GeekWire Calendar Picks: Travel to space with an astronaut; Tech and music in Pioneer Square; and more Compete in a year-long televised contest. Beat out 36,000 candidates. Complete rigorous cosmonaut training in Russia. Then — travel through… Read More
RealSelf doubles Seattle footprint with new headquarters, plans hiring spree in 2017 RealSelf, an online community for people seeking cosmetic procedures and the clinicians that perform them, is on the move. The… Read More
Working Geek: Why QuoteWizard CEO Scott Peyree can’t fathom 60-hour work weeks Scott Peyree isn’t afraid to unplug — and he doesn’t want his employees to be afraid, either. That commitment to… Read More
Valve founder Gabe Newell on Linux; geeky maps; and other top posts of the month Well, GeekWire readers really must have a burning desire to study cartography. Maps were the hot topic on GeekWire during… Read More
Pioneer Square Tech Map: Where are tech companies hanging their shingles? We’ve been writing a lot of about the tech renaissance going on in Pioneer Square, one of Seattle’s most historic… Read More
VIDEO: Touring the remodeled HUB Seattle OK, so it wasn’t quite an episode of MTV’s CRIBS, but we did our own little house tour of the… Read More
City of Seattle looks to expand fiber leasing plan Seattle’s excess fiber optic cabling is officially for sale. Mayor Mike McGinn released a request for information today to private… Read More
New Center for Impact and Innovation inks lease at Pioneer Square’s historic Masins furniture building For nearly 80 years, the Masin family sold couches, tables and other fine-furniture from its Pioneer Square location. But now… Read More
Pioneer Square tower plan: Jenga puzzle meets Borg ship For a while now we’ve been keeping an eye on developments in Pioneer Square as the Seattle neighborhood tries to… Read More
Mayor McGinn convenes startup roundtable: Could these 5 ideas transform Seattle’s startup community? Can the City of Seattle do more to support startups? That was the question raised Tuesday night by Seattle Mayor… Read More
Isilon adding 200 jobs as it settles into Pioneer Square HQ Isilon Systems, getting comfortable in its new digs in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, said today that it plans to add… Read More
Seattle’s Pioneer Square has tech, needs tribe It’s happened a couple times now. I walk to my car from Zeitgeist Coffee or gaze up at the old brick… Read More
Comcast wins high-speed broadband contract for Seattle’s Pioneer Square Comcast has won a high-profile contract to provide high-speed Internet access to businesses and residences in Pioneer Square, an important… Read More
Mayor McGinn promises high-speed Internet for parts of Pioneer Square Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn today laid out a proposal to encourage broadband Internet in a four-block area in Pioneer Square,… Read More
Pioneer Studios closure: So long to some of Microsoft’s sweetest digs ever Good scoop from Jay Greene of CNet News.com this afternoon, reporting that Microsoft has shuttered Pioneer Studios, a group in Pioneer… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: 60 Minutes, Zynga, and what’s hot in computer science now This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we talk about the time we spent with a “60 Minutes” crew, the opening… Read More
Is the ‘Seattle Underground’ the key to solving Pioneer Square’s Internet woes? The solution to Pioneer Square’s Internet connectivity problems may be found in a cavernous, mid-19th century underworld. The City of… Read More
Seattle’s hottest tech neighborhood offers crappy Internet service, drug dealers Pioneer Square is undergoing a major transformation as high-tech companies such as Isilon, Zynga and Blue Nile set up shop… Read More
Exclusive: Zynga picks historic Pioneer Square building for office Zynga, the fast growing maker of FarmVille, Mafia Wars and other social games, plans to establish its new engineering center… Read More
