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From the Archives: Talk it Out

From the Archives: Talk it Out

In 1967, Pacific Northwest Bell ran full-page ads in the back of Seattle magazine announcing a marvel of modern living: the “Trimline Wall Model” telephone. Some of the copy was breathless—“A phone so compact it fits your life!”—and the photography was a dream in avocado green and sun-washed gold. Part of the Trimline’s magic is…

A Shot in the Arm for Data Delivery

A Shot in the Arm for Data Delivery

Bellevue-based Edifecs streamlines healthcare information sharing, protecting patients and promoting a holistic approach to wellness.

Your healthcare data is about personal as it gets,  and Edifecs wants to offer you peace of mind while it’s in motion. With legal mandates such as HIPAA governing the handling of healthcare information, exchanging this data can be a complex process. Bellevue-based Edifecs focuses on healthcare data interoperability—the ability for multiple systems to share…

Hiding in the Shadows

Hiding in the Shadows

A tech veteran’s guide to protecting your company from network attacks.

What is Shadow IT? When you first hear the term Shadow IT, it might sound vaguely ominous or even downright dangerous. And it can be. In simple terms, Shadow IT describes when an employee—or even an entire department within an organization—circumvents the IT team’s best practices and safety protocols to implement a change such as…

Seattle Podcast: Laura Hoffman: Microsoft AI for Good

Seattle Podcast: Laura Hoffman: Microsoft AI for Good

The Seattle Podcast talks to Laura Hoffman about Microsoft's AI innovations and how human-centered tech can create positive global impact.

The Seattle Podcast talks to Laura Hoffman about Microsoft’s AI innovations and how human-centered tech can create positive global impact.

The Museum of Flight’s New Exhibit Explores Life in Orbit
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The Museum of Flight’s New Exhibit Explores Life in Orbit

The Museum of Flight’s New Exhibit Highlights the Wonder of Living in Space

The Museum of Flight’s immersive new exhibition, Home Beyond Earth, goes to the heart of living in a place somewhere between Earth and Moon. With a focus on space stations past, present and future, Home Beyond Earth visualizes our orbital dreams and accomplishments with large digital projections and more than 50 artifacts, models, space-flown objects and uniforms. To…

The Woman of Madison Avenue 

The Woman of Madison Avenue 

Barbara Feigin overcame stereotypes and sexism to rise to the top of the Mad Men-era advertising world

When Feigin was just 2-years old, she fled Nazi Germany with her mother and Jewish father. They traveled across Russia by train and later departed Tokyo on a Japanese ship, eventually arriving on the shores of Seattle. They settled in Chehalis more than a month after leaving Berlin. This was in 1940. Raised in the United States with her parents’ core values of courage, optimism, and determination, Feigin made her way to the top of the competitive and often sexist world of 1960s advertising.

Debate, Devour, Divide

Debate, Devour, Divide

How weaponized language spreads disinformation

Now, those on the left are using it to attack one another. In these online spaces, people tend to panic at the idea of being part of the problem. As a result, they try to position themselves as champions of a very perfect model of social justice that quickly shuts down anyone who doesn’t fit. People are trying to position themselves as the most moral individual with the best ideas and perfect grasp of language.

Taking Shots From a Screen

Taking Shots From a Screen

Social media has become a hotbed of misinformation. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Porismata Borah, a social media expert at Washington State University, delves into media psychology. In a conversation with Seattle magazine, Borah, along with Mike Caulfield and Joseph Barnes, prominent Seattle social media experts, discusses the challenges in modern communication and the potential for meaningful conversations on online platforms.

Publisher's Note: Created by AI? How can you tell?

Publisher’s Note: Created by AI? How can you tell?

Why there's little to fear from artificial intelligence

Dear Readers, I hope this letter finds you in high spirits. As the publisher of Seattle magazine, it is my absolute delight to address a topic that has sparked both curiosity and concern: the fear that artificial intelligence (AI) will one day rise up and kill us all. Fear not, because I’m here to assure…

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