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Sometimes, Microsoft Designs Great Things. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Ever MatterWindows 8: The Boldest, Biggest Redesign In Microsoft’s HistoryMicrosoft Creates A 20-Gigapixel “Where’s Waldo?” Of SeattleNeXT Cofounder George Crow Reflects On Engineering The First MacintoshHow Steve Jobs Almost Put A Little Man In Every MacPhotos: The Opportunity Rover’s 10 Years On MarsThe Recommender: Kathleen Davis, Roller Derby JeerleaderUber Admits To Aggressively Trying To Steal Rival’s DriversThe Weird, Hyper-Incentivized World Of “Bug Bounties”How Facebook’s Mobile Ad Network Could (Finally) Upend A Backwards IndustryComputational Fashion Design And How Will It Make Us All Look AwesomeWatch This Empty Room Turn Into A Mini-ForestHow “Her” Would Sound With Philip Seymour Hoffman Instead Of Scarlett JohanssonMicrosoft’s Slightly Better Surface ProblemHow To Rebuild Venice, Using Programmable Water DropletsThe Masterful, Eye-Popping Posters Of Tom EckersleyWorking On Your Smartphone At Night Is Bad For ProductivityStephen Colbert Stars In Super Bowl Teaser, Behind-The-Scenes Video, For Wonderful PistachiosShepard Fairey And Tracey Emin Headline Art Show About CatsIn The Future, Google’s Robo-Cars Might Give You A Free Ride To Your Favorite StoreInfographic: Rock ‘N’ Roll Is On Its Way OutWatch Morpheus Struggle With His TV As Kia Teases Its Super Bowl Ad5 Free Apps To Help You Get Your Team On Track, Travel Smarter, And MoreGlasses That Turn Your Cocktail Into Conceptual ArtWhen Starchitects Attack: 4 High-Profile FeudsCaptain Kirk, Spiderman, and Power Rangers As Egyptian HieroglyphicsWhy A Touchscreen MacBook Probably Isn’t Happening Anytime Soon, According To AppleArtful Adman Graham Fink Makes It Official With First Solo ExhibitChinese Twitter Removed Two Giant, Naked Buddhas From The Top of This BuildingHow To Turn Colleges Into Incubators For Changemaking DesignEyetracking Study Reveals What People Actually Look At When Shopping OnlineThe Streets Of Ann Arbor Will Soon Be Filled With Driverless CarsWhy We Need A Market For Human OrgansThis Ad Agency Wants To Help Make Your Kickstarter Campaign A Hit16 Amazing Photographs From NASA’s Golden Age5 Completely Insane Portraits Of CrossFittersSci-Fi Device Lets Men And Women Swap BodiesThink You Know An Old Wives’ Tale From A True Health Fix?Find Out When You’ll Be Sick With The First Online Flu PredictorSaudi Arabia Does Not Like Boy Scout Troops or Therapy Dogs, According To Blocked Website ListHow One Website Set Out To Rebrand Vintage Fashion“This Is Who We Are Now:” Why Aerie Stopped Retouching The Models In Its AdsReal Underwear Models, Psycho Hipsters: The Top 5 Ads of the WeekWatch NASA’s 3-D Pizza Printer Make A (Sort Of) Tasty-Looking PizzaThis Is What 200 Calories Looks LikeFor Your Next Bike Ride, Bring Along This Friendly DroneThe Choreography Of Design, Treasure Hunts, And Hot Dogs That Have Made Costco So SuccessfulCEO of Grindr on The Power of Simplicity and Becoming an Unintentional ActivistThe Disappointing Effect Entrepreneurship Has On Your Sex LifeThe Secrets of The Best Public SpeakersNew Broadli App Will Help You Actually Use Your Sprawling LinkedIn NetworkWhy Even Geniuses Need HustleUtilitarianism Marketing–Being Useful While Getting Your Message Across4 Soft Skills That You Need To LearnMeet The Corporate Fixers: 5 Business Leaders Tasked With Tackling Big ProblemsWillingly Accept Constraints: How Rules Can Actually Make You More CreativeThe Beats Music App Is Generating Some Awesomely Strange SentencesIt’s Up To You Whether You See Beckham Naked Or Clothed In H&M’s Super Bowl AdHow Bluetooth Credit Card Skimmers Became The New CrowbarsWith a $1.75 Billion Valuation Under Its Belt, What’s