Over at Crosscut Marcie Sillman has an intriguing history of Seattle as a city of innovation. Here is a taste of what she covers: Boeing Nirvana Amazon Microsoft Starbucks Slate Immunex I found the list somewhat sad. For example SEALAND and United Parcel, both of which loom hugely in today̵[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Scene’
October 11th, 2011 - 10:26 am § in The Ave Scene
Rosetta, a child of Seattle Biotech, lays off workers.
UPDATE: The title above is incorrect. This Rosetta, despite its name, is not a spin off from the Rosetta founded by Steve Friend in Seattle. Nonetheless, the loss of Rosetta from Seattle is inestimable. Friend has assembled a world class team under Eric Schadt. Schadt left Seattle and is now bui[...]
October 9th, 2011 - 9:07 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Waiting for Steve (Balmer)
The Coming Battle (based on a piece in the Huff Post) A new survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in both China and America, showed that Windows easily outpaced iOS, MIcrosoft has a great opportunity, its own fanbase! John Rose, one of the lead authors of the report, told HuffPost tha[...]
October 9th, 2011 - 8:07 am § in The Ave Scene
Amazon Seems to Think Its “A” Stands for Apple
This reads a LOT like WWJD … that is what would Jobs do? I have been thinking about getting a Fire but with Sprint starting to support the iPad and offering 4G on the Motorola Zoom (now a product of Google), it seems to me that either of those is a better choice even if […][...]
October 7th, 2011 - 9:11 am § in Misc.
Apple on Fire: At $199 this thing is going to sell!
UPDATE: More details on what Applesauce can and can not do, Seattle Times. Bottom line. Amazon’s Fire is directed squarely at media. For $200 it replaces any need for another device to read books, read pdfs, watch TV, or play games. Apple is in trouble. There are also hidden design elements [...]
October 7th, 2011 - 8:41 am § in Uncategorized
University Village B&N to CLOSE!!!
One down… Barnes & Noble’s University Village exit good news Elliott Bay and the University Book Store? Isn’t this tied in closely to the new Kindles from Amazon? I wonder if the message is that B&N’s concept is dead. Books (as opposed to e books) may need to be mar[...]
October 6th, 2011 - 12:17 pm § in The Ave Scene
More on Applesauce.
Over at SLOG David Goldstein is defending his love for the new iPhone and mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. The odd thing about Job’s death is the wierd comparisons to Einstein, Edison, … even Aristotle. A better caparison is to the Beetles. I think David confuses the Beetles’[...]
October 6th, 2011 - 8:05 am § in The Ave Scene
Breaking News: Sasquatch to be presented with award at conference in Siberia
Conference in Siberia to Announce New Evidence. read more at Der Spiegel[...]
October 3rd, 2011 - 7:59 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Nobels go to TOLLs
NOBEL ANNOUNCEMENT (from Reuters) “This year’s Nobel laureates have revolutionized our understanding of the immune system by discovering key principles for its activation,” the award panel at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute said in a statement in Stockholm. The award went to [...]
September 28th, 2011 - 9:58 am § in America, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Amazon’s Apple sauce arrives!
UPDATE: I highly recommend Paul Constant’s comments on how the Apple Sauce will affect book stores. I agree with him that they will change. I especially doubt the viability of Barnes and Noble. On the other hand, the Kindle does leave a huge opening in its model for used book stores[...]