Kluster.com just might be onto something big. They’ve created an online social community! Wow… OK, sarcasm aside, there is, of course, a bit more to Kluster than being a simple online community. The site and the community have actual purpose. Put simply, the site brings together talented people to work towards, and actually accomplish, common […]
Getting Paid
Lifehacker has a cool article about how to negotiate your job salary. Check it out.
“If you request a salary higher than the range for the job, the interviewer will tell you you’re high, and you’ve just lost money. If you request a salary lower than the range, the interviewer will say nothing, and you’ve […]
Realist-Idealist Launches
Jake Brewer has just launched his own blog…it’s about time! Realist-Idealist focuses on making good ideas happen in the non-profit/NGO, social enterprise, business social responsibility, and social media sectors. Jake is a great ally and friend…more importantly, he’s someone who acts as he believes.
Check out Realist-Idealist for stories about changemakers at the ground […]
White House Redux Competition
The original design of the White House is the product of a competition held in 1792. James Hoban was 30 years old when he created the winning design.
Two hundred and sixteen years later, Storefront for Art and Architecture, Control Group, and our friends at Surface Magazine are holding a contest, WHITE HOUSE REDUX, for […]
Cabury Chief Gives it up for the Kids.
“I am a 55-year-old person who has lived through a different advertising experience … In the end, I trusted in the young and talented people who came up with the idea.”
— Todd Stitzer, Cadbury Chief Executive who still doesn’t understand why the Gorilla was successful, but is ok with that.
Via Chet Chat.
Stanford Drops Tuition for Some Students
“In a radical change to its financial aid program, Stanford University will announce today that it will no longer charge tuition to students whose families earn less than $100,000 a year.
In addition, the university will waive room and board fees for students whose families earn less than $60,000 a year.”
Via The SF Chronicle.
Herman Miller’s External Creative Network
BusinessWeek features a Q & A with Herman Miller’s CEO Brian Walker which has some interesting takeaways about their use of external network through the creative process. Here at If We Ran It., as we move forward with the organization, we’ve been playing with the idea of leveraging its members as a think tank/distributed innovation […]
y water
Some new pictures of the y water bottle. I’m surprised at their scale really, because every image I’ve seen up until now led me to believe they were a bit smaller. Great for the kids, but now I’m looking forward to building my own installation in my apartment when I see these on the shelves.
‘y […]