James Gandolfini, Dead At 51. Long Live Tony Soprano
fastcocreate.com 3 hours ago
James Gandolfini died today at age 51 of a heart attack, an HBO rep confirmed to Variety.No one did murder quite so creatively as the creators of The Sopranos...
Why You Need To Unplug Every 90 Minutes
fastcompany.com 11 hours ago
You're an organism. And organisms run in cycles. Here's how to work with yours.
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Weird USB Drives Designed To Make Digital Data More Meaningful
fastcodesign.com 6 hours ago
With each passing year, our memories become increasingly intertwined with digital data...
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This Is What Happens When You Give A Creative Community An Empty 14,000-Square-Foot Building
fastcoexist.com 15 hours ago
Walk into the mural-covered 14,000-square-foot space in San Francisco’s Central market district and you’ll see a flurry of seemingly organized activity: people manning desks in the front, a day-by-day...
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Why You're Sleeping With Your Smartphone
fastcompany.com 14 hours ago
Why do we keep responding to the beep and buzz of our phones Because we're addicted to success explains Harvard Business School prof Leslie Perlow.
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10 Tips For Managing Creative People
fastcocreate.com 15 hours ago
When the Harvard Business Review published a post called "Seven Rules For Managing Creative People" a few months back, the reaction was an almost universal "oh, please!" This was due to the fact that...
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Goggles Block Facial Recognition Algorithms
fastcompany.com 13 hours ago
Worried about privacy in the age of wearable tech such as Google Glass Using nearinfrared LED lights these goggles can help preserve your privacy or...
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Amazon Jumps into 3D Printing With Online Shop
singularityhub.com 12 hours ago
Last month, the office supply chain, Staples, joined the world of 3D printing. Adding to the momentum? Amazon is in too...
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Why Are Reporters Constantly Misquoting People?
theawl.com 12 hours ago
Los Angeles Times reporter Jasmine Elist interviewed the author known as "Marie Calloway." (That is a pen name; if you don't know her, you could start here.) T
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Build A Movement, Not A Campaign, And You'll Ignite Passion In Your Brand's True Believers
fastcompany.com 14 hours ago
Know your influencers from your advocates. And engage them. Here's whyand how.
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‘At Last, We Are Alive’ – The New Inquiry
thenewinquiry.com 6 hours ago
Five P’s: public space, property, politicians, police, and press.
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An App That Measures Your Postive Impact On The Planet
fastcoexist.com 13 hours ago
Greg Norris has worked in the field of lifecycle assessments--what you and I know as "footprints"--for many years. And, not long ago, he started to feel depressed about it...
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The Bouroullecs Reinvent The Chandelier As Hanging Fruit
fastcodesign.com 5 hours ago
If you had never seen a lamp or a chandelier and someone asked you to create one, you might end up with a design similar to Aim--formerly known as Lianes--from the prolific Bouroullec brothers...
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AJ Jacobs: The Importance of Self-Delusion in the Creative Process
99u.com 14 hours ago
Could self-delusion be the best invention ever? If it makes you take action on your idea, the answer just might be yes.
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300 Hours of New Original Content for Netflix? Kids' Stuff (Literally)
wired.com 7 hours ago
Netflix has ordered 300 hours of original programming from DreamWorks Animation. Suddenly, resurrecting Arrested Development seems unambitious.
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An Alphabet That Illustrates Digital Vocab For Creative Types
fastcodesign.com 13 hours ago
Designers are like kindergarten teachers for grown-ups...
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Paris Review – To the Letter, Sadie Stein
theparisreview.org 11 hours ago
“More than kisses, letters mingle souls.*” —John Donne *Not those of first cousins, except in the platonic sense.
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Is there a “liberal bias” in academia?
salon.com 18 June
Sociologist Neil Gross dispels the myth that college campuses are overrun with lefty East Coast intellectuals
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An Entire Amusement Park Compressed Into A 4-Ton Cube
fastcodesign.com 10 hours ago
For some, there are fewer youthful pleasures more exhilarating than a trip to the amusement park, with all its attendant but fleeting charms--funnel cakes, hour-long queues, and stomach-churning rides...
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How Cadillac Designed A Comeback
fastcodesign.com 18 June
Sixteen years ago, Cadillac was the top-selling U.S. luxury car brand. It seems impossible in retrospect, as its line of cars featured the soulless geometries of a geriatric suppository...
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New Goggles Block Facial Recognition Algorithms
fastcompany.com 14 hours ago
Using nearinfrared LED lights the goggles can help preserve your privacy or so the makers claim.
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#Unplug: Baratunde Thurston Left The Internet For 25 Days, And You Should Too
fastcompany.com 17 June
I have left the Internet. Im on vacation. That means no social media updates responses checkins likes taps pokes noogies tickles or head locks. Im...
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Mapping The Newest Old Map Of The World
theawl.com 17 June
Under circumstances shrouded by mystery, two brothers painted this on a wall by the railway tracks at Paddington on Christmas Eve of 1974. Until the wall
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How The CEO Of A Global Ad Firm Uses His Platform To Change The World
fastcoexist.com 8 hours ago
Editor’s NoteThis is the latest entry in Catchafire’s Generosity Series, a multi-month celebration and investigation of bold generosity with the goal of understanding its causes, its benefits, and how...
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The 4 Weapons Of Exceptional Creative Leaders
fastcocreate.com 18 June
For the leader of a company powered by creativity, the difficulties of navigating today’s complex marketplace are compounded by the fact that, in every decision, two forces are loudly asserting their...
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Watch 6 Wondrous Clouds Float Inside Museum Walls
fastcodesign.com 18 June
Anyone who has tried drawing or painting clouds knows that they’re incredibly difficult to reproduce in pictorial form...
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NYC To Install Free Cellphone-Charging Stations
fastcodesign.com 18 June
Not so long ago, we featured a Pensa concept that we called a rest stop for the urban age--a system called Street Charge that could attach to any sign, then top off cellphone batteries through a solar...
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When Is The Best Time To #Unplug?
fastcompany.com 18 June
Taking time away from the digital world is essential but finding that time can be difficult.
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How Do You #Unplug?
fastcompany.com 13 hours ago
We asked and you shared with us your tips for stepping away from screens. Turns out it's not that scary
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Turn It Up: How the Right About of Ambient Noise Increases Creativity
99u.com 17 June
Environments like coffee shops can help boost our thinking ability (as long as they're not too loud). Here are 6 tools to help you amp up your productivity when you can't get out of the office.
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Terrafugia Flying Car Delayed Until at Least 2015, But Still Coming They Say
singularityhub.com 12 hours ago
Is it a plane? Is it a car? Well, so far, a flying car prototype is the best answer—and a late one at that...
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We’re Putting A Price On Carbon, But Is It Making A Difference?
fastcoexist.com 11 hours ago
Putting a price on carbon emissions is seen as crucial to curbing climate change. And the good news is that much of the world is doing just that (though not the U.S.)...
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Did The Tear Gas In Turkey Cause An Animal Massacre?
fastcoexist.com 18 June
Amid wailing ambulances, exploding stun grenades, burning barricades and thick clouds of tear gas hanging over the center of Istanbul Saturday night following the police storming Gezi park, a young...
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Get More Done: Spend Half Your Day Alone
99u.com 18 June
It takes 23 minutes to recover from an interruption.
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