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July 21, 2014
Quote Of The Week: Be Brief Or Be Ignored
Stop being boring with these thoughts on brevity--and download the poster to put on your office door. The office blowhard will get the hint.
Every Monday, tune in to Fast Company Leadership for a quote to get your week started right.
How To Turn A Mid-Life Crisis Into A Million-Dollar Business
Aihui Ong left her cushy job as a software engineer to backpack around the world. Good move.
Everyone thought she was crazy.
July 18, 2014
The Recommender: Adrian Covert, Once A Minor Subject In Celebrity Gossip Blogs
The best things on the Internet this week, curated by Fast Company employees.
Adrian CovertPhoto by Celine Grouard for Fast Company Name: Adrian Covert
Role at Fast Company: News Editor, Co.Design
Twitter: @adilla
Titillating Fact: One time, I decided to make fun of John Mayer on Twitter, partly because I'm a troll, partly because he was in the middle of some idiotic "controversy," and partly just because he is John Mayer. For some reason (which I still don't entirely understand), he decided that his last tweet before going radio silent for weeks would be a reply to me. This made me a minor subject in celebrity gossip blogs and mainstream news outlets for like a week after. It was weird.
How To Say No To A Stanford Admission
When Ben Riddle decided to keep his tech skills in South Carolina, everyone benefited.
In the fall of his senior year, Ben Riddle was accepted to Furman University, a liberal arts school just 15 miles away from his South Carolina high school. Then in March of 2012, he was accepted to Stanford, and the lobbying began. Rod Smolla, president of Furman at the time, pushed for Riddle to stay in Greenville.
After Hearing, Lyft And NYC Taxi Commission To Negotiate Brooklyn Launch
"We have agreed to complete the process of getting approval to operate under current TLC rules," a Lyft spokeswoman said.
Ride-sharing startup Lyft appears to be making progress in its attempt to launch in NYC. After the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission halted what was supposed to be Lyft's debut in Brooklyn and Queens on July 11, New York Supreme Court Judge Kathryn Freed ordered Lyft and the TLC to hash out an agreement that would allow Lyft to operate legally in NYC. Lyft's spokeswoman Erin Simpson issued this statement following today's hearing:
Capsule: The Tradeshow That Helped Bring Menswear Mainstream
Arguably the most influential men's fashion tradeshow in North America started from an unlikely source: Shiny, expensive t-shirts.
In February 2007, the three cofounders of BPMW, a menswear showroom and PR company based in New York, were running a small booth at a tradeshow in Las Vegas. With a handful of independent men's clothing brands in tow, the trio--Minya Quirk, Edina Sultanik, and Deirdre Maloney--found themselves in the unenviable position of being stuck next to a massive, two-story booth belonging to what at the time was one of the biggest clothing brands on the planet: Ed Hardy.
What A Bonsai Tree Looks Like Suspended In Space
A Japanese artist sent two botanical arrangements into space this week. The images of the space-bound plants are breathtaking.
On Tuesday, a bonsai tree boldly went where no bonsai tree has gone before. Azuma Makoto, a 38-year-old artist based in Tokyo, launched two botanical arrangements into space: "Shiki 1," a Japanese white pine bonsai tree suspended from a metal frame, and an untitled arrangement of orchids, lilies, hydrangeas, and irises.
What Does Space Smell Like?
Astronaut Reid Wiseman takes to Twitter with an olfactory report from space.
Add "wet clothing after rolling around in the snow" to the ways astronauts describe the smell of space.
MIT Will Teach You Photojournalism For Free
The latest online course from MIT will have you dusting off that camera you never use.
If you ever wanted to get more serious about photography, but weren't quite sure where to start, MIT's free online course in photojournalism just might be the right entry point.
FedEx Indicted On Illegal Drug Shipping For Online Pharmacies
The Justice Department says the delivery service knew since at least 2004.
Like a Mitch Hedberg joke made real, FedEx, the world's second-largest shipping company, was indicted on Thursday on illegal drug trafficking charges. The package-delivery company stands accused of knowingly delivering prescription drugs for illegal online pharmacies, stretching back at least a decade.
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