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FC NOW: The Fast Company Weblog

What is FC Now?

FC Now is Fast Company magazine's staff Weblog. Every work day, Fast Company team members, contributors, and special guests will offer frequent short, sharp, and substantial entries. FC Now posts will feature new ideas, address business news and current events, share useful Web resources and tools, highlight crucial conferences and news services, and otherwise shed light on the Fast Company team's perspective on the world of work.

For a quick rundown on the history of blogging -- and a broader perspective of where FC Now fits into the Web -- check out Rebecca Blood's wonderful essay "Weblogs: A History and Perspective."

How can you get involved?

If you come across a Web site, news article, tool, or resource that you think needs to be on FC Now's radar, send references to us using the Suggest a Topic tool.

If you have something to say in response to an FC Now post -- or another readers' reply -- leave a comment. Members of the Fast Company team will read every comment and -- if it furthers the conversation -- reply in kind. We'll showcase the most fun and productive contributions. (If you post the same comment more than once or leave blatant comment spam, we will delete your comment. Otherwise, comments will not be edited. If you repeatedly post comment spam, we will disable your ability to add comments. Comment spam is a waste of your time, and pruning it is a waste of ours.)

And if you publish a personal or professional Weblog yourself, feel free to cite and comment on FC Now entries. You can copy the link location of individual FC Now entries by checking the time stamp of each FC Now post. We'll comb the Web for outside references and responses to FC Now, and we'll highlight the best and brightest business-, leadership-, and innovation-related Weblogs we encounter.

Why is Fast Company doing this?

Staff members regularly share news articles, interesting Web sites, and other tools internally. We wanted to formalize -- and externalize -- this informal information sharing so some of the items that don't end up in the magazine still reach readers. We also wanted to provide additional reader service on the Web. As a monthly business magazine that doesn't really track news or stock market activity, we wanted to be more flexible in how we respond to news events and business developments. Some ideas are meant to be shared immediately.

What's new, now? FC Now.