GeekWire is turning 10: Seeking memorabilia from the past decade of Seattle and Pacific NW tech Help us celebrate a decade of tech news coverage in Seattle! GeekWire turns 10 in March, and we’re seeking donations… Read More
Bezos and the Bills (a.k.a., the three B’s): A Seattle Business Story [Sandeep Krishnamurthy is dean of the School of Business at the University of Washington, Bothell.] Commentary: Jeff Bezos just announced… Read More
Poetry vs. programming: Wandering the city, a writer finds the intersection of literature and code [Editor’s Note: Frances McCue is a poet, writer, co-founder of nonprofit community writing center Hugo House, and a teaching professor… Read More
Commentary: How the distributed workforce of tomorrow can leave behind the racism of the past We will soon turn the page on a pandemic that has consumed the conversation in boardrooms across America. Along with… Read More
Guest Commentary: A question for the City of Seattle: Why are you fighting your partners? Guest Commentary: Seattle, like much of the world today, is reeling. Crumbling infrastructure. Failing entertainment venues and restaurants. An underfunded… Read More
Commentary: Why are there so few women-led IPOs? The numbers are stacked against us Editor’s note: Kristen Hamilton is a Seattle entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Koru and Onvia, helping to lead the latter… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Snowball fights, beer and board games, Star Wars fondue, and more -There might not be any snow on the ground just yet, but Seattle’s Pacific Science Center will have plenty of… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: AI and faith, a LEGO convention, advice for hardware startups, and more – Advances in artificial intelligence raise new questions about the future of humanity. But what will AI mean for faith?… Read More
Can games improve your mental health? PAX panel explores the rise of games as a coping mechanism Video games are surrounded by a stigma that they are inherently bad from a mental health perspective. This negative perception… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Retro Gaming Expo, the future of Seattle, and a history of Silicon Valley — It seems video games get more sophisticated each year. Things like 4K and 60 frames per second are common… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: International Tabletop Day, Orca Action Month, GeekWire Cloud Summit — Video games tend to take center stage in the gaming world today, but classic tabletop competition is still one… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Picturing black holes; Cloud City Tech Meetup; and classic arcade games –One of the biggest scientific feats was accomplished this year when a team of astronomers captured an image of a… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: The women of Atari, Minecraft extravaganza, and an ethical tech summit — Atari Women, a University of Washington research project, is looking to give more limelight to the women who were… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Mother’s Day tech events; celebrating Seattle’s creativity; and more – The dilemma of raising kids as a working mother arose when women entered the workforce en masse in the… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Open source project led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee; mastering startup pitches; and more — When he invented the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee had a specific vision for how it would evolve,… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Science fiction literature, biases in AI, and helping businesses go global — “We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.” That statement seems eerily on point for what’s… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Celebrating the first man in space and exploring underwater artifacts More than 60 years ago, the world got serious about exploring space. The global fascination with the great beyond led… Read More
Bill Nye surprises AOC at SXSW, asks about overcoming fear of climate change Speaking at South by Southwest on Saturday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got a surprise visit sure to delight any millennial who grew… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking education, comic books, artificial intelligence and robotics It seems like we’ve moved to the Midwest or East Coast with Seattle weather lately. And days like these make… Read More
Calendar Picks: Seattle Opera and GeekWire present panel on the ‘flawed brilliance’ of Steve Jobs Did you know Seattle Opera is getting ready to put on a show all about the late Apple co-founder Steve… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Supporting women in tech, and exploring the mysteries of the universe Women in Cloud: If you’re like most women who work in the tech industry, you’ve probably experienced a hurdle or… Read More
VIDEO: Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018 In this episode of TLDR, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and most fun GeekWire moments… Read More
That’s no Moon! How my son and I built our own ‘Death Star,’ and had a ton of fun doing it In 1982, the best toy you could get for Christmas was Kenner’s Death Star play set. It was big, rising… Read More
A talking ugly Christmas sweater? Check out this Seattle couple’s very geeky creation When Paul and Cathy Dietz learned they could score free tickets to the GeekWire Gala earlier this month by winning GeekWire’s… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Wrap up 2018 with board games; ring in new year with comic conventions Happy Holidays! As the year comes to a close, it’s all about fun until everyone gets back down to business… Read More
Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Washington STEM Summit: ‘There’s an opportunity deficit’ This year, the Washington STEM Summit brought together more than 300 leaders in government, education, community and business — including… Read More
TLDR: Bezos Creates “Day One Fund” With $2 Billion GeekWire TLDR Daily Rundown: Watch today’s episode with guest host Brian M. Westbrook above, and click the headlines below to read… Read More
TLDR: Trump’s new tariff on e-bikes & scooters, Seattle real estate cools down, Microsoft software developer competes for Miss America Today’s featured stories Trump’s tariff on e-bikes and scooters could slow new mobility momentum in the U.S. Is the tide… Read More
The American Dream: What the U.S. means to immigrant entrepreneurs and tech leaders Manny Medina was 20 years old when he came to the United States to pursue opportunities in engineering. “For me,… Read More
Resilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneurs First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most… Read More
