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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.enTue, 21 May 2013 19:48:29 GMTTue, 21 May 2013 19:48:29 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 RotationPrepare Yourself For A Revolution In Cured Meatshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/rkJEp_vOhCc/prepare-yourself-for-a-revolution-in-cured-meats<div> <div> <div> <p>The U.S. government is loosening restrictions that have kept various Italian delectables out of our country for decades. How long will it take for them to reach our shores?</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>While the rest of Washington has been brought to a standstill by scandals and partisan gridlock, there’s one issue our nations leaders are making real progress on: cured meats.</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/16/184553890/no-more-smuggling-many-cured-italian-meats-coming-to-america?utm_source=npr&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=20130516" target="_blank">NPR reports</a> that at the end of May, the USDA will lift its 40-year ban on the import of Italian <em>salumi</em> from areas that were once restricted due to the presence of swine vesicular disease, including some of the country’s most famous meat-curing regions of the North. The U.S. has upheld a ban on all Italian pork products except for prosciutto di Parma, prosciutto di San Daniele, and mortadella since the 1970s.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682112/prepare-yourself-for-a-revolution-in-cured-meats?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c385a06/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%2F1682112%2Fprepare-yourself-for-a-revolution-in-cured-meats&t=Prepare+Yourself+For+A+Revolution+In+Cured+Meats" 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%2F1682112%2Fprepare-yourself-for-a-revolution-in-cured-meats&t=Prepare+Yourself+For+A+Revolution+In+Cured+Meats" 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%2F1682112%2Fprepare-yourself-for-a-revolution-in-cured-meats&t=Prepare+Yourself+For+A+Revolution+In+Cured+Meats" 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%2F1682112%2Fprepare-yourself-for-a-revolution-in-cured-meats&t=Prepare+Yourself+For+A+Revolution+In+Cured+Meats" 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%2F1682112%2Fprepare-yourself-for-a-revolution-in-cured-meats&t=Prepare+Yourself+For+A+Revolution+In+Cured+Meats" 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/165664707795/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c385a06/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664707795/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c385a06/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664707795/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c385a06/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=rkJEp_vOhCc:WxeN8IwxPbM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=rkJEp_vOhCc:WxeN8IwxPbM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=rkJEp_vOhCc:WxeN8IwxPbM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=rkJEp_vOhCc:WxeN8IwxPbM: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/rkJEp_vOhCc" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:38 GMT1682112 at http://www.fastcoexist.comZak Stonehttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682112/prepare-yourself-for-a-revolution-in-cured-meatsThis Pouch Ensures You Pay Attention To Your Date, Not Your Phonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/scK4Rpmphzg/this-pouch-ensures-you-pay-attention-to-your-date-not-your-phone<div> <div> <div> <p>Blokket blocks cell signals and keeps your phone screen hidden from view.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Forget body language--the most effective, ultra-modern way to show someone that you’re into them, you respect them, or you genuinely enjoy their company is to keep your darn hands off your darn phone when you’re hanging out. Period. There’s always a little sinking feeling when you’re sitting across from someone who, mid-sentence, feels the need to fidget: To fact-check how tall Channing Tatum is in real life (Google sez 6’1”); to see if your buddy wants to get ice cream and a beer later (yes); to surreptitiously see if it’s your turn in Words With Friends (not yet). Even when you’re in on the search--or doing the search--there’s something distracting, and a teensy bit deflating, about the act.</p> <p>Blokket, by Chelsea Briganti and <a href="http://thewayweseetheworld.com/" target="_blank">The Way We See The World</a>, is a simple pouch that blocks cell signals, and part of the MoMA Store’s new <a href="http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/CategoryDisplay_10451_10001_26708_44662_-1_Y_Destination:%20NYC__1000?cm_sp=Homepage-_-Hero-_-2Shop%20DNYC%2020130514" target="_blank">Destination NYC</a> collection of Big Apple-designed, USA-produced goods. The smart material is a nylon-and-silver--actual silver--weave, like a "soft <a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/faraday-cage.htm" target="_blank">Faraday cage</a>" which will also protect your chipped credit cards and passports from data theft. “I know law enforcement fields use it to prevent cell phone access, but I haven’t seen any products like ours on the market,” Briganti tells Co.Design. 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<p>Celebrities and brand owners have a new, more animated way of cutting through the social clutter with the launch today of <a href="http://www.headcastlab.com/" target="_blank">Headcast</a>--a new broadcasting and animation platform for smartphones developed by Chris Chapman, a former designer and builder of puppets who once ran the animatronics team at the satirical TV show <em>Spitting Image.</em></p> <p>The new platform allows the user to record, produce, and distribute within seconds a short personal message presented by an animated, virtual avatar of themselves which lip-syncs with their voice recording and can also mimic hand movements and facial expressions.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1683002/headcast-adds-animation-to-tweets?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c37aef5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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</div> <p>There is no great shortage of mug shots on the Internet. Criminal photos of 19th-century bank robbers are blogged alongside those of contemporary celebrities, proving that our interest in the guilty is wholly pervasive. And that compelling quality holds through Joanne Arnett’s textiles of woven mug shots.</p> <p>"Mug shots are taken at a point between conflict and resolution," Arnett explains. "The person being photographed is documented at a time where life has slipped out of control. There is no opportunity to prepare for the picture, and he knows it will be made public. So there is an interesting element of being alone yet also on display." Each textile is titled after the subject’s sentence, such as, <em>Thirty Hours Community Service</em>, and <em>Six Months Probation</em>.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672575/photorealistic-mug-shots-that-are-woven-on-a-loom?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c37caa7/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%2F1672575%2Fphotorealistic-mug-shots-that-are-woven-on-a-loom&t=Photorealistic+Mug+Shots+That+Are+Woven+On+A+Loom" 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%2F1672575%2Fphotorealistic-mug-shots-that-are-woven-on-a-loom&t=Photorealistic+Mug+Shots+That+Are+Woven+On+A+Loom" target="_blank"><img 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entertainment system.</p> <p>At a press event on Microsoft's Redmond campus Tuesday, Xbox chief Don Mattrick said Xbox One is an attempt to answer the question, "Can we improve a living room that's become too complex, too fragmented, and too slow by harmonizing your experiences?"</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009983/tech-forecast/microsoft-unveils-xbox-one-an-all-in-one-entertainment-console?