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Topic: Scott Kirsner

  
TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  Comment

Reinventing the Cell Phone

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Jun 30, 2005 at 2:51 PM

A couple of years ago, Fast Company contributor Scott Kirsner took cell phone makers to task for offering products that were overly feature rich -- when all he wanted to do was make a simple phone call. PC World's Grace Aquino ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING   |  3 comments

Marketing Via Voicemail

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Mar 30, 2004 at 10:32 AM

In the April issue, Scott Kirsner looks at a new form of spam: "snam," the deluge of impersonal -- though connected -- emails brought on by social networking services such as Orkut. This morning, FC Now reader Joseph price emailed ...READ»

INTERNET + WEB   |  1 comment

EBay Bids and Surety Bonds

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Nov 17, 2003 at 8:11 AM

In August, Fast Company contributor Scott Kirsner offered an in-depth narrative about the hunt for one eBay scammer. In a Web-exclusive sidebar, Kirsner expanded on how eBay fights fraud. That fight is heating up. In today's New ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  2 comments

Voice-Activated PDAs: Brilliant? Or Just Silly?

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 85
Mon Nov 3, 2003 at 2:06 PM

This morning Microsoft announced a new product called Voice Command, an add-on piece of software that allows PocketPC users to control their PDAs using natural language commands. Priced at just $39.95, it's a cheap added feature that ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  2 comments

What Do You Do When You Procrastinate?

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 71
Thu Oct 30, 2003 at 1:54 AM

I listen to music. I watch "The O.C." I surf the Web. (Clearly, I procrastinate a lot.) Tonite, in mid-surf (and only after satisfying myself that no, Marissa will not be going to a mental institution in San Diego), I discovered ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The New Lure of Internet Marketing

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 64
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:24 AM

Web sites need customers -- they just can't spend to get them. The result: marketing schemes in which companies don't pay until customers do. Welcome to the Kickback Economy.READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  1 comment

Technology, Whiz

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 52
Wed Oct 1, 2003 at 11:13 AM

In our September issue, Scott Kirsner considered five technologies that will change the world. In the October Technology Review, science-fiction author Bruce Sterling identifies 10 technologies that "deserve to die." Among them: ...READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  1 comment

Global Teams


Relevancy Score: 52
Mon Nov 1, 2004 at 5:15 PM

In our August issue, contributing writer Scott Kirsner wrote about several companies who have deployed far-flung virtual teams around the world to manage key projects. Now a B-school professor at the University of North Carolina has ...READ»

CULTURE   |  Comment

Fast Company... on the Air!

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 50
Mon Aug 18, 2003 at 6:30 PM

Fast Company contributing editor Scott Kirsner will host a one-hour radio show this week from 1-2 p.m. on the Bloomberg Radio affiliate in Boston, WBIX 1060 AM. The show won't have a strong technology focus but will cover Boston ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Best of the Best 2002

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 49
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:34 AM

Organizations that are defining new standards of excellence and reinventing whole industries.READ»

LEISURE   |  Comment

Between The Lines

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 47
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:48 AM

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Galley Slave

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 44
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:41 AM

Fast Company contributing editor Scott Kirsner is ready to serve ... you.READ»

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Bidding Smart

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:42 AM

The CEO of DoveBid offers four rules for auction participants who want to bid smart.READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  1 comment

Fear: The Next Growth Business?

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:13 AM

What recession? Last week, at the conference of the American Society for Industrial Security, companies showed off mission-critical technologies and wrestled with the challenges of hypergrowth. A dispatch from the front lines of the anxiety economy.READ»

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Highlights from the Consumer Electronics Show

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Jan 11, 2006 at 6:47 PM

Well, I survived my first CES, and now that I'm back I keep getting asked, how much did you lose in Vegas? I'd say at least ten. Not ten grand, not ten bucks – ten pounds. I don't know how many miles my colleague Scott Kirsner ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS   |  1 comment

Fast Company in the News

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 40
Fri Nov 7, 2003 at 4:04 PM

I just learned that a friend of mine who works for The Atlantic Monthly googles every morning for news items about the magazine. I regularly follow Web citations of the magazine and FC Now, but I've never really followed mentions of ...READ»

DESIGN   |  Comment

Heir-Line Apparent

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 37
Thu Nov 6, 2003 at 9:38 AM

In June, Scott Kirsner examined Delta Airlines' upstart carrier Song's startup strategy. Almost a year prior, Song's head was asked to develop a low-cost airline that could compete with JetBlue and Southwest. Now, Song officials are ...READ»

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT   |  1 comment

Conference Commandments

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 35
Thu May 27, 2004 at 7:15 PM

In a relatively substantial entry in her blog Managing Product Development, Johanna Rothman explores the value of attending conferences and trade shows. Basically positing that conferences can provide inexpensive alternatives to the ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS   |  7 comments

Hold The Phone

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:48 AM

Internet telephony is cheap: "The economics finally make sense." But as more and more companies are discovering, it also can let you do some nifty things. Voice over Internet protocol technology is keeping workers--in hospitals, Wall Street brokerages, law firms, even National Basketball Association franchises--connected as never before.READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  3 comments

Brave New MacWorld

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 33
Tue Jan 10, 2006 at 4:32 PM

As Scott Kirsner noted in his blog today, Steve Jobs' keynote at MacWorld focused almost exclusively on the Mac computer. Where was the iPod in the discussion? Before the expo began, many predicted a new version of the Shuffle. It ...READ»

LEISURE   |  Comment

Between The Lines

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 33
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Promoting New England’s Innovation Mojo

BY James Todhunter
Relevancy Score: 31
Thu May 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM

I just read an interesting post over on Innovation Economy relating the discussion at a brainstorming session on how to better communicate New England’s contributions in the area of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.  ...READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Between the Lines

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:45 AM

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Between The Lines

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:40 AM

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

GEAR   |  Comment

Our Favorite Things

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 29
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:38 AM

A collection of gadgets, gizmos, and gear treasured by Fast Company staff members. Find out what tools help us work smarter and play harder, and then visit our new online product gallery: Hot Stuff!READ»

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