One of the great privileges of being a journalist is getting to meet some of the world's most influential business thinkers and doers. And an even greater privilege is sharing...
As far as gaming goes, the E3 Expo generates the biggest headlines. But there's another conference worth your attention and it's going on now. The GDC, or Game Developers Conference,...
Earlier this month, Innovation & Design senior writer Jessie Scanlon wrote a piece on the work of engineer, entrepreneur and MacArthur Fellow, Saul Griffith. Griffith, who last year got attention...
Earlier this week, we published a Q&A; with Google's user experience director, Irene Au, who discussed the challenges of trying to create design consistency within an engineering-driven culture. "To some...
More BusinessWeek readers believe that taking risks is more important than stability right now. That's clear from the latest survey results from our online poll on BusinessWeek.com on the state...
Dell just unveiled its new luxury line of laptops, called Adamo, today. I just received one from the company to look at while I'm in Austin. It's as slim as...
One interesting conversation I had today at South X Southwest in Austin was with Moshe Tamssot, Kraft's VP of New Services. Yes, it might seem odd that Kraft was a...
Twitter isn't Facebook yet. But if you haven't been there, the site is becoming a terrific place to keep up on celebs. Like who? Like Martha Stewart, Al Gore, and...
You've seen it at the top of Facebook's pages, "Changes to the Home page are coming soon." The company is livening up the page with a more constantly updating news...
Kevin Rose of Digg came in to see us earlier today, and BusinessWeek tech reporter Doug Macmillan put some reader questions to the founder of the social news site....
How will the economic crisis affect the way innovative start-ups raise money? That’s the question that prompted this post, and that led me back to this June 2008 article by...
Last week, I attended the MX (“managing experience”) conference in San Francisco. Hosted by the design firm, Adaptive Path, the conference blurb declared: “In this tightening economy, it's more crucial...
Short notice, I know, but Digg's Kevin Rose is coming in to see my colleague Doug Macmillan (@dmac1) tomorrow morning. They'll be recording a separate video interview discussing Kevin's work...
I'm a pretty big vinyl junkie, so I thought I'd share with you guys some amazing turntables. This site - www.nylvi.com - put together a list of "The World's Most...
Since my article, "Pushing the Limits of Crowdsourcing," went up earlier in the week, some more interesting tidbits have been thrown my way. It's obvious that this is a successful...
I've been busy working on the Most Innovative Companies special report and exclusive ranking, to be published on April 9, along with the team here at BusinessWeek. It's based on...
As a venture capitalist, Pascal Levensohn must be an optimist by nature. Why else would he direct his San Francisco VC fund to invest in startups that have little going...
Alberto Alessi, the managing director of renowned Italian design company Alessi, visited the BusinessWeek headquarters today--and he sat down and addressed five questions from our readers. His answers might surprise...
I'm in San Francisco, at the MX conference, an annual event purporting to explain the business value of design. Up on stage this morning? Forrester VP and principal analyst, Bruce...
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