Secrecy and trust: Why the NSA leaks feel like ‘The X-Files’ As I try to sort out how I feel about the secret programs that have allowed the National Security Agency… Read More
My VloggerFair vlog: How everyday online stars are changing the face of fandom VloggerFair, the come-one, come-all festival of vlogs and vlogging, kicked off its inaugural run at the enormous Terminal 5 building… Read More
Do you live this moment, or capture it? Facing an everyday digital dilemma We took our 10-month-old son to Disneyland on Monday. When my husband watched video I’d taken of the day, I… Read More
So this is how you make a point about sexism in gaming This week I walked into the Idea Room at HUB Seattle and met two people whose office prank calling out… 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
Where’s my spaceship? Longing for an intergalactic future I was scrolling through my news app this week when I saw the headline: “Virgin Galactic plane makes successful test… Read More
Are you really paying for that paid content? A confession and scorecard Paying for online content was a funny idea back when Napster was a hero and no one had heard the… 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
Mocking Facebook Home: Is the joke on Facebook, or us? “I can’t tell you how convenient it is to have Facebook on your phone without a way to close it,”… Read More
Fourth of July fireworks, brought to us by Kickstarter? We hoped it was an April Fool’s joke. Seattle production company One Reel announced today that the city’s 2013 annual… 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
Baby pictures on Facebook: Audience, nuance and joy I didn’t believe it at first. One second my husband was filming our son with my phone, the next second… 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
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
Bitter Suite: Why it’s so hard to squeeze Microsoft Office into my life Foiled by storage space! My, how appropriate. Tuesday I signed up for the free trial of the new Microsoft Office… 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
Hope, heartbreak, recovery: How our big NFL playoff game played out online Seattle hearts hurt Sunday. It happened around 1 p.m. In about 31 seconds. Maybe you remember. The Seahawks had just… 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
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
Suggest a geeky gift for our second annual gift guide Shopping for geeks this year? Why not get them something from Seattle’s own entrepreneurial backyard? We’re on the lookout for local… 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
Should Facebook users be allowed to vote on privacy changes? You were probably as surprised as I was to get this in an email from Facebook last Wednesday. “We recently… 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
UW policy restricting reporter tweets is not just claiming rights, but taking turf In 2009, the Southeastern Conference, one of the most powerful in college sports, tried something stupid. In a hopeless and… 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
