Play Episode Podcast How this former tech columnist bridged her family’s political divide, and what we can learn from it Play What would happen to the divisions in our country if we set aside our phones, and our assumptions, and truly… Read More
Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens — Cybersecurity giant Tanium appointed Marc Levine as its new CFO, effective May 17. He was most recently CFO at… Read More
Podcast Seattle journalists launch ‘The Evergrey’ newsletter, seeking a stronger sense of place in a booming city Seattle is growing — or perhaps a better term is exploding — at an almost startling rate. An average of 263 people are moving… Read More
Real Change 2.0: Seattle street paper goes digital with apps and mobile payments Seattle’s only street paper is reinventing itself with an app. Real Change, the non-profit $2 weekly sold by street vendors… Read More
Seattle Art Museum tests rolling telepresence devices to let disabled guests tour exhibits When you can’t leave your bed, you can’t explore the world. But what if you could? The Seattle Art Museum… Read More
Why Meerkat and other live video apps are going to succeed If you thought you’d seen the last of the social media app frenzies, this week proved you wrong. Meerkat, the… Read More
Everything is awesome — especially this Lego photography exhibit The geekiest art opening of the year is coming to the Bryan Ohno Gallery in Seattle’s International District Thursday night.… Read More
10 habits of an unproductive emailer: How not to write your next message There are ways to email people so things get done, and ways to email people so things stall, backtrack or… Read More
Study: Here’s how to beat the stereotypes that keep women out of computer science For computer science to grow, its most persistent stereotype has to fade. That’s the takeaway from the work of a group… Read More
In defense of boredom: Why your phone is killing your creativity Last week I asked people on Facebook a question. “If you had to sit on a bench in a park… Read More
15 habits of an ineffective networker: What not to do at your next event To bad networkers, it’s all “me, me, me.” We see them. We want to escape them. We hope we act… Read More
The one way social media is stressing you out — and why you should let it Of all the ways we think using social media is stressing us out, only one is real, according to a… Read More
Ashamed of my selfie stick: Hating on a hot new trend When I showed my brother my new extendable Bluetooth-enabled smartphone camera pole thingy over the holidays, I hoped he’d think… Read More
Commentary: Our culture of ‘like’ means there’s no time left to hate Last week I got one of those studies in my inbox that tells you the obvious. A lot of people… Read More
Way beyond ‘texting and driving:’ How technology is creating blind spots in the car The last time I wrote about the temptation to use my phone while I drive, one solution I considered was… Read More
Why I’m hooked on Waze, and what it says about the future of humans and machines It was going to be a quick trip to the Eastside on a weekend. Then traffic stopped, my husband scowled,… Read More
Everything I know about Twitch I learned from my live-streaming husband When New York Times media critic David Carr turned his attention to Twitch this week after Amazon’s $970 million cash… Read More
With hack of anonymous app Secret, Seattle hackers prove no one can hide You haven’t shared anything really secret on Secret, right? Good. Because a Seattle hacker has outed the popular anonymous social… Read More
Crowdsourced curation: Frye Art Museum wants you to remix its collection with a ‘like’ The people have spoken, and the people love the ducks. “It’s a pleasing painting, but it’s just a group of… 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
Why Seattle should bring back the 1700s London coffeehouse If there’s anything Seattle does better than anyone, it’s coffee shops. This city’s unbeatable selection of warm, friendly spaces to… Read More
More than a great view: How Seattle’s iconic Space Needle is going digital Take the elevator to the top and enjoy the view. That’s been the main attraction at Seattle’s iconic Space Needle for pretty much all… Read More
Want to be a superhero action figure? This startup is making it happen Ever wanted to see yourself as a superhero action figure? A Seattle company is making it possible thanks to two Zcorp… Read More
To share or not to share: Are you building this ‘crucial new skill’? Sometimes it’s smart to share an idea, and sometimes it’s smarter to keep it quiet. Know the difference? Commanding the… Read More
Get it done already: 15 tips to beat online writing distractions Everyone can write and no one can stay focused on writing. It’s a quirk of our connected universe that drives… Read More
Still asking ‘What do you do?’ Try these 5 better questions “What do you do?” The classic get-to-know-you question is designed to extract information about your job, that thing you spend… Read More
The Amazon model: 4 reasons your company should move to the heart of the city The Weyerhauser Corporate Headquarters in Federal Way has earned awards for its architecture, interior design and energy conservation. It’s a… Read More
4 cultural traps to avoid, courtesy of this leaked New York Times report The New York Times ran a fantastic story last week about the struggles companies face in a digital world. Its… Read More
‘It’s going great!’ Decoding the biggest lie in startups I heard it last week at the GeekWire Awards, like I hear it at almost every tech networking event ever.… Read More
Women in tech: Packed forum takes on 4 big questions Want to make a bigger impact as a woman working in technology? Try what Tami Reller once did — talk louder.… Read More
