Do-Good Design: Incubators Made From Car Parts and More From Upcoming Cooper-Hewitt Triennial

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Published Jan. 11, 2010 at 6:50 p.m.
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A year ago I told myself that social design would thrive in reverse proportion to the stock market. As soon as the Dow hit 10,000, I suspected, designers would abandon their humanitarian projects and resume work on $6,000 pendants. So much for the wisdom of a cynic. The Dow now gyrates above 10,600 and social design is thriving. Where's the evidence? In May the Cooper-Hewitt will show more than 100 do-gooder designs in its National Design Triennial. The Cooper-Hewitt is a branch of the

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Intel Gets Sued, City Center Opens, I.D. Closes, and Many More Stories This Week on FastCompany.com

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Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 5:53 p.m.
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Grand openings (hello CityCenter!) and unfortunate closings (rest in peace I.D.) circled the last non-Holiday week of 2009. Need a gift? Act fast (you have until midnight) and you could win a Nook e-reader on us! ... The tech world was abuzz Wednesday when news broke that the FTC was suing behemoth Intel for "running roughshod over the principles of fair play." Intel responded: They just don't get us! And when prototypes of the upcoming Google Phone (Nexus One?) leaked, we wondered if it would

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Ask The Headhunter: How Do I Explain Why I Left an Unethical Employer?

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Published Dec. 2, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.
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Q: I am currently employed full-time and grateful to have a job. I am in the finance department of a small company which has no accountability, multiple "hands in the pot," and uses unethical business practices. My suggestions to improve the department and to comply with GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) are always met with, "That's just the way it's done here." I can't live with this. I have an exit strategy and the support of my spouse while I seek employment. How do I approach

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The Snuggie Is Everywhere. WTF?

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Published Nov. 9, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
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Q: Dear Dan: The Snuggie is everywhere. WTF? - Shruggie ... Dear Shruggie , if you think you're bewildered about the Snuggie, consider the Chinese people who make a living producing them. ("I make blanket-ponchos for Americans who are too lazy to put on a sweater.") ... By the way, did you see the new Snuggie designs unveiled at Fashion Week? Zebra, leopard, tie-dye, camouflage, etc. ("I make blanket-ponchos for Americans who want to look like a zebra.") There's even a Snuggie Pub Crawl, which

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How Do I Make My Resume Stick?

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Published Nov. 3, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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Q: For the last 7 years, I've been working for a consulting firm--that is, until last week, when I was given my walking papers. This was basically my first "real" job since graduating from college. I am putting together a resume for the first time since the days when I listed student-club memberships and honor rolls on it. Any advice for making a resume stick? - CV.v2 ... Dear CV.v2 , the first thing to realize is this: Resumes are the kryptonite of stickiness. (The Pam of stickiness? The

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Set the Employment Blender to 'Liquify'

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Published Oct. 16, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
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I answer questions from job hunters and employers for a living. I love the in-your-face questions like, "How do I decline to tell an employer my salary history and still survive the interview?" ... But the more common ones are the most painful, such as, "How can I make myself stand out to employers?" That question usually comes out as an agonized plea: "Please let me stand out from all those other people so I'll be the one who gets hired!" ... Stand out. How do job hunters do that? ... They

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We're Hiring a Web Developer

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Published Oct. 16, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
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Mansueto Ventures, publishers of Fast Company and Inc. magazines, is looking for a Web Developer to join their Digital Services department ... We're looking for a highly skilled person to help us develop and support our Web technology platforms. The ideal candidate will have experience working with the Drupal content management system in the online publishing space ... Day to day responsibilities include: programming new features for our Web sites, converting mock-ups into pixel-perfect

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Times Are Tough, Why Not Sue Facebook?

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Published Oct. 9, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
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Once upon a time, Google was the company to sue. Now it seems to have passed the mantle to Facebook, which is facing an entertaining array of bizarre and quixotic lawsuits--many of them filed in the last few days, and with little legal merit. (Below, Facebook's new HQ in Palo Alto.) ... The headliner: Phoenix Media, maker of personal and dating-service ads used by 200 newspapers nationally, is suing Facebook for patent infringement. What's the alleged infraction? The lawsuit says that Facebook

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Want to Be Fast Company's New Art Intern?

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Published Oct. 7, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.

FastCompany.com is accepting applications for a paid web photo/art intern ... Responsibilities: ... -Research and acquire photos using the most cost-efficient means possible. Sources include stock sites, photo agencies, and individual photographers. Knowledge of rights and use laws (including creative commons) is essential ... -Resize, retouch, and enhance artwork for articles and blog posts throughout the day ... -Create montages, infographics, photo-composites, and illustrations, and layout on

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Green Economy Produces Jobs - But How Many?

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Published Sept. 25, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
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It makes perfect sense that overhauling our economy to fight climate change will inevitably produce jobs. After all, someone has to manufacture, produce, sell, and maintain all those turbines, solar panels, electric cars, and fuel cells. Now three new studies from the Climate Group, Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), and the Global Climate Network have confirmed that a green economy produces jobs ... The Global Climate Network study, released today, reiterates the

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