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Letterpress Revival – Glenn Fleishman

November 7, 2011

Letterpress printing was a dying art in the 1980s and nearly dead in the 1990s. Technology has revived it. You can now design on a computer, print out a plastic plate, and use 500-year-old technology that reconnects you to the mess and smell of ink, paper, binding, and industrial-age machines. Letterpress is messy, each print [...]

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Hacking Parents and other Authority Figures – Gwen Rowe

November 6, 2011

At the age of 9, Gwen is ready to share her favorite ways to beguile parents and others in charge. It is much easier to convince grand parents to do what you want. A simple please with a cute look goes a long ways But the real big challenge comes in when you need to [...]

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Teaching Seattle How to Drive – Scott Berkun

November 2, 2011

From merging on I-5 to the snowpocalypse, we have proven, year after year, that our driving skills as a city are wanting. We are surprised by rain, confused by four way stops and baffled at how to turn two lanes into one. Here is a fun but ranty plan for teaching Seattle how to drive [...]

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Living the OG Lifestyle – (Original Geek, that is) – Sarah Novotny @sarahnovotny

July 22, 2011

geeks have lead the most recent evolution of our society and some do it better than others. i’ve been incredibly curious about how geek praxis outside of a professional setting has contributed to geek success and would like to share a few ways i’ve found that geeks harness their obesssions and obsessive natures for fun [...]

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Life lessons from a [recovering] Alpha Male – Nathalie Molina Niño @globalmisfit

July 21, 2011

Since launching her first internet dot com at 21, Nathalie’s been neck deep in high-tech, masculine, start up juice. She recently left Seattle, her dream home and a $100M business she helped found in order to chill out, meditate and continue her path as a recovering Alpha Male in relaxing New York City. During her [...]

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The Tunnel – Dominic Holden @dominicholden

July 20, 2011

About Dominic Holden Dominic is news editor of The Stranger, an alt-weekly newspaper in Seattle. He second-guesses freeway projects. Likes trout.

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How to Go to Kindergarten – Scott Ruthfield @scottru

July 20, 2011

When I was a kid, you started Kindergarten down the street, or maybe the Catholic school a few blocks away. Today, though, Seattle parents have an incredibly complex system of both public and private schools – and parents don’t know how to navigate it (or that there’s even anything to navigate). If you might have [...]

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How To Shoot Better Food Porn – Geoff Smith @lookatlao

July 19, 2011

Why: With the advent of food-focused social media and celebrity chef bloggers—not to mention understaffed magazines—food photography is everywhere. Everybody is taking photos of what they eat and very few are doing it right. What: I would like to identify the four major enemies of good food porn and offer simple solutions on how to [...]

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Sociopathic Boardgaming: Fun for Everyone – Mehal Shah

July 18, 2011

You like board gaming, but lately the fun has gone out for you. Maybe you have a closet full of board games that never get played anymore. Maybe you have an hyper-competitive jackass attending your board game nights, who you feel ruins the fun for everyone. Maybe you just hate following a bunch of silly [...]

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The Art of Subvertising on Facebook – Teresa Valdez Klein

July 18, 2011

All of us have been conditioned from birth by our families, our friends, and marketers to want (or not want) certain things. And while I’m a big fan of Facebook, I have this theory that it reinforces social conditioning in some pretty insidious ways. In this talk, I’ll explain how I used Facebook’s self-serve advertising [...]

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How Social Games about Farms Ruin Your Life – Erica May

July 15, 2011

Do you sit at work saving up your virtual currency for a Shetland Pony? Do you create Facebook profiles for your cats, dogs & infants just so that you can ensure your crops are properly hydrated? What has our world become when people actually decorate their virtual barns for Christmas? Did you pre-order Farmville for [...]

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Jeremy Bingham – Your Moral Panic Over Triceratops is Wrong

May 3, 2011
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There was a lot of wailing and tooth gnashing recently about how Triceratops wasn’t real, because it was just a younger form of Torosaurus. You can all rest easy; there are rules to naming dinosaurs, and scientists have to follow them. You may be laying awake at night worrying about your favorite dinosaur being taken [...]

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Kevin Moore – The Art of Engineering

May 2, 2011
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Kevin Moore is an Iowa native and a 10-year resident of Seattle. He is a partner at the design and engineering consultancy Pixel Lab – http://thinkpixellab.com — where he loves crafting software. He tweets as @kevmoo. Science, Art, Engineering, Design are the four corners of creative culture, but they represent terms that are often misused [...]

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Jonathan Evans – Infants- The Terrifying Danger of a UX Edge Case

April 28, 2011
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Those of us in the UX world focus on how to satisfy users. However, when we use the term “user experience,” we ignore one persona: Age less than 2. They are the ultimate edge case; approximately 3% of the population, but with a grand scheme to take over the planet. Right now, millions of babies [...]

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Frank Catalano – Science is Ruining My Childhood

April 28, 2011
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Frank Catalano loves science. As a kid, he marveled at planets such as Pluto, wanted to see a real dinosaur, and enjoyed mysterious sea creatures. His love of science spawned a career including stints as a science and tech reporter, science-fiction writer and, most recently, analyst and consultant for digital education and consumer technology companies. [...]

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Aaron Hockley – It Seems Everyone’s a Photographer Nowadays

April 25, 2011
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As a hobbyist-turned-professional photographer, I’ve heard all sorts of folks in the photo industry lament the fact that it seems everyone thinks they’re a photographer. Whether it’s an iPhone with Hipstamatic or a sub-$500 DSLR, photography has never been more accessible and shareable. Amateurs aren’t going to put the good professionals out of business, and [...]

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