Fast Company – TimBatchelder

23andMe and the FDA: what really drove them apart

December 7, 2013December 26, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA Apart
BY ROBERT SAFIAN, fastcompany.com

Is getting a $99 DNA test really hazardous to your health? Our editor-in-chief decodes an innovation dustup.

When we put 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki on the cover of Fast Company’s November issue, we didn’t expect the FDA to yank the compan…

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Exclusive: What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA Apart (fastcompany.com)
FDA tells 23andMe to halt sales of genetic test – USA TODAY (newestgadgetsinfo.com)
23andMe ordered to stop selling $99 genetic test (newscientist.com)

Colossal finds most incredible images

November 24, 2013December 25, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management

The Eye-Popping Images On Colossal Will Make Art Lovers Of Us All
BY BRYAN LUFKIN, fastcompany.com

Christopher Jobson’s knack for finding the most stunning, share-worthy pictures on the Internet make his site Colossal required browsing for anyone remotely interested in the visual arts.

Between celebrity Twitter feuds, televised nip slips, …

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The Eye-Popping Images On Colossal Will Make Art Lovers Of Us All (fastcompany.com)

iDoorCam wifi door bell and camera on Indiegogo

September 17, 2013December 24, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Security Privacy

Why The iDoorCam Is An Indiegogo Sensation
BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER, fastcompany.com

Investors are going gaga for a smartphone-integrated doorbell that lets anyone screen visitors on a video app integrated into their iPhones or Androids.

iDoorCam is that rarest of things: A bona fide Indiegogo phenomenon. The Wi-Fi– enabled…

http://flip.it/vkYub

The Top 10 Business Lessons Of 2013 (bgrblog.wordpress.com)

How To Become More Unstoppable Every Day

August 26, 2013August 29, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

How To Become More Unstoppable Every Day | Fast Company | Business + Innovation.

Austin’s Fast 50: Companies with phenomenal growth (bizjournals.com)

The rise of artisanal publishing

May 18, 2013July 2, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Call It “Artisanal,” And 5 Other Ways To Crush Self-Publishing
By: Sam Harrison, fastcompany.com

When former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki submitted what he believed was a perfect manuscript to a professional copyeditor, the editor found 1,500 errors. So he knows a thing or two (or 1,500) about how to self-publish the right way. Read on for h…

Call It “Artisanal,” And 5 Other Ways To Crush Self-Publishing http://flip.it/3Pa0G http://flip.it/leion

Call It “Artisanal,” And 5 Other Ways To Crush Self-Publishing (fastcompany.com)
iUniverse Publishing: How To Be Your Own Copyeditor (iuniversepublishing.wordpress.com)
Guy Kawasaki’s Best Tips for Publishing Your Own Book (entrepreneur.com)
Artisanal (cultofajracewood.wordpress.com)
Why Quality Editing is Crucial When You Self-Publish (Part Three – Copyediting) (projecteve.com)
Guy Kawasaki’s Best Tips for Publishing Your Own Book (newspodge.wordpress.com)

Tweet yourself to a dream job

May 18, 2013July 2, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

How To Tweet Your Way To Your Dream Job
By: Lydia Dishman, fastcompany.com

Three out of four people are in constant job-search mode and, increasingly, Twitter is their tool of choice. Here’s how to make 140 characters work for you.

Can a tweet—or three—land you a dream job?

That’s a question Taylor Aldredge now…

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How To Tweet Your Way To Your Dream Job (fastcompany.com)
#HireJodi: Pittsgrove woman uses social media to hopefully land dream job on Ellen DeGeneres Show (nj.com)
140 more characters to follow on Twitter (bizjournals.com)
The New York Times’ first blogger Nick Kristof on journalism in a digital world and the age of activism (nextlevelofnews.com)
Twitter Is the New Haiku (theatlantic.com)
“Creativity in 140 Characters” – Guy Yalif and Internet Week New York (socialmediatoday.com)

Why aren’t there more women in engineering? Because they’re sane.

April 10, 2013June 21, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Why You Can’t Find Women Engineers: They’re Too Well-Rounded
By: Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com

“Not lack of ability, but more choice,” say researchers.

