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Guest Post: Avoid the feature graveyard with meaningful analysis

Launching a new feature-set is seldom a home run on the first pitch. It can take inning after inning of… Read More

Commentary: Want Seattle to be more like S.F.? Neither do I, so please read this and vote!

Last week I spotted this tweet from Ben Evans, a well-regarded analyst and investor at Andreessen Horowitz. https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans/status/609799800163151872 Thanks to… Read More

Commentary: Seattle needs new political leaders who get tech, but aren’t running Windows Vista

[Editor’s Note: John Roderick is the singer and guitarist of The Long Winters and co-host of the podcast Roderick On the… Read More

The interview: The pressure builds to get into Ada Developers Academy

I’m a student in the current cohort at Ada Developers Academy (ADA), a yearlong program for women seeking careers in… Read More

Breaking down barriers: How coding workshops can help encourage women in computer science

Decked out in orange and a stylish pair of green striped shorts is Ginger, the unofficial mascot for the Geek… Read More

Learning to code: Self-acceptance and Star Trek

In March of this year, I quit my job as a clinical psychologist to learn to code. Quite the change,… Read More

This woman codes: My path into tech

I just left my profession to spend a year working constantly for no pay. I made the decision on a… Read More

8 things I learned from starting a business in China

In October 2010, my friend and I recognized the problem of severe traffic jams in Beijing. We chatted for three… Read More

8 reasons why techies should care about the Seattle City Council elections

We are all really busy in technology land, and it is hard enough to get well-educated on who to vote… Read More

5 reasons why parenthood actually is the very best time to create a startup

There is never a good time to have a child. And there’s never a good time to start a startup.… Read More

Ditch the business plan: Build your test product

I have an MBA. I’ve worked for over 12 years at Fortune 500 companies. I’m supposed to tell you that… Read More

Advice: Should women bother to raise funds from venture capitalists?

The business media hasn’t been kind to venture capital funds in recent weeks. When the nation’s most active deal maker… Read More

Distracted driving bill banning all cellphone usage in the car dies in state legislature

Recognizing that cellphones are now used for more than talking and texting, the Washington state legislature was seeking to make laws more… Read More

9 tips for crushing it on Kickstarter

Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms provide a tremendous opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators. $529 million was pledged to Kickstarter projects… Read More

Healthcare costs are devastating education budgets, and computer science education is collateral damage

I read the recent GeekWire article about how dozens of tech, education and nonprofit execs urge passage of Washington computer… Read More

Commentary: 5 startup lessons I learned for $300,000, each

No one starts a company expecting it to fail. Sure, we say we know the odds, the stars need to… Read More

If non-competes help innovation, why does the state that bans them kick everyone else’s ass?

Commentary: Washington state legislator Derek Stanford (D-Bothell) just introduced a bill that would eliminate the enforceability of non-compete agreements in Washington… Read More

Deflationary technology: Disruption and its impact on your money

COMMENTARY: Since the rock and roll 1960s, technologists have continued to release hits with the same tracks from the same silicon… Read More

Commentary: Bitcoin and the False Dichotomy

You might have asked someone recently, what the heck is going on with Bitcoin? Or maybe you are still wondering… Read More

Seattle police bust record number of drivers for talking on cell phones

We know it’s illegal and dangerous, but the temptation to send a text message or make a phone call while sitting at a… Read More

Inside the Seattle Police hackathon: A substantial first step

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) held its first-ever hackathon on Friday. The event was focused on a single problem: How… Read More

What President Obama’s immigration announcement means for tech companies and entrepreneurs

There were two clear winners in President Obama’s sweeping changes on immigration executive action last week: undocumented parents of U.S.… Read More

Startup Chile: Taking the leap in South America’s top incubator

It’s one thing to stand on the outside of a startup culture and look in. It’s another to actually become… Read More

Radical advice for tech companies: Put the designer in charge

Editor’s note: This post is an excerpt from the book Making Things Special: Tech Leadership from the Trenches A note:… Read More

Paul Allen’s Cinerama gets dramatic new look in advance of reopening

Seattle’s Cinerama, the classic movie theater owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is being super-secretive about what’s in store for movie-goers when it… Read More

GeekGirlCon: Insights from a newbie and a veteran

Editor’s note: A newbie and a veteran spent the day at GeekGirlCon in Seattle this weekend, one to discover her… Read More

Inside Decibel Festival, an electronic music event like no other

Over the past five days the 11th annual Decibel Festival drew thousands of people for programming ranging from educational panels,… Read More

It’s time to create a new Motown for young urban technologists

I was born 30 years too late to experience Motown in its heyday. Nonetheless, as a young boy growing up… Read More

The future of crowdfunding: 3 important trends to watch

Crowdfunding is taking the entrepreneurial financing world by storm, changing the way everything from startups to art projects get funded.… Read More

The problem with the police’s plea to ‘Tweet Smart’

Considering this week’s events in Ferguson, Missouri, isn’t it smartest for the public to tweet more real-time police activity in some… Read More