What topics would you like to discuss in this group?

Hi Sherri, As with most categories / groups there is a great deal of overlap in potential topics to explore. As moderator of this group, I'm interested in knowing more about the profile of the fastcompany.com site visitors and of the magazine readership. That might help determine the topics with which to seed this group. Also, at what point would you like to / plan to proactively invite readers into the various groups and am I able to do so? Scott

How about: 1. The shift from print to web in the design world, and how this impacts the industry, the designers in it, and way design interacts with the public. 2. The rise of person to person media (blogs, social networks, email, twitter) and the fall of business to mass media (newspapers, radio, tv), and how designers can adapt to take advantage of it. 3. The shift in the design world from huge agencies to small, nimble shops. Companies of 10 are stealing meals from companies of 500, there's a story there! 4. The commodification of design. Sites like 99designs are turning design into contest-driven, low value garbage created by teens in their spare time. How do real designers cope with the threat, is it a threat, and what will happen as this change spreads?