Amazon Tap review: Say hello to my little friend — and new travel buddy “Oh my God. It’s another one.” That was my wife’s reaction when she saw that a third Amazon Alexa device… Read More
Commentary: KPLU’s proposed acquisition by KUOW puts a global online audience at risk The clock is ticking in the campaign to save a beloved media institution based in the Seattle area. With 24-hour jazz and… Read More
Echo Dot review: Hands-on with Amazon’s smart, squat, almost-too-independent Alexa sibling Befitting its stature, here is the capsule review: Amazon’s new Echo Dot smart speaker is the Echo you’ve been waiting for… Read More
Amazon Books: 4 months later, the retail giant’s bricks-and-mortar experiment feels like a winner Amazon has almost perfected a shopping experience for browsers — and I mean human, not web. Four months after the first… Read More
Ignore the critics: The world needs more Tomorrowlands Tomorrow sucks. That, in a nutshell, seems to be the assessment of many film reviewers and even the box office… Read More
Education technology: Your cheat sheet to 10 fads, trends, and WTFs It’s been a most-frenzied spring of conferences in the new hotbed of startup and investor tech opportunity, education technology. And… Read More
Conducting with Kinect: Seattle Symphony to use Microsoft’s sensor in world premiere performance On Friday, May 1, the Seattle Symphony will present the world premiere of a new work. It will be conducted… Read More
As science fiction ascends, its popular award – the Hugo – threatens to nosedive The future of science fiction and fantasy’s most prominent award may be decided on its flight from Seattle to Spokane.… Read More
5 steps to deal with your geek child’s adulthood Sad Tomagotchis. Dead batteries in Robotics Camp capstone projects. Discarded Legos discovered by bare feet in the middle of the night… Read More
Why I’m staying with Comcast – even though it’s Comcast Comcast has my TV business. And despite the deep emotional satisfaction I might derive from cutting that particular cable, it is… Read More
Seattle nonprofit Enlearn tackles thorny task: Personalize school with technology One of the knottiest problems in applying technology to education is the holy grail of “personalization:” How to adjust and… Read More
No more coffees with startups: 3 ways they waste everyone’s time So far in 2015, I’m doing a great job of keeping my only resolution – to give up coffees. Not… Read More
Sneak peek: Check out this galactically-awesome Star Wars costume exhibit debuting in Seattle It’s not whether you embrace the light side or the dark side. It’s how you dress the part. That, in a… Read More
Can you count to $2 billion? Education technology investment hits new record Education technology is a weird little industry. But you may never fully appreciate exactly how weird until you start to… Read More
Paper is back: Why ‘real’ books are on the rebound All hail paper, the book reading technology resurgent. Eight years after the first Amazon Kindle and five years since the… Read More
Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault I have seen the future. And it looks a bit ratty. That was my not-so-charitable reaction when I got up-close… Read More
Amazon Echo in the house: Superior streaming speaker with so-so smarts At one end of the intelligent audio spectrum is the gadget that hangs on to your every word, a vocal… Read More
The geeky tech behind Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer This month marks the 50th anniversary of one of the technological marvels of modern geek culture. I am, of course,… Read More
Happy Holidays, it’s the Christmas Troll! I’ll never forget the gift I unwrapped last Christmas. It came by digital delivery: A colorful package of incendiary words… Read More
Santa, all I want for Christmas is my 2.0 Dear Santa Tech, I won’t humblebrag: I’ve been good this year. Very good. I didn’t click on links in email… Read More
Scientific literacy: Buried under tech’s trappings We are living in the era of artificial scientific literacy. And for that I blame iPhones, geek culture, and STEM.… Read More
Interstellar: Dramatic awe, with a science-fiction flaw Sure, Interstellar is smart spectacle. But is it good science fiction? In short: Interstellar tries hard. Maybe a little too… Read More
How online scammers created a fake identity using little more than my picture I am not the me that others think I should be. Especially if you judge my identity by those who… Read More
From AIDS to Ebola: In rumor control, only the tech changes As a species, we don’t seem to get any smarter about rumors and misinformation – even if our technology evolves.… Read More
Alaska Airlines’ biometric boarding pass: Lifting, or giving, a finger? How much perceived privacy are you willing to give up to reduce pain? That’s one of the questions Alaska Airlines… Read More
Google, Apple, Microsoft: Propelled, and trapped, by their brands Thought experiment: You have developed a groundbreaking computing device, a worthy hardware challenger to every laptop, tablet, phablet, and phone… Read More
Finding a good way to share really bad news on social media I’m about to overshare on sharing. I have good reason. In mid-June, my wife Dee Dee was diagnosed with breast… Read More
How Microsoft can use Minecraft to build its education strategy Educators had the right to feel a little freaked out about Microsoft’s announcement that it was acquiring Minecraft maker Mojang.… Read More
Why I’ll never again fully buy into Apple’s ecosystem When I first heard Apple was making a Big Announcement on September 9, I thought it was great that a… Read More
Stealth escalators, driverless subways and more Scandinavian technologies that we need now At times, the coolest technology isn’t the bright-shiny object that glares at you demanding recognition of its awesomeness. It’s the… Read More
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