In a Sound Off post in response to "Driving in the Valley of the Shadow of Death," Melbourne, Australia, Company of Friends coordinator Peter Tunjic writes:
The Melbourne, Australia, Company of Friends group held a forum last night ...READ»
The French capital's prêt-à-porter week may be a magnet for snooty
designers and buyers with wallets the size of Vuitton trunks. But
cities with less history as hubs of couture have tried lately to grab some glamour
by staging ...READ»
What’s better than one dry academic conference? If you said “two dry academic conferences,” do read on. iLeaps (also known as the Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study) and GEWEX (the Global Energy and Water Cycle ...READ»
Gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley, is found in everything
from beer to bread to vitamins to licorice. But all manner of
rice-flour doughnuts and quinoa pasta, once relegated to specialty
shops, are now invading mainstream ...READ»
While visiting New York this week for the American publication of his latest book "Cities for People"--a kind of manual for making walkable cities--Jan Gehl invited me to sit with him in Bryant Park to observe the sidewalk ballet and discuss what he calls “the needs of the urban habitat of homo sapiens.”READ»
Learning Your APPs
Great story (" 'A' Is for App"). I found it so fascinating that kids as young as 3 are discovering technology; the breadth of what they're doing is amazing. Plus, the piece delves into how these apps and ...READ»
Better Place, a US firm that builds plug-in stations for electric cars, has just landed a $667 million USD deal to build charging networks in Australia’s three largest cities. Like smaller-scale Better Place deals already underway in Denmark and Israel, the Australian charging network will allow battery-powered and hybrid car-owners to charge their vehicles at thousands of locations, or have their vehicles batteries swapped out for faster fill-ups. READ»
He was in Bangalore and his co-presenters were in San Jose, yet Cisco’s CEO appeared live - on thesame stage. How? By using a breathtaking 3D holographic-like technology.They tout it as, “the world’s first real time virtual ...READ»
Nick Earl, the Senior VP and General Manager for Electronic Art's group that focuses on action games, tell us about "Dead Space 2," why he is happy about the elongated cycle for current game consoles, and how he is pioneering a new form of game development.READ»
If you want your business to be noticed, design is everything. However, a lot of startups and small businesses often don’t have the budget for an in-house design department. In an effort to facilitate the connection between ...READ»
The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies / Our March cover story -- and particularly our choice of Google as the most innovative company of the year -- got a heated reception. There were complaints ("Your latest issue reads like a ...READ»
A bag serves as the receptacle to different items. Commonly, it is made from leather, cloth or paper which can easily be opened and closed. Bags are usually used by students at school. Bags also have made a good name from sports enthusiasts. With individuals drawing its attention to the benefits a bag can bring them, photo enthusiasts also founds the importance of a bag in their field.
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I've just returned from bouncing around like an email peddling Viagra .... NY, Philly, Texas, Eugene, Seattle and finally IOWA, where I rode across the state with 10,000 others on RAGBRAI. Including Lance, who, at all times, seemed ...READ»
Savior or Sellout?
Some of Adam Werbach's old friends in the environmental movement may not be talking to him since he signed on with Wal-Mart, but Fast Company readers had plenty to say about September's cover story. Responses ...READ»
When we last visited alt ad agency Naked Communications and asked, "Is Mad. Ave. Ready to Go Naked?" (October 2005), we saw it preparing to bring its brash-Brit brand of problem-solving solutions to New York. Since its January 2006 ...READ»
