Topic: Palm Springs

The Myth of Battery Cars

It’s time to dump the battery-powered car in the same policy landfill as corn-based ethanol.READ»

Vacation Network - Paradise is Here

VACATION NETWORK, VACATIONNETWORK.COM, VACATION NETWORK INC, VNI VACATIONS, VNIVACATIONS.COM, VACATION NETWORK INCORPORTEDREAD»

Grow Your Company Without Short-Changing Your Kids

I received this letter recently: Dear Mark, We met at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year event in Palm Springs a couple months ago where I was one of the regional winners in technology. You remarked that it was too bad that ...READ»

Grow Your Company Without Short-Changing Your Kids

Dear Mark, We met at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year event in Palm Springs a couple months ago where I was one of the regional winners in technology. You remarked that it was too bad that my children didn't get the same ...READ»

Networking Never Takes a Holiday

Vacation doesn't have to be the end of your networking efforts. Get an expert's tips on how you can continue to build relationships with powerful people even when they’re out of the office.READ»

Advertisers in Issue 35

Interact with the companies whose products and services are advertised in Fast Company.READ»

TED2009

Tue, February 3 Share Long Beach, California This ideas fest is bringing back some of its best speakers for its 25th birthday, themed "The Great Unveiling." This slogan refers to the innovations TED promises to premiere, and to its ...READ»

A Mushroom in Your Tank?

Taking stock of the latest in alternative-fuel strategies.READ»

Fast Forward 2005: <span>67-70</span>

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»

Funky Fresh: Ace Hotel's New Breed of Design Comes to New York

The New York branch of the Ace Hotel just opened yesterday, and it's a great corrective to the bloated, blinged-out interiors we've come to expect from boutique hotels. Rooms begin at a very reasonable rate for New York--$199 ...READ»

Evolution of a Typeface: Neutra

1. Neutraface House licensed the name of midcentury architect Richard Neutra for a typeface. Its success parallels a Neutra resurgence; his Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, California (above), sold in May for $16.8 ...READ»

• Typographreaks

Environmentally Friendly Rental Cars

With gas costing more than $2 a gallon now, I have felt an almost Pavlovian desire, no doubt originating from my 1970's childhood, to explore all things energy efficient. If you are experiencing the same thing and travel actively for business, here is one way to kill two birds with one stone: Rent an environmentally friendly vehicle.READ»

Wireless in San Diego

For a view of how wireless telecom will change the way we work and live, head to San Diego--where everyone from pharmacists to real-estate brokers is now coming unplugged.READ»

Swing into Spring Training

Spring is just around the corner, and so is tee time! Here's all you need to know about dusting off your swing, practicing your putts, and getting yourself -- and your game -- in shape.READ»

The Hippest City in the USA (Des Moines)

And the best place to work is . . . Des Moines? Okay, we admit it's a stretch. But unemployment here is so low, and work-life balance so important, that Iowa's capital city seems pretty cool to us.READ»

Now February 2009

Coming in February: Super Bowl XLIII, Toy Fair '09, and the transition from analog to digital TVREAD»

• Mobile World Congress Preview
• Infographic: See: He's Just Not That Into You
• Numerology: The Business of Roses

Growing Pains

Want to learn how to grow? Here's the story of a company on the rise -- and an employee on the edge.READ»

Mobile Meltdown

How the "can't miss" wireless startup Amp'd Mobile burned through $360 million and found itself in bankruptcy.READ»

Sneak Peak at Me.dium for FC Readers

Me.dium is a social networking tool which could transform the web browsing experience. In real time, Me.dium lets you see which sites are being visited by your friends and people with whom you share similar web browsing ...READ»

The Power of Public Relations

In an economy where every company wants to be recognized as a thought leader, Pam Alexander and Andy Cunningham are reinventing how you get your message out.READ»

Nike's Women's Movement

Can a famously high-testosterone company, built on brash ads and male athletic fantasies, finally click with female customers? That's the challenge behind Nike Goddess, whose goal is a once-and-for-all shift in how the company sells to, designs for, and communicates with women.READ»

The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach

Retailer Design Within Reach helped create a new appreciation for the modernist aesthetic. With design more mainstream than ever, why is the company in such dire straits?READ»

• Seeing Double: Is It DWR or Someone Else?