Sex talk, Chewbacca and penguins: Welcome to the Tech Show (PHOTOS)

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Ramez Naam reading a steamy sex scene from his new sci-fi novel. Glenn Walcott groaning and moaning while doing his best Chewbacca impression. Jenni Hogan talking about penguins. These are just snippets from Wednesday’s first-ever Tech Show, Seattle’s newest tech-centric and entertaining version of a meetup. About 100 or so from the local tech community… Read More…

Seattle’s social media queen Jenni Hogan leaving KIRO

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Seattle’s social media queen is leaving KIRO and dreaming big. Jenni Hogan, the KIRO 7 traffic anchor and Seattle’s popular social media maven, announced today that Dec. 28 will be her final day at KIRO. Hogan will be teaming up with Target to “celebrate service” on projects involving Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy and the… Read More…

Q&A: Social media maven Jenni Hogan on reshaping the TV news business

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Jenni Hogan wants to change the way you interact with news — and the way it interacts with you. With a vision for connectivity, communication, and entrepreneurship — not to mention more than 50,000 Twitter followers — the traffic reporter and Social7 creator is working with her KIRO news team to evolve the conversation between… Read More…

Jenni Hogan’s social TV experiment: What we learned

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Like many of you in the Seattle region, I stayed up past bedtime last night (well, it was past my bedtime, at least) to watch Jenni Hogan’s experiment in social television on KIRO-TV — a show blending live television and online streaming with real-time interaction on Facebook and Twitter. I should say that we here… Read More…