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October 17, 2014
This Is The User Experience Of A Heartbreak
All of the subtle ways our online lives and our romantic lives are hopelessly entangled, in animated GIFs.
Many have been in a situation similar to the one web developer and interaction designer Sarah Hallacher found herself in last year: going through a painful breakup and noticing how you and your partner's lives are tangled up in all sorts of ways you'd never realized.
Photos: The Best Of The 2014 Innovation By Design Awards And Conference
Ice cream! Nail art! Drones! Here's what you missed at Innovation By Design.
On Wednesday, Fast Company's Innovation By Design Conference and Awards showcased a year full of life-changing designs, bringing together designers, entrepreneurs, and creatives to discuss and debate what it means to be at the forefront of business and design in 2014. Some 450 attendees heard from some of the brightest thinkers in the design industry, from Nest's Tony Fadell to former RISD president John Maeda to legendary art director George Lois.
How To Craft A Healthier Sales Pitch
The CEO of Lifeways Foods came up with a novel way to promote her probiotic drink.
Julie Smolyansky has grown her $110-million-a-year family business by always innovating the packaging and marketing of kefir, a probiotic drink from Eastern Europe. She walked Fast Company through one particular dilemma.
KLM's Super Helpful Social Play, And Virgin's 6-Hour Pre-roll Of Hell: The Top 5 Ads Of The Week
Virgin America goes BLAH, a powerful PSA for suicidal war vets, why elephant rides are no fun, KLM's top-shelf customer service, and the art of Birdman.
What if you found out the two key ingredients of your favorite beer were puppy tears and powdered Black Rhino horn? That maybe, might, sort of convince you that the means aren't really worth the ends before moving on to a Straw-Ber-Rita.
Productivity Hack Of The Week: Give Your Day A Theme To Regain Focus
Imagine running two major companies at the same time--that takes a lot of focus. Twitter and Square's Jack Dorsey did it with this trick.
Distractions and interruptions happen throughout the day--it's an inevitable part of life--but being able to quickly refocus and get back on task is the key to a productive workday.
The New Habit Challenge: Use Your Morning To Focus On Your Goals
Checking email when you wake up makes you feel burnt out. This week we'll try what the some of most successful people do before breakfast.
Before you put next week's habit challenge on your to-do list, check out how it went when we challenged ourselves to work from home this week during today's live chat at 11 a.m. ET.
How The Most Successful People Poop At Work
Yes, you read that headline right.
Men and women have been power-starting their work day with coffee since the 1600s when the new settlers of New Amsterdam began to drink it instead of tea.
October 16, 2014
At Apple's October Event, Specs Mattered More Than Usual, And That's Okay
The big news involved more pixels and faster chips. That's bad for showmanship, but good for the Mac and iPad platforms.
Far more than your average maker of computers, tablets, and smartphones, Apple likes to position itself as being disinterested in the dreary matter of technical specifications. If it can talk up something else at one of its events--industrial design, software, services, or, especially, the overall experience of using one or more Apple devices--it usually will. It certainly did at last month's epic unveiling of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch.
October 15, 2014
Announcing The Winners Of The 2014 Innovation By Design Awards
Fast Company hosted its annual Innovation By Design Awards and Conference in downtown New York today. It culminated this evening at our awards celebration, where we revealed the 10 best designs of the year.
Fast Company hosted its annual Innovation By Design Awards and Conference in downtown New York today. It culminated this evening at our awards celebration, where we revealed the 10 best designs of the year.
New Battery That Charges Your Phone In Two Minutes Is Only Two Years Away
Singapore researchers have created new batteries that have a 20-year life-span, charge a phone in 2 minutes, and reduce toxic waste.
Is the era of slow-charging cell phones finally reaching an end? Researchers in Singapore seem to be promising it: They've created a battery that can recharge a cell phone to 70% in two minutes; an electric car will be able to recharge in five. And the battery will have a life-span of 20 years, which, considering how many people upgrade their phones after only a few years, means most consumers will never be frustrated by a degrading battery again.
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