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c37caab/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%2F3009983%2Ftech-forecast%2Fmicrosoft-unveils-xbox-one-an-all-in-one-entertainment-console&t=Microsoft+Unveils+Xbox+One%2C+An+All-In-One+Entertainment+Console" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a 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Doorhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/OMDAIn4OOmQ/todayships-offer-bronx-teens-a-chance-to-get-a-foot-in-the-business-worlds-door<div> <div> <div> <p>Rich kids can visit their mom’s office for the day. Todayships gives inner-city kids the same option.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://tinashoulders.com/" target="_blank">Tina Shoulders</a> grew up in the Bronx and ended up as a successful clothing and furniture designer, a career she’d never heard of until college. "The only professionals in our neighborhood were law enforcement, doctors, and social workers," she said. "And the world is so much bigger than that. I want kids to experience it even if only for the day."</p> <p>But to have a dream and be motivated to achieve it, you first have to know what’s out there. This June, Shoulders is launching <a href="http://www.todayships.com/" target="_blank">Todayships,</a> a website and app that will allow high school students to get a brighter glimpse of their possible futures. By logging into the site, students can arrange to spend the day visiting a company like Nickelodeon, Design*Sponge or West Elm, shadowing a creative professional. The visits give students something to do on the many working days when school is closed, such as Columbus Day, test prep or teacher planning days.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682056/todayships-offer-bronx-teens-a-chance-to-get-a-foot-in-the-business-worlds-door?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c37aef7/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%2F1682056%2Ftodayships-offer-bronx-teens-a-chance-to-get-a-foot-in-the-business-worlds-door&t=%E2%80%9CTodayships%E2%80%9D+Offer+Bronx+Teens+A+Chance+To+Get+A+Foot+In+The+Business+World%E2%80%99s+Door" 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%2F1682056%2Ftodayships-offer-bronx-teens-a-chance-to-get-a-foot-in-the-business-worlds-door&t=%E2%80%9CTodayships%E2%80%9D+Offer+Bronx+Teens+A+Chance+To+Get+A+Foot+In+The+Business+World%E2%80%99s+Door" 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%2F1682056%2Ftodayships-offer-bronx-teens-a-chance-to-get-a-foot-in-the-business-worlds-door&t=%E2%80%9CTodayships%E2%80%9D+Offer+Bronx+Teens+A+Chance+To+Get+A+Foot+In+The+Business+World%E2%80%99s+Door" 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%2F1682056%2Ftodayships-offer-bronx-teens-a-chance-to-get-a-foot-in-the-business-worlds-door&t=%E2%80%9CTodayships%E2%80%9D+Offer+Bronx+Teens+A+Chance+To+Get+A+Foot+In+The+Business+World%E2%80%99s+Door" 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%2F1682056%2Ftodayships-offer-bronx-teens-a-chance-to-get-a-foot-in-the-business-worlds-door&t=%E2%80%9CTodayships%E2%80%9D+Offer+Bronx+Teens+A+Chance+To+Get+A+Foot+In+The+Business+World%E2%80%99s+Door" 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.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=OMDAIn4OOmQ:29qqTu3FSLI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=OMDAIn4OOmQ:29qqTu3FSLI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=OMDAIn4OOmQ:29qqTu3FSLI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=OMDAIn4OOmQ:29qqTu3FSLI: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/OMDAIn4OOmQ" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:21 GMT1682056 at http://www.fastcoexist.comAnya Kamenetzhttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682056/todayships-offer-bronx-teens-a-chance-to-get-a-foot-in-the-business-worlds-doorYour Tech News Just Got Funny or Die-er, And Freehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/pUq-MnaX7l4/your-tech-news-just-got-funny-or-die-er-and-free<div> <div> <div> <p>Funny or Die’s magazine, The Occasional, is shedding the paywall, starting with its first-ever tech issue. This is not a joke.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Whether it’s making feature films <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682772/behind-isteve-the-most-intentionally-funny-least-accurate-steve-jobs-biopic" target="_self">very quickly</a> or developing a dedicated <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680006/nba-star-blake-griffin-gets-schooled-in-dunkology-by-a-kia-and-funny-or-die" target="_self">advertising unit</a>, Funny or Die is constantly spawning new comedic tentacles. The online humor depot’s latest move involves tearing down the paywall for its online magazine, <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680083/funny-or-die-leaps-into-apps-with-the-occasional" target="_self">The Occasonal</a>, starting with the publication’s tech issue.</p> <p>During the first six installments of the bimonthly <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/the_occasional" target="_blank">publication</a>, issues went for $3.99 each and $9.99 for a yearly subscription. Starting with the tech issue--which features Kristen Schaal and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and hits online newsstands on May 21--the whole catalog will be available for anyone who wants to lay eyes on it.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1683018/your-tech-news-just-got-funny-or-die-er-and-free?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c37caae/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%2F1683018%2Fyour-tech-news-just-got-funny-or-die-er-and-free&t=Your+Tech+News+Just+Got+Funny+or+Die-er%2C+And+Free" 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%2F1683018%2Fyour-tech-news-just-got-funny-or-die-er-and-free&t=Your+Tech+News+Just+Got+Funny+or+Die-er%2C+And+Free" 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%2F1683018%2Fyour-tech-news-just-got-funny-or-die-er-and-free&t=Your+Tech+News+Just+Got+Funny+or+Die-er%2C+And+Free" 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%2F1683018%2Fyour-tech-news-just-got-funny-or-die-er-and-free&t=Your+Tech+News+Just+Got+Funny+or+Die-er%2C+And+Free" 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%2F1683018%2Fyour-tech-news-just-got-funny-or-die-er-and-free&t=Your+Tech+News+Just+Got+Funny+or+Die-er%2C+And+Free" 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/165664190598/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c37caae/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664190598/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c37caae/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664190598/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c37caae/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=pUq-MnaX7l4:QmUR6gfKYxU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=pUq-MnaX7l4:QmUR6gfKYxU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=pUq-MnaX7l4:QmUR6gfKYxU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=pUq-MnaX7l4:QmUR6gfKYxU: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/pUq-MnaX7l4" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:30:50 GMT1683018 at http://www.fastcocreate.comJoe Berkowitzhttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1683018/your-tech-news-just-got-funny-or-die-er-and-freeInfographic: An Interactive Guide To The Recurring Jokes On “Arrested Development”http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/pFxWxBnjdeA/infographic-an-interactive-guide-to-the-recurring-jokes-on-arrested-development<div> <div> <div> <p>Season 4 is just around the corner! Here’s a refresher on all the cleverness that came before.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>This week marks the final countdown, so to speak, for die-hard <em>Arrested Development</em> fans, because on May 26th, Netflix will release the long-anticipated fourth season of the cult comedy show. To tide you over until that epic day, we bring every recurring joke on <em>AD</em> in infographic form.</p> <figure></figure><p>Created by designers at <a href="http://www.beutlerink.com/" target="_blank">Beutler Ink</a> and <a href="http://rededge.com/" target="_blank">Red Edge</a>, <a href="http://recurringdevelopments.com/#joke-2" target="_blank">Recurring Developments</a> is an interactive chart: Click on a plot detail in the left-hand column (Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand, chicken dance, or “I’ve made a huge mistake”) and lines will connect it to the episodes in which it appeared. Hovering over dots beside the episode title will reveal more specifics--like which character said “I’ve made a huge mistake” in that particular episode.