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Inside Google X's Project Glass, Part I
Google's Project Glass product lead Steve Lee walks us through his experience with the development of the company's sci-fi-inspired eyewear--from his team's "hundreds of variations and dozens of early...
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iPhone-Addicted Lego Lover Seeks Same For Fun, Romance, Brand Worship
If marketers have their way, that's how the personal ads of the near future will read.It was a balmy summer day in July when Joe Sparano and his girlfriend Kristin Kacerik planned a picnic to celebrate...
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3 Secret Weapons For Better Communication, From Professional Actors
Effective communication never consists of words alone. There must be a purpose behind those words that calls an audience to action. The result of this action is, ideally, identical to what we call a...
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Meet The Woman Who Wants To Make MiniLuxe The "Starbucks Of Nail Salons"
With stylish salons featuring bacteria-banishing practices that would make a hospital green with envy and luxe-but-affordable services, Sue Thirlwall is planning to take MiniLuxe to the masses and...
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Meet Dr. Troll
Whitney Phillips got her PhD from the University of Oregon in English with a Folklore structured emphasis. But the subject of her dissertation was Internet trolls. Here's some of what she learned about...
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To Bring Out The Best In Millennials, Put On Your Coaching Hat
In the last five years, a growing number of studies and surveys have highlighted the importance of innovation for the economic health of companies and countries. Perhaps the most significant survey...
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Online Advertising Rises Past 20% Of Ad Spending In Europe
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors. The advertising industry seems somewhat resistant to the economic woes in Europe right now--it rose 0.8% in 2011. Online ads seem to be growing best...
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Campus Party, The Biggest Tech Event You've Never Heard Of
The real potential of innovation comes from the power of surfacing unexpected ideas, connecting the dots, and putting them together in new and magical ways. Enter Campus Party, the next-next event in...
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Cricket Wireless To Sell Pre-Paid iPhone Plans In The U.S.
Cricket Wireless has just become the first carrier to sell the iPhone in the U.S. as part of a pre-paid plan. Starting June 22, for $55 buyers of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S will have access to...
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The Crowd Comes Of Age
Where before they could only donate, now the crowd can invest. What does it mean for startups? We talk with Sang Lee of the National Crowdfunding Association to find out.Sang Lee is the founder of...
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How To Stick With It When Your Ideas Are Ahead Of Their Time
I typed this out from my Shangri-La Hotel room in downtown Sydney, overlooking the harbor and the city’s famous opera house. Somewhere above the opera house spires, a new era arrived: The first private...
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C2-MTL: Creativity, Commerce, And The 100 Most Creative People In Business
Arianna Huffington, Cirque du Soleil, and Francis Ford Coppola all specialize in high-wire acts of different sorts. One more thing they now have in common: All of them appeared at the first-ever...
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New Cyberweapon IXESHE Discovered
A new advanced persistent threat named IXESHE (pronounced I-Sushi) was recently discovered on the computer networks of Taiwanese electronics companies and several East Asian governments. The IXESHE...
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Snap: Hipstamatic's New iPad Magazine Is A Field Guide For Sharpshooters
The app maker is launching Snap to teach Hipstamatic users how to take better photos and land in its pages. (And use Hipstamatic more.)There are casual iPhoneographers, and then there are Hipstamatic...
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How "Game Of Thrones" Pirates Could End A Golden Age Of TV
Illegal downloaders of HBO's wildly popular fantasy show could learn a thing or two from the Lannisters about paying debts. Recently, with a tone of barely concealed glee, Forbes declared that HBO’s...
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How Serial Innovators Find The Best Problems To Solve
It takes as much time to solve a bad problem as it does a good problem. And if you’re not working on good problems, you’re really wasting your time.Serial innovators are not looking for opportunities....
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Gold Medal Leadership Lessons From The Bocuse d'Or Competition Kitchen
With 45 competition medals under his toque and a coveted spot in the culinary Olympics Bocuse d'Or, chef Richard Rosendale's learned a thing or two about leadership in a pressure cooker. “Two cups of...
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It's The Interview Dating Game! Now Learn To Ask The Most Revealing Questions
One of the amazing incidental benefits of running a business is that I can honestly say I like every single person I work with. Building a strong, cohesive culture has been a top priority at my...
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John Edwards' Biggest Mistake Was Lack Of Accountability, A Fatal Flaw For...
When leaders, especially high-profile ones, crash and burn, lack of accountability is often the reason--just ask John Edwards. And it could happen to any of us if we’re not careful. Ask yourself these...
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Conferences You Don't Want To Miss In June 2012
KEY (OUT OF FIVE): LEARNABILITY: SCHMOOZABILITY: COSTABILITY: June 6th InnoTown Innovation Conference, Alesund, Norway Learn from CEOs, physicists, and Barack Obama's chief blogger. 11th Designing...
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