Next For Stripe?Incredible Light Paintings Bring Wrecked Cars To LifePushing Back Against The NSA, Microsoft Will Store Foreign Users’ Data AbroadSarah McLachlan Urges You To Please Think of the Doberhuahua In This Super Bowl TeaserTwo Startup Veterans To Launch A Cat Café In San FranciscoHow A Former Oil Silo Turned Into One Of Helsinki’s LandmarksCleaning Bank Notes Could Save Millions Of Dollars (But Not As Much As Doing Away With Cash Completely)Kickstarter Loves This Children’s Book That Gets Kids Excited About CodingApple Wants To Measure Your Mood, Then Send You Targeted AdsWatch Newcastle’s Mega Huge S**** B*** Ad That Could’ve BeenThis Hotel Chain Put Its Bed On Top Of A Mountain To Prove How Comfy It IsAre You Faking When It Comes To Football? This Animated Guide Explains The Game For The UninitiatedLet’s Build A New Mesh Network To Replace The InternetAstronomers Pinpoint The Exact Moment Claude Monet Saw This Famous SunsetFitmob Rethinks The Neighborhood WorkoutInteractive Chart Tracks The Narrative Structure Of “The Hobbit”A Woman Designed The Paper BagSenior Cinephiles Recreate Classic Film Scenes For Retirement Home CalendarWhat San Francisco’s Muni System Would Look Like With A FaceliftHow Companies Harvest Data To Target The Most Financially And Emotionally VulnerableCruel Headset Makes Video Games Harder The More Frustrated You GetStartup Post-Mortems Offer All Sorts Of Surprising LessonsThis Man Claims He “Hacked” Kayak To Save Money On A Plane TicketAerial Photos Capture Iceland’s Hypnotizing RiversLightweight Tube Morphs Into 7 Different Outdoor ToolsHelvetica And Garamond Glasses Turn Fonts Into FramesHow “Guest Blog” Scammers Abuse Your Content Site With SEO ScamsIf The Immunity Project Crowdfunds This Synthetic AIDS Vaccine, They’ll Offer It Free To EveryoneAs Drug Resistance Grows, Should It Cost More To Feed Antibiotics To Animals?What If Your Phone Knew What You Wanted Before You Asked?A People-Powered Bike-Share Program Blooms In What Was Once The Worst Bike CityThe Faces People Make When They Visit The World Trade CenterHow Ingredient Lists Would Look For All-Natural FoodsOvercoming “Us vs. Them” ChallengesCheck Out The Art From Two “Sandman”-Themed ExhibitsThese Disturbing Dioramas Capture The Fight Over Google Buses In San Francisco7 Tools That Let You Control Your Own DataWhy Don’t Online Readers Like Italics?How Nintendo’s Crappy Developer Relationships Are Killing Its ConsolesThe 24/7 Living BrandThe Best Of Brooklyn’s New Architecture And Interior DesignIt Doesn’t Matter Whether Or Not You Like Your Open OfficeThe Two Emotions That Can Save Your Brain From BurnoutIs Squarespace’s New Logo Generator A Design Crime?Making “MItt:” A New Doc Takes A Candid Look At Candidate RomneySee Classic Artworks Come To Life In Spellbinding “Beauty” VideoThe 3 Crucial Digital Retail Trends of 20144 Lessons In Building A BrandThe Biggest Mistake You’re Making On Twitter5 Common Mistakes You’re Making With Your Email SignatureHow HarperCollins’s Chief Digital Officer Uses Big Data To Make Publishing More ProfitableHow Misplaced Anxiety Affects Your Decision MakingHow To Combat A Ridiculous Work Schedule And Stop Feeling So Overwhelmed5 Productive Ways To Respond To CriticismThe Neuroscience Of Effective LeadershipA Human at the Helm: Authentic Leadership for Full EngagementThis Was One Of PS4’s Biggest Design ChallengesNetflix Adds 2.3 Million Subscribers, Plans To Introduce New Pricing TiersJane Austen, Game Theorist? HaGoDaddy’s New Super Bowl Ad Ditches The Sleaze For Spray Tans And Muscle MenA (Nearly) Complete Online Toolkit For StartupsBeats Music Is The Latest Competitor Clamoring For Your EardrumsFacebook Begins Testing Its Mobile Ad NetworkShopify’s 2013: 82,000 Merchants, 22.7 Million Orders, $1.68 