Yesterday America Online announced that in the next month they will be offering VoIP, or voice over internet protocol. Such internet phone services have been much cheaper than your typical land line.
Could this mean a re-emergence ...READ»
Mr. Hammond's entry on blogs got me thinking. The blog phenomenon has grown large enough, and perhaps mainstream enough, to support different types of blog-readers. Some may prefer reading the personal lives of others, or the ...READ»
The author William Gibson once said “the future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.” In the case of travel this is certainly true. The travel industry has experienced dramatic change post September 11, but it is ...READ»
In today's New York Times, there's a piece in the business section about the surprising international adoption and success of Google's social network service, Orkut.
The story is interesting at two levels. One, Orkut wasn't designed ...READ»
Language is in a state of constant flux, evolving at the edges, occasionally ruptured by dramatic and rapid changes in culture. It contains fossils and fractures that hint at what has been or will be important.
The word ...READ»
Celebrating Design
"Creative people should always try to do things they can't do," Marcel Wanders told guests at Fast Company's Masters of Design party in New York. "That's when creativity is needed." But what can design do, asked ...READ»
Introducing the Quadkey Keyboard, self-adjusting glasses, and Quicktionary -- three leading contenders in Saatchi Saatchi's Innovation in Communication Awards.READ»
Fast Company's Adam L. Penenberg tweets the breaking news about a verdict against Ford in the death of rising Mets star Brian Cole. As reporters lagged behind on the story, Penenberg discovered a new media use for the 140-character format.READ»
