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Software Engineering

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    WSJ: Seattle Is Becoming the New Silicon Valley

    ​This may not come as news to the legions of local computer programmers who are already working for satellite hubs of companies like Facebook, Zynga and Salesforce, but Seattle is on a path to eclipse the Bay Area as America's technology hub.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Microsoft on Why You Should Be an "Official" Kinect Hacker (VIDEO)

    ​OK, Kinect hackers. You've had your fun jerry-rigging the motion-capture device to do silly things like perform surgeries and give sight to the blind. But now it's time to get serious. Microsoft is set to release an official software development kit (or SDK to the acronym-craving nerd scene) ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    Seattle Jewish Film Festival

    ​OK, Kinect hackers. You've had your fun jerry-rigging the motion-capture device to do silly things like perform surgeries and give sight to the blind. But now it's time to get serious. Microsoft is set to release an official software development kit (or SDK to the acronym-craving nerd scene) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Soon, You Too Can Be a Kinect Hacker

    ​With their flying robots, surgical avatars, and titty-obscuring simulators, there's no doubt that Kinect hackers are awesome. Unfortunately, in order to be a Kinect hacker, one's nerd rating has to be off the charts, and therefore out of reach of normal girlfriend-having, daylight-seeing peop ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2011

    Jonathan Coulton

    ​With their flying robots, surgical avatars, and titty-obscuring simulators, there's no doubt that Kinect hackers are awesome. Unfortunately, in order to be a Kinect hacker, one's nerd rating has to be off the charts, and therefore out of reach of normal girlfriend-having, daylight-seeing peop ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2010

    Michael Bolton

    ​With their flying robots, surgical avatars, and titty-obscuring simulators, there's no doubt that Kinect hackers are awesome. Unfortunately, in order to be a Kinect hacker, one's nerd rating has to be off the charts, and therefore out of reach of normal girlfriend-having, daylight-seeing peop ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2010

    Potato Heads

    Moscow, Idaho’s music scene breaks into Seattle.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Let the Apple Wars Begin: Minnesota Fires First Shot at Washington

    How do you like them apples, Minnesota? Apparently not very much. Growers from the Land of 10,000 Lakes say Washington growers are sullying the name "Honeycrisp" by growing a subpar version of the apple variety, which was developed at the University of Minnesota. They say they want to implement stan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Top 10 Country Records of 2008

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    McDermott's Unemployment Bill Passes House

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Cory Doctorow

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    New Team Gina Out Today!

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2008

    Oscar Tuazon & Eli Hansen

    By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGra ... More >>

  • News

    July 11, 2007

    Testing Video Games Can't Possibly Be Harder Than an Afternoon With Xbox, Right?

    If the main qualification for this job is a love of games, there will never be a shortage of readily available workers.

  • Music

    June 7, 2006

    Facing the Music

    If the main qualification for this job is a love of games, there will never be a shortage of readily available workers.

  • News

    March 15, 2006

    Microsoft's Big Bet: Win With the Web

    Bill Gates is revamping Microsoft's core product with a souped-up, Web-linked version dubbed Windows Vista. Due later this year, it's the biggest rollout in a decade, with high-stakes implications for the company's dominance.

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    Seattle Weekly Print Edition Now Online

    Bill Gates is revamping Microsoft's core product with a souped-up, Web-linked version dubbed Windows Vista. Due later this year, it's the biggest rollout in a decade, with high-stakes implications for the company's dominance.

  • Arts

    March 30, 2005

    Help Wanted

    Bill Gates is revamping Microsoft's core product with a souped-up, Web-linked version dubbed Windows Vista. Due later this year, it's the biggest rollout in a decade, with high-stakes implications for the company's dominance.

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Microsoft's Sacred Cash Cow

    A former Microsoftie says addiction to Windows revenue, mediocre products, and missed opportunities could doom Seattle's most successful company.

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    Shooting blanks

    A former Microsoftie says addiction to Windows revenue, mediocre products, and missed opportunities could doom Seattle's most successful company.

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    Findings of Fact - U.S.A. vs. Microsoft

    Seattle Weekly's handy guide

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    Rich bitch

    Seattle Weekly's handy guide

  • News

    September 29, 1999

    More dispatches from the privacy front

    Seattle Weekly's handy guide

  • Film

    September 8, 1999

    The Little Theater that could

    A local nonprofit keeps art alive and reasonably well in the film industry.

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    SIFFting

    Assessing in advance the biggest and best SIFF to date

  • News

    June 17, 1998

    The End is Nigh:

    A search for the truth about the millennium bug leads our reporter to a shocking revelation.

  • News

    March 18, 1998

    Finding MS-God

    A search for the truth about the millennium bug leads our reporter to a shocking revelation.

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