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How Customer Conversation can Be the Keystone of Your MarketingSo You Say You Want a Definition — What is Designing?Graduation Speeches: The Rules of Life and CSRGreen Opportunities in the Hudson ValleyEconomics and Truth: CultureofFuture.com and IDEO93. Bill Bensley99. Jenova ChenAs Consumers’ Demands Change, Designers Are All in the Behavior BusinessCreating a Post-Crisis Economy: How to Design a Participatory System“Design for a Living World” Connects Consumers to a Product’s SourceHollywood’s Rogue Mogul: How Terminator Director McG Is Blowing Up the Movie BusinessTwitter’s tweet out quickly.Surprising Lessons from the Susan Boyle CrazeSee-Through Sink Trap is So Clever Your Plumber Will Hate ItSeven Curious Things Online this WeekWelcoming Guest Blogger Robert Fabricant: Designing for the UnpredictableWhy Seattle is the Most Creative City of 2009Fast Cities 2009: The 13 Most Creative Cities in the WorldSelgas Cano Architecture Office: An Office Perfect for Forest SpritesGoogle To Take Its Servers to the High Seas?Build Strong Relationships for SuccessA 300-Ton Piece of Advertising: Too Successful?Pre Is Dead, Long Live Eos: Tech Pundits Are Split on Palm’s FutureWhere’s Our Eco-Friendly LED Lighting?Live Search Makes Twitter Even More RelevantShelfari Brings Social Networking to Book ReadingThe 39 Clues: Reading Is Just Part of the GameCan E-book Readers Like the Sony Reader Dominate the Industry in 10 Years?Blurb’s $30 Million Sold Proves Print Still RocksHarperStudio: A New Book Publishing Model That Pays Authors 50-50Letter From the Editor: What We Can’t Live WithoutBiotechs Wage War on SuperbugsHow to Monitor Your Brand 24/7Hobo 3.0: A Convention for the New, New, New Economy!Old Spice Smells Like a Billion BucksUC Davis’s Energy Efficiency Center Makes Conservation SexyFeedbackUpdateHoneywell’s GPS-based Landing Tech Could Save Airlines BillionsInside the Next-Gen GPS-based Airplane Landing SystemThree Secrets to Make a Message Go ViralThree Successful Viral Marketing CampaignsMeth Mouth: Tom Siebel’s Brash Anti-Crystal CampaignHorror Flicks: Graphic Meth Ads [Video]Now: May 2009The Business of Barbecue“Design for a Living World” Connects Consumers to a Product’s SourceMeet the Famous Faces at Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual MeetingThe Doctor of the FutureWhy Electronic Health Records Are Worth the Hype — and the PriceSeattle: City of the YearInnovators Reveal Cool, Creative Spots in SeattleFast Cities: San FranciscoFast Cities: TucsonFast Cities: Taipei, TaiwanFast Cities: New OrleansFast Cities: Malmö, SwedenFast Cities: DenverFast Cities: ChicagoFast Cities: HoustonFast Cities: Vancouver, British ColumbiaFast Cities: PhiladelphiaFast Cities: New YorkMobile App ManiaThe StorekeeperThe DeveloperThe SuperfanThe Brand ManThe Ad GuyThe EntrepreneurTop AppsThe Top Mobile AppsMcG’s $2 Billion MachineHollywood’s Rogue Mogul: How Terminator Director McG Is Blowing Up the Movie BusinessUVSunSense Wristbands Monitor Your Exposure to the SunUVSunSense Wristbands Monitor Your Exposure to the SunSonicWALL’s Telecommuting Calculator Reports How Much You Save by Working From HomeCellphone Satisfaction Study: Consumers Prefer Smartphones Over Dumb OnesLive Search Makes Twitter Even More RelevantCreating a Post-Crisis Economy: How to Design a Participatory SystemGoogle Brings Location-Based Search to Your PCPre Is Dead, Long Live Eos: Tech Pundits Are Split on Palm’s FutureMicrosoft Turns Nice Guy? Windows 7 Release Candidate Free for a YearHow to Build Plasma Arc SpeakersFast Cities: ClevelandWhere’s Our Eco-Friendly LED Lighting?A 300-Ton Piece of Advertising: Too Successful?Forget TV Dinners: Microwaving Tires is the Next Big ThingMSNBC.com’s Experiment in Web DesignGoogle To Take Its Servers to the High Seas?Selgas Cano Architecture Office: An Office Perfect for Forest SpritesBreathing Bud Shines a Light on Bad AirOMG! EnerNOC Brings Instant Messaging to the Smart GridGoogle Rents Goats to Replace Lawnmowers and FertilizerCreating a Post-Crisis Economy: Control Your Own Health CareWhat Exactly Is a “Passive House” and Why Should I Care?MSNBC.com’s Experiment in Web DesignGoogle