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Fast Companyhttp://www.fastcompany.comFast Company is the world's leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design.enMon, 20 May 2013 16:06:58 GMTMon, 20 May 2013 16:06:58 GMT5Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily RotationNot Another Bill: A Service That Delivers Curated Packages To Your Doorstephttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/jlltnrPmllo/not-another-bill-a-service-that-delivers-curated-packages-to-your-doorstep<div> <div> <div> <p>Wouldn’t it be nice to receive a package of surprise goodies every month, instead of a stack of bills?</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>We’re entering a brand new era of snail mail. Personal correspondence is still largely digital, but people are pining for that visceral thrill of finding a surprise waiting for them at home--enough that they’re willing to pay for the pleasure. Subscription services are popping up and offering an alternative to simply stocking up on necessities through Amazon; these curated collections--everything from myriad of <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671614/branding-a-gentlemens-subscription-service-with-old-school-charm#1" target="_self">luxury men’s products</a> to <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670769/a-new-earthquake-kit-very-clever-and-also-a-little-twee#1" target="_self">earthquake kits</a>--hope to make spending money a little more exciting than a standard online transaction, and bring a bit of magic back to the postal service.</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/inline-large/inline/2013/05/1672608-inline-nab-026.jpg" alt=""></figure><p>Ned Corbett-Winder was an art director at M&C Saatchi Advertising agency back in 2011 when he first had the idea for <a href="http://www.notanotherbill.com/" target="_blank">Not Another Bill</a>, an artful take on what’s now become a big-time trend. “When I started I remember thinking, ‘I can’t believe no-one has thought of this,' he tells Co.Design. “At the time there were hardly any of these businesses about.”</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672608/not-another-bill-a-service-that-delivers-curated-packages-to-your-doorstep?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c29fe79/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672608%2Fnot-another-bill-a-service-that-delivers-curated-packages-to-your-doorstep&t=Not+Another+Bill%3A+A+Service+That+Delivers+Curated+Packages+To+Your+Doorstep" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672608%2Fnot-another-bill-a-service-that-delivers-curated-packages-to-your-doorstep&t=Not+Another+Bill%3A+A+Service+That+Delivers+Curated+Packages+To+Your+Doorstep" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672608%2Fnot-another-bill-a-service-that-delivers-curated-packages-to-your-doorstep&t=Not+Another+Bill%3A+A+Service+That+Delivers+Curated+Packages+To+Your+Doorstep" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672608%2Fnot-another-bill-a-service-that-delivers-curated-packages-to-your-doorstep&t=Not+Another+Bill%3A+A+Service+That+Delivers+Curated+Packages+To+Your+Doorstep" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672608%2Fnot-another-bill-a-service-that-delivers-curated-packages-to-your-doorstep&t=Not+Another+Bill%3A+A+Service+That+Delivers+Curated+Packages+To+Your+Doorstep" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665214229/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe79/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665214229/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe79/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665214229/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe79/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=jlltnrPmllo:WF_j-e3cbU8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=jlltnrPmllo:WF_j-e3cbU8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=jlltnrPmllo:WF_j-e3cbU8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=jlltnrPmllo:WF_j-e3cbU8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/jlltnrPmllo" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:00 GMT1672608 at http://www.fastcodesign.comJordan Kushinshttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1672608/not-another-bill-a-service-that-delivers-curated-packages-to-your-doorstep“Sext Me If You Can” Turns Your Sexts Into Arthttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/y5bNlILj86A/sext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-art<div> <div> <div> <p>See your randy texts elevated to bona fide art at the New Museum.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Artist Karen Finley wants your sexts. Or, more specifically, she wants to draw them. Her latest intallation, on display from May 23 to 26 at <a href="http://www.newmuseum.org/" target="_blank">The New Museum</a>, will show paintings and sketches that she has created, based on photos that viewers text her in real time.</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcocreate.com/multisite_files/cocreate/imagecache/inline-small/inline/2013/05/1682999-inline-inline-1-sext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-art.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>Karen Finley</figcaption></figure><p>"There’s an out of proportion sense of shame with sexting," Finley says. "If you have a phone, then there’s some type of an erotic or sensual exchange happening. How much might be different for everyone, but it is happening."</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682999/sext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-art?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c29fe7a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682999%2Fsext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-art&t=%E2%80%9CSext+Me+If+You+Can%E2%80%9D+Turns+Your+Sexts+Into+Art" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682999%2Fsext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-art&t=%E2%80%9CSext+Me+If+You+Can%E2%80%9D+Turns+Your+Sexts+Into+Art" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682999%2Fsext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-art&t=%E2%80%9CSext+Me+If+You+Can%E2%80%9D+Turns+Your+Sexts+Into+Art" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682999%2Fsext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-art&t=%E2%80%9CSext+Me+If+You+Can%E2%80%9D+Turns+Your+Sexts+Into+Art" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682999%2Fsext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-art&t=%E2%80%9CSext+Me+If+You+Can%E2%80%9D+Turns+Your+Sexts+Into+Art" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665214228/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe7a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665214228/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe7a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665214228/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe7a/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=y5bNlILj86A:_QcfRc4u8MM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=y5bNlILj86A:_QcfRc4u8MM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=y5bNlILj86A:_QcfRc4u8MM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=y5bNlILj86A:_QcfRc4u8MM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/y5bNlILj86A" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:16 GMT1682999 at http://www.fastcocreate.comJennifer Millerhttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1682999/sext-me-if-you-can-turns-your-sexts-into-artThe Public Interest Design 100: Designers Changing The Worldhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/6HtUShJT2f0/the-public-interest-design-100-designers-changing-the-world<div> <div> <div> <p>The second installment of this annual list features global designers using their craft to improve lives--from building floating schools to learning about city design from slums.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>In December 2012, curator (and current Autodesk guest curator in residence) John Cary undertook the ambitious project of<a href="http://people.publicinterestdesign.org/" target="_blank"> creating a list </a>of the 100+ public interest designers changing the world. Now Cary has released a second, more global edition of the <a href="http://pid100.publicinterestdesign.org/" target="_blank">Public Interest Design 100</a>. Below, some of the highlights of Cary’s new list, culled from nominations by design leaders.</p> <h2><a name="Kunl_Adeyemi">Kunlé Adeyemi</a></h2> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite_files/coexist/imagecache/inline-large/inline/2013/05/1682091-inline-floating-school.jpg" alt=""></figure><p>The top spot goes to Kunlé Adeyemi, the principal of NLÉ--a firm known for <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681346/a-floating-school-that-wont-flood" target="_self">creating a floating school in Lagos</a>, dubbed the <a href="http://www.nleworks.com/case/makoko-floating-school/" target="_blank">Makoko Floating School</a>. NLÉ describes the project on its website: "As a pilot project, it has taken an innovative approach to address the community’s social and physical needs in view of the impact of climate change and a rapidly urbanizing African context. Its main aim is to generate a sustainable, ecological, alternative building system and urban water culture for the teeming population of Africa’s coastal regions."</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682091/the-public-interest-design-100-designers-changing-the-world?