Monthly Archives: August 2011
The Anatomy of a Facebook Fan or How to use Facebook to Market your Brand
August 31, 2011 | White Spaces
This useful infographic from Moontoast–a company that makes e-commerce platforms for Facebook pages–lays out some of the more subtle aspects of the entire “like” dynamic. It lays bare the different…
Creative Spaces for Innovative Startups in South Carolina
August 31, 2011 | White Spaces
Located in a previously unused building in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, FS2 serves as a hub for innovative startups and established businesses in the technology, creative and service fields. The project is an expansion of the original…
Getting Creative on Complex Problems
August 25, 2011 | The Bull 4
For every problem there is a solution. Sometimes the solutions are easy; sometimes not. However you decide to solve a problem make sure that you only have to solve it once. There is nothing worse than a problem that repeats itself every week. …
Heineken Provides 100 Pubs Across the UK with Free WiFi
August 25, 2011 | White Spaces
Dutch beer brand Heineken has recently teamed up with BT to provide free wifi for patrons at 100 London pubs and bars.
Heineken Hubs are selected venues across the UK “where specially trained staff take pride in pouring you the…
Start Asking Those “Dumb” Questions!
August 22, 2011 | The Bull 3
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Dumb questions are actually rarely dumb. Successful people understand this and consequently ask lots of questions, many of which may seem simple, naïve or even plain dumb. Essentially, they would rather be ridiculed than make decisionsRead More
The World’s Population… Concentrated
August 22, 2011 | White Spaces 1World population is estimated to be 6.9 billion people, and while that is a lot of people, it suddenly doesn’t seem like that much in these maps by Tim De Chant of Per Square Mile. Simply imagine that the world lived with the same density…
An Infograph on How People are Using Twitter?
August 22, 2011 | White Spaces
Here is a a look at Lab42‘s findings that asked 500 Twitter users how they use the service, how they determine who to follow and so on… Meanwhile, to help facilitate my addiction to twitter, you can follow me here @benrennie…
The United States Mountain of Debt
August 22, 2011 | White Spaces 1
As of May 2011, the United States owed $14.3 trillion in debt to other countries. Heather Billings and Todd Lindeman of The Washington Post break foreign debt down by continent and then by country.
Foreign investors hold the largest …
Living Large in 500 Square Feet
August 22, 2011 | White Spaces 2
Room for Horse continue to uncover architects that tackle real design challenges, and space constraints can be one of them.
We have previously brought you an article on building smarter small homes. Real solutions for creating smaller homers…
What is your mission?
August 17, 2011 | The Bull
Author Harvey Mackay (“Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive”) tells the following incredible story about a ride with a New York taxi from Manhattan to New Jersey:
Harvey Mackay was waiting in line for a taxi at the airport.…
Is Stuff Getting you Down?
August 17, 2011 | Andrew Fallshaw
Paul Graham is one of my heroes. He has and shares more genuine insights than whole universities, and applies them to life and growing small businesses quickly.
A little while back, he wrote about ‘stuff’, suggesting that all those…
Perkins + Will List the 8 Keys to Creating an Office of Free Flowing Ideas
August 4, 2011 | White SpacesPerkins+Will…‘s Gina Berndt discusses the key ingredients for creating a flexible and healthy office that will also appeal to the next generation of CEOs in conjunction with Fast Co Design.
We have bullet pointed the 8 keys… forRead More
Re-Designing the Bicycle with Recycled Plastic
August 4, 2011 | White Spaces 1
It’s almost impossible to produce something entirely new when it comes to bike design however design student Dror Peleg has redesigned the bike, from what has been near perfect for more than over 100 years. Nice.
The Israeli design…
Copenhagen Cuts Down on Parking Spaces to Curb Driving.
August 4, 2011 | White Spaces
The city of Copenhagen has done something revolutionary: For the past 40 years, the Danish capital has reduced its parking supply. Cutting the total number of parking spaces by a small percentage each year. Compare this to the stark contrast…
Cost of Health Care By Country in Comparison to Life Expectancy
August 4, 2011 | White Spaces
The United States spends more on medical care per person than any country, yet life expectancy is shorter than in most other developed nations and many developing ones. Lack of health insurance is a factor in life span and contributes to an estimated…
An Infographic on the Cost of Being Female
August 4, 2011 | White Spaces
The Institute of Medicine has named eight preventive services that women should get for free under the new health care law. Exactly how much money are we talking about? GOOD took stock of the money spent by a “typical” American woman whose…
The best opportunities are always in the same two places
August 1, 2011 | The Bull
How many times have you heard someone say that they want to set up their own business but don’t know where to start? Or they don’t know how to either create or find a suitable opportunity? I hear it all the time. Usually the problem isn’t a …
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