You finish a great episode of a great show. You want to watch the next one, but you’ve already seen three of these and it’s getting late. Do you press… Read More
Every now and then you get tired of hearing so much about something you know nothing about. This week I resolved to get to know Reddit. The ginormous social forum… Read More
Damn you, Apple Maps. But not for the reasons you think. “So, right now, if I asked you what direction Portland was, you really don’t know?” my husband asked me… Read More
I was scrolling through my news feed, minding my own (friends’) business, when I was hit with the blinding orange glow of a someecard. I tried to look away, but… Read More
Like anyone who grew up watching Star Trek, I dream of food replicators. “Tea, earl grey, hot,” says Patrick Stewart. And there it is. Amazing. I’ve got pots and pans and… Read More
The day that GeekWire reported that Seattle would host only the second-ever Startup Weekend event catering to women July 13-15, I was pulled in to a fascinating Facebook thread started by a friend… Read More
If you had $185,000 to burn this year, you could have participated in what may prove to be one of the most critical online land grabs in history. ICANN (Internet… Read More
Update, 6/11: The results are in, and Cayle came in second in this weekend’s world championship. Not too shabby. “It came down to a tie-breaker at the end. It was… Read More
I pride myself on being able to argue reasonably, listen respectfully, consider new perspectives thoughtfully and — most of the time — withhold judgment. But I just don’t get it.… Read More
If you’ve gotten a free lunch at a South Lake Union food truck lately, it’s probably thanks to Boston-based mobile wallet app LevelUp. “I probably see those guys out there… Read More
“Between 2006 and 2008 there were 451 people who lost their lives in traffic collisions in Washington,” I heard on the radio last week. “Twenty-six percent of these fatal crashes… Read More
Did you tune in to Tuesday’s almost-riot show? Not the one on Seattle news websites, on the radio or even on TV. I’m talking about the stuff that streamed raw… Read More
You can find dedication in all kinds of places. The office. The football field. The glossy, old-school arcade tucked in the back of Ballard’s Full Tilt Ice Cream. Eighteen-year-old Kevin… Read More
There was no way she was serious. “Please tell me you’ve never actually seen someone post a pic of their baby’s turd, and that it was just a joke on… Read More
News that Facebook will acquire Instagram for $1 billion seems to have gotten everyone excited — except its users. “I’ve always felt like Instagram was a safe zone for creativity… Read More
Is Amazon as involved as it should be in Seattle? How involved is that? And how much does it matter? These questions have become the talk of the tech town… Read More
OK. That’s it. It’s time this social media “lesson” got a review. On March 3, former Miss Phoenix Jean-Sun Hannah Ahn was crowned Miss Seattle. Soon after, KIRO-FM’s website, MyNorthwest.com,… Read More
Seattle-area band The Half Brothers had a little fun at the expense of some of our favorite devices at a “meeting” of the Bushwick Book Club of Seattle Friday night… Read More
A whopping 24,569 people registered for the South by Southwest Interactive festival this year, up 27 percent from 2011. For five days and nights they stormed Austin to network, party, debate… Read More
I was walking down Sixth Street, buried in my phone, when my husband, Jason, noticed something and stopped. I didn’t see it at first. It was the late afternoon on… Read More
Posting from Austin: Meet someone at this year’s South by Southwest Interactive festival, and your first questions are likely to be the same. What do you do? What are you… Read More
Posting from Austin: When teams want to promote their brands at South by Southwest, they know one thing matters above all — standing out in the crowd. The same goes… Read More
I’ve got three simple goals for my trip to Austin’s geektastic South by Southwest Interactive Festival this year: To have a great time, to meet people who do amazing things in the… Read More
Most of us look for news on our smartphones, tablets, computer screens or TVs. Heck, we might even pick up a good old-fashioned newspaper. But what about news from a… Read More
The technologies that bring us together are making me more resentful of the ones that tear us apart. Red light cameras. Metal detectors. Running counter to the technologies of unity… Read More
The world’s most successful online community manager was in Seattle last week, and you probably had no idea. Wael Ghonim, the founding administrator of the Facebook page that one year… Read More
On Friday, Dec. 2 at Seattle Children’s Hospital, 11-year-old Braydon Hutchison was crying. It wasn’t because of his leukemia, which kept him quarantined, or the nausea and vomiting that had… Read More
I woke up, went to the window, saw the new blanket of snow, and knew exactly what I wanted to do next: Tweet. If this had been Saturday, or Monday,… Read More
One day in 2008, Port Commissioner John Creighton and Seattle Office of Film and Music Director James Keblas landed in Austin for the Seattle Chamber’s Intercity Study Mission. Noting how… Read More
Update: There’s now a ‘Shit Seattle People Say When It Snows’ Part 3. Embedded below… If you’re like me, all this #wasnow #waice #snomg madness has got you in need… Read More