The Super Bowl for viewers is full of glitz, glamour and athleticism, but of course it takes a huge amount of behind-the-scenes coordination and logistics to making such a large event work. Bellevue-based Smartsheet had an inside glimpse of the action this weekend, as its spreadsheet-style project management and collaboration tools played a key role in… Read More…
Hashtags were almost as prevalent as potato chips during the Super Bowl yesterday. Twitter ruled the roost of social networks during the commercial portions of the big game, with half of the national television ads broadcast during the game using a hashtag or making some other Twitter reference, according to the unofficial count by Marketing… Read More…
A game that combines fantasy baseball and Monopoly. A project that identifies soccer teams that are suffering from missing players due to preventable injuries. A website called SuperBowlDrinkingGame.com. Sunday’s conclusion of the first-ever Sports Hack Day certainly reinforced a simple fact: infinite opportunities exist at the crossover between sports and technology. More than 20 groups demoed their sporty-geeky-techie apps… Read More…
SEATTLE — Teamwork is one of the pillars of success in team sports. A quarterback needs his offensive line, the pitcher needs his catcher — you can’t win without your fellow comrades supporting you. The same idea applies to hackathons and is something I witnessed first-hand on Day 2 of Sports Hack Day. My team is… Read More…
SEATTLE — Ready, set, hack. Just 12 hours after kickoff and we’re well underway at Sports Hack Day. I’m here at the HUB Seattle documenting my first-ever hackathon experience and am already realizing what a melting pot of wicked smart ideas these things are. We got started Friday night with a keynote from Vantage CTO Cameron Tangney and… Read More…
I’m part nervous, a little excited and honestly, a bit scared. My first hackathon experience, which I’m going to document on GeekWire, commences Friday night. Two nights before Sunday’s Super Bowl, developers and designers will come together at the downtown HUB Seattle for a unique weekend-long, sports-themed hackathon called Sports HackDay. Hackers will compete for two main… Read More…
Seattle hearts hurt Sunday. It happened around 1 p.m. In about 31 seconds. Maybe you remember. The Seahawks had just made a stellar comeback, leading the Falcons in the divisional playoff game, 28-27. I was in my friend’s living room, dying. You were at a bar. At home. Wherever. If you were watching TV, you… Read More…
Recording and studying statistics has always been a backbone of sports. Computers and technology, however, have revolutionized the way we can analyze exactly what’s happening on the field or court. Opinions on a player’s effectiveness and efficiency are subjective and up for debate. On the contrary, research-based objective numbers are impossible to argue with. Seattle-based… Read More…
No more fighting your way through a throng of sports fans to score an autograph. With just a few clicks online, you can now pay for an e-signed photograph of your favorite athlete complete with a personalized written and voice message. Seattle-based Egraph could be paving the way for the future of the autograph. Here’s… Read More…
Paul Ingalls readily admits that there’s no shortage of players trying to carve new businesses in the arena of social sports. But so far, at least in his view, no one has quite “nailed it.” As the co-founder of Fanzo, Ingalls hopes his startup is the first to make it to the end zone. The… Read More…
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