Brings Location-Based Search to Your PCHow to Build Plasma Arc SpeakersRomancing the Dilapidated: What Will Post-Recession Décor Look Like?Hulu Gets ‘Lost’ With Disney’s Equity StakeGreenjets: A Carpooling Service for Private PlanesMy Business Book ChallengeGood Stories Make for Communication SuccessOne in a Billion: iHandy Level – A ‘Yes to Less’ ReviewCellphone Satisfaction Study: Consumers Prefer Smartphones Over Dumb Ones2009 National Design Award Winners: A Whirlwind TourStep Aside E-Ink: The Electrofluidic Future of E-Paper Is HereApple Creating Chip-Tech Brain-Tank, but Why?Flickr Lays Off Engineering TalentFlip UltraHD Is Pure Digital’s Best Pocket Camcorder YetFast Company Magazine May 2009 Issue OnlineWhat Exactly Is a “Passive House” and Why Should I Care?Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Control Your Own Health CareStopping Swine Flu Through Better Design [UPDATED]Flip UltraHD Is Pure Digital’s Best Pocket Camcorder YetFlickr Lays Off Engineering TalentMotion-Capture Invention Promises WETA Digital Effects on a YouTube BudgetAltered States, Instant Classics, Magnetic AttractionsRomancing the Dilapidated: What Will Post-Recession Décor Look Like?Apple Creating Chip-Tech Brain-Tank, but Why?Panasonic Releasing 37-Inch OLED TV Within Two YearsStep Aside E-Ink: The Electrofluidic Future of E-Paper Is HereMy 100 Days Report Card2009 National Design Award Winners: A Whirlwind TourA Spoon Full Of Sugar Helps Investors Take Their MedicineAll Physicians Are Not Created Equal: How to Fix Medicine’s Two-Party SystemOne in a Billion: iHandy Level – A ‘Yes to Less’ ReviewHulu Gets ‘Lost’ With Disney’s Equity StakeMy Business Book ChallengeYou Can’t Handle the Truth! (Col. Jessup “A Few Good Men”)Three Rs to Become Three Rs Plus Google in U.K. SchoolsAmerican Express’s Kenneth I. Chenault on LeadershipSmart Electric Vehicle Recharger Defends the Grid While Saving You MoneySeven Curious Things Online this WeekSmartSynch Future-Proofs the Smart Grid12 Terrifying Pieces of Furniture That Will Give Your Children NightmaresDrawing on BrillianceCreating a Post-Crisis Economy: Why We Need Economic DashboardsCarbon Credits Miss the PointAltered States, Instant Classics, Magnetic AttractionsAnother Pillar of the EconomySnøhetta Wins Europe’s Most Prestigious Architecture PrizeMotion-Capture Invention Promises WETA Digital Effects on a YouTube BudgetHow Safe is Food Packaging?FC Tweetstream: Has the Web Made It Too Easy to Steal Ideas, and Wait, Do Ideas Even Matter?Norman Foster Fixes the Economy With $24 Million Super YachtHow Good Is ‘Doing Good’?Could Microsoft Build a Great Phone?Worried About LayoffsJeans Day In The OfficeNine Trillion Dollars in DebtDoes the Palm Pre’s Low-Build Price Suggest a Cheaply-Made, Inferior Product?Do Whatever It Takes to Create Your Success12 Terrifying Pieces of Furniture That Will Give Your Children NightmaresCreating a Post-Crisis Economy: Why We Need Economic DashboardsSolar-Powered Digital Scarecrow Keeps Nosy Animals at BayNorman Foster Fixes the Economy With $24 Million Super YachtCould Rumored “PSP Go” Save Sony’s Tiny Games Machine?The Forest-Friendly Tree Harvester Is Not an OxymoronCarbon Credits Miss the Point60% of Twitterers Quit After a Month, but Does It Matter?Does the Palm Pre’s Low-Build Price Suggest a Cheaply-Made, Inferior Product?Could Microsoft Build a Great Phone?Aveda: Certifiably Sustainable From the Cradle to the GraveWi-Fi N and WHDI Battle for Wireless HDTV Across Your HomeHitachi Speeds Into Hybrids with World’s Most Efficient Lithium-Ion BatterySnøhetta Wins Europe’s Most Prestigious Architecture PrizeCreating a Post-Crisis Economy: Learning to Measure ParticipationThe Year’s Best Magazine DesignDesign Glut: Is There Too Much Design?Prayer-Powered LED LightingThe Forest-Friendly Tree Harvester Is Not an OxymoronBest of Milan Furniture Fair 2009How Do You Create a Technology Revolution? By Telle Whitney, CEO, Anita Borg InstituteFour Architecural Visions of the Green House of the FutureIntegrity and SuccessWork/Life: If You’re a Hotel, the “AIG Effect” Is RealApple-Verizon Rumors: New iPhone and Mac Tablet on the Way?Glue: The Next Marketing Tool for CreativesThe Coolest Schools