106 results for: Computers and Technology
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Oral history interview with Doug Walker, July 26, 2002
This interview was conducted by Jessah Foulk for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project on July 26, 2002. At the time of this interview, Doug Walker was Chairman and CEO of WRQ, Inc. He talks about his youth, his education, and his entry into Seattle’s high-tech industry. He describes the 1981 founding of WRQ on the $500…
ID Number:2019.35.6.14.1
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Ed Fries, March 13, 2013
Interview with Ed Fries, the former vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, conducted by Julia Swan at the MOHAI Resource Center for the Places of Invention: Gaming in Greater Seattle Oral History Project in March 2013.
ID Number:2019.35.19.1
Date:2013
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Oral history interview with Megan Gaiser, April 14, 2013
Interview with Megan Gaiser, chief creative strategy officer at Her Interactive, conducted by Julia Swan at the MOHAI Resource Center in Seattle for the Places of Invention: Gaming in Greater Seattle Oral History Project in April 2013.
ID Number:2019.35.19.2
Date:2013
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Loudeye Technologies annual report, 2000
Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias founded Loudeye Corporation as Encoding.com in 1997. The company, which focused on encoding audio and video files for distribution over the internet, changed its name to Loudeye Technologies in 1999. Loudeye’s 2000 initial public stock offering was extremely successful, and the company was valued at $1.4 billion at the time. It expanded into the European market…
ID Number:2019.58.2
Date:2000
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FizzyLab brochure, 2001
The short-lived Seattle start-up FizzyLab was founded in July 1999 by Scott Hudson and Ken Willner. Marketed to companies with large content archives, FizzyLab’s “Relevator” tool helped Internet users find articles matching their interests more easily. Many of the customers for FizzyLab’s subscriber-based services were newspapers and magazines, including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The product allowed content providers to pull up…
ID Number:2019.69.36.1
Date:2001
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"We Live by the Numbers," IBM Pavilion postcard, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. The exposition's displays and attractions were centered around themes of science and technology, but included showcases for a variety of world cultures.The International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation Pavilion was part of the “World of…
ID Number:2021.31.4
Date:1962