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c29fe7b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682091%2Fthe-public-interest-design-100-designers-changing-the-world&t=The+Public+Interest+Design+100%3A+Designers+Changing+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682091%2Fthe-public-interest-design-100-designers-changing-the-world&t=The+Public+Interest+Design+100%3A+Designers+Changing+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682091%2Fthe-public-interest-design-100-designers-changing-the-world&t=The+Public+Interest+Design+100%3A+Designers+Changing+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682091%2Fthe-public-interest-design-100-designers-changing-the-world&t=The+Public+Interest+Design+100%3A+Designers+Changing+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682091%2Fthe-public-interest-design-100-designers-changing-the-world&t=The+Public+Interest+Design+100%3A+Designers+Changing+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665214227/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe7b/kg/355/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665214227/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe7b/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665214227/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c29fe7b/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6HtUShJT2f0:ne1-7XksI34:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6HtUShJT2f0:ne1-7XksI34:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=6HtUShJT2f0:ne1-7XksI34:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6HtUShJT2f0:ne1-7XksI34:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/6HtUShJT2f0" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:10 GMT1682091 at http://www.fastcoexist.comAriel Schwartzhttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682091/the-public-interest-design-100-designers-changing-the-worldBitcoin Was Designed To Be Regulatedhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/tTSTSMspHGY/bitcoin-coming-browser-near-you<p>By Bitcoin standards, it's been a fairly low-key month. Yes, there's been some <a href="http://qz.com/86255/the-mysterious-creator-of-bitcoin-could-be-japanese-mathematician-shinichi-mochizuki-says-the-inventor-of-hypertext/" target="_blank">new and almost certainly wrong</a> speculation that Bitcoin's creator might be Japanese mathematician Satoshi Nakamoto. And yes, the Department of Homeland Security <a href="http://www.coindesk.com/why-are-the-feds-seizing-mt-gox-and-dwolla-funds/" target="_blank">seized the Dwolla account</a> of a Mt.Gox subsidiary for failing to register as a Money Service Business, effectively cutting off the easiest way for U.S. consumers to transact in Bitcoin.</p> <p>But the government's action against Mt.Gox is of particular note for being a relatively mundane development. Far from being an attempt by the government to shut down Bitcoin, the action appears to be in response to Mt.Gox's failure to comply with the regulations that <a href="http://pandodaily.com/2013/05/17/bitcoin-is-legal-but-mainstream-adoption-will-mandate-playing-by-the-rules/" target="_blank">make the currency legal</a>. Yes, this means that businesses who want to deal with Bitcoin in the U.S. <a href="http://www.coindesk.com/regulatory-compliance-a-high-stakes-must-for-bitcoin-businesses/" target="_blank">will have to deal with the country's regulations</a>, but this should not have been surprising to Bitcoin adoptees. In fact, it's likely something Bitcoin's creators were counting on all along.</p> <p>Rather than trying to work within legal frameworks, the most disruptive innovations often <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3001169/uber-when-innovation-outpaces-law" target="_self">outpace the law</a>. Bitcoin is a bet that fiat-based nationalist currencies no longer make sense in a world economy dominated by global trade. Precisely because Bitcoin isn't controlled by any central power, the U.S. must be extremely careful about how it regulates the currency, or risk giving other, more entrepreneurial countries opportunities to use it against the dollar. Writing in Daily Forex, Quantitative Strategist <a href="https://twitter.com/Bithedge" target="_blank">Alan Edwards</a> <a href="http://www.dailyforex.com/forex-figures/trading-strategies/trade-bitcoin-expert-view/1058" target="_blank">explains</a>:</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcolabs.com/3007320/tracking/bitcoin-coming-browser-near-you?partner=rss?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c2906a1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcolabs.com%2F3007320%2Ftracking%2Fbitcoin-coming-browser-near-you%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Bitcoin+Was+Designed+To+Be+Regulated" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcolabs.com%2F3007320%2Ftracking%2Fbitcoin-coming-browser-near-you%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Bitcoin+Was+Designed+To+Be+Regulated" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcolabs.com%2F3007320%2Ftracking%2Fbitcoin-coming-browser-near-you%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Bitcoin+Was+Designed+To+Be+Regulated" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcolabs.com%2F3007320%2Ftracking%2Fbitcoin-coming-browser-near-you%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Bitcoin+Was+Designed+To+Be+Regulated" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcolabs.com%2F3007320%2Ftracking%2Fbitcoin-coming-browser-near-you%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Bitcoin+Was+Designed+To+Be+Regulated" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664660672/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664660672/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664660672/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a1/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=tTSTSMspHGY:1kN47PvKmEU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=tTSTSMspHGY:1kN47PvKmEU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=tTSTSMspHGY:1kN47PvKmEU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=tTSTSMspHGY:1kN47PvKmEU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/tTSTSMspHGY" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:00 GMThttp://www.fastcolabs.com/3007320Gabe Steinhttp://www.fastcolabs.com/3007320/tracking/bitcoin-coming-browser-near-you?partner=rssAusterity Isn’t An Economic Solution, It’s A Medical Problemhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/mJNH9Z6v4Ds/austerity-isnt-an-economic-solution-its-a-medical-problem<div> <div> <div> <p>Author Mark Blyth is fighting the idea that cutting budgets can save economies.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>“Austerity” has been on the defensive lately. Both in the <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/how-the-media-broke-up-with-austerity.html" target="_blank">American media</a>, and in <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/25/news/economy/europe-austerity/index.html" target="_blank">European political discourse</a>. And yet, the idea that debt-reduction is the most pressing problem facing Western governments is remarkably resilient.</p> <p>Perhaps no one knows this dynamic better than Mark Blyth, a political science professor who has been tireless in attacking what he calls “this ‘austerity as a route to growth’ nonsense” in columns, radio appearances and a clearly-distilled five-minute YouTube video:</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682007/austerity-isnt-an-economic-solution-its-a-medical-problem?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c2906a4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682007%2Fausterity-isnt-an-economic-solution-its-a-medical-problem&t=Austerity+Isn%E2%80%99t+An+Economic+Solution%2C+It%E2%80%99s+A+Medical+Problem" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682007%2Fausterity-isnt-an-economic-solution-its-a-medical-problem&t=Austerity+Isn%E2%80%99t+An+Economic+Solution%2C+It%E2%80%99s+A+Medical+Problem" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682007%2Fausterity-isnt-an-economic-solution-its-a-medical-problem&t=Austerity+Isn%E2%80%99t+An+Economic+Solution%2C+It%E2%80%99s+A+Medical+Problem" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682007%2Fausterity-isnt-an-economic-solution-its-a-medical-problem&t=Austerity+Isn%E2%80%99t+An+Economic+Solution%2C+It%E2%80%99s+A+Medical+Problem" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682007%2Fausterity-isnt-an-economic-solution-its-a-medical-problem&t=Austerity+Isn%E2%80%99t+An+Economic+Solution%2C+It%E2%80%99s+A+Medical+Problem" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664660670/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664660670/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664660670/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a4/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=mJNH9Z6v4Ds:aih_6dAGJYk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=mJNH9Z6v4Ds:aih_6dAGJYk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=mJNH9Z6v4Ds:aih_6dAGJYk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=mJNH9Z6v4Ds:aih_6dAGJYk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/mJNH9Z6v4Ds" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:42 GMT1682007 at http://www.fastcoexist.comStan Alcornhttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682007/austerity-isnt-an-economic-solution-its-a-medical-problemHow Coca-Cola Used Vending Machines To Try To Unite The People Of India And Pakistanhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/6QQC1Z008dA/how-coca-cola-used-vending-machines-to-try-to-unite-the-people-of-india-and-pakistan<div> <div> <div> <p>Specially-designed Small World Machines placed in both countries in March served as live communications portals. Coke has released a video that allows everyone to witness the joyous interactions and discusses the project here.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Relations between India and Pakistan are marked by many things--and happiness is generally not one of them. But Coca-Cola recently brought people from both nations together--or at least brought citizens of both countries face to face--over vending machines.</p> <figure></figure><p>No ordinary vending machines, the Small World Machines, created by Coke and Leo Burnett, were equipped with full-length webcams that allowed participants to see each other and interact in real time. “We used special active shutter 3D technology that projected a streaming feed onto glass while filming through that glass at the same time,” explains Leo Burnett executive creative director Jon Wyville. “This allowed people to make direct eye contact and touch hands.” The touch-facilitating machines are the latest creative usage of beverage dispensers engineered by Coke. In past, the beverage maker has employed them for smaller-scale happiness-inducing gestures, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqT_dPApj9U" target="_blank">like delivering unexpected treats to college students.</a></p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1683001/how-coca-cola-used-vending-machines-to-try-to-unite-the-people-of-india-and-pakistan?