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672622/infographic-an-interactive-guide-to-the-recurring-jokes-on-arrested-development?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c373016/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%2F1672622%2Finfographic-an-interactive-guide-to-the-recurring-jokes-on-arrested-development&t=Infographic%3A+An+Interactive+Guide+To+The+Recurring+Jokes+On+%E2%80%9CArrested+Development%E2%80%9D" 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%2F1672622%2Finfographic-an-interactive-guide-to-the-recurring-jokes-on-arrested-development&t=Infographic%3A+An+Interactive+Guide+To+The+Recurring+Jokes+On+%E2%80%9CArrested+Development%E2%80%9D" 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%2F1672622%2Finfographic-an-interactive-guide-to-the-recurring-jokes-on-arrested-development&t=Infographic%3A+An+Interactive+Guide+To+The+Recurring+Jokes+On+%E2%80%9CArrested+Development%E2%80%9D" 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%2F1672622%2Finfographic-an-interactive-guide-to-the-recurring-jokes-on-arrested-development&t=Infographic%3A+An+Interactive+Guide+To+The+Recurring+Jokes+On+%E2%80%9CArrested+Development%E2%80%9D" 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%2F1672622%2Finfographic-an-interactive-guide-to-the-recurring-jokes-on-arrested-development&t=Infographic%3A+An+Interactive+Guide+To+The+Recurring+Jokes+On+%E2%80%9CArrested+Development%E2%80%9D" 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/165664188797/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c373016/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664188797/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c373016/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664188797/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c373016/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=pFxWxBnjdeA:2Udjq12Acrs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=pFxWxBnjdeA:2Udjq12Acrs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=pFxWxBnjdeA:2Udjq12Acrs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=pFxWxBnjdeA:2Udjq12Acrs: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/pFxWxBnjdeA" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:30:00 GMT1672622 at http://www.fastcodesign.comBelinda Lankshttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1672622/infographic-an-interactive-guide-to-the-recurring-jokes-on-arrested-developmentIs This New Dinner Sharing Service The AirBnB Of Home Cooked Meals?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/aQyfA194qT0/is-this-new-dinner-sharing-service-the-airbnb-of-home-cooked-meals<div> <div> <div> <p>But is EatWith going to be able to capitalize on the sharing economy while just relying on people’s desire to cook dinner for strangers?</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>The most amazing meals the world has to offer typically aren’t served in restaurants, but in the kitchens of locals. A new, sharing economy-style startup aims to bring those unique culinary experiences to travelers, by creating a new platform that could be called the "Airbnb-for-home-cooked-meals" (if Airbnb analogies are your thing).</p> <p>The Tel Aviv-based <a href="http://www.eatwith.com/" target="_blank">EatWith</a> was founded in 2012 after its founder Guy Michlin connected with a local family in Crete for dinner while vacationing. Between the local cheese, insider tips on places to go, and unique perspective on the Greek financial crisis, the experience became one of Michlin’s most memorable as a traveler. "The best way to break the bubble and enrich your connection to a place is to interact with real people in their own private spaces," he writes on his website.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682038/is-this-new-dinner-sharing-service-the-airbnb-of-home-cooked-meals?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c373b61/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%2F1682038%2Fis-this-new-dinner-sharing-service-the-airbnb-of-home-cooked-meals&t=Is+This+New+Dinner+Sharing+Service+The+AirBnB+Of+Home+Cooked+Meals%3F" 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%2F1682038%2Fis-this-new-dinner-sharing-service-the-airbnb-of-home-cooked-meals&t=Is+This+New+Dinner+Sharing+Service+The+AirBnB+Of+Home+Cooked+Meals%3F" 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%2F1682038%2Fis-this-new-dinner-sharing-service-the-airbnb-of-home-cooked-meals&t=Is+This+New+Dinner+Sharing+Service+The+AirBnB+Of+Home+Cooked+Meals%3F" 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%2F1682038%2Fis-this-new-dinner-sharing-service-the-airbnb-of-home-cooked-meals&t=Is+This+New+Dinner+Sharing+Service+The+AirBnB+Of+Home+Cooked+Meals%3F" 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%2F1682038%2Fis-this-new-dinner-sharing-service-the-airbnb-of-home-cooked-meals&t=Is+This+New+Dinner+Sharing+Service+The+AirBnB+Of+Home+Cooked+Meals%3F" 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/165665254872/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c373b61/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665254872/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c373b61/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665254872/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c373b61/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=aQyfA194qT0:zJjVJvD5j7E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=aQyfA194qT0:zJjVJvD5j7E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=aQyfA194qT0:zJjVJvD5j7E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=aQyfA194qT0:zJjVJvD5j7E: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/aQyfA194qT0" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:44 GMT1682038 at http://www.fastcoexist.comZak Stonehttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682038/is-this-new-dinner-sharing-service-the-airbnb-of-home-cooked-mealsHow to Network Your Way To The Top: Vox Media's Callie Schweitzerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/6u-Mk7MNaJ0/how-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzer<div> <div> <div> <p>Still in her 20s, Callie Schweitzer has leveraged social networking into real-life success.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Callie Schweitzer, director of Marketing and Communications for <a href="http://www.voxmedia.com/" target="_blank">Vox Media</a> (which publishes the <a href="http://www.theverge.com/" target="_blank">Verge</a>, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/" target="_blank">SB Nation</a>, and <a href="http://www.polygon.com/" target="_blank">Polygon</a>), can often be found curating the news from other sources on her popular Twitter account. To some people, <a href="http://callieschweitzer.com/" target="_blank">Schweitzer</a> may seem to be the epitome of a modern digital journalist. For others, she is perhaps nothing like a true journalist.</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcompany.com/multisite_files/fastcompany/imagecache/inline-small/inline/2013/05/3009656-inline-inline-1-how-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzer.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>Callie Schweitzer</figcaption></figure><p>She prefers to call herself a hybrid between a journalist, a brand strategist, and an audience hacker. “I really see myself as a journalist in curating, packaging, and sharing news. For me that’s the most exciting thing right now,” Schweitzer says.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcompany.com/3009656/mobilizing/how-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzer?