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9. Batch Tasks To Create Flow As a writer, The Five-Minute Mom’s Club: 105 Tips to Make a Mom’s Life Easier author Stephanie Vozza’s day consists of research, interviews, first drafts, and final edits. She’s more productive she says if she can stay in one task mind, instead of changing gears. “I try to schedule my day around one activity; a day of interviews, for example, or a morning of writing and an afternoon of research. I discovered this after interviewing Steven Kotler, author of The Rise of Superman for Fast Company, who writes about how being in a state of flow can quintuple your productivity.” … [Read more...] about 14 Tips To Make 2015 Your Most Productive Year Yet

Making Architecture Relevant Born and raised in Highland Park, a city within metro Detroit, Ford became interested in design at a young age. He had a knack for drawing and wanted to become an automotive designer. Ford’s father once studied to become an interior designer and showed him his architectural drawings, which Ford often scribbled on in secret to contribute his own mark on his father’s work. (“My remixes weren’t so good,” he says.) When he was a student at Cass Tech–a high school with a reputation for educating some of the world’s best creatives like Harry Bertoia, Niels Diffrient, Charles Pollock, Alice Coltrane, Diana Ross, and Jack White–he took a few architecture classes and was attracted to its permanence. “There’s always a new car coming out, but architecture lasts longer,” he says. … [Read more...] about How Music Could Help Solve Architecture’s Diversity Problem

The difference with Ginkgo is that the company uses its facility and expertise in biodesign to partner with other companies that don’t have biotech experience, in order to produce consumer products. It is built on the notion of rational design–the idea that biologists can manipulate genetic code instead of just relying on organic genetic mutations. As Kelly puts it, “We apply a rational approach, with a human in the middle who says ‘I want to try these sets of code together–I think it’s really going to work based on my previous experience with that code.'” He calls it “the Ginkgo way of thinking.” … [Read more...] about The Quest To Bring Biodesign To The Masses

While trying to keep a business open during a global pandemic presents challenges that are unique to this moment, Tosi says the entrepreneurial drive to forge ahead in the face of overwhelming obstacles is similar in any crisis, and that determination will manifest in whatever way the moment demands. As an example, she cites how restaurant owners in New York City responded to indoor dining restrictions by building seating areas on the sidewalks and streets—often employing creative design solutions to make the spaces workable and comfortable. … [Read more...] about Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi teams up with Ball jars to give small businesses a little extra help

“As a general matter, we do not see the need for further criminal penalties for copyright infringement,” said Public Knowledge senior policy counsel Meredith Rose in a statement. “However, this bill is narrowly tailored and avoids criminalizing users, who may do nothing more than click on a link, or upload a file. It also does not criminalize streamers who may include unlicensed works as part of their streams.” … [Read more...] about Harsh penalties for ‘unauthorized streaming’ are tucked inside the COVID-19 stimulus bill