Tag Archives: Seattle
It’s not about what you got…it is how you freak it.
“It’s not about what you got…it is how you freak it.” Our walks be-get our thoughts – which then can be-come steps of action. In my B-Side Docs about Seattle vignette produced as part of MTV’s $5 Dollar Cover Seattle, … Continue reading
Calling All Pre-Entrepreneurs
Itching to start your own company but stumped on how to do it? If you have the ambition to become an entrepreneur, you may want to head over to StartupDay 2010 on Saturday, September 25. Presented by Seattle 2.0, the … Continue reading
Old Business for New Times
Tracy and her husband Patrick are the publishers of the West Seattle Blog, one of the hyperlocal weblogs that have proved it is possible to make a living from community journalism in a neighborhood or small town. She has been identified as one of the communicators who is finding ways of making sense of news as a business by people like the Poynter Institute — she is part of their Sense-Making Project — and the News Innovation program at CUNY. Continue reading
3 “E’s” and 1 TED “X”
I spent half of my March trying to convince journalists, thought leaders and academics in Boston, New York, and Washington that “something was in the air” on our end of the country. It’s a hard sell in a region that … Continue reading
Startup City: Mobile Giving Foundation
In December 2007, Jim Manis founded the Bellevue-based Mobile Giving Foundation to establish an infrastructure for mobile charitable giving. After the earthquake in Haiti, the Mobile Giving Foundation worked to support more than 20 nonprofit organizations and helped set up … Continue reading
Startup City: Serra Media
From such viral hits as I Can Has Cheezburger to helpful tools like Walk Score, hundreds of startup companies have their roots in Seattle’s thriving entrepreneurial community. This Q&A is the first in a series of interviews with Seattle-area startups. … Continue reading
The Mass Murder of Mass Media
[I wrote this originally for the University of Washington's The Daily] Every Sunday, I scan through my Yellow Pages-thick edition of The Seattle Times. It takes me about 10 minutes. Then I ask myself: When am I finally going to … Continue reading