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c36c608/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%2F3009656%2Fmobilizing%2Fhow-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzer&t=How+to+Network+Your+Way+To+The+Top%3A+Vox+Media%27s+Callie+Schweitzer" 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%2F3009656%2Fmobilizing%2Fhow-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzer&t=How+to+Network+Your+Way+To+The+Top%3A+Vox+Media%27s+Callie+Schweitzer" 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%2F3009656%2Fmobilizing%2Fhow-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzer&t=How+to+Network+Your+Way+To+The+Top%3A+Vox+Media%27s+Callie+Schweitzer" 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%2F3009656%2Fmobilizing%2Fhow-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzer&t=How+to+Network+Your+Way+To+The+Top%3A+Vox+Media%27s+Callie+Schweitzer" 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%2F3009656%2Fmobilizing%2Fhow-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzer&t=How+to+Network+Your+Way+To+The+Top%3A+Vox+Media%27s+Callie+Schweitzer" 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/165664374470/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c36c608/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664374470/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c36c608/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664374470/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c36c608/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6u-Mk7MNaJ0:fucGrL-txOc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6u-Mk7MNaJ0:fucGrL-txOc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=6u-Mk7MNaJ0:fucGrL-txOc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=6u-Mk7MNaJ0:fucGrL-txOc: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/~4/6u-Mk7MNaJ0" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT3009656 at http://www.fastcompany.comBoryana Dzhambazovahttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009656/mobilizing/how-to-network-your-way-to-the-top-vox-medias-callie-schweitzerTeaching Youngsters About Medical Science With A Game—And Killer Muensterhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/Ic2vFhRerYs/teaching-youngsters-about-medical-science-with-a-game-and-killer-muenster<div> <div> <div> <p>Biotech company Genentech teams with Ideo to create Ralph’s Killer Muenster, which makes science weird, and fun, enough for kids to care.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>When the most delicious cheese in San Francisco tumbles into the sewer, panic ensues.</p> <p>Biotech company <a href="http://www.gene.com/" target="_blank">Genentech</a> and global design company <a href="http://www.ideo.com/" target="_blank">Ideo</a> have teamed up to make a free educational mobile-gaming app that imagines such a preposterous scenario. Instead of calling superheroes to solve the citywide problem, in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/killer-muenster/id630311074?ls=1&amp;mt=8" target="_blank">Ralph’s Killer Muenster</a>, players use the science of genetics to restore the killer cheese to its former edible state. It’s all in a bid to make medical innovation enticing and accessible to youngsters.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682997/teaching-youngsters-about-medical-science-with-a-game-and-killer-muenster?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c373017/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%2F1682997%2Fteaching-youngsters-about-medical-science-with-a-game-and-killer-muenster&t=Teaching+Youngsters+About+Medical+Science+With+A+Game%E2%80%94And+Killer+Muenster" 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%2F1682997%2Fteaching-youngsters-about-medical-science-with-a-game-and-killer-muenster&t=Teaching+Youngsters+About+Medical+Science+With+A+Game%E2%80%94And+Killer+Muenster" 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%2F1682997%2Fteaching-youngsters-about-medical-science-with-a-game-and-killer-muenster&t=Teaching+Youngsters+About+Medical+Science+With+A+Game%E2%80%94And+Killer+Muenster" 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%2F1682997%2Fteaching-youngsters-about-medical-science-with-a-game-and-killer-muenster&t=Teaching+Youngsters+About+Medical+Science+With+A+Game%E2%80%94And+Killer+Muenster" 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%2F1682997%2Fteaching-youngsters-about-medical-science-with-a-game-and-killer-muenster&t=Teaching+Youngsters+About+Medical+Science+With+A+Game%E2%80%94And+Killer+Muenster" 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.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=Ic2vFhRerYs:Rz6BFoWSnu0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=Ic2vFhRerYs:Rz6BFoWSnu0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=Ic2vFhRerYs:Rz6BFoWSnu0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=Ic2vFhRerYs:Rz6BFoWSnu0: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/Ic2vFhRerYs" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:10 GMT1682997 at http://www.fastcocreate.comTeressa Iezzihttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1682997/teaching-youngsters-about-medical-science-with-a-game-and-killer-muensterA Zero Energy House That You Can Control With Your iPhonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/_ppoIkd0oEI/a-zero-energy-house-that-you-can-control-with-your-iphone<div> <div> <div> <p>The Soleta House is packed with green gizmos--and looks good, too.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Ninety years ago, avant-garde architects were designing houses with modular spaces that echoed the efficiency of planes and cars. Today, we have automated planes (<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3009724/inside-the-navys-historic-embrace-of-at-sea-combat-drones" target="_self">military drones</a>) and, soon, <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669262/watch-what-traffic-will-look-like-when-cars-drive-themselves" target="_self">driverless cars</a>. Isn’t it time, then, for our homes to be just as technologically ambitious?</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/inline-large/inline/2013/05/1672618-inline-soleta-zeroenergy-sustainable-wooden-house-ecologic-home-dwell-fachwerk-prefab-homes-ansonia-37.jpg" alt=""></figure><p>The Soleta House, or <a href="http://www.soleta.ro/page-4" target="_blank">Soleta zeroEnergy One</a>, is a step in the right direction. This prototype line of eco homes includes multifunctional structures with high-tech, clean-energy systems that can be controlled via your smartphone.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672618/a-zero-energy-house-that-you-can-control-with-your-iphone?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c369f37/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%2F1672618%2Fa-zero-energy-house-that-you-can-control-with-your-iphone&t=A+Zero+Energy+House+That+You+Can+Control+With+Your+iPhone" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a 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hopefully create a more engaged and activist community.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>With 56 million disabled people living in this country, Abilitylist.com hopes to help centralize resources and become the Craigslist for disabled Americans.</p> <p>"Unfortunately a lot of those people live isolated lives unnecessarily simply because they don’t know about the programs, resources, organizations and individuals that are available to help them," said Andrew Horn, founder and CEO.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682079/this-site-wants-to-be-the-craigslist-for-disabled-americans?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c369f39/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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Sharmahttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682079/this-site-wants-to-be-the-craigslist-for-disabled-americansThis Charming Man of Steel: See The Heroes of '80s Alt Music As Superheroeshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/i2gFkr-yrA4/this-charming-man-of-steel-see-the-heroes-of-80s-alt-music-as-superheroes<div> <div> <div> <p>A new series by artist Butcher Billy depicts how New Wave faves like The Cure and The Smiths might look as caped crusaders.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>In the 1980s, there was very little separating The Cure frontman Robert Smith from a comic book character. He wore heavy makeup that obscured his natural identity. It’s impossible that he never donned a cape. And he had a superpower (making you cry sadness tears.) Now, you have the chance to see him as an actual superhero.