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c29fe7c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683001%2Fhow-coca-cola-used-vending-machines-to-try-to-unite-the-people-of-india-and-pakistan&t=How+Coca-Cola+Used+Vending+Machines+To+Try+To+Unite+The+People+Of+India+And+Pakistan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683001%2Fhow-coca-cola-used-vending-machines-to-try-to-unite-the-people-of-india-and-pakistan&t=How+Coca-Cola+Used+Vending+Machines+To+Try+To+Unite+The+People+Of+India+And+Pakistan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683001%2Fhow-coca-cola-used-vending-machines-to-try-to-unite-the-people-of-india-and-pakistan&t=How+Coca-Cola+Used+Vending+Machines+To+Try+To+Unite+The+People+Of+India+And+Pakistan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683001%2Fhow-coca-cola-used-vending-machines-to-try-to-unite-the-people-of-india-and-pakistan&t=How+Coca-Cola+Used+Vending+Machines+To+Try+To+Unite+The+People+Of+India+And+Pakistan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683001%2Fhow-coca-cola-used-vending-machines-to-try-to-unite-the-people-of-india-and-pakistan&t=How+Coca-Cola+Used+Vending+Machines+To+Try+To+Unite+The+People+Of+India+And+Pakistan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6QQC1Z008dA:TROOfVQb230:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6QQC1Z008dA:TROOfVQb230:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=6QQC1Z008dA:TROOfVQb230:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6QQC1Z008dA:TROOfVQb230:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/6QQC1Z008dA" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:26 GMT1683001 at http://www.fastcocreate.comChristine Champagnehttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1683001/how-coca-cola-used-vending-machines-to-try-to-unite-the-people-of-india-and-pakistanAn App That Maps The Entire Universe Of Beerhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/ah8swPcBZcI/an-app-that-maps-the-entire-universe-of-beer<div> <div> <div> <p>What if you knew whether you’d like a beer before you even took the first sip? This incredible visualization can make that possible.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>One night, <a href="http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~jamieson/me/About_Me.html" target="_blank">Kevin Jamieson</a> sat at a bar and drank a beer that was particularly delicious. Maybe he even had a few or a few too many, because the next day, he couldn’t remember the beer’s name. But Jamieson was so smitten that he returned to the bar later that week just to track it down.</p> <p>There was just one problem: The bar had 40 beers on tap.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672615/an-app-that-maps-the-entire-universe-of-beer?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c2906a7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672615%2Fan-app-that-maps-the-entire-universe-of-beer&t=An+App+That+Maps+The+Entire+Universe+Of+Beer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672615%2Fan-app-that-maps-the-entire-universe-of-beer&t=An+App+That+Maps+The+Entire+Universe+Of+Beer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672615%2Fan-app-that-maps-the-entire-universe-of-beer&t=An+App+That+Maps+The+Entire+Universe+Of+Beer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672615%2Fan-app-that-maps-the-entire-universe-of-beer&t=An+App+That+Maps+The+Entire+Universe+Of+Beer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672615%2Fan-app-that-maps-the-entire-universe-of-beer&t=An+App+That+Maps+The+Entire+Universe+Of+Beer" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664660669/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a7/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664660669/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a7/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664660669/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c2906a7/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ah8swPcBZcI:nxWfxPEOHzs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ah8swPcBZcI:nxWfxPEOHzs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=ah8swPcBZcI:nxWfxPEOHzs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ah8swPcBZcI:nxWfxPEOHzs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/ah8swPcBZcI" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT1672615 at http://www.fastcodesign.comMark Wilsonhttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1672615/an-app-that-maps-the-entire-universe-of-beerThese Students Created A High-Tech Baby Monitor That Knows When Something Is Wronghttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/bBYtE21U00g/these-students-created-a-high-tech-baby-monitor-that-knows-when-something-is-wrong<div> <div> <div> <p>Just put the baby in this blanket and get a full record of its vital signs--and a way to automatically alert a doctor if something goes wrong.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Like so many consumer technology products, the baby monitor has changed dramatically over the years. Remember the quaint days of one-way audio monitors? Those were quickly supplanted by two-way monitors (so you can calm your child down), wireless webcam monitors, devices <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/the-10-best-baby-monitors-8533350.html" target="_blank">equipped with</a> infrared night vision and movement sensors--the list goes on. As part of Microsoft’s annual <a href="http://www.imaginecup.com/#?fbid=dzoVYerrPay" target="_blank">Imagine Cup</a>, a global student technology competition, a small group of students from Winona State University came up with an even more high-tech baby monitor: one that measures and logs data on a baby’s heartbeat, breathing, and movement.</p> <aside><div> <hgroup><h4>Editor’s Note</h4></hgroup><p>The Miracle Workers team didn’t make it to the Imagine Cup finals, but they plan on continuing their work together.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682054/these-students-created-a-high-tech-baby-monitor-that-knows-when-something-is-wrong?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c290baf/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682054%2Fthese-students-created-a-high-tech-baby-monitor-that-knows-when-something-is-wrong&t=These+Students+Created+A+High-Tech+Baby+Monitor+That+Knows+When+Something+Is+Wrong" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682054%2Fthese-students-created-a-high-tech-baby-monitor-that-knows-when-something-is-wrong&t=These+Students+Created+A+High-Tech+Baby+Monitor+That+Knows+When+Something+Is+Wrong" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682054%2Fthese-students-created-a-high-tech-baby-monitor-that-knows-when-something-is-wrong&t=These+Students+Created+A+High-Tech+Baby+Monitor+That+Knows+When+Something+Is+Wrong" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682054%2Fthese-students-created-a-high-tech-baby-monitor-that-knows-when-something-is-wrong&t=These+Students+Created+A+High-Tech+Baby+Monitor+That+Knows+When+Something+Is+Wrong" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682054%2Fthese-students-created-a-high-tech-baby-monitor-that-knows-when-something-is-wrong&t=These+Students+Created+A+High-Tech+Baby+Monitor+That+Knows+When+Something+Is+Wrong" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664332857/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290baf/kg/355/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664332857/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290baf/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664332857/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290baf/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=bBYtE21U00g:q4CFTXSeVo4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=bBYtE21U00g:q4CFTXSeVo4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=bBYtE21U00g:q4CFTXSeVo4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=bBYtE21U00g:q4CFTXSeVo4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/bBYtE21U00g" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:13 GMT1682054 at http://www.fastcoexist.comAriel Schwartzhttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682054/these-students-created-a-high-tech-baby-monitor-that-knows-when-something-is-wrongKanye West Debuts New Song On Buildings Around The Worldhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/AcDsOhaGJJ4/kanye-west-debuts-new-song-on-buildings-around-the-world<div> <div> <div> <p>Over the weekend, Kanye West gave the name and release date of his long-teased new album, rocked <em>Saturday Night Live,</em> and debuted a new song on 66 buildings around the world. What did you do this weekend?</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>If there is any musician right now who knows how to dominate a news cycle for a whole weekend, it’s <a href="http://www.kanyewest.com/" target="_blank">Kanye West</a>. In the case of this past weekend, the increasingly eccentric rapper and producer accomplished what it’s taken Daft Punk all year to do: get the entire music-buying public talking about a new album.</p> <p>In just under 48 hours, West rolled out the name and release date of his long-teased new album, rocked <em>Saturday Night Live </em>(<a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/491732" target="_blank">memorably</a>) (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqi18vMy48o" target="_blank">again</a>), and debuted a new song with video projections on the sides of buildings around the world.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1683000/kanye-west-debuts-new-song-on-buildings-around-the-world?