Last week I did something I rarely do. I posted an angry tweet: “Everyone,” huh? Again, TV people, would it be so bad to put just one serious woman in… Read More
It’s no joke — Gmail turned 10 years old on April Fool’s Day. You should celebrate. Even if you’re not one of its at least 425 million active users, Gmail’s… Read More
March 7, 2013, was a tough day for Kushal Chakrabarti. That was the day he announced he was stepping down as CEO of Vittana, the Seattle-based nonprofit he founded and… Read More
Sometimes I just want to tell lawmakers to shut up and host a hackathon. You can almost see it: Legislators, business leaders and consumers huddled over laptops, not one in… Read More
The Super Bowl clinched it: Seattle is having a moment. “We’re not just some harmless, damp dorks up in the corner anymore,” Seattle’s Lindy West wrote in Jezebel. “We’re winners… Read More
Why do some people like to think that Facebook might die? Would they be relieved to be free from its grip? Validated in a secret conviction that it was never… Read More
If you’re a geek, you probably like to think. Conventions annoy you. New things intrigue you. Puzzles beg to be solved. If you’re a geek, you might reward experimentation, loathe… Read More
Nearly four years after it launched in private beta in March 2010, Pinterest is a powerhouse. Twenty-one percent of online adults use the tiled bookmarking service, according to a 2013… Read More
It’s a double date in a park, or so we’re told. A man, a woman, another man, and his operating system. Her name is Samantha, and she peeks out of… Read More
Looking for great gifts for the geeks on your list? Why not make it local? Continuing an annual tradition, we’re pleased to present the third annual GeekWire Gift Guide, with help… Read More
I’m finding it harder and harder to answer a simple question. Where do you work? There are two traditional choices: at the office or at home. And there are two… Read More
Can’t find the right gifts for the geeks on your list? Never fear — the third annual GeekWire Gift Guide is (almost!) here. For our holiday roundup we are once… Read More
The full title of one of the most talked-about books in tech is “Hatching Twitter: A true story of money, power, friendship and betrayal.” The most important word in that… Read More
There’s what a neighborhood is called, and then there’s what comes to mind when you think of it. A San Francisco startup has made a Seattle map of the latter.… Read More
Twitter will become a public company Thursday when millions of shares in the social media company go up for sale and “TWTR” finds a home on the New York Stock… Read More
My husband and I were browsing wahealthplanfinder.org this week, to see if any of these new options were better than our current self-employed health insurance plan, when we realized something.… Read More
In our public professional lives, we like to play a little game. We pretend we know exactly what we’re doing. For the most part, that game is a smiling, hand-shaking… Read More
So. Where do you come down on emoticons? They’re everywhere, these tiny typed expressions, and locally, reviews are mixed: “I rely so much on emoticons to convey my emotion,” wrote… Read More
This week my friends Marika Burkhart and Justin Jensen posted some of the best engagement pictures I’ve ever seen. And they’re not even in them. Seattle photographer Shelly Corbett took… Read More
Dr. Megan Moreno once met a teen who went to bed every night with her smartphone tucked under her pillow and its alarm clock set to 2 a.m. When the… Read More
I was going to save the old CDs from the destructive clutches of my toddler. Then I thought, why? They’d been stuffed in the driver’s side door pocket of the… Read More
When we asked you to submit mobile photos for a live critique by renowned photographer Chase Jarvis, hundreds of you responded, sending us great photos from around the world. We… Read More
If a world famous photographer saw the photos on your phone, what would he say? Now’s your chance to find out. I’ll be interviewing renowned Seattle-based photographer Chase Jarvis next… Read More
Everything looked just as I expected inside the Uptown Espresso in Belltown. Then I noticed the dress. Deep red, form fitting and smart, it looked good on the young woman… Read More
Earlier this month a certain daily deals site sent an email to Gmail users on its list. Gmail had rolled out a “promotions” tab to filter marketing emails out of… Read More
One day last week, my Mom had had it. “I’m going to tear them apart,” she told me over the phone. “You’re going to help me. Right?” Mom was in… Read More
Anyone can take a mobile photo of you. That doesn’t mean everyone should. Every week on social streams I see awful photos of good people. I don’t know why they… Read More
Like any word bound to human ambition, “innovation” is a claim as much as it’s a description. And it’s no wonder people aspire to be innovative. In a world that… Read More
I was taking video of my baby’s small, assisted zig-zag steps between the shelves at Ravenna’s Third Place Books when I looked at him and said something surprising. “I hope… Read More
We were making our dinner last Tuesday when the kitchen light went out. A second later, I realized the new Bruno Mars album had stopped playing. “Jason.” He was moving… Read More