Billion In SalesArnold Schwarzenegger Visits A Gold’s Gym And Gives Workout Tips For CharityIf You Can’t Beat Them, Buy ThemHow Arduino Is Becoming The World’s Social Network For Hackers And MakersShaving Startup Harry’s Buys Razor Factory For $100 MillionRemade “American Psycho” Imagines Patrick Bateman As A Hipster, With Jeans Standing In For Business Cards“Call Of Duty” Kidnaps, Or “CODnaps” Gamers In Campaign Starring Boardwalk Empire’s Stephen GrahamSee CarMax’s Tribute to The Slow Clap–In Both Human and Puppy VersionsA Lost Dog StoryScratch That: This Is The Apple IWatch Of Your DreamsSquarespace Makes Designing A Logo Dead SimpleHow The Noun Project Is Turning Icons Into ProfitLeveraging Mobile Technology To Travel BrilliantlyHow The Main Titles For Pirate Series “Black Sails” Became A Work Of ArtHow Infinite Information Will Warp And Change Human RelationshipsWant To Lead Effectively? Embrace Your Inner NarcissistHere’s How Apple Can Make iOS Developers Happy In 2014Challenge Dalí, Warhol to a Staring Contest with Surreal App for the Dalí MuseumWatch The Amazing Flight Pattern Of BirdsThis Line Of “Mean Girls”-Inspired Jewelry Is So FetchThe Weirdest Job Interview Questions Of The Year Are HereT-Mobile Wants To Do For Bank Accounts What It’s Doing For Phone ContractsKimono Could Be The Gateway Drug To Finally Get You CodingThis Transformable Microapartment Has Secret Trap Doors EverywhereHow The Solution To A Soviet-Era Train Congestion Problem Could Lead To A New Era In NetworkingComic Book Heroes Get A Gorgeous Native American MakeoverHow An iPad App Is Transforming The Way Police Work Crime ScenesWhy Startup Founders Shouldn’t Lose (Too Much) Sleep Over Scaling ProblemsA Glittering Visual History Of EmeraldsUnder The Hood Of The New NYTimes.comClosing Up Heart Defects With Glues Inspired By Slugs And WormsSolar-Powered Fruit Bat Trackers Could Turn Bikeshare Programs Into Data FleetsIs This Virus Causing Bees To Disappear?Where Is Indie Gaming Going?Inside The Robot InternetWhat Happens When The Whole World Is Wired?Yaba Blay Is Opening A New Window Into Black LifeStudy: Facebook Will Lose 80% Of Its Users By 2017These New German Hotel Rooms Are Made Out Of TrashVisualizing The Companies That Have Created The Most Climate ChangeA DIY Platform For Building Devices You Control With Your MindA New Game Demonstrates That Copying Makes Everyone More CreativeInside Plum Organics, The First Benefit Corporation Owned By A Public CompanyWhat Will New York Look Like In 2050?Watch Computers Watch Famous Movies3 Outlandish Ideas To Improve Air Travel, From The Designers Of Beats By DreWant That Olivia Pope Look? Pradux Let’s You Shop Your Favorite ShowsTake Your Next Flight On This Gigantic Solar Whale-Like Plane5 Ways For Purposeful Brands To Stand Out5 Crucial Strategies For Making 2014 Your Most Innovative Year YetThe AOL Of China To Build A Suburban Tech Campus In The SkyWhat You Need To Know To Create An Accountability Group That Works8 Strategies To Improve Your MemoryMastering The Fine Art Of Getting To The PointHow SmartThings CEO Alex Hawkinson Is Growing The Internet Of ThingsYou’ve Got Issues–Fast Company’s Experts Will Solve Them“DayZ” Makes You Feel Every Murder You Commit. Can You Handle This?Automattic’s Unorthodox View On Productivity Tracks Output, Not AppearanceTony Robbins On Hunger, Disappointment, And 3-D PrintingHow Blush Coaches Young Women To Get Past Their Problems For $50 To $100 Per Session6 Ways to Hear What Consumers Are Really Saying4 Ways To Find Inspiration EverywhereOld Spice and Isaiah Mustafa Stage An Internetervention For Men Making Bad Online DecisionsIs HP Really Shunning Windows 8, Or Is This Just A Cheap Marketing Ploy?Oikos Greek Yogurt Reunites The Men of “Full House” For Super