</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcocreate.com/multisite_files/cocreate/imagecache/inline-large/inline/2013/05/1682996-inline-slide-14-new-wave-superheroes.jpg" alt=""></figure><p><a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Post-Punk-New-Wave-Super-Friends-by-Butcher-Billy/8688795" target="_blank">The Post-Punk and New Wave Super Friends</a> is a new collection of images that combines morose musicians with caped crusaders. Created by artist <a href="https://twitter.com/billythebutcher" target="_blank">Butcher Billy</a>, the series matches the personalities of college radio favorites like Siouxsie Sioux and Joy Division’s Ian Curtis with the likes of Wonder Woman and Batman. To drive home the association, Billy includes a representative song lyric from the artist in question.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682996/this-charming-man-of-steel-see-the-heroes-of-80s-alt-music-as-superheroes?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c35d586/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%2F1682996%2Fthis-charming-man-of-steel-see-the-heroes-of-80s-alt-music-as-superheroes&t=This+Charming+Man+of+Steel%3A+See+The+Heroes+of+%2780s+Alt+Music+As+Superheroes" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a 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Transithttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/GOHO34q0JjE/watch-these-glowing-timelapse-videos-of-how-people-use-public-transit<div> <div> <div> <p>These animated maps show the ebbs and flows of ridership in three major cities to help understand how our transportation systems work.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>As more and more cities embrace the trend of open data--allowing app developers, planners, nonprofits, and other interested parties to curate, collect, and innovate on municipal data sets--data visualization has the unique power to help render that mass of information relevant to the statistically challenged.</p> <p>A great example is the series <a href="http://urbanprototyping.org/prototype/challenges/urban-data-challenge-zurich-sf-geneva/transit-patterns/" target="_blank">Transit Patterns</a> by the Seattle-based design firm <a href="http://schemadesign.com/" target="_blank">Schema</a>, an honorable mention in the contest <a 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response to <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3009884/tracking-yahoos-acquisition-spree" target="_self">Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr</a>, generally speaking, has been one of suspicion. And considering Yahoo’s track record on these sorts of things, rightly so. More than anything else in recent years, Yahoo’s become known for gobbling up web properties big and small and doing everything in its power to make sure they <em>don’t</em> thrive. Flickr, which was arguably the web’s most beloved photo-sharing site before Yahoo bought it in 2005 and promptly let it fall into disrepair and disuse, is perhaps the most perfect, painful example of this strange phenomenon.</p> <p>So what Yahoo did yesterday--rolling out a dramatic redesign of Flickr right on the heels of the Tumblr news--was a little bit shrewd. When, yesterday morning, <a href="http://marissamayr.tumblr.com/post/50902274591/im-delighted-to-announce-that-weve-reached-an" target="_blank">in a Tumblr post</a> announcing that acquisition, Marissa Mayer promised "not to screw it up," we had every right to be skeptical. So we can see the Flickr redesign as <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3009951/flickrs-revamp-demonstrates-the-upside-of-being-acquired-by-yahoo?utm_source=twitter" target="_self">a gesture of good faith</a>, a reason for us to take her at her word on the new purchase. And maybe we should believe her; <a href="http://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank">the new Flickr looks better than ever</a>. Here are three aspects of the new design that are especially smart.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672631/the-3-best-features-of-flickrs-massive-redesign?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c35d588/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%2F1672631%2Fthe-3-best-features-of-flickrs-massive-redesign&t=The+3+Best+Features+Of+Flickr%E2%80%99s+Massive+Redesign" 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%2F1672631%2Fthe-3-best-features-of-flickrs-massive-redesign&t=The+3+Best+Features+Of+Flickr%E2%80%99s+Massive+Redesign" 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%2F1672631%2Fthe-3-best-features-of-flickrs-massive-redesign&t=The+3+Best+Features+Of+Flickr%E2%80%99s+Massive+Redesign" 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%2F1672631%2Fthe-3-best-features-of-flickrs-massive-redesign&t=The+3+Best+Features+Of+Flickr%E2%80%99s+Massive+Redesign" 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%2F1672631%2Fthe-3-best-features-of-flickrs-massive-redesign&t=The+3+Best+Features+Of+Flickr%E2%80%99s+Massive+Redesign" 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.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=-ZM0GBgJ7nk:GjndZo32vKM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=-ZM0GBgJ7nk:GjndZo32vKM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=-ZM0GBgJ7nk:GjndZo32vKM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=-ZM0GBgJ7nk:GjndZo32vKM: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/-ZM0GBgJ7nk" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT1672631 at http://www.fastcodesign.comKyle VanHemerthttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1672631/the-3-best-features-of-flickrs-massive-redesignA Self-Monitoring Bike Helmet To Make You Feel Like A Fighter Pilothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/MyEI9kOnknw/a-self-monitoring-bike-helmet-to-make-you-feel-like-a-fighter-pilot<div> <div> <div> <p>The Smart LifeBeam helmet checks up on your vitals as you bike, tracking your exercise and movement as you ride.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>An unlikely accessory has become the locus of significant innovation recently: the bike helmet. In the past few months we’ve reported on bike helmets <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681480/this-sleek-bike-helmet-makes-sure-that-hit-and-run-drivers-get-caught" target="_self">with cameras</a>, bike helmets with <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681545/this-helmet-with-brake-lights-and-turn-signals-lets-bikers-speak-the-language-of-cars#1" target="_self">turn signals</a>, and bike helmets with <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681691/a-brightly-lit-bike-helmet-keeps-your-glowing-head-safe-from-cars#1" target="_self">LED lights</a>. We even wrote about a helmet that you can’t see at all because <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680387/the-story-of-the-innovation-the-invisible-bike-helmet" target="_self">it’s not really there</a>.</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcoexist.com/multisite_files/coexist/imagecache/inline-large/inline/2013/05/1682055-inline-1280-smart-helmet.jpg" alt=""></figure><p>The latest in helmet design takes a page from the exercise trend of self-monitoring, adding sensors to <a href="http://www.treefortbikes.com/product/333222375513/175/Lazer-Genesis-RD-Helmet.html?gclid=CN6T17OVlrcCFQFp4AodHTQA2w" target="_blank">the Genesis</a> helmet by Lazer design, which allow wearers to track their heart rate in real time without the added burden of a chest strap.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682055/a-self-monitoring-bike-helmet-to-make-you-feel-like-a-fighter-pilot?