Comments of the Week

Bill Gates on Google’s Internet balloons; Contour hits the wall; and other comments of the week

by GeekWire on August 11, 2013August 11, 2013 at 12:01 am 6 Comments

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “The Internet is transforming almost every element of the news business: shortening news cycles, eroding long-reliable revenue sources, and… Read More

Saying farewell to the iPhone; Bill Gates’ reading list; and other top posts of the month

by John Cook on February 2, 2013February 2, 2013 at 12:57 pmComment

It was another big month here at GeekWire. We unveiled our new GeekWire membership program, relaunched the popular GeekWire 200 startup list and hired superstar salesperson, Sarah Camp, as our Chief Sales Geek.… Read More

Comments of the Week: Oprah ‘loves’ the Surface; Hastings’ Microsoft analysis; and more

by John Cook on November 24, 2012November 24, 2012 at 9:11 pm1 Comment

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “[Microsoft has] many great assets and many great challenges. The great assets are the technology, and Windows, Office. And… Read More

The difference between Kindle Fire and Windows Phone and other comments of the week

by John Cook on August 5, 2012August 5, 2012 at 10:38 am1 Comment

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “I think it’s interesting the types of adjectives journalists use to “spin” articles. For example in this article, Kindle’s… Read More

Microsoft’s blunders; the meaning of Marissa Mayer; and other comments of the week

by John Cook on July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 at 9:59 am1 Comment

“I am honored and delighted to lead Yahoo, one of the internet’s premier destinations for more than 700 million users.”—Newly-appointed Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer commenting on her new role at… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘demoralizing’ stack ranking system; and other comments of the week

by John Cook on July 8, 2012July 8, 2012 at 6:41 am 6 Comments

The 4th of July brought another beautiful patriotic display over Seattle’s South Lake Union. But those weren’t the only fireworks going on in the city. Microsoft’s employee ranking system (and… Read More

Comments of the Week: Ballmer and basketball; Sword fighting authors; etc.

by John Cook on June 17, 2012June 17, 2012 at 7:58 am1 Comment

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “I’ve been writing science and historical fiction for three decades. Well, screw that. I want to do a video… Read More

A 6-year-old’s pitch; an app to save your marriage; and other comments of the week

by John Cook on May 26, 2012May 27, 2012 at 8:40 am 7 Comments

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “Feature request: Deduct points … when phone is thrown across room.”– GeekWire reader Jay Force commenting on Kouply, a new… Read More

Comments of the week: Will this phone really take off?

by John Cook on April 15, 2012April 16, 2012 at 12:47 amComment

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “Do you have to turn off *this* phone during takeoff and landing?” —GeekWire reader Lawrence Lam commenting on news… Read More

Quotes of the week: Seattle is a ‘red dwarf’ and Silicon Valley is the sun

by John Cook on March 4, 2012March 4, 2012 at 9:36 am 6 Comments

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week … “I think there are great investors and great people here (in Seattle). But if you accept the premise… Read More

Microsoft Windows as a ‘beautiful metaphor’ and other comments of the week

by John Cook on February 19, 2012February 19, 2012 at 11:04 amComment

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Windows really is a beautiful metaphor for computing and with the new logo we wanted to celebrate… Read More

Porsches in the parking lot; Etch-a-Sketch in the sky; and other quotes of the week

by John Cook on February 12, 2012February 12, 2012 at 8:25 amComment

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “This is much more than a building for us. This is a flag raising exercise. This is… Read More

SOPA is a lobotomy, Google’s cutbacks are heartless … and other fun quotes of the week

by GeekWire on January 22, 2012January 22, 2012 at 9:59 amComment

The best observations, quotes, comments and zingers we heard this week. “There’s a fundamental difference between people who want to see the Internet and say — ‘Let’s lobotomize and censor… Read More

Paul Allen on space travel; Seattle’s risk-averse VCs… and other comments of the week

by John Cook on December 18, 2011December 14, 2014 at 3:37 pm1 Comment

The best insights, observations, comments and random zingers we heard this week. “That (Microsoft) is gone. In its place is a slow moving, uncompetitive, over the hill oaf that has… Read More

Scandinavian roots, Netflix price hikes and other top comments

by John Cook on July 17, 2011July 17, 2011 at 9:20 am1 Comment

Is Seattle’s startup community hamstrung by a lack of investment dollars or a lack of high-quality entrepreneurial ideas? That was the debate which erupted on GeekWire this past week as… Read More

Comments of the Week: Nintendo is the Apple of video games

by John Cook on July 10, 2011July 10, 2011 at 8:54 am1 Comment

It was a big week for tech news, with Facebook rolling out its online video chat service with Skype and Amazon continuing its tax battle against California and other states.… Read More

Teenage entrepreneurs, PopCap in play and other comments of the week

by John Cook on June 26, 2011June 26, 2011 at 11:02 amComment

It was an epic week here at GeekWire. Not only did more than 800 people (including Sir Mix-A-Lot, Detlef Schrempf, Jenni Hogan and Seattle Sounders’ Brad Evans and Pat Noonan)… Read More

‘Seattle feels a lot like Bangalore,’ and other comments of the week

by John Cook on June 5, 2011June 5, 2011 at 10:58 am1 Comment

Fashion advice for Bill Gates. A new operating system that could rival … Vista. And how Seattle compares to Bangalore, India — just with nicer utilities. That was some of… Read More

Comments of the week: Ballmer at USC, Gates on the BBC, etc.

by John Cook on May 22, 2011May 22, 2011 at 10:31 amComment

Microsoft’s top brass took some heat in the GeekWire comment threads this past week, with readers complaining about everything from the slumping stock price to the company’s lack of focus… Read More

‘Google creeps me out,’ and other comments of the week

by John Cook on May 15, 2011May 15, 2011 at 10:31 am1 Comment

Our stories this past week about Western Washington University’s proposal to cut its computer science department sparked one of the most lively discussions on GeekWire since our launch. Many readers… Read More

‘Amazon still has a winning culture at their core,’ and other comments of the week

by John Cook on May 1, 2011May 1, 2011 at 9:32 am1 Comment

There was plenty of chatter on GeekWire this past week as discussions and debate arose over a variety of topics, from Amazon.com’s AWS outage to the best way to split… Read More

‘Amazon should be the one apologizing,’ and other comments of the week

by John Cook on April 24, 2011April 24, 2011 at 5:22 am1 Comment

BigDoor founder Keith Smith touched a nerve after writing a guest post for GeekWire this past week explaining his frustrations with Amazon.com’s lack of communication following the massive AWS outage.… Read More

Root beer peeing unicorns, and other comments of the week

by John Cook on April 17, 2011April 17, 2011 at 9:23 amComment

Some lively discussions erupted on GeekWire this week as members of the tech community debated what it will take to make Seattle a thriving center of innovation and entrepreneurship. TeachStreet… Read More

‘The second bubble started with Twitter and Facebook,’ and other comments of the week

by John Cook on April 10, 2011April 10, 2011 at 12:15 am 2 Comments

It’s been another action-packed week here at GeekWire as we continue to scour the tech landscape for interesting, offbeat and original nuggets of information. My favorite story was a digital… Read More

‘If you don’t like IE don’t use it,’ and other comments of the week

by John Cook on March 20, 2011March 20, 2011 at 9:28 amComment

We’ve been having a ball telling stories of new technologies, entrepreneurs and the exploits of some of the world’s biggest tech companies. And, of course, we love it when our… Read More