BowlSouth Korea’s “Robot Land” Will Open In 2015What You Can Learn About Business From Betting On HorsesWhat Is Polymorphic Code?Warren Buffett Will Give You $1 Billion If You Make A Perfect March Madness BracketA Gorgeous Time-Lapse Of Chile’s Night SkyMicrosoft Reveals Secret Ability To Remotely Uninstall Programs From Your Windows PCThese Are The Worst Passwords On The InternetHow This Team Built Their Own Secure Version Of Google ChromeUpdated: Pentagon Orders 80,000 BlackBerry HandsetsThis Valentine’s Day You Can Send Your Sweetheart A TweetheartChina Requires Video Uploaders To Use Their Real NamesWhy Everydisk Might Make You Ditch Dropbox For GoodXbox One Will Stream Sports At Mind-Blowing 60 Frames Per SecondBehold, The SnapChat Clone Wars Have BegunAs Streaming Services Rise, HBO and Showtime See Decline In SubscribersWatch A Singer Get An Extreme Photoshop Makeover Over The Course Of Her Music VideoMan Reportedly Removed From Movie Theater For Wearing Google GlassAn Ingenious Solution To Transferring Data Between Your Mac And iPhoneWill Starchitect Norman Foster Curse Philly Sports Teams?The Parking Lots Of The Future Look Super FunA Kit To Transform Your Lomocam Into A PolaroidThe CCO As Athlete, Choir Director And Air Traffic ControllerVW Teases Its Super Bowl Spot With Every Online Gag In The Book–LiterallyThere’s An App For ThatNarcissists Are Good At Getting To The Top, But Dangerous When They Get ThereA Shoe-Based Sensor Network To Help Firefighters “See” Inside A Burning BuildingWith Meditation, Coaching, And Actor Forest Whitaker, A Program Trains Young Leaders To Stave Off ViolenceAnalyzing Baby Cries For Signs Of Serious DiseaseHow To Translate Your Wearable Fitness Data Into Food Aid DonationsBikes Lanes Aren’t Just Safer For Cyclists. They’re Good For Business, TooReality And Advertising Converge For Seahawks’ Richard ShermanBill Gates Says The World Is Getting Vastly Better, While Crushing Myths About Foreign AidCan’t Afford Tiffany? Get Your Wedding Ring From A 3-D Printed MoldThis iPhone App Wants To Kill Badly Framed YouTube Videos ForeverU.S. Products Made In China Cause An Extra Full Day Of Smog A Year In Los AngelesLiving Street Signals That Make People Feel Better About Their NeighborhoodsAt An FAA Drone Test Site, Excitement And A Lot Of QuestionsWatch Mumbai Explode Into A Shiny City Of SkyscrapersCool Runnings Redux: Help Fund The Jamaica’s Bobsled Team’s Olympic Dream100 Famous Movie Quotes, VisualizedWith Glittering New Set Design, CCTV News Takes Aim At The WorldA Visual History Of Yoga3 Ways Brands Can Survive The Sharing Economy In 2014An Interactive Story Unfolds In This Amazing Origami BookWhy Wearable Devices Will Never Be As Disruptive As SmartphonesAn Evolutionary Theory For Why You Love Glossy ThingsThese Grotesque, “Real-Life” Emoji Have A Message For Your KidsHear The Strange Things Going On In Music Videos Without The MusicThe Art And Science Of Building Confidence Under PressureWhy Positive Encouragement Works Better Than CriticismHow To Turn Your Insomnia Into A Productivity ToolHow To Overcome Self-Doubt And A Lack of MotivationWhy Your Company Needs A CynicHow Curiosity Cultivates Creativity4 Habits Of Punctual PeopleGoogle’s Nest Is Great, But Is Your Kitchen Now The Smartest Room In The House?5 Steps To Follow Through On EverythingMaking A Super Bowl Spot: Audi Burns Vampire Culture, Demonstrates Headlights In Super Bowl Ad“Sleepy Hollow” Creator Roberto Orci Explains How To Pull Off An Improbable IdeaHow VCs Are Coping With The Startup BoomShow Up Somewhere Different4 Little-Known Reasons Martin Luther King Was An Amazing Leader, HumanExplore The Man/Beast Bond With Elizabeth McGrath’s Freakish, Fantastic Animal ArtSubaru Campaign Hits Hard With A Horrific Car Wreck–And Dogs