Category: Stories Worth Watching

  • 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: