Launching a new feature-set is seldom a home run on the first pitch. It can take inning after inning of foul tips, singles, and doubles to iterate your way around… Read More
Last week I spotted this tweet from Ben Evans, a well-regarded analyst and investor at Andreessen Horowitz. San Francisco is really a case study in how to make a city… Read More
[Editor’s Note: John Roderick is the singer and guitarist of The Long Winters and co-host of the podcast Roderick On the Line. He’s currently running for Seattle City Council at-large position… Read More
I’m a student in the current cohort at Ada Developers Academy (ADA), a yearlong program for women seeking careers in computer programming. For those of you just tuning in, I… Read More
Decked out in orange and a stylish pair of green striped shorts is Ginger, the unofficial mascot for the Geek Girl Carrots Seattle workshop. As a stuffed toy carrot from… Read More
In March of this year, I quit my job as a clinical psychologist to learn to code. Quite the change, right? I heard about Ada Developers Academy, a year long,… Read More
I just left my profession to spend a year working constantly for no pay. I made the decision on a Friday. For months, I’d been bombarding myself with questions: Should… Read More
In October 2010, my friend and I recognized the problem of severe traffic jams in Beijing. We chatted for three hours and decided to do something about it. Twenty five… Read More
We are all really busy in technology land, and it is hard enough to get well-educated on who to vote for in federal and state-wide elections. The elections that will… Read More
There is never a good time to have a child. And there’s never a good time to start a startup. We hold these truths to be generally self-evident. But to… Read More
I have an MBA. I’ve worked for over 12 years at Fortune 500 companies. I’m supposed to tell you that a business plan is the first step in your journey… Read More
The business media hasn’t been kind to venture capital funds in recent weeks. When the nation’s most active deal maker stands trial for sex discrimination, the entrepreneurial community takes notice.… Read More
Recognizing that cellphones are now used for more than talking and texting, the Washington state legislature was seeking to make laws more strict by essentially banning all phone usage in the car. But… Read More
Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms provide a tremendous opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators. $529 million was pledged to Kickstarter projects in 2014—that’s more than $1,000 a minute. That said, running… Read More
I read the recent GeekWire article about how dozens of tech, education and nonprofit execs urge passage of Washington computer science bill. I’m a natural supporter of that. I’m a… Read More
No one starts a company expecting it to fail. Sure, we say we know the odds, the stars need to align, etc. But deep down, we all believe we’ll be… Read More
Commentary: Washington state legislator Derek Stanford (D-Bothell) just introduced a bill that would eliminate the enforceability of non-compete agreements in Washington State. Microsoft will do everything in their power to kill… Read More
COMMENTARY: Since the rock and roll 1960s, technologists have continued to release hits with the same tracks from the same silicon albums: new experiences, more functionality, higher performance and constantly falling… Read More
You might have asked someone recently, what the heck is going on with Bitcoin? Or maybe you are still wondering what Bitcoin is, or even questioning its relevancy? A lot has changed… Read More
We know it’s illegal and dangerous, but the temptation to send a text message or make a phone call while sitting at a red light or in traffic — or worse, while driving —… Read More
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) held its first-ever hackathon on Friday. The event was focused on a single problem: How to redact the video streams recorded by police officers from… Read More
There were two clear winners in President Obama’s sweeping changes on immigration executive action last week: undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and green card holders and tech workers. The president… Read More
It’s one thing to stand on the outside of a startup culture and look in. It’s another to actually become part of that very same ecosystem. We spent the months… Read More
Editor’s note: This post is an excerpt from the book Making Things Special: Tech Leadership from the Trenches A note: We recognize that many of the people reading this book… Read More
Seattle’s Cinerama, the classic movie theater owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is being super-secretive about what’s in store for movie-goers when it reopens this month after a two-month renovation. But if the outside… Read More
Editor’s note: A newbie and a veteran spent the day at GeekGirlCon in Seattle this weekend, one to discover her inner geek and the other to revel in a community… Read More
Over the past five days the 11th annual Decibel Festival drew thousands of people for programming ranging from educational panels, to experimental musical showcases, to afternoon boat cruises on Lake Union.… Read More
I was born 30 years too late to experience Motown in its heyday. Nonetheless, as a young boy growing up in Detroit, I benefited from a city known as the… Read More
Crowdfunding is taking the entrepreneurial financing world by storm, changing the way everything from startups to art projects get funded. When traditional bank and VC financing leaves many entrepreneurs and… Read More
Considering this week’s events in Ferguson, Missouri, isn’t it smartest for the public to tweet more real-time police activity in some emergencies, not less? A coalition of local law enforcement agencies, including… Read More