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Brandyourself And The Billion-Dollar SEO And Reputation Management Industry
You may be too proud to admit it, but you've probably Googled yourself at one point or another. And why not? Prospective employers certainly are hunting you down online. And who knows? Those would-be...
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The Secret, Selfish Side Of Social-Curation Sites
Here’s my beef with social platforms today: I don’t think they’re very social at all. As much as Google+, Facebook, and Pinterest promise a way to connect, they’ve also promoted a disconnect--sharing...
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Investing In Women--And Not Just In The Abstract
Companies with more women on boards and in leadership positions outperform, financially and otherwise, companies with fewer women--and yet, this information doesn't typically factor into investment...
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Old Media To New: Don't Mind If We Do!
Getty Images has just signed up the snapshots of photographer Nick Laham into its photo archive, ready to license them out for use online, in newspapers, or even on TV. That's not a shocker seeing as...
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Fast Talk: Elle Luna's Holistic Vision Of Design
Meet Elle Luna, a former IDEO designer who believes design plays a role at every stage of the process--even before teams start to think visually.Elle Luna calls herself a "designer, storyteller, and...
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Why Email Sabbaticals Are An Essential Part Of danah boyd's Work Flow
[twistage 84d3fb5e5b41c]As a Senior Researcher for Microsoft, danah boyd, (yes, all lowercase, she had her name legally changed), studies how we work, live, and play on the Internet. While the...
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The One Huge Oversight Everyone Makes When Hiring
The checklist for hiring is pretty simple: write a job description, post the job, screen resumes, prepare interview questions, conduct interviews, call references, and write the offer or rejection...
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Fast Talk: Pay $1,695 To Teach Your Kid To Jump Off A Roof
Meet Andy Wexler, who has built a successful business partly out of catering to daredevil children. Hollywood Stunt Camp is one of the 16 high-priced summer camp options offered by Pali Adventures.Andy...
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This Week In Bots: The Run Like A Cheetah, Dance Like A Stripper, Draw Like...
Bot Vid: Robo CheetahBoston Dynamics is behind many of the most astonishing robot advances at the moment, and its latest tech is splashed all over the web this week beacuse it's extra impressive: The...
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Path’s Business Model: Selling The Means Of Self-Expression
As Path launches its new API, CEO and cofounder Dave Morin explains why the company is eschewing advertising in favor of virtual goods.In a press conference Thursday to announce the opening of Path's...
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Vevo, Echo Nest Team For Personalized Music Video Recommendations Based On...
Watching Vevo, the online music-video service, used to be all about one-off experiences. Viewers would head to Vevo or YouTube to watch music videos by artists such as Jay-Z or LMFAO, but rarely would...
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Mastering The Uncomfortable Art Of Personal Branding
Whether interviewing for a job or making a presentation, weaving a strong personal narrative could be the one thing that keeps you on top. Here are a few tips to turning on your personal branding story...
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Unlimited Vacation Policies Don't Create Slackers--They Ensure Productivity
By tossing the two-week standard in favor of an honor system with unlimited time off, some companies are seeing an exponential rise in productivity. Now, they just have to be mindful of staff burnout....
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How To Bring Out The Magic In Marketing
Whether you're trying to sell whisky or get people to adopt dogs, marketing can be magical when there's a deep understanding of both an organization's culture and its strategic needs. There’s been a...
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Peyton Manning's Lessons In Career Strategy
This week, the Indianapolis Colts released four-time MVP quarterback Peyton Manning to look for work with another NFL team. As removed as your job or company may feel from the NFL, there are four key...
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Facebook Launches Lists, Dropbox Reorganizes Website, Raspberry Pi Delayed
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Dropbox Redesigns Website. Dropbox has pared down its website to allow users who visit their web accounts to navigate it more...
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Weekend Reading: The LulzSec Indictment
The whimsical seeming but real mayhem causing group and one of its prominent alleged members just got slapped with a federal indictment.... Because you don't have any real plans, right? Following the...
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The 10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week
Catch up on the stories people were clicking, reading, sharing, tweeting, Facebooking, pinning, and more--from the Fast Company network.This week's top 10 features some valuable career and motivational...
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Khan Academy Enters Next Era With iPad App
Offline learning is the latest tool for the unorthodox education organization. Here's how that and other new features will power Khan Academy's new app. Khan Academy, the wildly popular YouTube lecture...
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"American Idol" Gets One-Stop Social Platform From Peel, The Next-Gen TV Guide
Peel, the app that learns your television tastes and turns your iPhone in a remote control, launched with the aim of creating a next-generation TV guide. "We started with discovery and control," says...
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