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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

15 min readOct 21, 2020

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How Seattle Techstars Are Born: Threading the Needle

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Michael Lawrence
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Seattle24x7

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

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

7 min readOct 21, 2020

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

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Michael Lawrence
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Seattle24x7

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…

8 min readAug 27, 2020

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

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Michael Lawrence
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Seattle24x7

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…

15 min readAug 6, 2020

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

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Michael Lawrence
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Seattle24x7

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 —…

5 min readJul 16, 2020

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Windowed Work: Reframing Your Workday In Pandemic Times

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Michael Lawrence
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Seattle24x7

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…

11 min readJul 6, 2020

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

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Michael Lawrence
in
Seattle24x7

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…

9 min readJun 30, 2020

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Phasers On Stun: Can Technology Stop the Killing?

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Michael Lawrence
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Seattle24x7

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…

4 min readJun 25, 2020

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Microsoft Nixes Mixer: Twitch Rival Will Merge with Facebook Gaming

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Michael Lawrence
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Seattle24x7

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…

5 min readJun 10, 2020

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

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Michael Lawrence
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Seattle24x7

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…

9 min readMay 28, 2020

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

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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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