This week on the GeekWire radio show we speak to Startup Weekend CEO Marc Nager who is building a global empire of 54-hour entrepreneurial bootcamps. The Seattle non-profit organization, backed by the Kauffman Foundation and others, has hosted Startup Weekends in 113 countries and 325 cities. It plans to hold more than 800 events this… Read More…
Well, that was a ton of fun. Thanks to everyone who joined the GeekWire team last night as we recorded our KIRO Radio show in front of an audience for the first time. It was a thrill for John and me to get out of the studio and hear the feedback from the crowd as… Read More…
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This is my favorite time of the year. Because it’s the only time when there are no public broadcasting pledge drives. But wait. While I was typing this sentence my mainstay NPR station announced it was beginning its “December celebration” of a “Favorite Things” weekend. They don’t say “pledge drive,” but there it is: the… Read More…
Our new Geek of the Week, Ivan Braiker, first made his mark in the world of broadcasting, building radio networks including Olympia Broadcasting and New Northwest Broadcasters, and co-founding the Satellite Music Network — the first radio network to distribute live, 24-hour programming via satellite. Billboard Magazine once named him its “Trendsetter of the Year.”… Read More…
This American Life today retracted a story that it aired in January which included excerpts from the one-man show “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” by playwright Mike Daisey. In a blog post titled “RETRACTING “MR. DAISEY AND THE APPLE FACTORY,” the popular radio host Ira Glass wrote that the piece contained “significant fabrications.”… Read More…
The noontime panel at Seattle Interactive Conference today featured a great lineup of musicians and others involved in the music industry for a discussion of how the digital-music era is shaking out, and what it means for them and music fans. Moderated by KUOW-FM’s Ross Reynolds, the panel consisted of Sir Mix-A-Lot, Death Cab for Cutie… Read More…
I’m a big fan of on-demand audio via smartphone — particularly from local radio stations. Here’s why: Frequently I’ll catch the end of a segment or show in my car and want to hear the whole thing on my phone, via my car’s auxiliary jack. Oftentimes that means navigating to the station’s webpage on the mobile browser,… Read More…
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