staff — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:50 -0400

Funny or Die

Biggest hit: The Landlord. Will Ferrell gets shaken down by a foulmouthed toddler.
Views: 57.8 million
Advertisers: Chevy Malibu, Pontiac Vibe

CollegeHumor

Biggest hit: Powerthirst 2. Parody of energy-drink ads
Views: 5 million*
Advertisers: Trojan, Ford

Super Deluxe

Listen: Songs of Autumn

Kate Rockwood — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:30 -0400

Guns N' Roses
Chinese Democracy
(Geffen)

Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson
(Arista)

Metallica
Death Magnetic
(Warner Bros.)

Brian Wilson
That Lucky Old Sun
(Capitol)

The Cure
As yet untitled

100% All About You - Get Lost in Your World For FREE!

Eric Moore — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:20:55 -0400

Ever dream of being in your own little world, having fun your way, getting into the things that are important to you, or just flat out getting lost in your world?

The truth is, we all wish that we could do this or do that at one time or another, but sometimes life just get's too hectic for us. So, we eventually lose sight of who we are and what is important to us.

Inside the Bun: The Business of Selling Hot Dogs

Fast Company staff — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:00:05 -0400

Americans will eat about 2.3 billion hot dogs -- eight per person -- during National Hot Dog Month. National Hot Dog Day is July 18th, but the 4th is the biggest dog day.

17 Contestants ate 576.5 hot dogs and buns at last year's Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

66 Hot Dogs were eaten in 12 minutes by 2007 winner Joey Chestnut, who won $10,000 and set a new world record.

Numerology: Hot Dog!

Kate Rockwood — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:44 -0400

- 17 Contestants ate 576.5 hot dogs and buns at last year's Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

- 66 Hot Dogs were eaten in 12 minutes by 2007 winner Joey Chestnut, who won $10,000 and set a new world record.

- $39 million -- estimated media value of the TV coverage for the contest's sponsor, Nathan's.

Toys of Summer

Chris Dannen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:30:05 -0400

Harmonic Wealth is not Just About Money

alex alex — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:21:48 -0400

Work/Life

Copenhagen's World Barista Championship

Theunis Bates — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:40:36 -0400

June Events for Creative Business People

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:24 -0400

The Business of Broadway

Cora Daniels — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:00 -0400

The Cool Cat

Stephen Byrd
Producer
Front Row Productions
New York, New York

Stephen Byrd, 55, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and currently a partner in the private-equity firm Stonehedge Partners, spent 13 years trying to bring an all-black production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to Broadway. It debuted this spring.

Créme de la Curator

Danielle Sacks — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:46:24 -0400

Henri Scars Struck is holed up in the attic of a building in Manhattan's Flatiron District. The bald French composer is cornered by electric guitars, a grand piano, and a blue Moroccan mandolin -- only a fraction of the instruments he used to orchestrate his latest opus: a 24-hour track that syncs a mélange of sounds, from galloping horses to an Indian sitar.

Cheesy Goodness

Bill Barol — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:46:03 -0400

"Domino's, the pizza-delivery kingpin, today will unveil a technology, Pizza Tracker, that lets customers literally track their pizza from the moment they place the order until it leaves the store en route to them." -- USA TODAY, Jan. 30, 2008

Our Profiles, Ourselves

Rob Walker — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:35:15 -0500

Disturbing reports about the confessions and extreme self-exposure of young people on social-networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have become routine fodder for the evening news or anybody else looking for a sensational story to tell. "As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet," New York magazine declared not long ago, "the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension."

Now: March 2008

Fast Company staff — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:35:09 -0500

Week 1

march 1
BID
Meg Whitman's 10th Anniversary as CEO of eBay

Open House: Just Plane Ambitious

Ellen Gibson — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:25:04 -0500

London Heathrow (LHR) Terminal 5

On a Roll

Lucas Conley — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:25:05 -0500

The real highlight of the annual Covered Bridge Festival in Mansfield, Indiana, isn't a bridge at all. It's Potty Palooza.

"People walk from half a mile away," says John Baker, a festival organizer. No wonder: Charmin's 27-room traveling bathroom facility, painted sky blue with white clouds and latched to the bed of an 18-wheeler, inspires awe wherever it goes. "It's like a ride at the state fair," Baker marvels. "They wait in line 10 to 15 minutes sometimes!"

Voyage of Discovery

Fast Company staff — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:05:02 -0500

"We're about satisfying curiosity about the world," says David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications (DCI), which airs Dirty Jobs and has more than 100 TV networks reaching 1.5 billion subscribers. Zaslav, who arrived in early 2007, overhauled management, eliminated some 1,200 jobs, and ditched the 120 tanking retail stores to focus on e-commerce. "We're not just a cable company anymore," he says. But while cyber is cool--and DCI saw profits rise to $246 million in his first nine months, up nearly 50% from a year ago--cable is still king.