This tech startup just turned a hip Seattle bar into an amazing hang-out space

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You’ve heard the stories of the amazing perks now being offered to employees of tech companies, from massages to paid vacations to free lunches. Not to be outdone by its big-company rivals, Seattle startup HasOffers just opened a new kitchen area and hang-out space a block away from its headquarters in a former Belltown bar. The… Read More…

Slideshow: 7 steps to raise a geek child

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GeekWire columnist Frank Catalano wrote one of our favorite posts of all time with his seven tips for raising a geek child. Now, it’s back in an entirely new form. (See below) Catalano’s goal at the time was to help parents raise well-balanced proto-geeks “who keep their nerd heritage and don’t wind up living in… Read More…

A win for JoeyBra: Founders of iPhone-friendly brassiere prevail in court

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Good news for women who want to carry smartphones in their bras. A federal judge has declined to award a preliminary injunction over a patent claim by a British man who filed suit last year against the University of Washington students who created the JoeyBra, a brassiere that’s designed to carry a smartphone. [Correction: We’ve updated this post… Read More…

Goodbye world: I’m unplugging for a day (or at least trying to)

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I’ve got to say, this makes me very nervous.  But you’ve got to address your fears, right? It is the National Day of Unplugging, starting today at sundown. And after speaking with the founder of the movement, Dan Rollman, on the GeekWire podcast today, I spontaneously decided to give it a try. It’s a scary… Read More…

Valve founder Gabe Newell on Linux; geeky maps; and other top posts of the month

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Well, GeekWire readers really must have a burning desire to study cartography. Maps were the hot topic on GeekWire during the month of February, from a rendering of the streets of Seattle post Zombie apocalypse to the tech startups in Pioneer Square to what Tweets have to say about Seattle neighborhoods. Those were three of… Read More…

Ping-pong is back! Don’t miss GeekWire’s Anniversary Bash

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There’s nothing like a rousing game of ping-pong — the official pastime of the tech industry — to lift a person’s spirits and get the energy flowing. Not to mention a big party. Which is why, as the Seattle region slogs through another dark winter, GeekWire is proud to announce the return of a Seattle… Read More…