As I try to sort out how I feel about the secret programs that have allowed the National Security Agency to collect phone call data and online communication for years,… Read More
VloggerFair, the come-one, come-all festival of vlogs and vlogging, kicked off its inaugural run at the enormous Terminal 5 building in West Seattle this weekend. Could anyone across the bridge… Read More
We took our 10-month-old son to Disneyland on Monday. When my husband watched video I’d taken of the day, I apologized. I didn’t think I’d gotten a lot of great… Read More
This week I walked into the Idea Room at HUB Seattle and met two people whose office prank calling out sexism in gaming went all over the Internet as a… Read More
I was getting so much done. And then it happened. I was typing away at one of the long tables in the coffee shop, totally in the zone, a drained… Read More
It came up gently enough at a session at Affiliates Day, a half-day conference put on by the University of Washington’s Information School. We were sitting in a circle with… Read More
I was scrolling through my news app this week when I saw the headline: “Virgin Galactic plane makes successful test flight.” It was the first rocket-powered test flight of Richard… Read More
Paying for online content was a funny idea back when Napster was a hero and no one had heard the word “paywall.” Now it seems that’s changed. Almost without noticing,… Read More
Seattleites don’t just have an option of catching a cheap ride from a stranger with a smartphone app. We have a choice. Lyft launched its ride sharing service in Seattle… Read More
“I can’t tell you how convenient it is to have Facebook on your phone without a way to close it,” says the woman in the video. “It’s like having a… Read More
We hoped it was an April Fool’s joke. Seattle production company One Reel announced today that the city’s 2013 annual Family 4th fireworks show is off, done, over, because it… Read More
If the whole world were a game board, would you play? Seattle-based entrepreneur Scott Kendall kicked off his show-and-tell to the Seattle Quantified Self group this February with a picture… Read More
One morning last weekend, Judy Travis got out of bed, scooped up her five-month-old daughter and reflected on why she was upset with her husband, Benji, for leaving the room… Read More
Is Google’s “Project Glass” a wearable computing device or the final, shattering blow to the world as we know it? These days, it’s hard to tell. For a gadget no… Read More
I didn’t believe it at first. One second my husband was filming our son with my phone, the next second he stopped. Our baby was just getting started, pushing himself… Read More
Twitter and I go way back, which is funny to say. If there’s anything the fast talking social network has never handled well, it’s history. Twitter is caught in the moment.… Read More
A question popped into my head while I read a story on the hacks on Facebook this weekend: When did we stop talking about criminal hackers like they’re, well, criminals?… Read More
By now you’ve all heard of Vine, the drop-dead simple video app Twitter launched a few weeks ago. It lets you post looping videos up to six seconds long that… Read More
Well, consider me surprised. The Pew Internet and American Life Project just released its latest survey about user behavior on Facebook. A key figure: 61 percent of Facebook users say… Read More
Foiled by storage space! My, how appropriate. Tuesday I signed up for the free trial of the new Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium (wow that’s a mouthful). The newest version… Read More
Past the TV. Through the hallway. To the bathroom. “2,484” fuel points! Past the bookcase. In the den. Back to the TV. “2,492” fuel points! I turn again, steps muffled… 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… Read More
Sometimes the lessons parents teach kids about technology feel like the kinds of things us adults could learn ourselves. Maybe you’ve heard about this: On Christmas Day, 13-year-old Greg Hofmann… Read More
We asked, you answered, and here’s the result. From cheap to whoooooa pricey, here are our picks for 13 great local gifts for geeks … Geocaching premium membership – $10… Read More
Shopping for geeks this year? Why not get them something from Seattle’s own entrepreneurial backyard? We’re on the lookout for local products and services to recommend in GeekWire’s second annual Seattle… Read More
So. Seattle. Do we wiki or what? Seth Vincent thinks it’d be fun. The recent Olympia transplant started SeattleWiki and has spent the last couple months knocking on digital doors,… Read More
You were probably as surprised as I was to get this in an email from Facebook last Wednesday. “We recently announced some proposed updates to our Data Use Policy, which… Read More
I have a confession to make. The Surface is here, the iPad is everywhere, Jeff Bezos is promoting Kindle Fires again and tablets of all kinds are guaranteed to fly… Read More
In 2009, the Southeastern Conference, one of the most powerful in college sports, tried something stupid. In a hopeless and short-lived social media policy, it banned fans from tweeting, updating… Read More
This morning I woke up, turned on my computer and within minutes sat staring at a map of people voting around the country. Live. Hello, and welcome to Election Day… Read More