Tag: seattle
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Inside Seattle’s Historic Underground Walking Tour
20 feet beneath the Seattle we know lie the remnants of the city as it used to be. Back in the days of horse-drawn carriages, Seattle was more rough-and-tumble than rock-and-roll. The old city flooded, burned down, and washed away and, as tides rode, the citizens of old Seattle took on a daunting task: raising […]
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Late Spring in Seattle: A Rainy Day at Pike Place
Seattle is my favourite city. It’s the perfect blend of west coast chill and big-city bustle, and, while I love working on Microsoft’s Redmond campus, I relish the free time I have to explore on my own. On my most recent trip I spent a rainy day sightseeing Seattle’s Pike Place Market and got a […]
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Cherry Blossoms and Solo Travel
Nestled on the University of Washington campus, surrounded by Victorian buildings you’d sooner expect to find in England than in the Pacific Northwest, are dozens of Sakura trees which, for a few special weeks each spring, burst into bloom with magnificent pink blossoms. The scent of the blossoms dances on the light breeze coming off Lake Washington, making the spring […]
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Ada’s Technical Books & Café
Named after Ada Lovelace, one of the mothers of Computer Science, Ada’s Technical Books and Café is a haven for the technically minded.
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Microsoft Student Partner Summit 2015
Energy was high and innovation was in the air at the second annual Microsoft Student Partner Summit in Redmond, Washington. This year, the 55 best and brightest MSPs from around the globe were invited to Microsoft headquarters for a week-long retreat during the Imagine Cup finals. Their schedule was packed with mentoring, networking, hackathons, and teaching, […]
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Inside Microsoft’s TechReady Party at Century Link Field
Only a company like Microsoft would rent out a world-class football stadium for its employee party. On July 30th, 2015, attendees of Microsoft’s biannual TechReady conference were invited to Century Link Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks, for a party of epic proportions – live bands, open bars, sporting stations, and thousands of techies from around the world! […]
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Boating on Lake Washington
Hello world! I’m back after two weeks of busy business travel through Toronto, Seattle and Boston. My team flew me out for a series of training days in the three cities, and now my mental toolbox is equipped with all the tools I need to create courses at Microsoft. In between meetings and cross-campus shuttles, […]
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Photo Diary: Seattle
Seattle is one of my favourite cities in the world. It’s a hub of business and technology, home to global giants including Boeing, Amazon, Starbucks, and Microsoft, and it’s right on the west coast so it’s home to incredible seafood and gorgeous coastal views. Maybe I’m just lucky, but every time I’ve gone to Seattle the […]
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Studio Time at Microsoft HQ
I remember a distinct moment in grade school when I decided that I never wanted to be a news reporter. An actress perhaps, or a singer, but as far as entertainment and media went I thought that presenting on camera would be too stressful, too serious for a job. How wrong I was! In the […]
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Traveling Without My Camera – Nokia Lumia 1020 Review
I’ve heard it said that the best camera is the one you have with you. How true that is when you stumble upon something beautiful and all you have is your phone camera! Up until this summer I had been a religious iPhone user. But when the button on my iPhone 4S stopped working and […]
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