Tagged: seattle

September 16, 2014 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Google strikes again! Mayor Ed Murray announced on Monday (September 15th) that the Internet giant has fully funded the classroom requests of every teacher in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties on the education crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s $338,542 donation, 295 teachers will receive materials for their 36,000 students –… Read More

February 6, 2014 @ 9:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Let’s begin with some stereotypes of the northwest, shall we? It’s more relevant than it may seem… [View the story “#HowSeattleRiots” on Storify] The #HowSeattleRiots hashtag became the place to be for laughs about how insanely well the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl victory parade went. Not… Read More

December 20, 2013 @ 10:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The San Francisco 49ers are one of the best teams in the NFL again this year. There’s just one problem: there is one team in their division that may be better. This year’s Seattle Seahawks are something special. A chart recently published on Business Insider… Read More

November 11, 2013 @ 11:34 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Imagine waving your hand over a certain spot on your car to unlock it, or high fiving a smartphone to share contact details. Sound ridiculous? It’s actually said to be possible now with an implantable NFC chip called the xNT, which is currently crowdfunding on… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 10:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

An Insider’s Guide to Running a Successful Kickstarter Campaign  Doors: 5PM Presentation: 6PM  Join us for a special presentation from Kickstarter’s Art Program Director Stephanie Pereira for a primer on how to bring a Kickstarter project to life. We’ll be joined by a panel of successful… Read More

September 9, 2013 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Seattle just announced this past week, the city of Seattle has launched their very own curated page on Kickstarter.  The “Office of Film + Music”,  part of local government  – is using Kickstarter to help spread the word on Seattle based film and music projects… Read More