As your organization gears up for 2010, here are fifty ways to ensure your workplace’s culture is conducive to innovation. 2. Wherever you can, whenever you can, always drive fear out of the workplace. Fear is the public enemy number one of an innovative culture. 9. Ask questions about everything. After asking questions, ask different …

Criminals have got to be some of the most creative folks out there. For example, a 27-year Chinese national paid nearly $15K to have the fingerprints on her right-hand switched with her left so that she could return to Japan. Apparently, China’s plastic surgeons are racking up bucks with fingerprint transplant surgery. If you’re a …

If it weren’t for engineers, life as we know it would not exist. In honour of this noble profession, take a moment to remember the ten most significant engineers who had no blueprints or guidelines to go buy—just vision, passion, and genius. Number ten is Alan Turing. Name doesn’t ring a bell? Well, the computer …

What do forks, empty Mountain Dew cans, wine bottles, and circuit boards all have in common? The answer is that people have made Chistmas trees out of them—eighteen different ways as a matter of fact. Total coverage of crafts. Photo credit: Fotolia

Are you embarrassed by your tacky, classless cat? Do you feed your feline Fancy Feast, but it doesn’t seem to notice? Pour Johnny Walker Black into its bowl, and it prefers red? Does it meow and poop all over itself while you’re trying to push it around the Gette Museum in a stroller? I mean, …

It’s that time of year again students, winter finals. Culminating assignments are due, exams are looming, and the pressure is on. Before you start calling in bomb threats to your school in an attempt to delay your exams, check out the Study Hacks guide to beating student stress. Including small strategies into your weekly routine …

Rarely do fashion faux pas unite strangers for a cause. Well, unless it’s an episode of “What Not to Wear” and the cause is permanently disabling your mom’s wardrobe time machine. Annnyway, a student at New York’s Syracuse University managed to unveil his campus’ caring and accepting side with a simple, clever sign and a …

Strike! Over on the Huffington Post is an amazing story about someone who recently bought a buildling in Queens and discovered an old-fashioned bowling alley underneath. Check out great pictures of the two-lane manual bowling alley on HuffPo. The owners conjecture that the space was a club during Prohibition. Maybe a speakeasy! By the way, …

Starbucks recently introduced an instant-coffee product called Via. As of mid-November, it’s also available in a decaffeinated version. This product presented an interesting marketing challenge: Would it affect the high-end image of brewed coffee brewed by Starbucks baristas? According to Scott Anthony of the Harvard Business blog, Starbucks’s efforts with Via is a great example …

This clip claims to capture Stefani Gremanotta performing at NYU’s annual talent show before she stepped up (up?) as Lady Gaga. She apparently placed third in the contest, owned only by Funky Butter in second and a duo of people with normal names (Tom Costello and Stephan Magloire) in first. Thanks much to Andrew Hamada …

I really admire the creativity of others because often times I’m stuck in a black and white world. Take a look at these 45 unforgettable advertisements in print, billboard, and commercials. Save time reading news by creating a personalized MyAlltop page.

Stoney deGeyter compiled the “Best Damn Web Marketing Checklist, Period!” It contains 400 items in over twenty-three topics including domain names, site design, navigation, links, and buttons. The posting is from 2008, so it doesn’t include anything on Twitter, but it’s great nonetheless. One Twitter-specific suggestion is that you add the Tweetmeme button to your …