Silicon Valley’s hottest companies are hurting for women engineers. And many pixels have been spilled trying to figure out why. The answer, according to a study released by Pitt…

Why You Can’t Find Women Engineers: They’re Too Well-Rounded http://flip.it/qpNo0 http://flip.it/qBeTo

A Social Networking App To Empower The World’s Women (womennewsnetwork.net)
Do Women Make Better Billionaires? (women2.com)
Can We Move Beyond the MOOC to Reclaim Open Learning? by Anya Kamenetz, Huffington Post (hastac.org)
Join Us To Hear About The Future Of Education (fastcoexist.com)
3D Printing – A new World (yintimesyang.wordpress.com)
Former GMO Engineer Drops Biotech and Goes Organic (rinf.com)
Join Us To Hear About The Future Of Work And Jobs (fastcoexist.com)
Leadership Ensemble (bossofthelivingdead.wordpress.com)

Write a good bio

March 22, 2013June 19, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

The Art Of Writing Your Own Bio: How To Toot Your Horn Without Sounding Like A Blowhard
By Jonathan Rick, fastcompany.com

The problem with your bio isn’t the boasting—it’s who’s doing the boasting.

After college, I did what most liberal arts grads do when they come to Washington: I interned at a think tank. As I subsequently embarked on my career, I shied…

The Art Of Writing Your Own Bio: How To Toot Your Horn Without Sounding Like A Blowhard http://flip.it/LBp5t http://flip.it/UqWTS

Leadership Ensemble (bossofthelivingdead.wordpress.com)
Fast Company Is Seeking A Digital Project Manager (fastcompany.com)
“Our Robot Overlords Will Teach Us To Be More Productive, Better Collaborators” #dbpvids #dbpfavs (dbpxhaust.wordpress.com)

The most innovative social media companies

February 26, 2013June 15, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

The Most Innovative Social Media Companies 2013
By: FAST COMPANY STAFF, fastcompany.com

In an increasingly social world, if you’re not evolving, you’re not winning. These companies impress us with their social media savvy.

1_Tencent

For building a suite of communications apps that 300 million Chinese are talking through.…

RT @30SecMBA: 10 #fcmostinnovative social businesses you can learn from: http://flip.it/YQXIo http://flip.it/HFm2K

15 Actionable Takeaways From Social Media Marketing World 2013 (mydigitalbrand.wordpress.com)
15 Actionable Takeaways From Social Media Marketing World 2013 (socialmediaexaminer.com)

Visualizing the languages of NYC

February 26, 2013June 15, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management

Infographic: The Languages Of New York, Mapped By Tweets
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

Who speaks which languages in New York? One team looked at 8.5 million tweets to map it out.

It looks like every block of NYC has been wrapped in Christmas lights, but in reality, you’re looking at the nine most prominently tweeted…

RT @FastCompany: Via @FastCoDesign, Infographic: The Languages of New York, Mapped By Tweets http://flip.it/VMQWa http://flip.it/Hh2nO

How New York Tweeted During Hurricane Sandy (ritholtz.com)

Bridge design residencies

February 26, 2013June 15, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management

“Bridge” Design Residencies Will Offer Plum Jobs At Path, Pinterest, And Airbnb
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

A new program by the Designer Fund will pair great designers with great startups. It raises the question: Why’s this marriage so hard in the first place?

Path, Dropbox, Pinterest, Airbnb. They’re some of the most high-profile startups in the…

RT @FastCompany: “Bridge” Design Residencies Will Offer Plum Jobs At Path, Pinterest, And Airbnb http://flip.it/x9TF4 http://flip.it/TUG5A

Would You Use Airbnb in a Disaster? Airbnb is Planning on It! (disaster-net.com)
Airbnb announces tool to help find emergency shelter for disaster victims (digitaltrends.com)
How design thinking transformed Airbnb from a failing startup to a billion dollar business (entrepreneurshipmatters.com)
Airbnb’s disaster response tool to help survivors find free housing (video) (engadget.com)
Let’s help Airbnb rebuild the bridge it just burned (blogs.law.harvard.edu)

Co working spaces and working beyond the cube

February 26, 2013June 15, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Coworking Spaces From GRid70 To Grind Help Employees Work Beyond The Cube
By Greg Lindsay, fastcompany.com

AT&T, Zappos, and other companies are sharing office space with strangers— and not to save rent.

