Topic: Palo Alto

Mobile Remote Control

Before long, your cell phone will also be your wallet, keys, and garage-door opener. These mobile applications transform cell phones into life management devices.READ»

Across the Great Divide

A growing gap threatens to separate the techno-haves from the have-nots. To some change agents, closing this digital divide is not about providing computer access or teaching computer skills: It's about fundamental social change.READ»

The Reeducation of Silicon Valley

There's much going wrong in the land of silicon and software. But there's one important thing going right.READ»

Hara Software Helps Large Organizations Make Small Footprints

The 25-person start-up Hara Software, which came out of stealth mode yesterday after 18 months, is a hot commodity. Their software can track not only the carbon footprint for a large corporation, but monitor a business' entire ...READ»

Andrew Henderson

College: UC Berkeley Major: Economics Hometown: Sacramento, California Age: 23 First Job: Associate for Brown-Simpson Asset Management in Palo Alto, California. "It's a catch-all position. It's a small office, so I'm doing everything ...READ»

Welcome to the Liquid Brand Summit '08!

Hi, I'm David Lidsky, senior editor at Fast Company magazine. I'm excited to be participating in this year's Liquid Brand Summit. Over the next 10 days before the event itself, I'll be blogging here about news items that seem ...READ»

Encourage Wild Ideas

IDEO Product Development is the world's most celebrated design firm. Its ultimate creation is the process of creativity itself. For founder David Kelley and his colleagues, work is play, brainstorming is a science, and the most important rule is to breakREAD»

The Road Not Taken

Unit of OneREAD»

Jobs for Life

Ernst Young is a cautious firm that has embarked on a bold experiment to address deeply personal questions about work. The goal, say the people behind these programs, is to create jobs for life.READ»

Ideo's David Kelley on "Design Thinking"

David Kelley, founder of the design firm Ideo and the Stanford d.school, was leading a charmed existence. Then he felt a lump.READ»

• Infographic: The K-12 Educational Experience
• Ideo's Newest Design Projects
• 17 Career Lessons from IDEO's David Kelley

How Cycling Centers Could Help Smooth Commuter Transitions

Andréa White-Kjoss modeled her full-service cycling centers on a similar idea already popular in Japan and Europe. More than a dozen bike stations have opened in such places as Palo Alto and Berkeley, California; Seattle; and, most recently, Washington, D.C.READ»

• Walk This Way
• Get Smart About Car Use

Hacker. Dropout. CEO.

When Mark Zuckerberg showed up in Palo Alto three years ago, he had no car, no house, and no job. Today, he's at the helm of a smokin'-hot social-networking site, Facebook, and turning down billion-dollar offers. Can this kid be for real?READ»

Fast 50 2008: IDEO

The standard by which all other design firms are measured, Palo Alto-based IDEO had a great year, even against its own high bar. Unlike past years, where design firm innovation was often about a creating a new laptop or other ...READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies
• The Faces and Voices of Google

Playing Rookie

Graduating college seniors across the nation share their criteria, ambitions, and priorities for a first job.READ»

Make Your Own Bozo Filter

Alan Cooper's pre-interview test.READ»

Tom Siebel

Tom Siebel's incentive in business and life, he says, is to keep raising the bar.READ»

Fast Talk: What's the Biggest Change Facing Business In the Next 10 Years?

In Fast Company's first decade, we introduced readers to a lot of amazingly smart people. To launch our second, we asked 10 of our favorite brains what's next--and how to get ready for it.READ»

Turn Change Into Dollars

Is your industry and market shifting? This course helps leaders identify problems, find solutions, and manage change.READ»

Silicon Valley's Worst-Kept Secret

An independent documentary exposes the new economy's dirtiest little secrets: the displacement of minority communities and the mistreatment of temporary employees working to build a valley they cannot afford.READ»

Work Together, Stay in Place

Learn how some smart organizations and quick learners are working virtually, efficiently, and seamlessly around the globe today.READ»

Work Together, Stay in Place

Learn how some smart organizations and quick learners are working virtually, efficiently, and seamlessly around the globe today.READ»

Christmas Gifts for Billionaire CEOs

What to get for Christmas for the man who has everything--namely, the super-rich CEO of your favorite technology company? That used to be a problem that plagued millions of well-intentioned American consumers this time of year. But ...READ»

Control Your House by iPhone?

Since the 1970s, computer nerds have been automating home control with gizmos based on the X-10 radio standard. A lot's changed since X-10 was cutting edge, and a few proprietary systems have come along with improvements, but none ...READ»

Extreme Perks

Need ideas on how to keep your employees happy? Check out these employee benefits.READ»

Simplicity + Technology = Sweet Success

Technology promised to make our lives easier. Instead, too many gadgets today seem to require an engineering degree to operate. Designer Brett Lovelady aims to change that by teaching his clients the mantra "Simplify, simplify."READ»