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c351b48/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%2F1682055%2Fa-self-monitoring-bike-helmet-to-make-you-feel-like-a-fighter-pilot&t=A+Self-Monitoring+Bike+Helmet+To+Make+You+Feel+Like+A+Fighter+Pilot" 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%2F1682055%2Fa-self-monitoring-bike-helmet-to-make-you-feel-like-a-fighter-pilot&t=A+Self-Monitoring+Bike+Helmet+To+Make+You+Feel+Like+A+Fighter+Pilot" 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%2F1682055%2Fa-self-monitoring-bike-helmet-to-make-you-feel-like-a-fighter-pilot&t=A+Self-Monitoring+Bike+Helmet+To+Make+You+Feel+Like+A+Fighter+Pilot" 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%2F1682055%2Fa-self-monitoring-bike-helmet-to-make-you-feel-like-a-fighter-pilot&t=A+Self-Monitoring+Bike+Helmet+To+Make+You+Feel+Like+A+Fighter+Pilot" 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%2F1682055%2Fa-self-monitoring-bike-helmet-to-make-you-feel-like-a-fighter-pilot&t=A+Self-Monitoring+Bike+Helmet+To+Make+You+Feel+Like+A+Fighter+Pilot" 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/165664276180/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c351b48/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664276180/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c351b48/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664276180/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c351b48/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=MyEI9kOnknw:Y4GUrgBYCR0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=MyEI9kOnknw:Y4GUrgBYCR0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=MyEI9kOnknw:Y4GUrgBYCR0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=MyEI9kOnknw:Y4GUrgBYCR0: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/MyEI9kOnknw" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:43 GMT1682055 at http://www.fastcoexist.comZak Stonehttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682055/a-self-monitoring-bike-helmet-to-make-you-feel-like-a-fighter-pilotWatch These Horrifying Videos Of The Oklahoma Tornadohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/ojJ2ng7QQLM/watch-these-horrifying-videos-of-the-oklahoma-tornado<div> <div> <div> <p>See what the deadly tornado looked like as it formed.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>There are now <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/us/oklahoma-tornado.html?hp" target="_blank">91 people dead in the horrible tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma</a>. Rescuers continue to search for survivors.</p> <p>With any natural disaster comes, along with grief and concern for the victims and their families, a sense of the awe-inspiring power of nature. We tend to just go about our lives, forgetting that we’re living on an often-violent, incredibly dangerous planet.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682118/watch-these-horrifying-videos-of-the-oklahoma-tornado?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c3522b3/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%2F1682118%2Fwatch-these-horrifying-videos-of-the-oklahoma-tornado&t=Watch+These+Horrifying+Videos+Of+The+Oklahoma+Tornado" 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%2F1682118%2Fwatch-these-horrifying-videos-of-the-oklahoma-tornado&t=Watch+These+Horrifying+Videos+Of+The+Oklahoma+Tornado" 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%2F1682118%2Fwatch-these-horrifying-videos-of-the-oklahoma-tornado&t=Watch+These+Horrifying+Videos+Of+The+Oklahoma+Tornado" 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%2F1682118%2Fwatch-these-horrifying-videos-of-the-oklahoma-tornado&t=Watch+These+Horrifying+Videos+Of+The+Oklahoma+Tornado" 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%2F1682118%2Fwatch-these-horrifying-videos-of-the-oklahoma-tornado&t=Watch+These+Horrifying+Videos+Of+The+Oklahoma+Tornado" 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.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ojJ2ng7QQLM:Pg5rZ5ar-3U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ojJ2ng7QQLM:Pg5rZ5ar-3U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=ojJ2ng7QQLM:Pg5rZ5ar-3U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=ojJ2ng7QQLM:Pg5rZ5ar-3U: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/ojJ2ng7QQLM" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:39 GMT1682118 at http://www.fastcoexist.comMorgan Clendanielhttp://www.fastcoexist.com/1682118/watch-these-horrifying-videos-of-the-oklahoma-tornadoThe Ghost Army: The Amazing Story Of America’s Secret Art Ops In WWIIhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/W_JfKQZnrto/the-ghost-army-the-amazing-story-of-americas-secret-art-ops-in-wwii<div> <div> <div> <p>In <em>Argo</em>-like fashion, the U.S. Army used a battalion of artists to create an illusionary display of military might. Now, PBS brings the secret operation to light in its documentary, <em>The Ghost Army</em>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Long before <em>Argo</em>, the U.S. Army used artistic sleight-of-hand to help defeat Hitler’s army in WWII.</p> <p>This is the astonishing true story of the <a href="http://nasaa-home.org/23rdhqs.htm" target="_blank">23rd Headquarters Special Troops</a>, nicknamed the Ghost Army, a group of 1,100 handpicked American G.I.s who tricked the German army with rubber artillery, sound effects, fake radio transmissions, and psychological illusions during the summer of 1944. Many of these young soldiers were art students who would go on to illustrious careers in art, design, and fashion--including fashion designer Bill Blass, painter Ellsworth Kelly, and photographer Art Kane. But during quiet moments, they would often sketch and paint their surroundings, offering a fine-art chronicling of the mission.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682990/the-ghost-army-the-amazing-story-of-americas-secret-art-ops-in-wwii?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c3522b4/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%2F1682990%2Fthe-ghost-army-the-amazing-story-of-americas-secret-art-ops-in-wwii&t=The+Ghost+Army%3A+The+Amazing+Story+Of+America%E2%80%99s+Secret+Art+Ops+In+WWII" 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%2F1682990%2Fthe-ghost-army-the-amazing-story-of-americas-secret-art-ops-in-wwii&t=The+Ghost+Army%3A+The+Amazing+Story+Of+America%E2%80%99s+Secret+Art+Ops+In+WWII" 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%2F1682990%2Fthe-ghost-army-the-amazing-story-of-americas-secret-art-ops-in-wwii&t=The+Ghost+Army%3A+The+Amazing+Story+Of+America%E2%80%99s+Secret+Art+Ops+In+WWII" 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%2F1682990%2Fthe-ghost-army-the-amazing-story-of-americas-secret-art-ops-in-wwii&t=The+Ghost+Army%3A+The+Amazing+Story+Of+America%E2%80%99s+Secret+Art+Ops+In+WWII" 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%2F1682990%2Fthe-ghost-army-the-amazing-story-of-americas-secret-art-ops-in-wwii&t=The+Ghost+Army%3A+The+Amazing+Story+Of+America%E2%80%99s+Secret+Art+Ops+In+WWII" 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.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=W_JfKQZnrto:409NaWjp61c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=W_JfKQZnrto:409NaWjp61c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=W_JfKQZnrto:409NaWjp61c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=W_JfKQZnrto:409NaWjp61c: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/W_JfKQZnrto" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:50 GMT1682990 at http://www.fastcocreate.comSusan Karlinhttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1682990/the-ghost-army-the-amazing-story-of-americas-secret-art-ops-in-wwii“Game Of Thrones” Houses Reimagined As 21st-Century Brandshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/4xyssfM02AA/boring-stock-photos-get-game-of-thrones-makeovers<div> <div> <div> <p>Feeling uninspired by stock photography? Unleash the direwolves.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>I’ve spent too many hours in Shutterstock, mining for gold amongst … let’s just call them organic substances far less valuable than gold. But while most of us lament the lack of creativity in stock photography--captivating moments like someone typing at a keyboard or three people in suits standing in a studio for no apparent reason--Shutterstock enlisted Elliott Scott from studio <a href="http://www.mondayne.com/" target="_blank">Mondayne</a> to do something about it.