Fast Company's David Lidsky will appear on ABC World News This Morning at 4:40 a.m., tomorrow, Wednesday, March 2. During his segment, he will discuss the 2005 Fast 50. Tune in if you're able!READ»
Hi, I'm David Lidsky, senior editor at Fast Company magazine. I'm excited to be participating in this year's Liquid Brand Summit. Over the next 10 days before the event itself, I'll be blogging here about news items that seem ...READ»
Each year, the average American eats 16 pounds of fries, 23 pounds of pizza, and 26 pounds of candy. Let's just say the CDC may have bittenoff more than it can chew with this inaugural conference dedicated to combating the obesity ...READ»
Fast Company senior editor David Lidsky will appear on ABC World News This Morning at 4:30 a.m. ET tomorrow, Thursday, May 6, to discuss JetBlue's attempt to go from niche airline to major industry player. I know it's early, but tune ...READ»
Hi and welcome to Customers First month at FastCompany.com. It seems like topic A around the watercooler these days has been how poorly we're being treated as customers lately. The irony, of course, is that companies talk more than ...READ»
Okay, in introducing me onto the Fast Company Customer First Blog, David Lidsky said he enjoyed a heated debate with me and thought I might provoke some discussion. So I don’t want to disappoint him.
What David and I have ...READ»
"David from New York is calling about the problems with baseball's business. On Opening Day?" "First-time caller, longtime listener. Red Sox -- Yankees is a great rivalry, but these are rich teams. The big guys shelled out $400 ...READ»
Watch out, Stan Lee! You're not the only old coot trying to cash in
again on a decades-old creative burst. Seventies schlockmeisters Sid
and Marty Krofft make their bid for Marvel Comics -- like cultural
relevance via Will ...READ»
If you wouldn't eat your bath and body products, you're using the wrong stuff, says Teporah Bilezikian, owner of the makeup company Monavé: "Cosmetics are like fresh batches of pudding -- they shouldn't last six months."READ»
It’s not news that most Americans are wider than they ought to be. It’s also not news that they’re spending big money each year ($30 billion each year, according to the American Obesity Association) to lose weight and prevent ...READ»
Gone are the days of the smoking-jacketed man with his armchair, pipe and evening paper.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported a 2.8 percent decline for weekday circulation and 3.4 percent decline in Sunday circulation for the ...READ»
Get your kung-fu grips ready: Action figures are back! "They were buyers' number-one request," says Marian Bossard, a VP at the Toy Industry Association, the fair's host. If that strikes you as kind of low tech for kids who are wired ...READ»
This book could be nick-named "The Hangover." Journalist and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich saw America binge on the power of positive thinking, and now tries to piece together what the hell happened. In the process, she dissects ...READ»
Peter Rad
Whether photographing drug smugglers or suburban swingers, paintball players or the eco-paranoid, Peter Rad approaches his subjects as a storyteller. "I often script dialogue for the actors in my images," he says, in the ...READ»
If you're a man taller than 6'3" or a woman over 5'9", meet your new
bible. Cohen, 6'3", gives talls a pep talk, highlighting research that
shows they'll make an additional $789 per inch per year over ...READ»
While most of the focus on financial innovation gone awry has been on Wall Street wheeler-dealers, the multibillion-dollar boom in "alternative financing" for the working poor is more fascinating. Gary Rivlin rivets readers with the ...READ»
Why We Make Mistakes turns a ton of academic research about how our brains can work against us into a string of cocktail-party nuggets about dum-dums. Make no mistake, this is breezy stuff: You'll learn why French music in a wine ...READ»
Today, after a nice light lunch of sushi, I was walking back to the office and happened upon the Zocalo Taco-Eating Contest, another event organized by the same guys who emceed the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, so adroitly ...READ»
"Does this outfit still work?" That's a question I ask my wife way too often, after I pull out an older garment from my closet or drawer. Bell-bottom pants. Skinny ties. Pleated anything. Clothing goes in and out of style, rising in ...READ»
Within the next couple of years, "we'll start seeing the benefits of nanotechnology in health care," Dr. Paras N. Prasad says. The University of Buffalo prof will present his big, small vision in the keynote at the sixth ...READ»
So, Verizon is buying MCI. And this is just weeks after SBC Communications decided to buy AT&T. And many people are feeling the affect of Cingular (a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth Corporation) buying AT&T ...READ»
America may be 233 years old, but really, she's a teenage girl with bulimia. In this fascinating account of our nation's binge-and-purge cycle of spending and sacrifice, Weber, a second-generation cheapskate -- her father reuses a tea ...READ»
A tragic plane crash, a drug-addicted scion, a bitter lawsuit--these juicy ingredients should make for a tasty corporate drama. Alas, they don't, because the company is In-N-Out Burger, and seemingly nothing can derail the beloved ...READ»
