While the streets of Madrid team with anti-globalization demonstrators, a multinational corporation pits seven candidates for a senior position through a cut-throat job selection process. The winner must be chosen by the end of the ...READ»
New York City submitted its bid yesterday for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the finals with Paris, Moscow, London, and Madrid. My question to you today, dear readers, is a two-parter:
For those of you from Los Angeles, ...READ»
As cell phones become ever more ubiquitous, phone booths become increasingly irrelevant. But what to do with the thousands of virtually abandoned phone booths scattered in cities around the world? Madrid's solution is to turn these ...READ»
Fly long enough and you see just about everything. You might even experience an episode of the nervous flyer. Sure, people who are afraid of flying are far from ridiculous paranoiacs. But if you've ever been a casualty of a truly ...READ»
If you're a friend of the forest, it's hard to imagine a better office environment than the one that architectural firm, Selgas Cano, recently built to work out of, in Madrid. It's really not much more than a tube, sunken into ...READ»
Thanks to sunny weather and massive public investment, Spain has quietly become a giant in solar energy. But few people know that -- which is one reason Madrid is investing in a massive symbol for its solar boom.
The city recently ...READ»
Hotels occupy a central but historic place in the travel world. Paying for a room is one of the oldest business models in the history of civilization. And even in today's world, you can still actually run a successful hotel business ...READ»
he Esther Koplowitz Foundation, endowed in its entirety by its chairwoman, aims to provide assistance to the elderly, disabled and helpless and to minors and other persons facing problems of social integration or at risk ...READ»
Business travelers travel light. Long ago we learned that the formula for disaster on a business trip was to depend on the airlines to deliver luggage on time and undamaged. Woe betide the road warrior who makes the mistake of checking baggage that contains something vital to a business meeting or is otherwise irreplaceable.READ»
The myth of American omnipotence fell in the Iraqi desert, laid low by an agile new enemy. We have a chance now to rethink the systems that protected us in the past. It's one we cannot miss.READ»
Applying new technology is innovative, but the successful employ of old technology is ingenious. Recently I devoured an online article that I loved, totally, at Wired.com.
I work in the technology business, and I'm supposed to have a ...READ»
True believers of competition have always questioned why airlines must still be national businesses regulated by agreements between countries. These 'bilaterals,' as they are known, regulate everything from the number of flights per ...READ»
I was going to do something about how today is the birthday of both George W. Bush and Sylvester Stallone, but I got as far as GW shouting “Adrienne!” and Rocky pardoning Apollo Creed when the inspiration died. Imagine my good ...READ»
For the past 20 years, emaciated models have fueled the fashion industry as the standard for sex appeal and style. It all started with Twiggy in the 1960's, a skinny little pixie of an icon whose cute nonexistant thighs inspired my ...READ»
A brand’s logo is possibly the most defining aspect of the brand itself. We have come to equate a single logo with an entire brand’s mission and purpose. Graphic designers call making logos “visual identity” projects, because they are essentially creating the identity of the brand and the people behind it. There are some obvious examples that are always circulating—Nike’s…READ»
A parallel has been drawn between travel distribution and music distribution. Specifically, as to how the music distribution business has undergone changes that have decimated many of the industry leaders. This change seemed bad at first--that is, until Apple stamped it with a brand new spin and gee-whizzed some not terribly creative ways to make a buck at it.READ»
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»
It is with no small
amount of glee with which I report, dear readers, that I did not say it first. In
fact, Wired magazine's "World's
Most Cramped Airline Seat to Launch Next Week" article said what we
were all thinking: ...READ»
Rio de Janeiro? After years of speculation, a rigorous four-year $50 million pitch by Chicago’s bid team, and impassioned pleas by Oprah and, you know, the Obamas, Chicago was the first city eliminated as a possible host city for ...READ»
Ever looked at a vacation photo and wondered "where the heck did I take this?" IBM's got an image recognition system that should solve the problem--and it points to the future of smartphone tech.
The name of this new technology ...READ»
My ride to work on the Tube yesterday was different. Commuters on London's Underground don't normally make eye contact, let alone speak to one another, but yesterday morning they were smiling and chatting as the front pages of their ...READ»
