Topic: Grand Slam Tennis

How Green Is the U.S. Open?

Let's just get this out of the way right now: any 14-day event that involves hundreds of thousands of hungry and thirsty people cramming into a sports center to watch a game that uses intense lighting, giant television screens, and a ...READ»

Wimbledon Seer App Serves Augmented Reality on a Grass Court

You may think Wimbledon, with its exquisitely manicured grass courts, royal family attendees, and strawberries and champagne is an old-fashioned affair. You'd be wrong. This year, along enjoying a retractable roof, the audience is ...READ»

IBM Serves Up Two New G1 Apps for Wimbledon

Summer wouldn’t be summer without Wimbledon, and Wimbledon wouldn’t be Wimbledon without IBM. This summer, Wimbledon’s long-time technology partner--IBM creates the systems that log each and every stroke as well as other match ...READ»

Why W.L. Gore's Retractable Roof Changes Wimbledon Forever [video]

Remember last year's seven-hour final at Wimbledon? Never again.READ»

Wimbledon 2009

  Rain, rain, go away, come again ... never! There's a new retractable roof over Centre Court. It doesn't promise a total end to the weather delays that plague this hallowed tennis championship -- it takes 10 minutes to ...READ»

US Open Tennis and Self Confidence

Self confidence is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become self confident, you need to do three things: 1) Be optimistic; 2) Face your fears and take action; and 3) surround ...READ»

Rafael Nadal, Wimbledon and Self Confidence

Wimbledon.  Rafael Nadal.  Roger Federer.  An epic match. Did you watch yesterday?  What did you think? I was traveling, but got to see parts of the match in various airports.  I saw the fourth set tie break.  Nadal ...READ»

Monica Seles

In 1992, she won the French, Australian, and U.S. Opens. In 1993, she suffered a defeating blow at the hands of a crazed tennis fan. In 1999, she's smarter, wiser, and back in the game.READ»

Serve, Server, Serving

Beneath Arthur Ashe Stadium, sealed under soaring concrete stands and guarded by a small army of US Open personnel, Kathleen McGraw is guiding me through a series of bunker-like war rooms, where ThinkPads outnumber human beings. As ...READ»

Alan Ganek: Perspective

Alan Ganek is VP of Autonomic Computing for IBM. What follows is a partial transcript of his Supernova talk: We tend to think about autonomic computing in terms of enterprise, but this concept has traction in small and medium-sized ...READ»

Stuff of the Month

Web sites, a book about the advantages of being a Nobody, a laptop that can take a licking and keep on ticking, and Randall Rothenberg's take on Madison Avenue's Ad of the Month.READ»

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Interpersonal Competence

Rafael Nadal is a “beast” according to Mary Carillo; and he proved it last Sunday.  If you read this blog with any regularity you know that I am a tennis fan.  I didn’t get a chance to watch the French Open final on ...READ»

Let, First Service

I tuned into NBC’s Breakfast at Wimbledon last Sunday morning to catch Roger Federer outduel--and outlast--a re-energized Andy Roddick to win the men’s championship at Wimbledon, his 15th major.  Breaking sports news ...READ»

The Tiger Effect: No Longer Business as Usual

  “It’s not even a sport; it’s just a pointless leisure activity for old white people…” “It’s worse than watching a filibuster on C-SPAN…” “It’s like watching grass grow, or paint ...READ»

Fast Company Recommended Events June 2009

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