Topic: Georgia Institute of Technology

Career Advice from Will Wright, Creator of Spore, SimCity and The Sims.

Game designer Will Wright founded his own company, Maxis, in 1989 and has since created some of the best-known simulation games in existence, including the 2008 blockbuster Spore. Maxis is now part of Electronics Arts, the world's largest video game company.READ»

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Act II: The iPod Effect

If you're still hungry for more riveting news on the social impact of the iPod (see David's post from last week on subway theft), it turns out iTunes playlists are more about bling and less about revealing your true self! Who ...READ»

Tony Antoniades

Venture Catalyst, Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center Atlanta, GeorgiaREAD»

Five Addictive Augmented Reality Gaming Apps

Their games, your world: The next generation of AR gaming promises play in the environments of our choosing.READ»

Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time

This is one of the awesomestest and scariestest technology demonstrations I've seen in a long while: Georgia Institute of Technology's students are using CCTV video to map actual vehicles and people into Google Earth. Why is this scary?

The Tall Book

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»

Beyond Design, 10 Skills Designers Need to Succeed Now

10 attributes that are just as important as design skills for success in today’s economy.READ»

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Live video makes Google Earth cities bustle

Virtual globes such as Google Earth or Microsoft Visual Earth provide great bird's-eye views of urban landscapes. But those streets are empty, transforming the world's cities into ghost towns.Now a system that can draw on real-time video from traffic and surveillance cameras, or weather sensors, is set to change that. It populates virtual towns with cars, people and realistic skies.READ»

Give Me Mylanta

Detour: AtlantaREAD»

The New American Post-Industrial Microenterprise

An extremely niche, direct-to-consumer business model is springing up in garages across the country.READ»

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Creative Deconstruction: Why Dell's Designers Tear Apart Their Own Computers

Most designers' time is focused on creation when it comes to a product's lifecycle. But it is just as important to look at the other end of the lifecycle--the deconstruction of the very products that they create. READ»

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Nine Killer Features in iTunes 9

Today Steve Jobs made a grand reappearance on the Apple stage to introduce iTunes 9 at Apple's Rock 'n Roll event in San Francisco. So what's new? 1) iTunes LP is a new incentive for full-album purchases: you get images, ...READ»

MBA Recruiting Continues to Grow

It is the end of the calendar year, and though MBA recruiting in general has followed the market’s downward trend this season, MBA Focus has grown in almost every aspect of the industry.READ»

Why We Need a Globally-Recognized Unit of "Green"

Consumers and designers both need a way to measure the sustainability of products in order to make more educated decisions.READ»

• Ken Musgrave's Think.Design blog

Campuses Scramble to Go Green--Sustainability Report Cards Rate Them

College sustainability report cards are coming out faster than we can report on them, with rankings from the Princeton Review, the Sierra Club, and now Green Report Card. They all aim to guide future college students in their quests ...READ»

Get Smart Part One: Admissions Report

Will a declining economy and the dotcom meltdown prompt a rush on the nation's best business schools? Admissions offices nationwide are standing by, waiting to see if NASDAQ troubles will prompt a deluge of MBA applications.READ»

The Enduring Power of Brand: Leica vs. Panasonic

Two nearly identical cameras, but one has slightly different design details, more passionate fans, and sells for $300 more.READ»

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Make Your Workout Work Out

Master trainer Mark Verstegen takes a crew of overworked twentysomethings from adidas-Salomon and builds them into athletes who are quicker, faster, and stronger. He'll do the same for you.READ»

Flight Plan

The math wizards at Dayjet are building a smarter air taxi--and it could change the way you do business.READ»

Mr. Inside Speaks Out

Former Medtronic CEO Bill George has split with his brethren to make an impassioned case for courageous leadership.READ»

The Wisdom of Chairman Ko

Solectron's Ko Nishimura has mastered the art of doing "just enough." Enough to win two Baldrige Awards and build a $6 billion company. Enough to show what it takes to win in the high-tech world of contract manufacturing.READ»