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January 23, 2014
The Faces People Make When They Visit The World Trade Center
A poignant photo series called Looking On documents the crowds of people who've gazed upward during the building of One World Trade Center.
Every day, thousands of tourists take snapshots of the World Trade Center site in Manhattan's busy Financial District, where the cloud-piercing One World Trade Center tower has been under construction since 2006. But it's rare that these camera-wielding visitors get photographed themselves. In his series Looking On: Watching the Building of the Freedom Towers, photographer Keith Goldstein becomes a spectator of spectators, capturing tourists' unguarded facial expressions as they stare skyward--mouths agape, necks stretched, contemplating the significance of the immense silver skyscraper before them.
I wanted to document reactions to a place where people perished and a new place that was being rebuilt out of the ruins.
These Disturbing Dioramas Capture The Fight Over Google Buses In San Francisco
The tech company shuttle buses are a symbol of the gentrification sweeping the city. These scenes, set inside a laptop, capture the tension of the recent protests.
San Francisco is in a state of flux. The cost of living is rising dramatically, a new influx of highly-paid tech workers seems to arrive every day, and beloved long-time businesses are shutting down left and right, quickly replaced by pricey restaurants. The most public symbols of these changes is the tech shuttle bus--the gleaming, tinted window vehicles that ferry employees of companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook to their jobs. These buses, which use the city's public bus stops, have been the subject of protests in recent months as flash points of the changes sweeping the city.
The Two Emotions That Can Save Your Brain From Burnout
In the world of entrepreneurship, burnout is real and failure is the default. Cultivating excitement and empathy can help.
There are two emotions that you can control to prevent burnout and increase the likelihood of success: excitement and empathy.
5 Common Mistakes You're Making With Your Email Signature
Don't be stale. Your email signature should have some fun! (But not too much fun.)
If your subject line is lame, your email doesn't get read. The average person receives more than 50 emails a day and a quarter of us receive more than 100, according to a 2012 study by the software company Varonis Systems.
How HarperCollins's Chief Digital Officer Uses Big Data To Make Publishing More Profitable
As more readers favor Kindles and iPads over pulp-based books, Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins is mining digital data to determine how publishers can maximize profits.
Having worked at EMI records for over a decade, Chantal Restivo-Alessi knows what it's like to have the digitization of media cannibalize your industry. "I went through the digital revolution early on with music," the HarperCollins's Chief Digital Officer told Fast Company.
The Neuroscience Of Effective Leadership
Your grandma really did have some great advice. Science proves what she knew all along about the positive habits of good leaders.
What do you get when you cross your grandmother's advice with the latest research in neuroscience?
January 22, 2014
This Was One Of PS4's Biggest Design Challenges
Sony's system had to be precisely engineered to fit all those next-gen components under a reasonable power ceiling.
Designing the next generation video game console is like a juggling act: You need to squeeze in enough top-notch components to stay competitive over a near-decade life-span. So why did Sony limit itself by imposing a strict 250w power consumption limit on the cutting-edge PS4?
Beats Music Is The Latest Competitor Clamouring For Your Eardrums
It has a real chance to challenge Spotify, but users are reporting significant problems.
Between Spotify, Rdio, and Google Music All Access, there is no shortage of premium streaming-music services to pluck from when you need to set the mood--whether that means going for a tempo run or staring at a spreadsheet alone in your cubicle.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Visits A Gold's Gym And Gives Workout Tips For Charity
Arnold returns to Gold's Gym to dispense tough workout love.
There's a man wandering around your gym. He resembles a giant Super Mario and speaks with a suspiciously familiar Austrian accent. He will give you pointers like, "when it burns it grows" and speak words of encouragement like, "Stop being a baby. This is not a baby gym." Arnold Schwarzenegger may not be the world's most supportive personal trainer, but he has taken on the role, visiting a Venice, California, Gold's Gym in "disguise" to raise money for the After-School All-Stars youth fitness program. Visit Omaze for a chance to work out with the Austrian Oak at Gold's Gym. After you do some lifts, you and Arnold will then ride around in a tank. Weird, but awesome.
Shaving Startup Harry's Buys Razor Factory For $100 Million
With Warby Parker roots, Harry's aims to provide a direct-to-consumer boutique experience for shaving products.
Shaving startup Harry's has plunked down $100 million to purchase a 93-year-old razor factory in Germany.
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