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c290bb1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683000%2Fkanye-west-debuts-new-song-on-buildings-around-the-world&t=Kanye+West+Debuts+New+Song+On+Buildings+Around+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683000%2Fkanye-west-debuts-new-song-on-buildings-around-the-world&t=Kanye+West+Debuts+New+Song+On+Buildings+Around+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683000%2Fkanye-west-debuts-new-song-on-buildings-around-the-world&t=Kanye+West+Debuts+New+Song+On+Buildings+Around+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683000%2Fkanye-west-debuts-new-song-on-buildings-around-the-world&t=Kanye+West+Debuts+New+Song+On+Buildings+Around+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1683000%2Fkanye-west-debuts-new-song-on-buildings-around-the-world&t=Kanye+West+Debuts+New+Song+On+Buildings+Around+The+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664332855/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290bb1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664332855/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290bb1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664332855/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290bb1/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=AcDsOhaGJJ4:LdhGk1Nf4iM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=AcDsOhaGJJ4:LdhGk1Nf4iM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=AcDsOhaGJJ4:LdhGk1Nf4iM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=AcDsOhaGJJ4:LdhGk1Nf4iM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/AcDsOhaGJJ4" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:25 GMT1683000 at http://www.fastcocreate.comJoe Berkowitzhttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1683000/kanye-west-debuts-new-song-on-buildings-around-the-worldThe 10 Most Generous Marketing Geniuseshttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/AxSyLCf7jUg/the-10-most-generous-marketing-geniuses<div> <div> <div> <p>Instead of just selling us more useless things, these advertisers and marketers are helping to package and make popular the idea of doing good and responsible business.</p> </div> </div> </div> <aside><div> <hgroup><h4>Editor’s Note</h4></hgroup><p>This is the latest entry in <a href="http://www.catchafire.org/" target="_blank">Catchafire</a>'s <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/section/generosity-series" target="_self">Generosity Series</a>, a multi-month celebration and investigation of bold generosity with the goal of understanding its causes, its benefits, and how to inspire more giving. We’ll be interviewing a long list of impressive change makers who have demonstrated their generosity through acts of service, rather than exclusively through deep-pocketed philanthropy. </p> <p>This month, we’re honoring some of the most generous marketing geniuses. We’ve already looked at <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680919/the-10-most-generous-social-media-mavens#1" target="_self">Social Media Mavens</a>, <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681181/the-11-most-generous-designers" target="_self">designers</a>, and <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681561/the-5-most-generous-on-wall-street" target="_self">Wall Street.</a> The series will run through the winter with more profiles of generous Tech Founders and Filmmakers.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682092/the-10-most-generous-marketing-geniuses?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c290bb3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682092%2Fthe-10-most-generous-marketing-geniuses&t=The+10+Most+Generous+Marketing+Geniuses" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682092%2Fthe-10-most-generous-marketing-geniuses&t=The+10+Most+Generous+Marketing+Geniuses" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682092%2Fthe-10-most-generous-marketing-geniuses&t=The+10+Most+Generous+Marketing+Geniuses" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682092%2Fthe-10-most-generous-marketing-geniuses&t=The+10+Most+Generous+Marketing+Geniuses" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682092%2Fthe-10-most-generous-marketing-geniuses&t=The+10+Most+Generous+Marketing+Geniuses" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664332853/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290bb3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664332853/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290bb3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664332853/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c290bb3/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=AxSyLCf7jUg:YfD-Qji_5bM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=AxSyLCf7jUg:YfD-Qji_5bM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=AxSyLCf7jUg:YfD-Qji_5bM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=AxSyLCf7jUg:YfD-Qji_5bM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/AxSyLCf7jUg" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:20 GMT1682092 at http://www.fastcoexist.comSusan McPhersonhttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682092/the-10-most-generous-marketing-geniusesThe Next Frontier For 3-D Printing: Helping The Disabledhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/Fdgt8pyF2TU/the-next-frontier-for-3-d-printing-helping-the-disabled<div> <div> <div> <p>A British nonprofit and several businesses are using 3-D printers to create quality products that help people live more independently.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>People with disabilities are too often stuck buying expensive gadgets to improve their daily lives. Worse, those gadgets may be poorly designed and fabricated. For <a href="http://enabledbydesign.org/" target="_blank">Enabled By Design</a>, a nonprofit specializing in “good design [that] can support people to live as independently as possible,” 3-D printing is a game-changer. Instead of buying mass-produced products, people with disabilities can manufacture exactly what they need to suit their individual needs.</p> <p>When Enabled By Design co-founder Denise Stephens was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, her daily activities changed dramatically. As her condition progressed and she found herself dealing with new challenges, she realized she had ambivalent feelings about assistive devices distributed by Britain’s <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1681658/blood-prosthetic-babies-and-the-birth-of-national-health-care-behind-hit-brit-series-call-th" target="_self">National Health Service</a>. Stephens describes the devices as “clinical” and says they made her apartment resemble a hospital room. As shown in the video below for the Catalyst Awards, Enabled By Design was founded to provide higher-quality assistive products that look good and which significantly improve quality of life.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672572/the-next-frontier-for-3-d-printing-helping-the-disabled?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c282cc4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672572%2Fthe-next-frontier-for-3-d-printing-helping-the-disabled&t=The+Next+Frontier+For+3-D+Printing%3A+Helping+The+Disabled" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672572%2Fthe-next-frontier-for-3-d-printing-helping-the-disabled&t=The+Next+Frontier+For+3-D+Printing%3A+Helping+The+Disabled" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672572%2Fthe-next-frontier-for-3-d-printing-helping-the-disabled&t=The+Next+Frontier+For+3-D+Printing%3A+Helping+The+Disabled" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672572%2Fthe-next-frontier-for-3-d-printing-helping-the-disabled&t=The+Next+Frontier+For+3-D+Printing%3A+Helping+The+Disabled" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672572%2Fthe-next-frontier-for-3-d-printing-helping-the-disabled&t=The+Next+Frontier+For+3-D+Printing%3A+Helping+The+Disabled" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664238405/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282cc4/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664238405/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282cc4/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664238405/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282cc4/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=Fdgt8pyF2TU:BGHqeAAK0QI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=Fdgt8pyF2TU:BGHqeAAK0QI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=Fdgt8pyF2TU:BGHqeAAK0QI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=Fdgt8pyF2TU:BGHqeAAK0QI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/Fdgt8pyF2TU" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:00 GMT1672572 at http://www.fastcodesign.comNeal Ungerleiderhttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1672572/the-next-frontier-for-3-d-printing-helping-the-disabledThis App Will Make You Feel Better, Using No Medicine At Allhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/TTXl1v6eUjM/this-app-will-make-you-feel-better-using-no-medicine-at-all<div> <div> <div> <p>Instead, it uses the power of your own positive thinking to create a placebo effect--which works even if you know it’s happening.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Traditionally, researchers have thought of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo" target="_blank">placebo effects</a>" as something phony. Placebos are drug study controls, not the real treatment. And, the idea of sugar pills as effective medicine was almost an affront to science.</p> <p>Recently, though, attitudes have changed. Amid evidence that placebo <a href="http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all" target="_blank">effects</a> are strengthening, <a href="http://programinplacebostudies.org/tag/harvard-placebo-studies/" target="_blank">researchers</a> have started looking at the phenomenon as something more positive. They’ve shown the experience can produce physiological effects, and can even be beneficial when patients know <a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/12/placebos-work-%E2%80%94-even-without-deception/" target="_blank">what’s going on</a>.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681617/this-app-will-make-you-feel-better-using-no-medicine-at-all?