In 2011, when the electronics firm Plantronics redesigned its headquarters in Santa Cruz, Califo …

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The Science of Serendipity in the Workplace (zedie.wordpress.com)
Leadership Ensemble (bossofthelivingdead.wordpress.com)
“a Brand Is a C… (jasonwesterman.wordpress.com)

Bio mimicry and resilient design

February 4, 2013June 13, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Creating Resilence By Following Nature’s Lead
BY ERIN LEITCH, fastcoexist.com

The natural world has found ways to work and live in harmony for a long time. If we want to also survive and create sustainability systems, biomimicry may be the key.

The operating conditions of life are literally symphonic: They are a…

RT @cosekoski: “We can build resilience into our businesses using nature as a model w/biomimicry” @FastCompany @fastcoexist http://flip.it/1UBpC http://flip.it/c5WdY

Biomimicry (rs450fisher.wordpress.com)
Design Inspiration From Nature (rs450jackson.wordpress.com)
Design Inspiration from Nature (ajjackson1017.wordpress.com)
Nature of Economics: Biomimicry (rs450seo.wordpress.com)
Buildings built by bacteria (boingboing.net)
Don’t miss the first Biomimicry Global Conference (treehugger.com)

Apple’s trademarked stores

February 4, 2013June 13, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management

Take A World Tour Of Apple’s Newly Trademarked Stores
By Addy Dugdale, fastcompany.com

First it won ownership of a rountangle—that’s a rectangle with rounded corners—and now Apple has patented its store design. You know, lots of giant glass, pale wood, and nerds in royal-blue tees.

Apple has won itself a trademark for its retai…

RT @FastCompany: Take A World Tour Of Apple’s Newly Trademarked Stores http://flip.it/8SEhr http://flip.it/DSlFj

Apple’s New TV Commercial (technoteamblog.wordpress.com)
Apple adds around a million new store accounts (most with credit cards) every two days (sexymacman.wordpress.com)
Apple to create virtual currency “iMoney” on 6/6/2013 (666) (seeker401.wordpress.com)
Apple’s new ad showcases apps that change lives: Smart prosthetics, democratized health care and more (thenextweb.com)

Re-imagining the words of work

February 4, 2013June 13, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Why Tweaking Your Career Vocabulary Can Radically Improve Your Life
By Amber Rae, fastcompany.com

Reimagining the words we use to define work—and ourselves—is a powerful exercise.

Words are powerful. The language we use influences how we think, feel, act, and interact with the world. That’s why I propose a new kind of dictionary. O…

RT @FastCompany: Why Tweaking Your Career Vocabulary Can Radically Improve Your Life http://flip.it/TiF3n http://flip.it/aXxCJ

[Info-graphic] How to lead a creative life via FastCompany (thedigitalglaze.wordpress.com)
“a Brand Is a C… (jasonwesterman.wordpress.com)
Jenna Lyons | Fast Company (alexandragamez.wordpress.com)

The year of car sharing

February 4, 2013November 23, 2025 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Is This The Year We Ditch Our Cars And Start Sharing?
Markus Barnikel, fastcoexist.com

The CEO of Carpooling.com discusses what’s going to make 2013 a huge year for ridesharing.2012 marked a big year for the sharing economy with new launches, explosive growth rates, and millions spent in venture capital funding. In 2013, the growth …

RT @FastCompany: Is This The Year We Ditch Our Cars And Start Sharing? http://flip.it/LdOaT http://flip.it/3sGoy

High-Fructose Corn Syrup Is Bad For Everything: It Might Be Killing The Bees | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation (fastcoexist.com)
Find A Free Desk In Someone’s Office, And Feel More Creative | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation (fastcoexist.com)
Online VC Firm FundersClub Raises $1.1 Mln in Fund to Aid Startups (pehub.com)
Big thumbs-up for car-sharing as online hitch-hiking takes off (thescottishsun.co.uk)

Hypnotic time lapse videos

February 4, 2013June 13, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management

Watch: Days Pass In Minutes In These Hypnotic Beach Videos
By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com

An L.A. artist attempts to capture the passage of time within a single video frame—no drugs needed.

Xárene Eskandar wants you to feel awe.

