Topic: San Francisco

FitzGerald Family Values

The oldest of 10 children, Maura FitzGerald has never been shy about saying what she thinks. And she's not about to change, even though she now runs a fast-growing company in an industry that's known for its "yes men" mentality. "It's ...READ»

If You're on the Move...

Moving ahead often means moving to a new city, and that always means headaches. Here's how the Web can make your next move easier.READ»

careers - Eunice Azzani

"Jobs are given and jobs are taken away -- often by forces you can't control. But your career belongs to you."READ»

Present Perfect

Enough about the future! These are three of our favorite things.READ»

What's Selling in America: part 1 of 5

"First You Get High on It, Then You Buy It." Amoeba Music Marches to Its Own Beat Memo to: The Big Bosses at Virgin Megastores Re: Your Next Big Source of Competition These days, it's hard for monstrously big music retailers to ...READ»

Lost Satellite

I travel a lot for work, and as a matter of practice will rent a car with a GPS navigation system included. My trip earlier this week – first to San Francisco and then to Los Angeles – taught me a valuable lesson. All in-car ...READ»

Careers: What's New on My Social Network?

I'd like to announce the launch of AfterRusty, a social networking site for my friends, fans, relatives, creditors and associates. You may have heard about corporate alumni networks where ex-employees bitch about their old company. I ...READ»

Work/Life: Anger Mismanagement

CEO DAD’s Tuesday Tirade…. Now I’ve heard everything. An anger management speaker told the New York Times that he refuses to give seminars in the city of San Francisco anymore. Apparently, “parking rage” has been an ...READ»

Living Green: Tapping into the Hierarchy of Needs

This weekend I had the opportunity to peek into the Green Festival here in San Francisco. Years ago this public tradeshow was primarily full of folks wearing tie-die. Today the crowd is as mainstream as a crowd can look in ...READ»

Outsourcing Jobs to Trinidad and the Ukraine? II

While the OutsourceWorld Conference takes place in New York City, the Brainstorm Group's more verbose Nearshore & Offshore Outsourcing Conference just wrapped up in San Francisco. In that city, unemployed engineers and software ...READ»

Extreme Leadership?

The word, "extreme," started to become popular with Gen-Xers and was most commonly used, initially, in the phrase "extreme sports." Since then, "extreme," has been used in commercials to describe everything from cars to clothing to ...READ»

Re:Conference VII

Early next week, I'll be in San Francisco, participating in Ad:Tech 2004, a conference that explores new developments, practices, and technologies for interactive marketing. I'll be sitting in on a panel discussion about the "social ...READ»

Time on Their Hands

A friend of mine who lives in San Francisco went to the annual Power Tool Drag Races last week, where competitors modify everything from belt sanders to chain saws to vacuum cleaners, then race them down a wooden track. You can see ...READ»

Coffee, Tea, or...

I had an unusual surprise on my way back from San Francisco to New York yesterday, 8 month old in tow: Friendly faces and decent service. It's no secret that virtually every airline is on the edge of going under these days, thanks ...READ»

A Nonprofit Pharmaceutical Company?

Yes. The Institute for OneWorld Health in San Francisco claims to the the first one in the U.S. Just today it received a $42.6 million five-year grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to try to cure malaria.READ»

Infinitely Deferred Gratification

I'm not sure everyone in the financial world is up to speed on the attitudinal shift we're discussing. A half-page ad in last weekend's San Francisco Chronice featured the headline, "Why do we work?" displayed over the photo of an ...READ»

The Art of Hurdling

I had the fun-but-scary experience recently of being on a live radio show at KQED, the local NPR affiliate, taking random calls from listeners in San Francisco. One call-in question essentially asked "Isn't some of this innovation ...READ»

Giving Filmy, Flimsy Plastic Bags the Sack

The city of San Francisco is on the verge of banning use of the plastic grocery bags that have been a marvel (for their carrying capacity) and a plague for 30 years. The ban, supported by six of 11 supervisors and the mayor, was the ...READ»

San Fran Bans Plastic Grocery Sacks

San Francisco’s supervisors banned non-recyclable plastic grocery sacks yesterday, in a 10-1 vote. Grocery stores and drug stores will be permitted to offer customers paper bags that can be recycled, plastic bags that biodegrade, ...READ»

1st Amendment versus Confidentiality

A decision last week by a San Francisco-based federal judge to order the shuttering of Wikileaks.org presents an interesting dilemma for public relations professionals. The Internet and other forms of electronic ...READ»

The Hot Zone

A Google-backed startup called Meraki thinks it can succeed where others have failed, building citywide Wi-Fi networks. First up: San Francisco. READ»

• Whither Municipal Wi-Fi?

Traveling at an Additional Cost

It’s summertime, which is almost synonymous with vacation-time. This year, however, vacation plans for many Americans has been thrown into a tailspin as rising fuel costs force airlines to raise ticket prices -- and tack on ...READ»

Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco

San Francisco is one of our favorite places to travel. The food. The people. The homes. The trolley. And did I mention food? Lots of seafood. One of the areas we kept visiting was the Fisherman's Wharf. This is San Francisco's ...READ»

The Last of the Best Business Restaurants

This edition of Transit Authority is the fifth -- and final -- in a series on the best business restaurants for select U.S. cities. This week we feature restaurants in Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC.READ»

Going Green: The Top 100

Always On recently posted the Top 100 private Cleantech companies, which will be feted at next week's Going Green conference in Cavallo Point, San Francisco, CA.   Here's a list of the winners: For a link to the ...READ»