UPDATES: COVID-19

10-19-08
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Soliciting Questions For Upcoming Fast Company Call-In

I invite members of the Technology Group to post their questions for the Fast Company.Com call-in I’m moderating next week tentatively titled: FC Examines Next Generation Interaction: Are Virtual Worlds Waiting in the Wings? The description copy is still being massaged, but here’s version 2.5 (see below).

By Donald Schwartz1 minute Read

Video

Impact

Coronavirus is causing a biking surge—can it last when cities open up again?

The government will now pay businesses to keep workers on payrolls (and hire back ones they laid off)

It’s time to cancel rent

Creativity

Remembering Adam Schlesinger, the unparalleled master of pop songs for movies and TV

Singer Jessie Reyez has a lot to prove—and you have a lot to learn from her process

J. K. Rowling launches Harry Potter at Home, casting a charm against quarantine boredom

Co.Design

With graduations canceled, students are using ‘Minecraft’ to recreate college campuses

How Under Armour is making 100,000 masks a week to fight COVID-19

Social distancing logos are the design equivalent of ‘thoughts and prayers’

Work Life

Successful innovation doesn’t have to be disruptive—it’s often small, incremental, and fast

‘I could knife him in the back’: What it’s like seeking a divorce during coronavirus

Wedding cancellations are everywhere. Here’s how to save your photographer’s job