Topic: Athens

The craftsmanship of sterling silver 925 jewelry

When we think of silver 925 , the first thing that comes to wits is matchless silver 925 necklaces. Yet, the saga of silver  925 and the uses for silver 925 are vivid and assorted. According to The Silver 925 Institute, a ...READ»

Time (Zone) Travelers

It's becoming the essential competitive edge: the ability to hopscotch the globe, switching countries, cultures, and languages as easily as the rest of us change clothes. Meet some folks who are really living the borderless life.READ»

You Can Thank the Web for Finally Giving Videos a Real Home

So I’m on the phone with a fellow producer the other day and out of the blue I say…“Finally, after all these years, videos now have a home on the web…and they’re not homeless anymore.” “What do you mean?” he ...READ»

Marketing Lessons from the Olympics in Athens

Less than a month before the Games open, stories already fill the press about troubles in the Greek city: unfinished construction projects, potential traffic jams, and fear of terror attacks. Now the Greek government has another ...READ»

Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

Time (Zone) Travelers: Barcelona

Atos Origin's team in Barcelona, Spain, will end up closest to the action -- at the Olympics themselves. They also work where projects begin... and end.READ»

Opening of the New Acropolis Museum

  It has taken four architecture competitions and 33 years for the Greeks to settle on a design for the New Acropolis Museum and build the thing. The winning vision -- that of New York architect Bernard Tschumi ...READ»

The Stuff of Athens

New tech-powered gear brings out the Olympic athlete in all of us.READ»

Truehome and Christopher K. Travis Media Home Runs!

Truehome in the New York Times!READ»

Branding the Olympics: How Will 2016 Look?

An examination of how Olympic logos evolved during the period between a city's initial bid for the Summer or Winter games and the final version the public got to see.READ»

New Acropolis Museum in the Shadow of the Ancients

If you've ever been to the Acropolis in Athens and marveled over the perfectly proportioned design of the Parthenon, you probably also shuffled over to the nearby by Acropolis Museum and were ...READ»

A Day in the Life of Work: No Brakes

For wheelchair racer Cheri Blauwet, every day is an exercise in self-sufficiency, every race a test of faith.READ»

Athens: You Have the Right to Remain...Brand Loyal!

It's a sweltering 99 degrees, the sun has been pounding for hours and you're about to take a refreshing sip of some caffeine-boosting Pepsi. As your lips touch the cool can, you hear, "Put your hands up...and the Pepsi down!" Word on ...READ»

High-Tech Gear for Olympic Athletes

When it comes to finding that last bit of leverage over the Olympic competition, gear makers strain as hard as the athletes. READ»

• 7 Footwear Innovations for the Olympics
• Olympic Innovations in Athletic Gear
• 7 Super Secret Olympic Shoes from Nike, Adidas, and Puma

Can NBC Garner Olympic-Sized Ratings?

If you haven't seen the commercials on every NBC channel for the last year, the 29th Summer Olympic Games commence in Beijing at 08:08:08 p.m. Given that Beijing is 12 hours ahead of the East Coast, and 15 hours ahead of the West ...READ»

Now September 2008

What's happening in September, from clean coal to the hottest new music.READ»

• Meet: World Low-Cost Airlines Congress
• Listen: Songs of Autumn
• Numerology: The Car Century

Poetic Justice

On the sensual minimalism and psychedelic mind of Karim RashidREAD»

Grassroots Leadership: U.S. Military Academy

"You can't lead without making sacrifices." -- Cadet Randy Hopper, U.S. Military AcademyREAD»

Leadership Voyage

The head of Lockheed Martin's JSF program, former test pilot Tom Burbage learned some of his earliest lessons in teamwork on the USS Eisenhower.READ»

Bangalore, Georgia

Offshoring has come home to Georgia, where lots of Indian firms have set up shop.READ»

Start Your Vacation on the Web

Are you planning on getting away this summer? Then get on the Web. Here's all you need to know about getting good deals, finding exotic locations -- in short, planning a dream vacation.READ»

Life/Work - Issue 32

"It takes a strong stomach to listen to how other people see you."READ»

To Be King

"There is a growing legion of business people who are hungry to build something of enduring character on a set of values they can be proud of." -- Jim Collins, "Built to Last" For the 75th anniversary issue of the Harvard Business ...READ»

The Fast Pack

We invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its second anniversary with the ultimate business roundtable.READ»

The Architecture of Hope

Former senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, passionate advocate of cities, outlines a plan for galvanizing New York, beginning with the rehabilitation of Penn Station.READ»