The Los Angeles media artist, whose past work ranges from tree pods to a Google marriage proposal,…

RT @FastCompany: Watch: Days Pass In Minutes In These Hypnotic Beach Videos http://flip.it/i7Zih http://flip.it/xtEVe

Fast Company Is Seeking A Digital Project Manager (fastcompany.com)
The Unlikely Evolution Of The @ Symbol | Co.Design: business + innovation + design (fastcodesign.com)
Social Media for Artists by @InnovateToday (integratedalliances.com)

17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley

January 17, 2013April 26, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley
By Linda Tischler, fastcodesign.com

David Kelley is well-known for his astute application of design thinking to many of life’s intractable problems. Less known is that he’s also a veritable Dr. Phil of good advice about life, careers, and the importance of not being a…

RT @FastCompany: “You’re the best version of yourself when you manage to have fun doing your work.” http://flip.it/VakRi http://flip.it/w8fOL

David Kelley on creative confidence (agkowalczyk.wordpress.com)
David Kelley of IDEO talks “design thinking” on 60 Minutes (ted.com)
To Create The Future Of Brand Identity, IDEO Looks Inward (fastcodesign.com)
What Is Design Thinking? (blogs.sap.com)

Tag, Share, And Set Your Life To Music With SoundTracking

January 17, 2013April 26, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Knowledge Management

Tag, Share, And Set Your Life To Music With SoundTracking
By Tyler Gray, fastcompany.com

Schematic Labs cofounder and CEO and former imeem CMO Steve Jang says he’s making it easier to share yourself through music (and maybe hook up with your rock ‘n’ roll crush).

You’re already soundtracking your life, whether or not you use…

RT @FastCompany: Steve Jang Helps SoundTracking Users Score (Their Lives) http://flip.it/RsMF7 http://flip.it/WfhFQ

6 Ways Twitter #Music Is Already Changing The Way We Listen (fastcompany.com)

DIY drone filmmaking replaces expensive Hollywood tech

December 15, 2012April 15, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital Health, Ethnographic Methods, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Watch this: ‘Firefly,’ a stylish skateboarding video shot with a drone
By Adi Robertson, theverge.com

Skateboarders have been taping their tricks with jury-rigged video setups since the advent of camcorders, but the producers of short and beautiful video Firefly took the next logical step: using a camera mounted to a hexacopte…

Watch this: ‘Firefly,’ a stylish skateboarding video shot with a drone | The Verge http://flip.it/l696G http://flip.it/tiPNu

“How Military-Style Drones are Changing Adventure Filmmaking” by Joe Spring, Outside Magazine (jakechristieblog.wordpress.com)
Brace Yourselves, Drone Journalism Is Coming (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
Life Saving Drones (enhancedtech.wordpress.com)

Smartest cities in America Fast Company ranking

December 7, 2012April 9, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Sustainable Design

Smartest Cities In America: Fast Company Ranks Brainiest Cities
Aaron Sankin, huffingtonpost.com

How brainy is your ‘hood? That’s the question posed by Dr. Boyd Cohen in a recent article published in Fast Company.

Cohen looked at cities across North America and rated them on a “smart city” scale based on characteristics ranging…

http://flip.it/S4G4J

This Fact About Income Inequality Will Blow Your Mind (huffingtonpost.com)
How to Pitch Your Tech Product/Client to FastCompany (mediabistro.com)
Fast Company Releases its top 50 (mcsaatchimobile.com)
Medical Marijuana Inc.’s Dixie Elixirs and Edibles Brand featured on Fast Company (prnewswire.com)
Fast Company Announces 2013 Ranking of World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies (virtual-strategy.com)

Fuck Cancer CEO Yael Cohen On You Can’t Please Everybody

December 1, 2012May 24, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

By Neil Janowitz, fastcompany.com

Lessons:

“Sometimes people are offended by the name, which is obviously never our intention. But I’ve learned that we’re not here to please everyone, and I’m ok with that. Not everybody loves what we do—and that’s probably for …

Fuck Cancer CEO Yael Cohen On You Can’t Please Everybody

What’s Trending With…Yael Cohen? The F%#@ Cancer Founder on Starting a Movement (youngentrepreneur.com)
12 PR Don’ts for Online Entrepreneurs (business2community.com)
13 Questions to Ask Your First Startup Hires (businessinsider.com)

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