The future of news, as viewed from 1993: What we got right, and very wrong For journalism, the future isn’t what it used to be. Especially when viewed from two decades ago. I recently undertook… Read More
The phone call in the coffee shop: How NOT to point out bad tech etiquette I was getting so much done. And then it happened. I was typing away at one of the long tables… Read More
Talking ’bout my generation: We’re not acting entitled, we’re being reasonable It came up gently enough at a session at Affiliates Day, a half-day conference put on by the University of… Read More
The Geek’s Guide to International Travel On my recent vacation to Europe, I traveled without folded maps, paper guidebooks and journals, or physical backup copies of my passport,… Read More
Test riding Sidecar and Lyft, the Coke and Pepsi of ride sharing Seattleites don’t just have an option of catching a cheap ride from a stranger with a smartphone app. We have… Read More
Quadstreaker turns the world into a giant game board: How much of your city have you seen? If the whole world were a game board, would you play? Seattle-based entrepreneur Scott Kendall kicked off his show-and-tell to… Read More
Vloggers’ time to shine? Chris Pirillo’s new event will bring YouTube stars together One morning last weekend, Judy Travis got out of bed, scooped up her five-month-old daughter and reflected on why she… Read More
Google Glass half full: Why that ‘ban’ may not be needed Is Google’s “Project Glass” a wearable computing device or the final, shattering blow to the world as we know it?… Read More
Bill Gates at SXSWedu: The future of education is data If there was a single nerdy subtext that Bill Gates brought to his closing keynote at the SXSWedu conference in… Read More
What can you learn from your Twitter archive? Twitter and I go way back, which is funny to say. If there’s anything the fast talking social network has never… Read More
Facebook hack: Why do we treat digital crimes like natural disasters? A question popped into my head while I read a story on the hacks on Facebook this weekend: When did… Read More
Five simple steps to get your workweek and task list back under control Good intentions don’t always lead to effective execution. And how you plan your workweek on a Sunday evening or Monday… Read More
What in the world do you ‘Vine’? Back to basics with a creative new platform By now you’ve all heard of Vine, the drop-dead simple video app Twitter launched a few weeks ago. It lets… Read More
No kidding? New study says most Facebook users have taken multi-week breaks Well, consider me surprised. The Pew Internet and American Life Project just released its latest survey about user behavior on… Read More
My first month with the Nike FuelBand: Stay out of my way and we’re cool Past the TV. Through the hallway. To the bathroom. “2,484” fuel points! Past the bookcase. In the den. Back to… Read More
Ask the Productivity Geek: 6 questions, 6 answers Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a periodic column where we’ve asked Matt Heinz, who has been writing… Read More
That kid’s viral iPhone contract: 3 things mom got right Sometimes the lessons parents teach kids about technology feel like the kinds of things us adults could learn ourselves. Maybe… Read More
New Years Resolutions: 11 ways to increase your productivity in 2013 We have a specific, measurable set of objectives to drive our business in the New Year, plus I’ve developed with… Read More
Hey, ‘disrupt’ this! 5 tech terms to banish in 2013 The New Year is a time for us to reflect on the past, make adjustments for the future and —… Read More
GeekWire’s Gift Guide: 13 great geeky gifts from Seattle We asked, you answered, and here’s the result. From cheap to whoooooa pricey, here are our picks for 13 great… Read More
America’s unmet tech challenge: the public radio pledge drive This is my favorite time of the year. Because it’s the only time when there are no public broadcasting pledge… Read More
Hey, Seattle – want to wiki? So. Seattle. Do we wiki or what? Seth Vincent thinks it’d be fun. The recent Olympia transplant started SeattleWiki and… Read More
Am I nuts if I don’t want a tablet? I have a confession to make. The Surface is here, the iPad is everywhere, Jeff Bezos is promoting Kindle Fires… Read More
5 ways to watch the election without turning on the TV This morning I woke up, turned on my computer and within minutes sat staring at a map of people voting… Read More
Do you binge-watch TV? 6 ways to justify your habit You finish a great episode of a great show. You want to watch the next one, but you’ve already seen… Read More
Ooooh coool: My first trip to Reddit, guided by a few locals Every now and then you get tired of hearing so much about something you know nothing about. This week I… Read More
Here comes another tech bubble — in education I’m the kind of guy who worries when something gets too popular. I looked askance at novels (especially science fiction)… Read More
Banks behaving badly: Dealing with a divisive digital divide When a company providing financial services emphasizes digital convenience, you’d think that also applies to its customer service. After all,… Read More
7 ways to get other people to read for you Want to read more, but just don’t have the time? Let someone else read for you! It’s not crazy. There… Read More
10 questions: ‘Existence’ author David Brin on science fiction, science and geeks One could successfully argue that modern geek culture wouldn’t exist in its current form without 20th century science fiction and… Read More
