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Topic: Pittsburgh

  
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Conducting the Future

BY Lucas Conley
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:47 AM

Innovation: Conductive plastics; Available: NowREAD»

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PNC BANK   |  5 comments

PNC Bank Building Largest Green Living Wall in U.S.

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jul 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM

Green roofs are a growing trend in the U.S., with buildings as diverse as the California Academy of Sciences, Minneapolis' Target Center and the New York Mets' Citi Field adopting roofs topped with dirt and living plants. But PNC ...READ»

ADVERTISING   |  Comment

The City That Spawned The Age of Advertising.

BY harry webber
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jan 18, 2008 at 10:49 AM

Once upon a time in a place far, far away, there was a mystical city. A city that only came out at night. During the day the city went by its Native American name. Manhattan. But the moment twilight began to fall, this throbbing ...READ»

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MILITARY   |  1 comment

First Use of LRAD Sound Canon In U.S. Used on Pittsburgh G20 Protesters

BY Gizmodo Staff
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM

I guess military tech always finds its way home. Pittsburgh city officials believe their police department's use of a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) at last week's G20 protests was "the first time the sound cannon had been used ...READ»

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DESIGN   |  Comment

Living Walls Look Great, But What About Upkeep?

BY Kelsey Keith
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Sep 29, 2009 at 12:22 AM

Not only effective in reducing energy use, a vertically scaled garden, or living wall injects a shot of green into gray urban streetscapes. Last week we wrote about North America's largest largest living wall, designed by Kari ...READ»

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CAREER ADVICE   |  Comment

Is having a long work commute such a bad thing?

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 85
Mon Jan 26, 2009 at 5:34 PM

  If you would have asked me that question when gas prices were not only through the roof, but also through the cumulonimbus clouds (take that 8th grade science class!!), I would have likely had a much different response. But ...READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING   |  Comment

Fast Pack 2000

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 69
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:10 AM

Can hope scale up? Can change scale down? Can leadership grow from the grass roots? What's the meaning of "Dotcom Mania"? Some of the best brains in the Fast Company community convened on Nantucket for the roundtable of the year.READ»

FACEBOOK   |  Comment

Re: reCareered - The Duel

BY John Benson
Relevancy Score: 66
Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM

I checked out Phil Rosenberg's post yesterday afternoon about the pros/cons of using LinkedIn and Facebook for your career search. As a recent job searcher attempting to relocate to a new area,  I have to admit that I feel both ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Best Things in Life Are Free

BY Seth Godin
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:51 AM

In an excerpt from his new book, Free Prize Inside!, Seth Godin shows how anyone can champion new ideas.READ»

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The Best Things in Life Are Free

BY Seth Godin
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:19 AM

In an excerpt from his book, Free Prize Inside!, Seth Godin shows how anyone can champion new ideas.READ»

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PNC BANK   |  1 comment

PNC Completes Biggest Green Living Wall in North America

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 57
Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 2:44 PM

We report on a lot of projects in the design and development stages, so it's always nice to hear from companies that have completed a green project. We first wrote about PNC Bank's plan to build the largest green living wall in the ...READ»

HIRING EMPLOYEES   |  Comment

Where Are You on the Talent Map?

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 56
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:23 AM

What's the secret to power hiring? Location, location, location. If you want to attract the right kind of people, it's not enough to be the right kind of company. Your company needs to be in the right kind of place.READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE   |  5 comments

Air Bus

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 54
Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 4:54 PM

Bus with wings. That's what someone recently called the flying experience of late, and I have to say that my recent experiences have made that description sound pretty appealing. Here's the rundown of the last several flights I'd ...READ»

CAREERS   |  Comment

Beyond Seven condoms

BY beyond seven
Relevancy Score: 52
Tue Oct 6, 2009 at 6:18 AM

I'm a senior at Cal State Northridge, I'm a health and sciences major. I grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where I worked at a rubber manufacturing plant. I now volunteer at the Health Services Center here on campus, where I am very ...READ»

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MICHAEL CANNELL   |  13 comments

This Is Your Brain on Architecture

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 51
Thu May 7, 2009 at 10:45 AM

Neuroscientists are uncovering how the design of your home or office can make you smarter, faster, happier. Is brain science the next big design trend?READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

The Software Engineering Institute

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 48
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:43 PM

In a world of software chaos, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a missionary outfit proselytizing for a better way.READ»

CHANGE AGENTS   |  Comment

Genius at Change

BY Anni Layne
Relevancy Score: 47
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:34 AM

Social entrepreneur Bill Strickland offers advice from the front lines of change -- San Francisco's nonprofit Bayview-Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology.READ»

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CHANGE   |  2 comments

Visionary Leadership

BY Seth Kahan
Relevancy Score: 47
Thu Dec 18, 2008 at 3:46 PM

A visionary leader perceives challenges and growth opportunities before they happen, positioning people to produce extraordinary results that make real contributions to life. I have begun working with a select group of people ...READ»

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MAYA   |  15 comments

Inside MAYA Design's Innovation Boot Camps

BY Kate Rockwood
Relevancy Score: 45
Mon Jun 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM

How a little lab called MAYA is giving firms such as Emerson and General Dynamics an innovation boost.READ»

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   |  6 comments

Genius at Work

BY Sara Terry
Relevancy Score: 45
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:53 PM

With his potter's hands, Bill Strickland is reshaping the business of social change. His Pittsburgh-based program offers a national model for education, training - and hope.READ»

BEN & JERRY'S   |  1 comment

Ben & Jerry's Imagine Peace Online

BY Rachel King
Relevancy Score: 43
Tue Aug 5, 2008 at 2:43 PM

All the world needs is peace, love and ice cream -- at least according to Ben & Jerry's. To spotlight the ice cream enterprise's newest creation, "Imagine Whirled Peace," (a swirl of sweet cream-flavored ice cream, ...READ»

CAREER SUCCESS   |  Comment

Garbage Trucks and Success

BY Bud Bilanich
Relevancy Score: 42
Tue May 12, 2009 at 12:02 PM

Positive personal impact is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discus in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to create positive personal impact, you need to do three things.  1) Develop and nurture ...READ»

DESIGN IN BUSINESS   |  9 comments

My Dream Home

BY Lucas Conley
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:53 AM

Like general contractors with a psych degree, the architectural firm called fathom plumbs the depths of your soul to design the house you want. Our writer gets the blueprints of his dreams.READ»

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Mike Sperger

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:31 AM

Tampa BayREAD»

AUTOMOTIVE   |  Comment

Good News - $87 Million Investment in Barnwell County, SC

BY Lydia Dishman
Relevancy Score: 39
Fri Jan 9, 2009 at 8:47 AM

It's green technology on a greenfield site.  Horsehead Corporation, a leading U.S. producer of specialty zinc and zinc-based products, is going to locate a new $87 million recycling facility in Barnwell County, South Carolina.   ...READ»

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