Innovation & Creativity
Finland has an education system the US should envy – and learn from | Linda Moore | Comment is free
Barack Obama at a charter school in Washington, DC. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Not so long ago, we featured a radical proposal for New York City’s payphones.
NYC Subways Deploy A Touch-Screen Network, Complete With Apps
DNA Test for Ancestry from National Geographic | Genographic Project
Join the more than half a million people who have already taken part in National Geographic's groundbreaking Genographic Project—contribute to this real-time scientific effort and learn more about yourself than you ever thought possible.
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Kick-Ass Writer Mark Millar on Why Superhero Genre Was Due for Overhaul | Underwire
Not all cameras are created equal. We take a look at some that changed photography forever.
The amazing stories of the world’s most iconic cameras
The 11th Principle of Good Design | Wells Riley
The 11th Principle of Good Design I talk about Dieter Rams a lot.
From the art of the pitch to a smooth sale and everything in between, these seven tenets come straight from the annals of successful startups.
7 Pearls Of Startup Wisdom From Investors and Innovators Who Matter
By the book! The 5 best movies based on novels
Recently, the movie business has all been about comic books and Lycra. But what about the much loved novel? The ability to check out countless books and films on your smartphone is one of the great things about living in the future.Customers don’t just adopt innovations; they alter them, adapt to them, and are changed by them.
What Google Gets That Others Don’t: Innovation Evolves Customers
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the best street art in Helsinki
Since today is Friday and I’m sure many of you are already looking forward to the weekend, I’ve decided to showcase some of the amazing street art I discussed in my last post about Helsinki.A short while ago, I wrote an article on this site suggesting that you can’t build a brand simply by setting out to build a brand. And in fact, thinking too much about brands can actually get in the way of the real business of your company. I suggested that you try an experiment: Stop talking about brands for a month, and see what happens.
Why Branding Is An Artifact Of The Past
The art of animation is a lot older than you think. Walt Disney might have brought it to the masses in the 1920s, but the first projected animation came courtesy of a machine called the magic lantern invented way back in 1650. Things have changed immeasurably since then.
Cartoon time! A day in the life of an animator
Truthfully, I thought everyone knew about the ‘Lucky 7 Lounge’.