Photo Issue 2011: Design Of The Dead
"A couple of years I was involved with something called the Twitter Photo Challenge. Every week there'd be a new topic, and the participants had to produce a photo for that topic during the following...
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: Marie Antoinette At Her Leisure
"Bastille Day/Liberty Festival at Brasserie Les Halles in Washington, D.C. It was, perhaps, the only place in Washington, D.C. that celebrated Bastille Day in a big way," said photographer Elvert...
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: Sunshine Soldier
The sun at the horizon illuminates a soldier, highlighting the promise of solar energy for the military. Photo by Expert Infantry See more of the best photos of 2011
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: Tomato Battle
"I went to La Tomatina alone from Valencia where I live. It seemed to me that about half of the guests had come from other countries. I heard Spanish, English, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, and...
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: Olde Computer
The tedium of learning to program code is palpable in this pic of an archaic computer. Photo by Super Bomba See more of the best photos of 2011
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: Lexus's Jump Into Web Content
Media companies aren't the only ones in the content-providing business these days. Diane Charles and Ron Qurashi are the producers of Lexus's Web Therapy series, starring Lisa Kudrow. Photo by Pamela...
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: Bill Moggridge At The Museum, Shot By Joao Canziani
Bill Moggridge at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, a reworking in progress. Photo by Joao Canziani See more of the best photos of 2011
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: NeuroFocus CEO A.K. Pradeep Gets In Your Head
NeuroFocus CEO A.K. Pradeep knows how to read your mind--so long as you put on that device first. Photo by Gene Lee See more of the best photos of 2011
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: Ticketmaster's Nathan Hubbard, Shot By Benjamin Lowy
We went on tour with former singer-songwriter Nathan Hubbard and his showstopper of a plan to rescue Ticketmaster's business--and, for an encore, its dreadful reputation. Photo by Benjamin Lowy See...
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: White House Chef Sam Kass, Shot By Michael Lewis
Sam Kass enjoys slipping on his White House chef's jacket and going out to the garden to pick some peas and mint for the Obama family's dinner. He is, after all, their cook--and he's inspired more by...
View ArticlePhoto Issue 2011: The Twitter Bird Comes To Life
We wrote that everyone--CNN, MTV, Conan, and even Google--is tweeting about the future of interactive entertainment. These realistic Twitter birds get in on it. Photo by Jill Greenberg See more of the...
View ArticleWater Cannons! Lasers! Sonic Weapons! Fighting Somali Pirates With Science
Oh, and also walls of stinky, skunky-smelling water! Take a look inside the crazy (and lucrative) world of anti-Somali pirate technology.Piracy is a serious problem in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian...
View ArticleBuilding A Startup That Can Punch Above Its Weight--And Win
I used to do full-contact competitive Karate (I also auditioned for the part Macaulay Culkin played in Home Alone, but that’s a different story for another day). I was very young then and the...
View ArticleApple Dominates WSJ's Most-Read List, Nielsen Ranks Top U.S. Brands, $25...
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View Article10 Resolute Ideas To Start Your New Year
Put the punch back in your purpose.There is power in the perspective that comes from revisiting why you exist as a business and exploring the beliefs and operating values you live by. While the bottom...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolutions: Four Steps To Becoming A Better Leader
The new year is upon us, and one of the time-honored traditions for many is the making of resolutions for the upcoming year. From losing weight to spending more time with family, there are many ways...
View ArticleWhat Timothy Leary Can Teach Us About Enjoying The Holidays
In 1967, Timothy Leary advised youth to "turn on, tune in, and drop out." But rather than endorse drugs or withdrawal from society, Leary's words are strong medicine for today's digitally exhausted...
View ArticleAuthenticity Vs. Perfection: How To Brand Like A Rock Star
Billy Joel’s schmaltzy ballad “Honesty” spoke the truth back in 1979. Yet at the time, the accepted strategy for building a brand was creating perceptions that were often far removed from reality....
View ArticleHow The NHL's John Collins Is Creating A Nation Of Passionate Puckheads
As former president and CEO of the Cleveland Browns--a hapless football team in one of America’s unluckiest sports cities--John Collins knows that fans are a fickle bunch. But to the National Football...
View ArticleAttention Business Owners/Aspiring Authors: How To Have A Great Relationship...
Despite the recent surge in self-publishing, traditional publishers and small to mid-size publishing houses are still going to be around. Not every business owner can self-publish, nor does every one...
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