Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.
Sep 03, 2009 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: Career analyst, Dan Pink, effective, fact, ideas, illuminating stories, Johnny Bunko, love, managers, motivation, science, social scientists, ted, ted talks, think, Traditional rewards | 1 Comment »

Having your browser, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, Word, Photoshop, sound editing tools, folders, and more open at the same time…well, it just takes up a lot of screen real estate. On a 15.4″ laptop, you can only fit so much before your screen is piled with program after program.
Sep 01, 2009 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: Alaska, design, dual screen laptop, gizmodo, gScreen, ideas, laptop, love, macbook pro, mashable, notebook, PC, problem, solve, two-headed hydra | Leave A Comment »

It’s rare that I hear “brilliant” when Mike describes a video, but I must agree, this one deserves it. Check out this Rhapsody ad where they recreate Jay Z’s album covers in a seamless choreography that makes you watch it over & over again. It truly is brilliant!
Aug 31, 2009 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: ad, brilliant, dj moni, friends we love, friendswelove.com, ideas, Ideas We Love, jay-z, love, mike vargas, moni pineda, nuyorktricity, off that, production company, PS, rhapsody, the blueprint 3, video producers, web series | 1 Comment »
This animation presents the ideas from chapter one of a new book called “Imagining the Tenth Dimension”. While this “way of imagining” is not the accepted explanation for string theory, it does have thought-provoking connections to many people’s impression of how our reality is constructed.
Aug 19, 2009 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: dimension, ideas, imagination, love, new, perception, quantum physics, reality, Rob Bryanton, string theory, tenth dimension, the big bang, the universe, thought-provoking, ufo | 3 Comments »
Industrial designer and London–based Dwell contributor Virginia Gardine who has developed an ingenious way to stop wasting water on flushes and start producing a self-sufficient waste managemnet system. I’m not sure ALL the answers are there BUT it shows incredible promise on how we can learn to make things better.
Aug 12, 2009 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: bathroom, designer, dwell magazine, earth, eco, green, ideas, incredible, industrial design, industry of cool, ioc, love, poo, Poop, shit, Virginia Gardine, waste | Leave A Comment »
An incredible way to breakdown your favorite tags and see them in a large scale. How fun is this?
Jul 30, 2009 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: 120 seconds, dj moni, evan roth, favorite, fi5e, friends we love, friendswelove.com, graffiti, graffiti analysis, ideas, love, mike vargas, moni pineda, nuyorktricity, production company, projections, tags, video producers, web series | Leave A Comment »

The shoes, which are all black under natural light, but when exposed to car headlight or the flash of a camera becomes white with a black swoosh. This design is not just interesting from a design perspective but is also very useful for those who tend to peddle at night, when they can be easily missed by traffic.
Jul 27, 2009 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: arkitip, bicycle film festival, bicycles, black, brendt barber, design, glow, ideas, livestrong, love, nike, Nike City Tempo, NYC, psfk, safety, Yorgo Tloupas | Leave A Comment »