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How Seattle Techstars Are Born: Threading the Needle

Incoming Managing Director Isaac Kato and the Seattle Techstars Northwest Hub have a 20-Year Head Start with the Class of 2020

Oct 21, 2020

How Seattle Techstars Are Born: Threading the Needle

Oct 21, 2020

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Political Humor: Trumpism is No Joke. Or is it?

Belief in humor as a corrective force in politics is deeply ingrained in American culture.

Oct 21, 2020

Political Humor: Trumpism is No Joke. Or is it?

Oct 21, 2020

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Democracy Mobilized: Seattle was First in the Nation for eVoting by Phone

If American democracy is to be saved — from foreign intervention, partisan polarization, or pandemic infestation — its liberation may be…

Aug 27, 2020

Democracy Mobilized: Seattle was First in the Nation for eVoting by Phone

Aug 27, 2020

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Back to School: Why America Needs Social Emotional Learning Before Reopening Academics

In the global learning laboratory that has been our shared, realtime classroom for grappling with a worldwide pandemic, each of us — adult…

Aug 6, 2020

Back to School: Why America Needs Social Emotional Learning Before Reopening Academics

Aug 6, 2020

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Windowed Work: Reframing Your Workday In Pandemic Times

In a 1959 speech, President John F. Kennedy famously remarked: “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters —…

Jul 16, 2020

Windowed Work: Reframing Your Workday In Pandemic Times

Jul 16, 2020

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Republicans, We Get the Message: No Masks, No Social Distancing. Who Cares Who Dies?

A noted social scientist once explained the difference between Republicans and Democrats. It all comes down to pain, he said. In their…

Jul 6, 2020

Republicans, We Get the Message: No Masks, No Social Distancing. Who Cares Who Dies?

Jul 6, 2020

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Phasers On Stun: Can Technology Stop the Killing?

Ever since Star Trek’s first generation of viewers was able to “boldly go where no man, woman or boomer had gone before,” legions of fans…

Jun 30, 2020

Phasers On Stun: Can Technology Stop the Killing?

Jun 30, 2020

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Microsoft Nixes Mixer: Twitch Rival Will Merge with Facebook Gaming

For Microsoft’s Team Xbox, managing 15 Xbox Game Studios, the evolution of Xbox Game Pass, the launch of Xbox Series X, and the global…

Jun 25, 2020

Microsoft Nixes Mixer: Twitch Rival Will Merge with Facebook Gaming

Jun 25, 2020

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For BLM Protestors, This Year’s Juneteenth Is Worth Celebrating Anew

O n June 19th, known in the chronology of Black history as Juneteenth, at least six African American museums and thousands of other…

Jun 10, 2020

For BLM Protestors, This Year’s Juneteenth Is Worth Celebrating Anew

Jun 10, 2020

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Patriot Act: How Barton Gellman Scooped the Greatest Internet Surveillance Story in American…

What was once a bright-line illuminating First Amendment rights and freedom of expression for both the American free press and ordinary…

May 28, 2020

Patriot Act: How Barton Gellman Scooped the Greatest Internet Surveillance Story in American…

May 28, 2020

Michael Lawrence

Michael Lawrence

Where it reigns, I pour my heart and mind into decarbonated, but never decaffeinated, tech news and views on the Greater Seattle/Eastside Internet scene.

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