If there’s anything Seattle does better than anyone, it’s coffee shops. This city’s unbeatable selection of warm, friendly spaces to drop in, meet up and get things done is one… Read More
Editor’s Note: Amal Graafstra was one of hundreds of people who attended ToorCamp, a summer camp for geeks earlier this month on the Washington coast. The author of the book RFID Toys and a “double RFID… Read More
Follow up: Denver Police chief opens investigation into Uber incident, issues public apology to Seattle man Colorado is the self-described “vanguard” of innovation. But that’s not really how it felt… Read More
Sometimes it’s smart to share an idea, and sometimes it’s smarter to keep it quiet. Know the difference? Commanding the toggle between public and private thinking is a big deal… Read More
At the beginning of the 1900’s, Ernest Shackleton was merely a third officer in an expedition to the South Pole. He was sent home early for health reasons. Determined to… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Author and teacher Jon Bell is a designer in Twitter’s Seattle office and a speaker at the upcoming HIVE technology design conference.] While it’s true that creativity and inspiration can be hard to explain, quantify, or reliably… Read More
Steve Ballmer left Microsoft in February after 34 years, and since then he’s spent time on college campuses giving commencement speeches and on the links honing his golf game. But… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Guest commentator David Lifson of General Assembly is one of the speakers at the upcoming HIVE technology design conference, June 20 and 21 in Seattle, presented by AIGA Seattle, the professional… Read More
There’s another way to look at the fact that 85 percent of Seattle residents have Internet access at home. Fifteen percent — roughly 93,000 people — still do not. That’s… Read More
You’re a recent grad from a top engineering school. You come to a hot startup, and in your second week, you volunteer to implement an ambitious new feature. You slave… Read More
Editor’s Note: On Monday, we wrote about entrepreneur Jeff Reifman’s contention that Amazon.com is ruining the dating scene in Seattle for straight men, by hiring a disproportionate number of men in the… Read More
Gordon Kuenster, one of the first successful tech entrepreneurs in the Seattle area, died recently at the age of 80. His story is worth telling because of his importance in… Read More
Want to make a bigger impact as a woman working in technology? Try what Tami Reller once did — talk louder. The tip was one of several shared by five accomplished… Read More
A bunch of friends and I recently converged on the Sound Mind and Body Gym in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood for a bittersweet final afternoon of full-court basketball. The gym closed… Read More
Let’s say you have an opening on your technology team: An urgent need for engineer that will expand your application written on top of the Spring Framework in Java. You… Read More
Smart consumers are quick to recognize when specific technologies can benefit them. Here in the Seattle area, we have a lot of these tech-savvy individuals; certainly many were drawn to… Read More
The Washington state Legislature completed its session on time March 13 after 60 days. Lawmakers passed a supplemental operating budget that added more than $100 million to K-12 schools, approved… Read More
An hour after Seattle City Council voted to cap the number of ride-sharing drivers on city streets, I was in a Lyft (with my two kids) that got rear ended… Read More
I have called Seattle home for more than two decades and my wife and I are raising our children here. There’s a lot to enjoy and be proud of about… Read More
In a 9-0 decision Monday, the Seattle City Council voted to cap the number of UberX, Sidecar and Lyft drivers on our streets — to protect the legitimate interests of… Read More
The Washington state legislature meets for 60 days in the even-numbered years, which means that the legislative process goes much faster than during the long 105-day session in the odd… Read More
Over the last several months, I’ve been testing the Pebble smartwatch and thinking about the future of wearable technology. The Pebble links by Bluetooth wireless technology to my cell phone and… Read More
In case you’ve been living under a rock the last week, Richard Sherman has been everywhere in the media. It started when the Seattle Seahawks made a game saving and ultimately… Read More
The Washington state legislature will convene next Monday for its annual session. The legislature will not pass a big operating budget this year in the 60-day session, but it will… Read More
The Pacific Science Center has been named as a recipient of a NASA Collaboration Grant to help it promote STEM education in Seattle. In particular, the museum says that the… Read More
Three years ago, I founded my third company. I left my old company, risked my livelihood (again), put my social life on hold and bootstrapped Chirpify myself for over a… Read More
Like many of you, I was excited to read that the FAA decided to allow use of portable electronics below 10,000 feet. And like most of you, I assumed that… Read More
I wanted to expose my kids to programming because it’s a great skill and a powerful way of thinking. And my kids spend enough time playing Angry Birds and Cut… Read More
The October 21st story in The New York Times — “Tech Wealth and Ideas Are Heading Into News” — includes Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos among “Silicon Valley and its various power brokers.”… Read More
Pull together a list of Seattle’s fastest-growing companies and you’ll see a wide variety of industries, leadership styles, go-to-market approaches and organizational structures. But pull back the top layers that… Read More