Creating Resilence By Following Nature’s Lead BY ERIN LEITCH, fastcoexist.com The natural world has found ways to work and live in harmony for a long time. If we want to also survive and create sustainability systems, biomimicry may be the key. The operating conditions of life are literally symphonic: They are a… RT @cosekoski: “We … Continue reading Bio mimicry and resilient design
Take A World Tour Of Apple’s Newly Trademarked Stores By Addy Dugdale, fastcompany.com First it won ownership of a rountangle—that’s a rectangle with rounded corners—and now Apple has patented its store design. You know, lots of giant glass, pale wood, and nerds in royal-blue tees. Apple has won itself a trademark for its retai… RT … Continue reading Apple’s trademarked stores
Why Tweaking Your Career Vocabulary Can Radically Improve Your Life By Amber Rae, fastcompany.com Reimagining the words we use to define work—and ourselves—is a powerful exercise. Words are powerful. The language we use influences how we think, feel, act, and interact with the world. That’s why I propose a new kind of dictionary. O… RT … Continue reading Re-imagining the words of work
Is This The Year We Ditch Our Cars And Start Sharing? Markus Barnikel, fastcoexist.com The CEO of Carpooling.com discusses what’s going to make 2013 a huge year for ridesharing.2012 marked a big year for the sharing economy with new launches, explosive growth rates, and millions spent in venture capital funding. In 2013, the growth … … Continue reading The year of car sharing
Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com Are you gonna eat that? Here are four social networks that want to take food sharing way beyond photos.Globally, 30 to 50 percent of all food produced is lost or wasted between crop and plate—that’s between 1.2 and 2 billion tons. Personally, eac… RT @FastCompany: Food: The Next Frontier For The Sharing … Continue reading Food: The Next Frontier For The Sharing Economy?
Watch: Days Pass In Minutes In These Hypnotic Beach Videos By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com An L.A. artist attempts to capture the passage of time within a single video frame—no drugs needed. Xárene Eskandar wants you to feel awe. The Los Angeles media artist, whose past work ranges from tree pods to a Google marriage proposal,… … Continue reading Hypnotic time lapse videos
17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley By Linda Tischler, fastcodesign.com David Kelley is well-known for his astute application of design thinking to many of life’s intractable problems. Less known is that he’s also a veritable Dr. Phil of good advice about life, careers, and the importance of not being a… RT @FastCompany: “You’re the … Continue reading 17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley
Tag, Share, And Set Your Life To Music With SoundTracking By Tyler Gray, fastcompany.com Schematic Labs cofounder and CEO and former imeem CMO Steve Jang says he’s making it easier to share yourself through music (and maybe hook up with your rock ‘n’ roll crush). You’re already soundtracking your life, whether or not you use… … Continue reading Tag, Share, And Set Your Life To Music With SoundTracking
Watch this: ‘Firefly,’ a stylish skateboarding video shot with a drone By Adi Robertson, theverge.com Skateboarders have been taping their tricks with jury-rigged video setups since the advent of camcorders, but the producers of short and beautiful video Firefly took the next logical step: using a camera mounted to a hexacopte… Watch this: ‘Firefly,’ a … Continue reading DIY drone filmmaking replaces expensive Hollywood tech
Smartest Cities In America: Fast Company Ranks Brainiest Cities Aaron Sankin, huffingtonpost.com How brainy is your ‘hood? That’s the question posed by Dr. Boyd Cohen in a recent article published in Fast Company. Cohen looked at cities across North America and rated them on a “smart city” scale based on characteristics ranging… http://flip.it/S4G4J Related articles … Continue reading Smartest cities in America Fast Company ranking
By Neil Janowitz, fastcompany.com Lessons: “Sometimes people are offended by the name, which is obviously never our intention. But I’ve learned that we’re not here to please everyone, and I’m ok with that. Not everybody loves what we do—and that’s probably for … Fuck Cancer CEO Yael Cohen On You Can't Please Everybody Related articles … Continue reading Fuck Cancer CEO Yael Cohen On You Can’t Please Everybody
Why Management Consultants Need To Make Apps, Take “Rep Rides,” And Study High-Selling Hair Farmers By David Zax, fastcompany.com To create real value, Bluewolf consultants shadow their clients’ representatives in the field. The results often involve mobile apps streamlining their work. The management consulting industry has been much maligned in recent years. The… RT @FastCompany: … Continue reading Management consultants must become anthropologists to get real data
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