in the WorldNokia Leaks Its “Mini Computer” Smartphone PlansCHANGE IS THE NEW NORMALThe Perils of Being a Bluetooth BlowhardThe Coolest Schools in the WorldNokia Leaks Its “Mini Computer” Smartphone PlansWould You Live in a House Made of Sh*t?Twitter Catches Swine Flu, But Don’t Shoot the MessengerAspen Skiing Company’s Auden Schendler on Big Levers, Blue Collars and BourbonDesign Glut: Is There Too Much Design?Glue: The Next Marketing Tool for CreativesBad Apples Do Spoil the Barrel: How Companies Can Use their CSR Dollars to Develop Leaders While Also Making the World BetterApple-Verizon Rumors: New iPhone and Mac Tablet on the Way?Lessons in Health Care From Giorgio ArmaniCreating a Post-Crisis Economy: Learning to Measure ParticipationS.COOP Coins Perpetuate a Localized EconomyFour Architecural Visions of the Green House of the FutureResults vs. Excuses: Which one would you choose?Cablevision vs. Verizon FiOS: The Battle for Fastest Internet Speeds ContinuesFC Tweetstream: Has the Web Made It Too Easy to Steal Ideas, and Wait, Do Ideas Even Matter?The Year’s Best Magazine DesignFlexpeaker: The $20 Paper SpeakerHypermiling: Ford Fusion Goes 1,446 Miles on a Single Tank of GasHey, Zen Master: Email Is Not a Forum for PhilosophyThe Perils of Being a Bluetooth BlowhardLife Lesson for College: Your Major Doesn’t MatterStopping Swine Flu Through Better Design [UPDATED]Front Design: Girl Power at the Milan Furniture Fair 2009Can ZipCar Remake Government Fleets?Milan 2009: Teresa Sapey Lights Via Monte Napoleone With Her Paper LanternsMilan 2009: Limited Edition Vases By BarberOsgerbyMilan 2009: Only The Strong Survive At The Public Design FestivalMilan 2009: Enzo Mari’s Young At Heart At DaneseEscape From Cubicle Nation Hits the Streets ThursdayMilan 2009: Alcohol Meets Design At Veuve Clicquot LoungeMilan 2009: Exhausted Patrons Seek Refuge In Boa Sofa’s Cushiony ComfortTricklestar’s Trickleswitch Combats PC Vampire PowerSolar Installation – how long does it take?Front Design: Girl Power at the Milan Furniture Fair 2009NRDC’s Online Renewable Energy Map Examines Cleantech Potential in the U.S.Milan 2009: A Peek At The MGX Concept Car By MaterialiseMilan 2009: Teresa Sapey Lights Via Monte Napoleone With Her Paper LanternsMilan 2009: Limited Edition Vases By BarberOsgerbyMilan 2009: Enzo Mari’s Young At Heart At DanesePizza-Dough Throwers Teach Scientists How to Build a Nanoscale MotorMilan 2009: Alcohol Meets Design At Veuve Clicquot LoungeDream Cars From Concorso d’Eleganza 2009Milan 2009: Exhausted Patrons Seek Refuge In Boa Sofa’s Cushiony ComfortMilan 2009: Marenco Novella’s Coat of Many ColorsQuiet the Worry Tornado for SuccessMilan 2009: All Female Swedish Designers Take The Decks At Z ClubMilan 2009: Quisaz-Quisaz Let Patrons Play Love Doctor At Love Design Book LaunchMilan 2009: The Diesel for Successful Living Band Shines– LiterallySpring Comes to the Printed Page: Visionaire’s Light-Sensitive MagazinePhilips Unveils an “Emotion Shirt” for Video GamersAndroid Rising: Samsung i7500 Smartphone and Alpha 680 NetbookWhere is Swine Flu? [Google Map Mashup]Where is Swine Flu? [Google Map Mashup]Taste Test: Is Illy’s Canned Coffee Premium Enough?Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Moving Beyond ConsumptionOnlineFamily Takes Honest Approach to Controlling Kids’ Internet TimeWelcoming Guest Blogger Tim Brown: Can We Design a Post-Crisis Economy?Philips Unveils an “Emotion Shirt” for Video GamersFlip’s Ultra HD Camcorder Battles Genius and Kodak for Your PocketSpring Comes to the Printed Page: Visionaire’s Light-Sensitive MagazineTomorrow Matters: Ignoring the Future Is Undermining the PresentDotComplacency: Step away from that mouse and just talk to meMilan 2009: Only The Strong Survive At The Public Design FestivalSierra Nevada Brewing Co. Gets Electric Vehicle Charging StationsAndroid Rising: Samsung i7500 Smartphone and Alpha 680 NetbookDe La Soul Partners with Apple and Nike to Release First Album in Five Years20-Megawatt Solar-Power Tower Could Fry You Like an AntPizza-Dough Throwers Teach Scientists How to Build a Nanoscale MotorCan ZipCar Remake Government Fleets?Reegle: Google for Renewable Energy?From Housing to Banks to Revenue…