Internet, startups, conferences Neil Roseman wrote: Late last fall, after discussion with some board members, I decided to apply to show some new features from Evri at DEMO 09, which we were about to start active development on. We got accepted, so now we really did have to get the stuff ready to sh...

cleantech, energy, policy Jesse Berst wrote: Here are seven key questions and answers about the electricity economy and smart-grid technology. 1. What is “electronomics” and where does it fit in today’s energy world? One of the best ways to understand the new electric smart grid of...

Biotech, Drugs, Life Sciences Stewart Lyman wrote: Seattle’s biotech community used to be among the top-ranked in the nation. But as some 2,500 layoffs have piled up in the local biotech sector since 2002, Seattle has tumbled in the rankings. We need to face up to this fact first, before we ca...

Biotech, Politics, people H. Stewart Parker wrote: For the last 17 years my office at Targeted Genetics looked out closely onto a pretty major intersection, busy with cars and pedestrians going to and from downtown Seattle. For years the pedestrian crossing signs stated “Walk with Light.”...

VC, Competitiveness, innovation Michael A. Greeley wrote: So to bastardize an expression of one of my forefathers, Horace Greeley, everyone should at some point in the near future “go (to the) Far East.” I am traveling through the region as I write this and am constantly amazed by the vi...