Here’s an excerpt from my interview with Seattle tech pioneer Monica Harrington on how she has engaged communities for decades, using storytelling to sell new products — from Microsoft Word, to Valve’s Half Life, Picnik and now the new social network Intersect. The full episode will be available on Wednesday, December 29th, airing on UWTV…
Last night, we hosted Open Secrets: An Open Conversation about Wikileaks and Information Transparency in America at the Seattle Public Library. We saw this event as a community service as we all sought to dispel some of the confusion around a complex issue. I was thrilled to have a local TV station interview me about…
You gotta love Russian President Dimitry Medvedev (or maybe not!). He’s the world’s most powerful Deep Purple fan. And it seems as if he updates his own Twitter account — at least the Russian-language version. Of course, it’s easy to assume that heads of state have teams of handlers who do their direct online communication…
Check out this Forbes interactive map Where Americans Are Moving (built with 2008 IRS data). Red indicates outgoing migration, black, incoming migration. Here’s Detroit: Now here’s Seattle: