The public restroom known as Starbucks

Fast Company’s Good Citizen Award goes to… Starbucks! We’ve all been there:

It’s early morning, and I’m running late for a meeting with a Big Deal Designer downtown. I’ve had too much coffee, with predictable results. The last thing I want to do on meeting this guy is to say, “Hi, how-are-ya, can I use your restroom?” It’s a mortifying way to begin a conversation.

The reason you had to go was their coffee in the first place, but thank God for a public restroom (with coffee counter) on every corner of the street (that is: if you live in NYC or London).

Online presentation Chris Anderson

Great stuff: 55 minute online presentation by Chris Anderson, about his great (marketing) book The Long Tail.

While you’re there, check out presentations by other guru’s like Alvin Toffler, Arie de Geus, Malcolm Gladwell and Nicholas Negroponte.

Linkdump – November 02

Lists, we got lists people! Enjoy!

• 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
  “Enron? Those guys were lame. We did the same thing, but it only took us two months.”
• The 50 people who matter now
  “Rank 1: You!”
• 20 Things You Didn’t Know About… Lab Accidents
  “German scientist Hennig Brand stored 50 buckets of urine in his cellar for months in 1675, hoping that it would turn into gold.”
• 2005 Foot-in-Mouth Awards
  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: “I’m going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to f***ing kill Google.”
• Six Health Threats You Can’t Ignore
  “A bump that at first glance looks like a run-of-the-mill pimple may actually be basal-cell carcinoma, a slow-growing form of skin cancer.”
• Top 10 Funniest Bushisms of All Time
  “[...] They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
• The Thoughtful User Guide: iPod Etiquette
  “Mp3 players are unwelcome at weddings, funerals, and other gatherings, and also in classrooms or places of worship. This holds true even if you’re a sullen 13-year-old with inattentive parents.”
• The Thirteen Scariest People in America
  The current president isn’t even on that list, imagine the horror the other thirteen are causing.
• Five Things That Should Never Be on Your Car
  “Bumper Stickers – They aren’t funny and nobody cares about your religious affiliation.”
• Very Short Stories
  Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
• Pimp My Mobile: 33 ways to sex up your cell phone
  No.1: “Upgrade to a diamond-encrusted, million-dollar GoldVish phone.” So, that’s 32 really…
• The Seven Phases of Owning an iPod – An Illustrated Journey
  Phase 6: “A smaller, fancier iPod is created and yours is now outdated and crappy. Yours is no longer awesome, it is horribly awful. Just awful.”