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Food & Wine editor Dana Cowin recently tweeted about not being able to get a reservation at Palm Beach Grill because her party included 5 children. Olde Salty in North Carolina posted a sign saying "Screaming children will NOT be tolerated" last fall

When CEO Bart Steiner and his team started their idea for an innovation community, the country was clearly in need of such a thing. Bulbstorm was started in 2008 under the premise that most people around world have great ideas and passion, but don’t posess all the skills they need to see their ideas through to completion

The network apparently hopes to turn Twitter buzz into ratings.

THE PROBLEM In our September 2010 issue , we wrote about Capterra , an online directory of business software vendors. Company co-founders Michael Ortner and Rakesh Chilakapati faced a dilemma: whether to include reviews of their vendors' software on their website. Users of Capterra's online directory were clamoring for reviews to help them assess the software products listed.

With oddly simultaneous timing, a number of Apple's competitors have made bold statements alleging the iPad is poor in certain ways, not suited for particular uses, or even doomed to fail. You could be forgiven for thinking they're running interference because of fear. We marshall the evidence here.

In my last blog post , I made the case for hiring candidates with experience for positions that require problem-solving, people management and leadership skills. And after reading a few thoughtful comments that challenged my argument, I stand by my thoughts. Truth is, those are tough lessons to learn even with experience

In my last blog post , I made the case for hiring candidates with experience for positions that require problem-solving, people management and leadership skills. And after reading a few thoughtful comments that challenged my argument, I stand by my thoughts. Truth is, those are tough lessons to learn even with experience

We continue our examination of the business book The Rise of the Creative Class with an interview of author Richard Florida. How did the book come about and where is the creative class congregating today? What was the impetus for you to write The Rise of the Creative Class?

Someone might want to tell the SXSW -attending web designers still queuing up for iPad2s outside a pop-up Apple store a few blocks away from the Austin Convention Center: The iPad itself is not going to transform the way we read online. Or so said Khoi Vinh, former design director for NYTimes.com , during a one-on-one with me on the PepsiCo Plugged-In Stage at SXSW yesterday. Apps don't yet deliver when it comes to two critical reader needs: the desire to customize, and the desire to share content.