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amazon
books
comics
jill taplin
outsider comics
retail
Geek of the Week: Amazon vet Jill Taplin applies lessons from tech giant at her tiny comic book shop
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advice
worklife balance
Our 2017 Geeks of the Week offer their best tips and tricks for managing everyday work and life
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alaska airlines
charu jain
travel
Geek of the Week: Alaska Airlines CIO Charu Jain is leveraging tech to take the hassle out of travel
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edus health
health tech
healthcare
justin chan
medicine
paul g allen school of computer science and engineering
university of washington
Geek of the Week: UWs Justin Chan uses computer science skills to democratize medical devices
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education
popsmartkids
priyanka raha
screen time
Geek of the Week: PopSmartKids founder Priyanka Raha helps families find meaningful screen time
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games
gaming
gordon li
shotcall
streaming
video games
He always wanted in the game and now Shotcalls Gordon Li is helping fans play alongside creators
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architecture
design
perkinswill
simon chavez
Geek of the Week: Simon Chavez uses VR and AR to offer a better look at architectural designs
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civics in chaos
design
games
genessa krasnow
politics
Geek of the Week: ExMicrosoft futurist Genessa Krasnow is a cultural designer and activist with a new game
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startups
bob crimmins
entrepreneur
startup haven
Geek of the Week: How lifelong entrepreneur Bob Crimmins little poker game ballooned to a 2300person startup group
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chatbox
messaging
phil gordon
poker
Geek of the Week: Entrepreneur and expoker pro Phil Gordon places his latest bet on Chatbox
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art
cloud
raksha balasubramanyam
skytap
Geek of the Week: Raksha Balasubramanyam learns fine art of helping Skytap clients adjust to the cloud
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accessibility
education
microsoft
microsoft education
mike tholfsen
With 25 years at Microsoft Mike Tholfsen is old school and a champion of education accessibility
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brightloom
data science
jacqueline nolis
Geek of the Week: Brightlooms Jacqueline Nolis wrote the book on how to become a data scientist
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insects
robotics
university of washington
vikram iyer
wireless technology
Geek of the Week: UWs Vikram Iyer uses small insects to tackle big wireless computing problems
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microsoft
microsoft teams
raanah amjadi
Geek of the Week: A Teams player at Microsoft Raanah Amjadi finds a product and a purpose
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alice zhao
data science
metis
Geek of the Week: We crunched the numbers and data scientist Alice Zhao is worth getting to know
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blair fillingham
microsoft
mtrnl
startups
yoga
Geek of the Week: Blair Fillinghams MTRNL instinct and tech savvy leads to virtual yoga startup
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amazon
amazon alexa
amazon symphony orchestra
fred clarke
music
Geek of the Week: Alexa is music to his ears but Fred Clarke also conducts business with the Amazon Symphony Orchestra
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automaton
eric peterson
techstars
Geek of the Week: Automaton Golden Idols Ones a startup ones a band Eric Peterson rocks for both
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biotech
bristolmyers squibb
cancer
cell therapy
justine dellaringa
Seattle biotech vet Justine DellAringa sees parallels in science while building her own home
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john l scott
real estate
teresa duran
Geek of the Week: John L Scott CIO Teresa Duran takes on evermoving demands of real estate tech
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diversity
education
fred hutch
fred hutchinson cancer research center
jeanne ting chowning
science
Geek of the Week: Fred Hutchs Jeanne Chowning committed to diversity and inclusion in science
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levelten energy
maryssa barron
renewable energy
Geek of the Week: Maryssa Barron brings her renewable energy to clean tech and LevelTen
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erik arnold
microsoft
nonprofit
philanthropy
tech for social impact
Microsofts Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success
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artefact
design
sheryl cababa
ux design
Geek of the Week: Could we Should we Sheryl Cababa asks the right design questions at Artefact
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avery wagar
coffee robot
robotics
textspresso iv
zipwhip
Geek of the Week: Zipwhips teen developer Avery Wagar generates buzz with his work on coffee robot
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apneaapp
apps
paul g allen school of computer science and engineering
rajalakshmi nandakumar
university of washington
Geek of the Week: Rajalakshmi Nandakumars wireless tech research could help us sleep easy
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andy lowery
augmented reality
realwear
Geek of the Week: After years as Navy nuke officer RealWear CEO Andy Lowery finds a new connection
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connie chung
egencia
expedia
Geek of the Week: Expedias Connie Chung navigates tough tech to solve travel headaches
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ganesh shankar
portland
request for proposal
rfp
rfpio
Geek of the Week: Ganesh Shankar founded Portlands RFPIO to improve the processes that wasted his time
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tech
Whats one piece of tech you couldnt live without Heres what our 2018 Geeks of the Week had to say
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sports tech
emls
esports
fifa
gaming
jason flick
seattle sounders fc
soccer
Geek of the Week: Jason Flick has his gamer face on as official eMLS player for the Seattle Sounders
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sports tech
baseball
lorena martin
mlb
seattle mariners
Geek of the Week: Lorena Martin brings edge to Seattle Mariners as physical and mental data guru
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azure
azure quantum
megan brown
microsoft
quantum computing
A love for scifi sparked Megan Browns STEM path and led to quantum computing at Microsoft
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elsa moluf
software developer
substantial
Geek of the Week: Elsa Moluf finds strength in mind and body as developer and competitive weightlifter
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activism
cynthia brothers
development
instagram
land use
photography
seattle
social media
vanishing seattle
Geek of the Week: Vanishing Seattle creator Cynthia Brothers on why the citys loss of soul is about more than nostalgia
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jeff ma
microsoft
microsoft for startups
Geek of the Week: Microsoft for Startups GM Jeff Ma brings entrepreneurial spirit to role at tech giant
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charna parkey
data science
kaskada
Kaskada data scientist Charna Parkey likes to work in areas that can dramatically change the world
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angela shen
food delivery
pike place market
savor seattle
The pandemic stopped Angela Shens Seattle food tours and tech powers her pivot to delivery
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inspiration
year in review
Need a boost for the new year Pacific Northwest geeks share the different things that inspire them
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hackathon
jeremiah dangler
slalom
Geek of the Week: Slaloms Jeremiah Dangler helps find solutions to big problems as Hackathon leader
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amazon
john darrow
Geek of the Week: After 19 years at Amazon senior principal engineer John Darrow is never bored
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amazon
amazon go
gerard medioni
Geek of the Week: Gerard Medioni is a man on the Go turning Amazons retail concept into a reality
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digipen institute of technology
education
games
gaming
jason chu
Geek of the Week: 30 years later DigiPen and Jason Chu still in the game with unique education model
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jaime teevan
microsoft
microsoft research
Geek of the Week: Take a break and read about Jaime Teevans Microsoft research on working less
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limeade
tiff napolitano
Geek of the Week: Limeades Tiff Napolitano is building better workplaces starting with her own
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amazon
salal humair
supply chain
The science of getting you your stuff: Amazons Salal Humair fills a critical role in the supply chain
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amazon
aws
cloud
kevin lin
podcast
Geek of the Week: Kevin Lin walks the talk as he left Amazon to launch startup and host his own podcast
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amazon
aws
david ham
glamazon
lgbtq
Geek of the Week: Amazons David Ham takes Pride in his work and his role with LGBTQ group glamazon
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amazon
anu sharma
aws
investing
madrona venture group
venture capital
Geek of the Week: Anu Sharma left Amazon for Madrona to invest in helping new businesses