When Timothy Crosley isn’t working on security solutions for DomainTools, he devotes his time to open source projects. He runs Simple Innovation, a software development business that builds apps on a contract...
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Working Geek: Boeing exec Nicole Piasecki does her best work in the sky
Nicole Piasecki has been close to aviation her whole life. Not only is she a high-ranking executive at Boeing,...
Working Geek: 9Mile Labs co-founder Sanjay Puri helps enterprise and B2B startups take off
Three years ago, Sanjay Puri co-founded the 9Mile Labs incubator with a vision to help enterprise and B2B startups flourish. Since its launch, the...
Working Geek: Microsoft Chief Experience Officer Julie Larson-Green shares her productivity secrets
Julie Larson-Green has built her career...
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Flying into the Future, CoderDojo for Kids, Star Trek Geek Out, and more
Beginning on Feb. 9, Flying into the Future: the 15th Annual Aerospace Manufacturing Conference, presented by Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA), brings together commercial aerospace leaders and innovators from the Pacific Northwest and around the globe to discuss the future of the aerospace manufacturing industry. Speakers from Boeing,...
Geek of the Week: Linda Weston has been helping Oregon startups succeed for 17 years
For the past 17 years, Linda Weston has devoted her life to helping entrepreneurs. She serves as the Executive Director of Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN), a non-profit that provides resources, mentoring, education, and support to startups. The organization also helps connect entrepreneurs with investors...
Geek of the Week: Marketing exec David Hyslop on Seattle, ‘Shark Tank’, and the pros and cons of a moving workplace
If you’ve ever tried your luck at prospecting, chances are it involved a lot of sifting through rocks with a tin pan and a very little gold to take home in your pockets. David Hyslop’s job is to convince you there’s a better way to make like...
Geek on the Street: Here’s what these college students love and hate about Snapchat
Take a walk around the University of Washington campus and you will unquestionably run into, maybe literally, a student looking down at his or her smartphone. But just how many of them are snapping selfies to send to their friends on Snapchat? The selfie-exchanging ephemeral-messaging...
Intel’s epic keynote featured just about everything, from flying drones to a geek fashion show
LAS VEGAS — Twisting BMX bikers with sensors in their seats. Flying drones that can avoid unknown obstacles. And robots that guard your front door. Shark Tank producer Mark Burnett. Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander. ESPN president John Skipper. Intel’s keynote...
Geek of the Week: Avvo’s Justin Weiss says making software is ‘like getting to solve puzzles for a living’
Avvo software development director Justin Weiss still remembers the days when the legal advice company — where he’s worked for the past eight years — still had that new startup smell. That was back before the company saw its headcount double to...