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c282cc5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1681617%2Fthis-app-will-make-you-feel-better-using-no-medicine-at-all&t=This+App+Will+Make+You+Feel+Better%2C+Using+No+Medicine+At+All" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1681617%2Fthis-app-will-make-you-feel-better-using-no-medicine-at-all&t=This+App+Will+Make+You+Feel+Better%2C+Using+No+Medicine+At+All" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1681617%2Fthis-app-will-make-you-feel-better-using-no-medicine-at-all&t=This+App+Will+Make+You+Feel+Better%2C+Using+No+Medicine+At+All" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1681617%2Fthis-app-will-make-you-feel-better-using-no-medicine-at-all&t=This+App+Will+Make+You+Feel+Better%2C+Using+No+Medicine+At+All" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1681617%2Fthis-app-will-make-you-feel-better-using-no-medicine-at-all&t=This+App+Will+Make+You+Feel+Better%2C+Using+No+Medicine+At+All" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664238404/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282cc5/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664238404/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282cc5/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664238404/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282cc5/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=TTXl1v6eUjM:UqMT0tHLFdg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=TTXl1v6eUjM:UqMT0tHLFdg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=TTXl1v6eUjM:UqMT0tHLFdg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=TTXl1v6eUjM:UqMT0tHLFdg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/TTXl1v6eUjM" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:42 GMT1681617 at http://www.fastcoexist.comBen Schillerhttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1681617/this-app-will-make-you-feel-better-using-no-medicine-at-allThe Women Of Congress, In Fabulous Watercolor Infographicshttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/92u5ZxVE-_Y/the-women-of-congress-in-fabulous-watercolor-infographics<div> <div> <div> <p>The sitting Congress has the most women of any in history. Artist Emily Nemens is capturing each of them in paint, and using their likenesses in graphics to show how far we still have to go to bring gender equality to Washington.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>The 113th Congress’s record-setting number of women representatives is an inspiration to many Americans that gender inequality in Washington is slowly declining. For artist <a href="http://cargocollective.com/nemens" target="_blank">Emily Nemens</a>, the chambers’ women are more literally an inspiration: their style-- "a rainbow of powersuits, gaudy jewelry, big hair and congressional pins" meets "genuine character, strength and beauty"-- has motivated her to hand-paint each of their portraits with watercolors and post them to her Tumblr "<a href="http://womenofthe113th.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Women of the 113th</a>."</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite_files/coexist/imagecache/inline-large/post-inline/tumblr_mkuewe5nRa1rj8igvo1_r1_1280.jpg" alt=""></figure><p>The visual appeal of two female politicians in particular, at opposite ends of the political spectrum, captivated Nemens: that of strident conservative Michele Bachmann and consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682086/the-women-of-congress-in-fabulous-watercolor-infographics?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c282796/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682086%2Fthe-women-of-congress-in-fabulous-watercolor-infographics&t=The+Women+Of+Congress%2C+In+Fabulous+Watercolor+Infographics" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682086%2Fthe-women-of-congress-in-fabulous-watercolor-infographics&t=The+Women+Of+Congress%2C+In+Fabulous+Watercolor+Infographics" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682086%2Fthe-women-of-congress-in-fabulous-watercolor-infographics&t=The+Women+Of+Congress%2C+In+Fabulous+Watercolor+Infographics" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682086%2Fthe-women-of-congress-in-fabulous-watercolor-infographics&t=The+Women+Of+Congress%2C+In+Fabulous+Watercolor+Infographics" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcoexist.com%2F1682086%2Fthe-women-of-congress-in-fabulous-watercolor-infographics&t=The+Women+Of+Congress%2C+In+Fabulous+Watercolor+Infographics" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664237960/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282796/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664237960/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282796/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664237960/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282796/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=92u5ZxVE-_Y:zkYmCXYt14E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=92u5ZxVE-_Y:zkYmCXYt14E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=92u5ZxVE-_Y:zkYmCXYt14E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=92u5ZxVE-_Y:zkYmCXYt14E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/92u5ZxVE-_Y" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:39 GMT1682086 at http://www.fastcoexist.comZak Stonehttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682086/the-women-of-congress-in-fabulous-watercolor-infographicsThe 9 Most Creative (Least Gratuitous) Brand Vineshttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/ox4l0aHlHvU/the-9-most-creative-least-gratuitous-brand-vines<div> <div> <div> <p>Anyone can throw a tiny video together. Here’s a rundown of brand-generated Vines that make the most of the platform and that make every second count.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>With any new technology or platform or device, one thing is inevitable: Brands looking to innovate will rush in headfirst, whether or not there is a convincing reason to do so. On one hand, that’s not a bad thing--experimentation is the only way to learn about a new tech and grok its strengths and weaknesses. On the other hand, it makes for a lot of gratuitous brand stuff.</p> <p>The everybody-into-the-pool effect has been particularly strong with social video app Vine, owing in part to ease of use and in part to, well, the fact that it’s sort of a fun thing to do.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682988/the-9-most-creative-least-gratuitous-brand-vines?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c282797/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682988%2Fthe-9-most-creative-least-gratuitous-brand-vines&t=The+9+Most+Creative+%28Least+Gratuitous%29+Brand+Vines" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682988%2Fthe-9-most-creative-least-gratuitous-brand-vines&t=The+9+Most+Creative+%28Least+Gratuitous%29+Brand+Vines" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682988%2Fthe-9-most-creative-least-gratuitous-brand-vines&t=The+9+Most+Creative+%28Least+Gratuitous%29+Brand+Vines" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682988%2Fthe-9-most-creative-least-gratuitous-brand-vines&t=The+9+Most+Creative+%28Least+Gratuitous%29+Brand+Vines" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682988%2Fthe-9-most-creative-least-gratuitous-brand-vines&t=The+9+Most+Creative+%28Least+Gratuitous%29+Brand+Vines" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664237959/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282797/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664237959/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282797/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664237959/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c282797/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ox4l0aHlHvU:kpJgPDBHFCk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ox4l0aHlHvU:kpJgPDBHFCk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=ox4l0aHlHvU:kpJgPDBHFCk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ox4l0aHlHvU:kpJgPDBHFCk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/ox4l0aHlHvU" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:25 GMT1682988 at http://www.fastcocreate.comRae Ann Ferahttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1682988/the-9-most-creative-least-gratuitous-brand-vinesSee Celebrities Reimagined As Renaissance Masterpieceshttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/J7g-Y5W8yM8/see-celebrities-reimagined-as-renaissance-masterpieces<div> <div> <div> <p>A digital image manipulation contest produces a gallery of mashups of modern-day celebrities and old paintings.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Sometimes, when the light hits their chiseled features just the right way, it’s easy to see how certain celebrities could transcend traditional placement in tabloid magazines and might have inspired a timeless masterpiece hanging in a museum (<a href="http://thefilmreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/lindsay-lohan-passed-out-2.jpg" target="_blank">sometimes less so</a>).</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcocreate.com/multisite_files/cocreate/imagecache/inline-large/inline/2013/05/1682998-inline-slide-6-celebs-as-renaissance-paintings.jpg" alt=""></figure><p><a href="http://www.worth1000.com/contests/29622/" target="_blank">Worth1000.com</a> is an image manipulation site that holds contests to see who’s got the best on-theme Photoshop skills. These contests occasionally involve celebrities, as the one held last October in which users created images of famous bros like Nic Cage and Tom Hanks as <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1681842/see-the-worlds-most-famous-men-as-the-worlds-most-beautiful-women#1" target="_self">beautiful ladies</a>. There’s still some gender-bending in the latest contest--hello, Keanu Reeves <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682998/celebs-as-renaissance-paintings#2" target="_self">in a dress</a>--but the main object is to insert <a href="http://www.worth1000.com/contests/29622/" target="_blank">celebrities into works of Renaissance art</a> (yes, some of the entrants applied a liberal interpretation to Renaissance--many of the paintings spill out of that time period).</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682998/see-celebrities-reimagined-as-renaissance-masterpieces?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c282cc8/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682998%2Fsee-celebrities-reimagined-as-renaissance-masterpieces&t=See+Celebrities+Reimagined+As+Renaissance+Masterpieces" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682998%2Fsee-celebrities-reimagined-as-renaissance-masterpieces&t=See+Celebrities+Reimagined+As+Renaissance+Masterpieces" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682998%2Fsee-celebrities-reimagined-as-renaissance-masterpieces&t=See+Celebrities+Reimagined+As+Renaissance+Masterpieces" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682998%2Fsee-celebrities-reimagined-as-renaissance-masterpieces&t=See+Celebrities+Reimagined+As+Renaissance+Masterpieces" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcocreate.com%2F1682998%2Fsee-celebrities-reimagined-as-renaissance-masterpieces&t=See+Celebrities+Reimagined+As+Renaissance+Masterpieces" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=J7g-Y5W8yM8:vgA4dBJutEw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=J7g-Y5W8yM8:vgA4dBJutEw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=J7g-Y5W8yM8:vgA4dBJutEw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=J7g-Y5W8yM8:vgA4dBJutEw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/J7g-Y5W8yM8" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:17 GMT1682998 at http://www.fastcocreate.comJoe Berkowitzhttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1682998/see-celebrities-reimagined-as-renaissance-masterpiecesHow Google Wins Over Users By Giving Them Lesshttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/rHaJWT3R4wI/how-google-wins-over-users-by-giving-them-less<div> <div> <div> <p>User research may indicate that consumers want more choices. Google doesn’t listen--and has rated highest among any other brand out there.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from</em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Conquering-Complexity-Alan-Siegel/dp/1455509663/ref%3Dsr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1368560304&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=simple%3A+conquering" target="_blank"> Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity</a> <em>by Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn.</em></p> <p><em>“Focusing is about saying no. You’ve got to say no, no, no. The result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.” </em>--Steve Jobs</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672594/how-google-wins-over-users-by-giving-them-less?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c27bc74/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672594%2Fhow-google-wins-over-users-by-giving-them-less&t=How+Google+Wins+Over+Users+By+Giving+Them+Less" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672594%2Fhow-google-wins-over-users-by-giving-them-less&t=How+Google+Wins+Over+Users+By+Giving+Them+Less" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672594%2Fhow-google-wins-over-users-by-giving-them-less&t=How+Google+Wins+Over+Users+By+Giving+Them+Less" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672594%2Fhow-google-wins-over-users-by-giving-them-less&t=How+Google+Wins+Over+Users+By+Giving+Them+Less" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcodesign.com%2F1672594%2Fhow-google-wins-over-users-by-giving-them-less&t=How+Google+Wins+Over+Users+By+Giving+Them+Less" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664141959/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c27bc74/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664141959/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c27bc74/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664141959/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c27bc74/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=rHaJWT3R4wI:zuVnoVT1RI0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=rHaJWT3R4wI:zuVnoVT1RI0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=rHaJWT3R4wI:zuVnoVT1RI0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=rHaJWT3R4wI:zuVnoVT1RI0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/rHaJWT3R4wI" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:00 GMT1672594 at http://www.fastcodesign.comAlan Siegelhttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1672594/how-google-wins-over-users-by-giving-them-lessOn The Road Less Traveled, Discover The Job Meant For Youhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/ZHolX0BXS-M/on-the-road-less-traveled-discover-the-job-meant-for-you<div> <div> <div> <p>Dylan McGee wanted to be the next Katie Couric. When that didn't pan out, she got creative to find the documentary film production work she loves.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Career planning is akin to painting in the dark--it can be terrifying and messy, but there's always a chance you'll make something beautiful.</p> <p>Either way, there's going to be a lot of guesswork.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009865/the-takeaway/on-the-road-less-traveled-discover-the-job-meant-for-you?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c29fe7d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009865%2Fthe-takeaway%2Fon-the-road-less-traveled-discover-the-job-meant-for-you&t=On+The+Road+Less+Traveled%2C+Discover+The+Job+Meant+For+You" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009865%2Fthe-takeaway%2Fon-the-road-less-traveled-discover-the-job-meant-for-you&t=On+The+Road+Less+Traveled%2C+Discover+The+Job+Meant+For+You" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009865%2Fthe-takeaway%2Fon-the-road-less-traveled-discover-the-job-meant-for-you&t=On+The+Road+Less+Traveled%2C+Discover+The+Job+Meant+For+You" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009865%2Fthe-takeaway%2Fon-the-road-less-traveled-discover-the-job-meant-for-you&t=On+The+Road+Less+Traveled%2C+Discover+The+Job+Meant+For+You" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009865%2Fthe-takeaway%2Fon-the-road-less-traveled-discover-the-job-meant-for-you&t=On+The+Road+Less+Traveled%2C+Discover+The+Job+Meant+For+You" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ZHolX0BXS-M:L80_ZPSsjkI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ZHolX0BXS-M:L80_ZPSsjkI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=ZHolX0BXS-M:L80_ZPSsjkI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ZHolX0BXS-M:L80_ZPSsjkI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/ZHolX0BXS-M" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:59 GMT3009865 at http://www.fastcompany.comColin Weatherbyhttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009865/the-takeaway/on-the-road-less-traveled-discover-the-job-meant-for-you3 Reasons You Don't Realize You're Getting Sidetracked When You Arehttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/KKlze41mwXI/3-reasons-you-dont-realize-youre-getting-sidetracked-when-you-are<div> <div> <div> <p>Over-confidence, over-comparing, and over-focus. Are you ready to be so over it all?</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Does the following remind you of anyone?</p> <p>"Most people want to behave in ways that are consistent with their self-image as competent, effective, and honest human beings," Francesca Gino <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2013/03/25/francesca-gino-how-to-avoid-getting-sidetracked-in-your-career/" target="_blank">tells <em>Forbes</em></a>. "Yet, even when they are fully committed to acting according to their best intentions, they often reach outcomes that bear little resemblance to their initial goals."</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009880/3-reasons-you-dont-realize-youre-getting-sidetracked-when-you-are?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c299bf4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009880%2F3-reasons-you-dont-realize-youre-getting-sidetracked-when-you-are&t=3+Reasons+You+Don%27t+Realize+You%27re+Getting+Sidetracked+When+You+Are" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009880%2F3-reasons-you-dont-realize-youre-getting-sidetracked-when-you-are&t=3+Reasons+You+Don%27t+Realize+You%27re+Getting+Sidetracked+When+You+Are" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009880%2F3-reasons-you-dont-realize-youre-getting-sidetracked-when-you-are&t=3+Reasons+You+Don%27t+Realize+You%27re+Getting+Sidetracked+When+You+Are" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009880%2F3-reasons-you-dont-realize-youre-getting-sidetracked-when-you-are&t=3+Reasons+You+Don%27t+Realize+You%27re+Getting+Sidetracked+When+You+Are" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009880%2F3-reasons-you-dont-realize-youre-getting-sidetracked-when-you-are&t=3+Reasons+You+Don%27t+Realize+You%27re+Getting+Sidetracked+When+You+Are" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=KKlze41mwXI:_1n59pWRz2M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=KKlze41mwXI:_1n59pWRz2M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=KKlze41mwXI:_1n59pWRz2M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=KKlze41mwXI:_1n59pWRz2M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/KKlze41mwXI" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:51 GMT3009880 at http://www.fastcompany.comDrake Baerhttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009880/3-reasons-you-dont-realize-youre-getting-sidetracked-when-you-are5 Of The Best Branded Viral Videoshttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/__P6RgOBJcI/5-of-the-best-branded-viral-videos<div> <div> <div> <p>Tapping into the sharing impulse is an increasingly important tool for marketers. These recent examples of successful virality foreground what makes a social person want to click and pass along.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>As our lives become ever more cluttered with media, brands have had to get creative in their attempts to reach customers.</p> <p>Viral videos showing cats playing pianos and laughing babies could easily be overlooked as Internet quirks, but sharing them online with friends has become a natural reaction for anyone with a social media account. That crucial step--watching and then sharing--has of course been picked up by companies who put their TV commercials online for people to share using social media. Once businesses realized the potential of viral videos, the social media element became integral to marketing campaigns, and measuring public awareness through social media channels became commonplace.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009811/5-of-the-best-branded-viral-videos?