59 posts and columns on Fast Company

Bing and You’re Modeling Every Object on the Planet

We’re literally no longer indexing text. We’re trying to associate data that exists on the web in all forms with the physical object that spawned it in the first place.

– Bing director Stefan Weitz, in an interview with Fast Company’s E.B. Boyd

Fast Company Pops Onto the Flash Sales Scene for Designer Edition

in Commerce on September 14, 2011 at 6:02 am PT

Fast Company is not just writing about the U.S.-designed items featured in next month’s edition of the magazine. It’s selling them.
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Chartbeat Says the Rise of the Machines Won't Be So Bad if You're a Cyborg

in Media on January 4, 2011 at 7:46 am PT

Or why Tony Haile wants you to learn to stop worrying and love data–and pay up for a subscription to Newsbeat, his new analytics service.

Web Commerce Isn't Really Social…Yet

in Social on December 29, 2010 at 9:24 pm PT

Social and e-commerce seem like they could be an explosive combination, but current darlings Groupon and Gilt Groupe are only scratching the surface.

Plastic Logic (Finally) Shows Off The Que, Its (Very Expensive) Kindle Competitor

in Media on January 7, 2010 at 8:27 am PT

After promising to deliver its take on Amazon’s Kindle for a couple of years, Plastic Logic is finally delivering: Here comes the Que, which the company promises is “more than an eReader.” It had better be: The first two versions of the gadget will cost $649 and $799.
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Nick Denton’s Payroll Shrinks by One: Right-Hand Man Noah Robischon to Fast Company

in Media on November 12, 2008 at 10:30 am PT

On the same day Gawker Media’s Nick Denton makes a splash with dire pronouncements about the future of media, he is also doing some internal reshuffling: Right-hand man Noah Robischon is moving on to Mansueto Ventures, where he will oversee Web operations for what the company is calling “Fast Company Media.”

Forrester CEO: Here's a Little Song I Wrote …

in News on October 27, 2008 at 11:09 am PT

Wonderful news. The recession’s impact on the tech sector will not be nearly as pronounced as its predecessor’s, which turned Webvan’s refrigerated Freightliner trucks into hipster moving vans and made the Pets.com mascot piddle itself into oblivion like a submissive puppy. That’s the word from Forrester Research CEO George Colony, who believes the current downturn will be far kinder to tech than the one that heralded The Great Dark Time of 2001-2003.

Forrester CEO: Here’s a Little Song I Wrote …

in News on October 27, 2008 at 11:09 am PT

Wonderful news. The recession’s impact on the tech sector will not be nearly as pronounced as its predecessor’s, which turned Webvan’s refrigerated Freightliner trucks into hipster moving vans and made the Pets.com mascot piddle itself into oblivion like a submissive puppy. That’s the word from Forrester Research CEO George Colony, who believes the current downturn will be far kinder to tech than the one that heralded The Great Dark Time of 2001-2003.

Two Don't-Miss Dead-Tree Pieces on AOL's Downturn and Arianna's Upturn

in News on March 25, 2008 at 1:50 am PT

I usually don’t have a lot of time to get through big, long thumbsuckers in magazines any more–what can I say? I can hardly keep up with my Twitter feed–but here are two worth a look.