</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/inline-large/inline/2013/05/1672627-inline-1682989-slide-slide-7-game-of-brands-shutterstock.jpg" alt=""></figure><p>He created a series of images called Game of Brands, or what are essentially Photoshopped corporate stock photos given a <em>Game of Thrones</em> twist. And I must say, if George R.R. Martin had placed his fantasy epic in the modern day rather than the mythical land of Westeros, the HBO show might look a lot like this: The Starks (if you’re not a <em>GoT</em> geek, they’re the ones known for what must be the very annoying “Winter Is Coming” meme) have been imagined as subzero special-ops masters, while the Lannisters (“A Lannister Always Pays His Debts”) comes across like some ruthless investment banking firm. Meanwhile, the Arryns--known for both their duel loftiness (and maybe an appeal to the common man?)--are a cellphone carrier eerily reminiscent of Boost Mobile.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672627/boring-stock-photos-get-game-of-thrones-makeovers?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c351b4a/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%2F1672627%2Fboring-stock-photos-get-game-of-thrones-makeovers&t=%E2%80%9CGame+Of+Thrones%E2%80%9D+Houses+Reimagined+As+21st-Century+Brands" 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%2F1672627%2Fboring-stock-photos-get-game-of-thrones-makeovers&t=%E2%80%9CGame+Of+Thrones%E2%80%9D+Houses+Reimagined+As+21st-Century+Brands" 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%2F1672627%2Fboring-stock-photos-get-game-of-thrones-makeovers&t=%E2%80%9CGame+Of+Thrones%E2%80%9D+Houses+Reimagined+As+21st-Century+Brands" 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%2F1672627%2Fboring-stock-photos-get-game-of-thrones-makeovers&t=%E2%80%9CGame+Of+Thrones%E2%80%9D+Houses+Reimagined+As+21st-Century+Brands" 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%2F1672627%2Fboring-stock-photos-get-game-of-thrones-makeovers&t=%E2%80%9CGame+Of+Thrones%E2%80%9D+Houses+Reimagined+As+21st-Century+Brands" 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/165664276179/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c351b4a/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664276179/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c351b4a/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664276179/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c351b4a/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=4xyssfM02AA:exYFTZxrOhU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=4xyssfM02AA:exYFTZxrOhU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=4xyssfM02AA:exYFTZxrOhU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=4xyssfM02AA:exYFTZxrOhU: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/~4/4xyssfM02AA" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:45:00 GMT1672627 at http://www.fastcodesign.comMark Wilsonhttp://www.fastcodesign.com/1672627/boring-stock-photos-get-game-of-thrones-makeoversIs This The Most Powerful Open-World Game Engine Yet?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/lyrtW3brxCk/is-this-the-most-powerful-open-world-game-engine-yet<p>In Chicago of the near future a unified OS connects the city's many systems such as electricity, traffic, and mass transit, to a single network. As Aiden Pierce, you are a hacker turned vigilante who will use all your technical prowess in this connected city to stop violent criminals and corrupt men of power. You hack a traffic light to turn green, you hack a train to carry you to your destination, you hack a draw bridge so it opens behind you, giving you a clean getaway from the police. This is <em>Watch Dogs</em>, an open-world game from Ubisoft.</p> <p>When it was unveiled last year, many thought it looked too good for the current generation of video game consoles. Ubisoft soon revealed that the game was destined for the next generation debuting the following year. Well, it is 2013 and Ubisoft has shown us what the game looks like on the PlayStation 4, likely launching in November. But in creating the game, the company had to create a new engine that would not only work with the more powerful machines to come, but the hardware out now. "When we started building the [Disrupt] engine, we started right away with scalability in mind," says Dominic Guay, the game's lead producer. "We told engineers that we need to support existing consoles because there are tens of millions of people who want to play the game that have those consoles."</p> <p>But when Guay and his team started creating the Disrupt engine four years ago, they wanted to build a next-gen engine, not only because it was destined for more powerful hardware, but they wanted new features beyond their current games. Guay said, "We call it Disrupt, for two reasons. One is a tribute to Aiden's abilities, and the other is because we wanted to break with some paradigms of past engines." They took pieces from the Anvil engine that powers the <em>Assassin's Creed</em> series and the Dunia engine that powers <em>Far Cry 2</em> and <em>3</em>. Then the team built it up along two guidelines, Dynamism and Connectivity.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcolabs.com/3009837/is-this-the-most-powerful-open-world-game-engine-yet?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/2c35d58a/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%2F3009837%2Fis-this-the-most-powerful-open-world-game-engine-yet%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Is+This+The+Most+Powerful+Open-World+Game+Engine+Yet%3F" 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%2F3009837%2Fis-this-the-most-powerful-open-world-game-engine-yet%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Is+This+The+Most+Powerful+Open-World+Game+Engine+Yet%3F" 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%2F3009837%2Fis-this-the-most-powerful-open-world-game-engine-yet%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Is+This+The+Most+Powerful+Open-World+Game+Engine+Yet%3F" 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%2F3009837%2Fis-this-the-most-powerful-open-world-game-engine-yet%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Is+This+The+Most+Powerful+Open-World+Game+Engine+Yet%3F" 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%2F3009837%2Fis-this-the-most-powerful-open-world-game-engine-yet%3Fpartner%3Drss&t=Is+This+The+Most+Powerful+Open-World+Game+Engine+Yet%3F" 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.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=lyrtW3brxCk:Z1W2is1KDMg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=lyrtW3brxCk:Z1W2is1KDMg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=lyrtW3brxCk:Z1W2is1KDMg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=lyrtW3brxCk:Z1W2is1KDMg: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/lyrtW3brxCk" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:30:00 GMThttp://www.fastcolabs.com/3009837Kevin Ohannessianhttp://www.fastcolabs.com/3009837/is-this-the-most-powerful-open-world-game-engine-yet?partner=rssTwitter’s Fred Graver On 5 Ways To Engage Second-Screen Viewershttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/sxcXR-j5Yqo/twitters-fred-graver-on-5-ways-to-engage-second-screen-viewers<div> <div> <div> <p>One of <em>Fast Company’</em>s Most Creative People in Business, Fred Graver, talks about how TV producers can embrace Twitter for turning fans into empowered evangelists.</p> </div> </div> </div> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcocreate.com/multisite_files/cocreate/imagecache/inline-small/inline/2013/05/1682938-inline-inline-1-mcp-sidebar-2013.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>For more on global leaders in technology, design, media, music, movies, marketing, television, and sports, see <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/section/most-creative-people-2013" target="_self"><em>Fast Company’</em>s 100 Most Creative People In Business 2013</a> report. Read more with Fred Graver <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3009253/most-creative-people-2013/19-fred-graver" target="_self">here</a>.</figcaption></figure><p>It’s <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3009253/most-creative-people-2013/19-fred-graver" target="_self">Fred Graver</a>’s job to make time-shifting your programming with a DVR feel like missing out on an experience. Luckily, his previous gigs provided a crash course in immediacy. As a former writer for the <em>Late Show with David Letterman</em>, he learned how to make a crowd respond to jokes. As the creator of <em>Best Week Ever</em> on VH1, he successfully brought an Internet news sensibility to TV. But since joining Twitter last summer, he’s become more interested in turning the microblogging platform into TV’s extra dimension.