Sarah Turcotte

Fast Company Magazine

Turning Hotel Gift Shop Glum Into Gold

Seaside Luxe turns stale gift shops into revenue generators simply by paying attention to them.

Turning Hotel Gift Shop Glum Into Gold

Fast Company Magazine

So Long, Pagers: How WaitAway And Other Wait Apps Are Changing Restaurants, DMVs And More

Or at least more tolerable: How new virtual-queue apps are changing restaurants, DMVs, and more

So Long, Pagers: How WaitAway And Other Wait Apps Are Changing Restaurants, DMVs And More

Fast Company Magazine

Discovery’s True-Crime ID Network Boosts Ratings With Original Programming

How the black sheep of the Discovery media family, true-crime network ID, finally cracked the ratings case.

Discovery’s True-Crime ID Network Boosts Ratings With Original Programming

Impact

New York City’s school buses will now be automatically routed and tracked using Via’s algorithm

These tiny magnetic springs melt microplastics into nothing

This tech company says offsets aren’t enough—it’s time to pay for negative emissions

Creativity

‘Matrix 4’: Everything we know so far (and what we’re dying to know)

The Museum of Ice Cream is returning to New York City with a permanent location

Kanye’s ‘Star Wars’-themed homeless shelter could get the Death Star treatment

Co.Design

The cult scent brand Diptyque is reviving a centuries-old way of wearing perfume

Researchers confirm that your selfies make you look like an a**hole

When you’re done with this T-shirt, bury it. It turns into worm food in 12 weeks

Work Life

This ‘unproductive’ activity can actually help you get more done

500 interns later, here’s what I learned about transitioning them to employees

Why being nice isn’t always good for your career