Form follows function is the gist of the functionalist philosophy of design. The concept is that you probably can't use a computer monitor as a fork and vice versa. So, the design of something should ...

Wi-Fi routers have two interrelated problems. In order to work well, they need to be out in the open and unobstructed. But few of them are left out to be seen because most of them are butt-ugly.

Harvard Business School's Andrew McAfee has been doing a compelling job lately describing the use of Web 2.0-style collaboration techniques in the enterprise. He calls this Enterprise 2.0 and has been ...