Topic: Arianna Huffington

"Inside Job" Filmmaker Charles Ferguson Hopes to Help Send Bankers to Jail

"This has cost the American people trillions of dollars," Ferguson tells Fast Company. If only he were talking about his film and not the deception behind the financial crisis.READ»

Huffington Post's First Acquisition: Hardcore Comments Moderation, and Future-Proofing

News aggregator site Huffington Post has just made its first acquisition: Adaptive Semantics. It's a tech firm whose systems will help HuffPo with is main business of bringing together content, and comments from readers. Most ...READ»

Advantage #2,137 to Working at Home: You're Napping Right Now (And Better for It)

This week, I was heartened by the news that says that siestas are good for you. Oh, the joy! Researchers at the University of California have discovered that a bit of shut-eye in the middle of the day improves the brain's ability to ...READ»

Digital Influence with Arianna Huffington & Perez Hilton

Influencers can be found on nearly every medium — online, through mass media, and through face-to-face contact. The newest influencers in the digital space have been empowered by new digital tools and are strategizing ways to make an impact on digital society. As the internet continues to grow, more and more people...READ»

Cheddar for Tweets: @HuffingtonPost's Twitter-Based Revenue Scheme

Twitter still isn't showing interest in hunting down hard cash profits, but the ever-sneaky Huffington Post has worked out how it can profit from Twitter instead: By charging to embed Tweets into its blog comments. Genius? Or ...READ»

Digital Influence in the Network Economy

Yesterday, I presented “Digital Influence in the Network Economy” at the PodCampAz Conference. The high level principle is that in a network economy, value flows from connectivity. Value is created and shared by all members of a network and economies of scale stem from the size of the network (see full pdf of presentation and outtakes from our podcasting interview). While transactional exchanges of goods and currency have traditionally been the primary economy, the network...READ»

Huffington Post Gets 'Social News,' but What Does It Mean?

The social networking bandwagon everyone's jumping aboard better get some new seats installed: The Huffington Post has hopped on today, with a "Social News" feature. Apart from the PR-friendly hype of the title, what's it all ...READ»

From a Texas Small Town and a Bedding Company, the Future of Journalism, Marketing, or Both

In these crazily experimental times for journalism, is there a place for--hold your nose, purists--corporate-sponsored reporters? Writer Dan Gearino, who’s exploring a community this month on one company’s marketing dime, thinks he’s onto something. READ»

How Do You Serve?



Michelle Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Nancy Pelosi, Arianna Huffington, and Bon Jovi all told us how they serve yesterday at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, the world's largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the government, non-profits, entertainment, academia, business and the media. 
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Women in Tech: The Bloggers

11 of the Web's most talented writers.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs

Most Influential Women in Web 2.0

We've heard the stats before -- only a quarter of those involved in computer and mathematical occupations are women. And yet, in the ever-evolving world of Web 2.0, women have often been pioneers, redefining the way we interact online. We tracked down the most influential of these. Our list wasn't chosen by star power, nor by career altitude. Rather, we feature the biggest innovators.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0
• Marissa Mayer: The 2008 Fast 50
• Gina Bianchini: Ning's Infinite Ambition

Put Some Risk into Your Job

"What are you doing outside your comfort zone?" It's a great question, one that Arianna Huffington posed to her friends at a swanky party a few years back, according to a profile in the New Yorker magazine. The ...READ»

Arianna Huffington is an Entrepreneur to Admire

I am at the luncheon keynote of the Digital Media Mixer, and Arianna Huffington, entrepreneur extraordinaire and middle-aged blogger like me,  starts off with riff on Sarah Palin's shoes. Before you get to hear about her, don't ...READ»

Arianna Huffington is an Entrepreneur to Admire

I am at the luncheon keynote of the Digital Media Mixer, and Arianna Huffington, entrepreneur extraordinaire and middle-aged blogger like me,  starts off with riff on Sarah Palin's shoes. Before you get to hear about her, don't ...READ»

Calendar: November’s Business and Cultural Events

November brings elections, the Macy’s parade, and APEC-summit costumes.READ»

• Numerology: MPAA Film Ratings

Openness, Generosity, and Accountability

Where do those attributes fit in today's bustling business world? Leaders at a recent conference learned firsthand.READ»

Connecting with Connectors

In a special excerpt from the new book Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi explains who you need to connect with -- and why.READ»

Celebrity Blogs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

As if they don't already get enough publicity, celebrities are increasingly joining the ranks of the blogosphere. Here we spotlight some of the best -- and some of the worst.READ»

The Hype of Hybrids

With rising gas prices and more concern for a greener environment, the number of consumers putting hybrid vehicles on the road has increased to roughly half a million. READ»

Connecting with Connectors

In a special excerpt from the new book Never Eat Alone, Fastcompany.com Networking resource center contributor Keith Ferrazzi explains who you need to connect with -- and why.READ»

The Big Tease

Blog empires like Arianna Huffington's are finally legit businesses. Now comes the tough part.READ»

Fast Talk: Hard Drive

Where is the auto business going? Voices from the world's most important industry discuss the future of designing, selling, marketing, and manufacturing cars.READ»

Tech Monday: It's A Blog World After All

Back in the spring, there was some discrepancy about whether there are actually 70 million blogs in the world. David Sifry of Technorati posted "The State of the Live Web" in April and revealed a steady growth in blogs to the tune of ...READ»

Thoughts on Women and Collaboration

There's something I observed at BlogHer '06 about women and collaboration that I didn't see mentioned in author and tech geek blogger Robert Scoble's post "What I Learned from BlogHer," where he sums up his experience there and ...READ»

Top of the Market?

No offense to Arianna Huffington, who as far as I can tell is a very smart, decent and, needless to say, connected person. But the news of her new celebrity blog, The Huffington Post, strikes me as a sign that the blog phenomenon may ...READ»