As we approach FullConTech, we’ve been gathering collaboration stories from a wide variety of sources in an effort to learn more about how people are working together to solve problems and what lessons they’re learning along the way. I recently…
By now you probably know the basics of CES. It’s huge! It’s overwhelming! There are 150,000 people! There are a lot of polo shirts! That’s all true and the scale is vast. As a product development engineer, one of the…
Editor's Note: The following is an edited press release written by Scott McKinley, dean and CEO of Northeastern University. NU’s Seattle campus, located in South Lake Union, opened in 2012. As 2017 begins, I am reflecting on my first year…
Madeleine Huish discovered a passion for technology at a young age. When her mother purchased a TRS-80 computer for business, Huish used it to study BASIC and build rudimentary video games with her friends, inspired by Zork and other classic…
Just before Christmas last year, 41-year-old Chad Latham received a call from his lawyer. He had news from the President of the United States. At the time, Latham was in a 500-square-foot circle in a federal detention center on the…
Over 100 people attended WTIA’s 2nd Annual Debates & Drinks Holiday Party on December 1 at Big Fish Games. Civic Tech advocate Candace Faber emerged victorious, beating out Anthony Ambrose, CEO of Data I/O. In her closing statements, she turned…
2016 has been quite the year – not just on a national scale, but within the Seattle tech community and the walls of WTIA as well. Thanksgiving Day is the perfect time step back, block out the noise, and reflect…
The internet is overflowing with travel tips. One of my favorites is to try out cities that are on the rise for travel. This fall, Atlanta, Orlando, and my very own Seattle are topping the charts. Another is to book…
To all our Weekend Warriors out there! This post is for you. Let’s admit it. Working in the tech industry means lots of time sitting (or standing) at a desk, staring at a screen, and doing your best not to…