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c282cc9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009811%2F5-of-the-best-branded-viral-videos&t=5+Of+The+Best+Branded+Viral+Videos" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009811%2F5-of-the-best-branded-viral-videos&t=5+Of+The+Best+Branded+Viral+Videos" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009811%2F5-of-the-best-branded-viral-videos&t=5+Of+The+Best+Branded+Viral+Videos" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009811%2F5-of-the-best-branded-viral-videos&t=5+Of+The+Best+Branded+Viral+Videos" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009811%2F5-of-the-best-branded-viral-videos&t=5+Of+The+Best+Branded+Viral+Videos" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=__P6RgOBJcI:U5FLsM3pTIA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=__P6RgOBJcI:U5FLsM3pTIA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=__P6RgOBJcI:U5FLsM3pTIA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=__P6RgOBJcI:U5FLsM3pTIA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/__P6RgOBJcI" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:40 GMT3009811 at http://www.fastcompany.comColin Weatherbyhttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009811/5-of-the-best-branded-viral-videosWhat I've Learned By Leading A Startup--And Taking On Googlehttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/q_oZ8hR4NgI/what-ive-learned-by-leading-a-startup-and-taking-on-google<div> <div> <div> <p>Jumping into a fight with Google is something most companies would avoid. Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile explains how his company cleverly carved out a slice of the analytics pie (graph), and why your team and culture trump almost everything else.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>1. Do the opposite.</strong><br><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/most-creative-people/2012/tony-haile" target="_self">I am not the founder of Chartbeat</a>. I inherited it from the brilliant Billy Chasen and preternaturally sage John Borthwick days before we released a beta. And to be honest, I was a little unsure of what the hell to do with it.</p> <p>Chartbeat was an analytics service in a world where Google Analytics was not only dominant but had one serious price point. The one thing I knew was that if we attempted to be "Google Analytics but faster," Google would eventually get faster and we would all be looking for new jobs.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009868/dialed/what-ive-learned-by-leading-a-startup-and-taking-on-google?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c27d3ca/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009868%2Fdialed%2Fwhat-ive-learned-by-leading-a-startup-and-taking-on-google&t=What+I%27ve+Learned+By+Leading+A+Startup--And+Taking+On+Google" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009868%2Fdialed%2Fwhat-ive-learned-by-leading-a-startup-and-taking-on-google&t=What+I%27ve+Learned+By+Leading+A+Startup--And+Taking+On+Google" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009868%2Fdialed%2Fwhat-ive-learned-by-leading-a-startup-and-taking-on-google&t=What+I%27ve+Learned+By+Leading+A+Startup--And+Taking+On+Google" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009868%2Fdialed%2Fwhat-ive-learned-by-leading-a-startup-and-taking-on-google&t=What+I%27ve+Learned+By+Leading+A+Startup--And+Taking+On+Google" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009868%2Fdialed%2Fwhat-ive-learned-by-leading-a-startup-and-taking-on-google&t=What+I%27ve+Learned+By+Leading+A+Startup--And+Taking+On+Google" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664654973/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c27d3ca/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664654973/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c27d3ca/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664654973/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c27d3ca/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=q_oZ8hR4NgI:Hwv_Bv--4No:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=q_oZ8hR4NgI:Hwv_Bv--4No:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=q_oZ8hR4NgI:Hwv_Bv--4No:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=q_oZ8hR4NgI:Hwv_Bv--4No:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/q_oZ8hR4NgI" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:39 GMT3009868 at http://www.fastcompany.comColin Weatherbyhttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009868/dialed/what-ive-learned-by-leading-a-startup-and-taking-on-googleHow Productive Meetings Are Like Bonsai Treeshttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/5dGyNBej7KI/how-productive-meetings-are-like-bonsai-trees<div> <div> <div> <p>It's much more than just keeping them short and tidy.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>What is a meeting <em>for</em>? Getting to a decision.</p> <p>That is according to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Laws-Subtraction-Winning-Everything/dp/0071795618/" target="_blank">author</a>, <em>Fast Company</em> contributor, and former Toyota creative advisor <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/user/matthew-e-may" target="_self">Matthew E. May</a>, who <a href="http://99u.com/articles/15381/the-lean-meeting-how-to-keep-your-meetings-short-and-highly-productive" target="_blank">wrote on 99u</a> about how to turn bloated, wasteful meetings into <em><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3004572/eric-ries-how-make-any-company-move-lean-startup" target="_self">lean</a></em>, productive ones.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009870/leadership-now/how-productive-meetings-are-like-bonsai-trees?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c291203/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009870%2Fleadership-now%2Fhow-productive-meetings-are-like-bonsai-trees&t=How+Productive+Meetings+Are+Like+Bonsai+Trees" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009870%2Fleadership-now%2Fhow-productive-meetings-are-like-bonsai-trees&t=How+Productive+Meetings+Are+Like+Bonsai+Trees" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009870%2Fleadership-now%2Fhow-productive-meetings-are-like-bonsai-trees&t=How+Productive+Meetings+Are+Like+Bonsai+Trees" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009870%2Fleadership-now%2Fhow-productive-meetings-are-like-bonsai-trees&t=How+Productive+Meetings+Are+Like+Bonsai+Trees" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009870%2Fleadership-now%2Fhow-productive-meetings-are-like-bonsai-trees&t=How+Productive+Meetings+Are+Like+Bonsai+Trees" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=5dGyNBej7KI:8Ea8hAkdSkA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=5dGyNBej7KI:8Ea8hAkdSkA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=5dGyNBej7KI:8Ea8hAkdSkA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=5dGyNBej7KI:8Ea8hAkdSkA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/5dGyNBej7KI" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:16 GMT3009870 at http://www.fastcompany.comDrake Baerhttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009870/leadership-now/how-productive-meetings-are-like-bonsai-treesAnswer These 3 Questions, And Turn Google Hangouts Into An Essential Networking Toolhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/PhksnkWztCU/answer-these-3-questions-and-turn-google-hangouts-into-an-essential-networking-tool<div> <div> <div> <p>The Hangouts overhaul was unveiled at last week's I/O 2013. Here's how to make the most of the pumped-up product.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>What is Hangouts now?</strong> It's hard to believe that technology that has only been around for a couple of years already has such a rich history. Google launched its original version of Hangouts in June 2011. Historically, the tool has lived inside Google+, the company's answer to <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/facebook" target="_self">Facebook</a>, as an easy way for a bunch of people to video chat together (up to 10 friends at a time). Like many new Google products, they launched with collaborative functionality to do things such as screen-sharing and YouTube viewing. A mobile version of the technology was eventually made possible for Android users and built into the Gmail product.</p> <figure></figure><p>Video Hangouts are private or public, depending on your settings. To go public, enable the On Air feature so anyone online can watch your broadcast live (even if they're not on Google+). When you connect to your YouTube account, Video Hangouts are saved there so they're easy to access at a later time.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009876/answer-these-3-questions-and-turn-google-hangouts-into-an-essential-networking-tool?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c297dc0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009876%2Fanswer-these-3-questions-and-turn-google-hangouts-into-an-essential-networking-tool&t=Answer+These+3+Questions%2C+And+Turn+Google+Hangouts+Into+An+Essential+Networking+Tool" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009876%2Fanswer-these-3-questions-and-turn-google-hangouts-into-an-essential-networking-tool&t=Answer+These+3+Questions%2C+And+Turn+Google+Hangouts+Into+An+Essential+Networking+Tool" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009876%2Fanswer-these-3-questions-and-turn-google-hangouts-into-an-essential-networking-tool&t=Answer+These+3+Questions%2C+And+Turn+Google+Hangouts+Into+An+Essential+Networking+Tool" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009876%2Fanswer-these-3-questions-and-turn-google-hangouts-into-an-essential-networking-tool&t=Answer+These+3+Questions%2C+And+Turn+Google+Hangouts+Into+An+Essential+Networking+Tool" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009876%2Fanswer-these-3-questions-and-turn-google-hangouts-into-an-essential-networking-tool&t=Answer+These+3+Questions%2C+And+Turn+Google+Hangouts+Into+An+Essential+Networking+Tool" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=PhksnkWztCU:pQiWgYoKUJ4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=PhksnkWztCU:pQiWgYoKUJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=PhksnkWztCU:pQiWgYoKUJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=PhksnkWztCU:pQiWgYoKUJ4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/PhksnkWztCU" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT3009876 at http://www.fastcompany.comAmber Machttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009876/answer-these-3-questions-and-turn-google-hangouts-into-an-essential-networking-tool3 Product Ideas Marissa Mayer Should Steal From David Karp On Day Onehttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/EMRstFeHHYM/3-product-ideas-marissa-mayer-should-steal-from-david-karp-on-day-one<div> <div> <div> <p>Yahoo is reportedly buying Tumblr for its young audience, but we hope it steals these three ideas in the process.