</p> <p>Events like the Academy Awards and the Super Bowl have gotten a boost from the viewer engagement Twitter offers, and weekly scripted shows are starting to take advantage of the added interactivity as well. Graver often meets with show runners and executives long before airtime, dreaming up new ways to reward viewers for their second screen usage. Below, some of his advice for how producers can get their viewers to become Twitter evangelists for their favorite shows.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682991/twitters-fred-graver-on-5-ways-to-engage-second-screen-viewers?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c3441bc/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%2F1682991%2Ftwitters-fred-graver-on-5-ways-to-engage-second-screen-viewers&t=Twitter%E2%80%99s+Fred+Graver+On+5+Ways+To+Engage+Second-Screen+Viewers" 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%2F1682991%2Ftwitters-fred-graver-on-5-ways-to-engage-second-screen-viewers&t=Twitter%E2%80%99s+Fred+Graver+On+5+Ways+To+Engage+Second-Screen+Viewers" 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%2F1682991%2Ftwitters-fred-graver-on-5-ways-to-engage-second-screen-viewers&t=Twitter%E2%80%99s+Fred+Graver+On+5+Ways+To+Engage+Second-Screen+Viewers" 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%2F1682991%2Ftwitters-fred-graver-on-5-ways-to-engage-second-screen-viewers&t=Twitter%E2%80%99s+Fred+Graver+On+5+Ways+To+Engage+Second-Screen+Viewers" 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%2F1682991%2Ftwitters-fred-graver-on-5-ways-to-engage-second-screen-viewers&t=Twitter%E2%80%99s+Fred+Graver+On+5+Ways+To+Engage+Second-Screen+Viewers" 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/165664179565/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c3441bc/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664179565/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c3441bc/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664179565/u/49/f/647331/c/34823/s/2c3441bc/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=sxcXR-j5Yqo:rXga5Dwu5Pc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=sxcXR-j5Yqo:rXga5Dwu5Pc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?i=sxcXR-j5Yqo:rXga5Dwu5Pc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fastcompany/headlines?a=sxcXR-j5Yqo:rXga5Dwu5Pc: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/sxcXR-j5Yqo" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:43 GMT1682991 at http://www.fastcocreate.comJoe Berkowitzhttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1682991/twitters-fred-graver-on-5-ways-to-engage-second-screen-viewersHow To Be Hilarious On Twitter, From A Writer Who Tweeted Her Way To TVhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/iQHrQqF5xXQ/how-to-be-hilarious-on-twitter-from-a-writer-who-tweeted-her-way-to-tv<div> <div> <div> <p>One of the funniest and most popular comedic voices on Twitter, <em>Parks and Recreation</em> writer Megan Amram knows her way around a one-liner. Here, she shares her tips for how to be funny in 140 characters or less.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>When a veteran <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1679241/young-adults-patton-oswalt-on-the-dangers-of-nostalgia" target="_self">stand-up comic</a> is also funny on <a href="https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, it doesn’t exactly come as a shock. When an unknown phenom makes you physically choke on guffaws, though, it’s a revelation and also something of an extended audition. Those who can make with the funny often earn chances to do so with more than 140 characters for an <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1679249/can-comedian-rob-delaney-make-twitter-tv-work" target="_self">even wider audience</a>. One of the most prominent Twitter discoveries so far is <a href="https://twitter.com/meganamram" target="_blank">Megan Amram</a>.</p> <figure><img src="http://www.fastcocreate.com/multisite_files/cocreate/imagecache/inline-small/inline/2013/05/1682943-inline-inline-1-megan-amram-parks-recreation-writer-megan-amram-on-how-to-make-your-tweets-funnier.jpg" alt=""></figure><p>After catching the attention of the comedy cognoscenti in 2010, the then recent Harvard graduate soon got jobs writing on the Oscars and Disney’s <em>A.N.T. Farm.</em>, before moving to a staff writer position at NBC’s ensemble sitcom <a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/1681630/the-making-of-a-man-how-ron-swanson-became-ron-swanson" target="_self"><em>Parks and Recreation</em></a>. (The show was just<a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/parks-and-recreation-reportedly-renewed-for-a-sixt%2C97561/" target="_blank"> renewed </a>for a sixth season.) The in-demand writer is also an accomplished <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2013/05/a-poem-by-megan-amram-2" target="_blank">poet</a> who’s writing a <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/57100-book-deals-week-of-may-6-2013.html" target="_blank">satirical guide to science for ladies</a>.</p><p><a href = "http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682943/how-to-be-hilarious-on-twitter-from-a-writer-who-tweeted-her-way-to-tv?partner=rss">Read Full Story</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://fastcompany.com.feedsportal.com/c/34823/f/647331/s/2c3441bd/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%2F1682943%2Fhow-to-be-hilarious-on-twitter-from-a-writer-who-tweeted-her-way-to-tv&t=How+To+Be+Hilarious+On+Twitter%2C+From+A+Writer+Who+Tweeted+Her+Way+To+TV" target="_blank"><img 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Berkowitzhttp://www.fastcocreate.com/1682943/how-to-be-hilarious-on-twitter-from-a-writer-who-tweeted-her-way-to-tvWill Women Billionaires Make Better Philanthropists?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/A1DPoqioW8U/will-women-billionaires-make-better-philanthropists<div> <div> <div> <p>As more women enter the upper reaches of wealth, should we expect to see different results from their giving?</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>It’s a rich moment for women in big-ticket philanthropy.</p> <p>Sara Blakely, founder of the privately held Spanx, just became the first self-made female billionaire to sign onto <a href="http://givingpledge.org/" target="_blank">The Giving Pledge</a>, an effort spearheaded by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett that has had dozens of the world’s billionaires sign on to give away more than half of their wealth, either during their lifetime or after their death.</p><p><a href = 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Tips For Creating A Powerful Provenance For Your Brandhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/hYy9uyhUzkY/where-do-you-come-from-tips-for-creating-a-powerful-provenance-for-your-brand<div> <div> <div> <p>There's a good reason Apple puts "Designed in California" on its products, rather than "Built in China." Lessons for all of us on developing a successful backstory.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>One of the first things we like to know about people when we meet them is where they're from and what's their story. The same is true for brands. In the business this is often called brand "provenance," which comes from the French word "provenir," meaning "to come forth" or "originate."</p> <aside><q>Simply placing an Eiffel Tower image on the front of your package does not make you French.</q></aside><p>It's an irony of this age of globalization (or perhaps because of it) that people want to tie brands to specific locations. A classic example of the importance of provenance is French champagne. Only sparkling wines made from grapes from the province of Champagne can use the word "champagne" in their title. Provenance is crucial for many brands because it proves their authenticity and is shorthand for the craftsmanship and ingredients that go into these products as well as the history behind them. 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