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Steve Jobs, Pablo Picasso, Nate Silver: why the most creative people are generalists

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Steve Jobs, Nate Silver, And Pablo Picasso: Why The Most Creative People Are Generalists
By: Drake Baer, fastcompany.com

The compelling case for why a breadth of knowledge and a depth of expertise spur innovation.

In the sum­mer of 1982 a 27-year-old Steve Jobs accept­ed an award at the Acad­e­my of Achieve­ment. Dur­ing his brief speech, he hit what would become…

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Visualizing global water risk

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An Incredibly Detailed Map Shows The Potential Of Global Water Risks
BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com

Aqueduct, a new tool from the World Resources Institute, lets you see all the bad things that might stem from water, from droughts to floods and beyond.

Remem­ber the drought that hit the U.S. in 2012? It was a big deal, even if it didn’t…

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How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing

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How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing And Wowed Customers
By Ekaterina Walter, fastcompany.com

As mar­keters, we talk a lot about real-time response and true social agili­ty. But very few brands were able to mas­ter the art. So is agile mar­ket­ing a myth?

A lot of brands strug­gle with agili­ty in mar­ket­ing: think­ing on their feet,…

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Dropbox’s Culture-Building, Product-Inspiring Outdoor Hikes

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The Curious Magic Of Dropbox’s Culture-Building, Product-Inspiring Outdoor Hikes
By David Zax, fastcompany.com

A hiking tour of San Francisco, with Dropbox coder Dan Wheeler.

Dan Wheel­er is a pro­gram­mer for the file-sharing com­pa­ny Drop­box. Click around a lit­tle on Dropbox.com, and odds are Wheel­er had some­thing to do with a given prod­uct or…

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Diesel Tells You How Many Days Are Left In Your Life

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Diesel Tells You How Many Days Are Left In Your Life
Joe Berkowitz, fastcocreate.com

The brand expands on its “Time to Be Brave” philosophy by calculating roughly how much time each of its fans has in which to be brave.If you knew the extent of your projected longevity, it would probably change the way you lived your life. In the…

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A New Company Uses Big Data To Fight Cancer

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A New Company Uses Big Data To Fight Cancer (And Rethink Basketball)
BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER, fastcoexist.com

Ayasdi, a new big-data firm with close ties to Stanford University and DARPA has plans to change the way researchers analyze cancer, money laundering, and professional sports.

Cre­at­ing visu­al­iza­tions of huge data sets is big busi­ness.…

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The Future Of Coworking

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The Future Of Coworking And Why It Will Give Your Business A Huge Edge
By Lydia Dishman, fastcompany.com

Here are the numbers that support the case for coworking—and why it’s not just for startups or freelancers anymore.

Fun. Friend­ly. Inspir­ing. Col­lab­o­ra­tive. Pro­duc­tive. If you wouldn’t define your work­place with any or all of those ter…

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Tradesy is an EBay for clothing hoarders

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Tradesy Brings New Life To Your Closet By Helping You Sell It To Others
By Christina Chaey, fastcompany.com

The secondhand fashion startup is streamlining the process of putting items up for sale to help you make more money in less time.

Tradesy, an e-com­merce mobile app and web­site that launch­es today, is attempt­ing to take the has­sle out of…

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