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Yahoo has a business, but generally mediocre products. Tumblr has a great product, but <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-05/tumblr-to-introduce-mobile-advertising-to-help-achieve-profit.html" target="_blank">no profit</a>. So <a href="https://twitter.com/marissamayer/status/336453536298717184" target="_blank">recently confirmed</a> reports that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20130519/yahoo-tumblrs-for-cool-board-approves-1-1-billion-deal/" target="_blank">“put a stake in the ground”</a> by acquiring the startup for $1.1 billion makes a certain sense.</p> <p>Since joining Yahoo last year, Mayer has put revamping the company’s products at the front of its to-do list--going on a <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3009884/tracking-yahoos-acquisition-spree" target="_self">talent shopping spree</a>, centralizing the company’s mobile operations, and releasing improved versions of core <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3009442/yahoos-daily-habits-strategy-is-delightful-inspiring-and-very-familiar-by-now" target="_self">“daily habit” products</a> such as the Newsfeed, Flickr, the Yahoo Weather app, and Yahoo Mail.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009896/tech-forecast/3-product-ideas-marissa-mayer-should-steal-from-david-karp-on-day-one?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c282cca/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009896%2Ftech-forecast%2F3-product-ideas-marissa-mayer-should-steal-from-david-karp-on-day-one&t=3+Product+Ideas+Marissa+Mayer+Should+Steal+From+David+Karp+On+Day+One" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009896%2Ftech-forecast%2F3-product-ideas-marissa-mayer-should-steal-from-david-karp-on-day-one&t=3+Product+Ideas+Marissa+Mayer+Should+Steal+From+David+Karp+On+Day+One" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009896%2Ftech-forecast%2F3-product-ideas-marissa-mayer-should-steal-from-david-karp-on-day-one&t=3+Product+Ideas+Marissa+Mayer+Should+Steal+From+David+Karp+On+Day+One" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009896%2Ftech-forecast%2F3-product-ideas-marissa-mayer-should-steal-from-david-karp-on-day-one&t=3+Product+Ideas+Marissa+Mayer+Should+Steal+From+David+Karp+On+Day+One" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009896%2Ftech-forecast%2F3-product-ideas-marissa-mayer-should-steal-from-david-karp-on-day-one&t=3+Product+Ideas+Marissa+Mayer+Should+Steal+From+David+Karp+On+Day+One" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=EMRstFeHHYM:ouZoCzy6PGQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=EMRstFeHHYM:ouZoCzy6PGQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=EMRstFeHHYM:ouZoCzy6PGQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=EMRstFeHHYM:ouZoCzy6PGQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/EMRstFeHHYM" height="1" width="1"/>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:56:36 GMT3009896 at http://www.fastcompany.comSarah Kesslerhttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009896/tech-forecast/3-product-ideas-marissa-mayer-should-steal-from-david-karp-on-day-oneTracking: Hulu's Next Acthttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/qr3qNuJRAxs/tracking-hulus-next-act<p>Will Hulu finally be sold? Things are certainly looking that way. Over the last few weeks everyone from Yahoo to TimeWarner has been kicking the tires of the TV and movie streaming service that’s owned by a trio of Hollywood studios--Disney, Fox, and NBCUniversal. And with increasing dissent among those studios as to what to do with Hulu, it seems like only a matter of time before a deal is worked out. Although a number of strategic options are being considered, one source told <em>Fast Company</em> that “Someone will buy them. The partners are motivated to be done with it.”</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcompany.com/multisite_files/fastcompany/imagecache/inline-small/inline/2013/05/3009883-inline-kilar-square-may.jpg" alt=""></figure><p>That motivation has been there for some time--Hulu was also put on the block in 2011--and underlines the tension that has always existed between the company and its Hollywood parents. Even as the service has thrived, building up an audience of over 4 million subscribers to its Hulu Plus service and generating nearly $700 million in revenue in 2012, Hulu’s corporate owners have seen it as a threat to their core businesses. Seven hundred million is impressive, sure, but the tens of billions of dollars that Fox et al. pull in cable subscriptions and TV ad dollars is even more so. In a <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3001736/hulu-struggles-survive-influence-its-parent-companies-update" target="_self">feature about Hulu</a> that I wrote last year about the company I delved into that tension and how it played out--basically a simmering, years-long battle between former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and the Hollywood suits, the ones from Fox in particular. It was the hot-headed, digital entrepreneur who (as Hollywood saw it) wanted the studios’ content for free versus stodgy, network traditionalists who were clinging to dying models.</p> <p>With Kilar gone, Hulu is without its Napoleon. A sale seems the likeliest exit strategy. Though given Hulu’s roller-coaster history (an IPO was explored then scrapped back in 2010), and the partners’ discomfort over committing to long-term licensing deals for their content (which is why the former sale talks broke down), whatever happens, there’s sure to be drama.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009883/where-are-they-now/tracking-hulus-next-act?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c127445/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009883%2Fwhere-are-they-now%2Ftracking-hulus-next-act&t=Tracking%3A+Hulu%27s+Next+Act" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009883%2Fwhere-are-they-now%2Ftracking-hulus-next-act&t=Tracking%3A+Hulu%27s+Next+Act" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009883%2Fwhere-are-they-now%2Ftracking-hulus-next-act&t=Tracking%3A+Hulu%27s+Next+Act" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009883%2Fwhere-are-they-now%2Ftracking-hulus-next-act&t=Tracking%3A+Hulu%27s+Next+Act" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009883%2Fwhere-are-they-now%2Ftracking-hulus-next-act&t=Tracking%3A+Hulu%27s+Next+Act" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664075786/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c127445/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664075786/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c127445/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664075786/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c127445/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=qr3qNuJRAxs:M8CpsP-7q-4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=qr3qNuJRAxs:M8CpsP-7q-4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=qr3qNuJRAxs:M8CpsP-7q-4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=qr3qNuJRAxs:M8CpsP-7q-4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/qr3qNuJRAxs" height="1" width="1"/>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:14:03 GMT3009883 at http://www.fastcompany.comTyler Grayhttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009883/where-are-they-now/tracking-hulus-next-actStitch Fix: Reluctant Pioneers Of The Slow Startup Movementhttp://feeds.fastcompany.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/lI9DSFNcvHU/stitch-fix-reluctant-pioneers-of-the-slow-startup-movement<p>Unlike a lot of startups bolstered by VC bucks and big expectations, <a href="https://www.stitchfix.com/" target="_blank">Stitch Fix</a> knows when to button up and get to work.</p> <p>When I met with CEO Katrina Lake early last year, I had the distinct impression that she didn’t really want to talk to me. We met in the San Francisco offices her company occupied at the time. They were larger than the apartment-slash-headquarters she’d operated from while finishing up at Harvard Business School, but the space felt crowded with its four full-time employees, handful of part-timers, and racks of on-trend women’s clothes and accessories waiting to be plucked, packed, and shipped in personalized, five-item “fixes” that customers could try on, keep, or return according to their whims. <br><figure></figure></p> <p>Lake agreed to speak for a story about subscription commerce companies but only on the condition that neither she nor Stitch Fix would be the focus. Stealth--not the hardly quiet "stealth mode" we hear about so frequently--was a linchpin of her business plan.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009885/innovation-agents/stitch-fix-reluctant-pioneers-of-the-slow-startup-movement?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c297dc2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009885%2Finnovation-agents%2Fstitch-fix-reluctant-pioneers-of-the-slow-startup-movement&t=Stitch+Fix%3A+Reluctant+Pioneers+Of+The+Slow+Startup+Movement" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009885%2Finnovation-agents%2Fstitch-fix-reluctant-pioneers-of-the-slow-startup-movement&t=Stitch+Fix%3A+Reluctant+Pioneers+Of+The+Slow+Startup+Movement" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009885%2Finnovation-agents%2Fstitch-fix-reluctant-pioneers-of-the-slow-startup-movement&t=Stitch+Fix%3A+Reluctant+Pioneers+Of+The+Slow+Startup+Movement" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009885%2Finnovation-agents%2Fstitch-fix-reluctant-pioneers-of-the-slow-startup-movement&t=Stitch+Fix%3A+Reluctant+Pioneers+Of+The+Slow+Startup+Movement" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastcompany.com%2F3009885%2Finnovation-agents%2Fstitch-fix-reluctant-pioneers-of-the-slow-startup-movement&t=Stitch+Fix%3A+Reluctant+Pioneers+Of+The+Slow+Startup+Movement" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=lI9DSFNcvHU:7OaKV2BLSmE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=lI9DSFNcvHU:7OaKV2BLSmE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=lI9DSFNcvHU:7OaKV2BLSmE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.fastcompany.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=lI9DSFNcvHU:7OaKV2BLSmE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~4/lI9DSFNcvHU" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:53:37 GMT3009885 at http://www.fastcompany.comLorraine Sandershttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009885/innovation-agents/stitch-fix-reluctant-pioneers-of-the-slow-startup-movement