{"id":18208,"date":"2018-12-31T17:06:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T09:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/video-our-favorite-geekwire-moments-of-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T09:06:34","slug":"video-our-favorite-geekwire-moments-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/video-our-favorite-geekwire-moments-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_419198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-419198\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-419198\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180510_GeekWire_Awards_3781-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180510_GeekWire_Awards_3781-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180510_GeekWire_Awards_3781-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180510_GeekWire_Awards_3781-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180510_GeekWire_Awards_3781.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-419198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Technology Access Foundation co-founder and executive director Trish Millines Dziko accepts the Geeks Give Back award at the 2018 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo \/ Kevin Lisota)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode of TLDR, we\u2019re taking a look back at some of our favorite and most fun GeekWire moments of 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a big year for our reporters and editors, from interviewing some of the top names in tech to setting up our own temporary HQ2 in Pittsburgh. Click on the video below to watch our 2018 highlights, and scroll down to continue reading about some of our favorite moments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\ud83c\udf89\ud83d\udcf9Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FEqUyhPi5tY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u2018The Expanse\u2019 is saved: Jeff Bezos says Amazon will pick up sci-fi TV saga, and the crowd goes wild<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_422624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-422624\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-422624\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/180526-bezos-boyle-630x525.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos and Alan Boyle\" width=\"630\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/180526-bezos-boyle-630x525.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/180526-bezos-boyle-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/180526-bezos-boyle-1260x1051.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-422624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, gestures to the crowd at a National Space Society awards banquet during a fireside chat with GeekWire\u2019s Alan Boyle. (Keith Zacharski \/ In The Barrel Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in May, NBC Universal\u2019s Syfy network announced the cancellation of \u201cThe Expanse,\u201d which set off a worldwide fan campaign to save the show. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While he was on stage with GeekWire\u2019s Alan Boyle at the National Space Society\u2019s International Space Development Conference,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jeff Bezos announced<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Amazon decided to pick up the series. Watch the crowd\u2019s reaction in a video posted to Twitter by Cas Anvar, who plays Alex Kamal in the sci-fi saga:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=starlasampaco&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1000234595680505856&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2018%2Fvideo-favorite-geekwire-moments-2018%2F&amp;sessionId=8607c5af7667e3049d309321ff2ec665c93695a3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1000234595680505856\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782801964238175527=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;ll just let him say it\u2026#TheExpanse#RocinanteIsSafe#BreakingNews<\/p>\n<p>Thank you @JeffBezos pic.twitter.com\/wxHN31zgJs<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cas Anvar (@Casanvar) May 26, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Charles Barkley on why we don\u2019t need smart toilets and more tech talk from our CES interview<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith talk smart toilets, Alexa, net neutrality and tech at CES 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o13KDNK5e2U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CES 2018 featured high-tech toilets with voice assistant technology, bidets and music. But Charles Barkley told GeekWire that he isn\u2019t a fan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAmerica, if you\u2019re too sorry to wipe your ass, that\u2019s sad,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cYou just get toilet paper, get you one of those moist towelettes \u2026 you don\u2019t need a smart toilet. Please stop it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>T-Mobile\u2019s John Legere wins CEO of the Year, sings \u201cWhat a Wonderful World\u201d to the crowd<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highlights: GeekWire Awards 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j0zvlzTwq7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This year, GeekWire received thousands of votes for the annual GeekWire Awards, which honors&nbsp;the top Pacific Northwest companies and entrepreneurs. In May, John Legere won the 2018 CEO of the Year award. To the delight of 900 attendees, the magenta-clad T-Mobile CEO ended his acceptance speech with a performance of \u201cWhat a Wonderful World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=starlasampaco&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=995030809563185152&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2018%2Fvideo-favorite-geekwire-moments-2018%2F&amp;sessionId=8607c5af7667e3049d309321ff2ec665c93695a3&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"995030809563185152\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782801964238175527=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m serious about karaoke. Who\u2019s up for a challenge? \ud83d\ude09 https:\/\/t.co\/WqMnrm25CP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Legere (@JohnLegere) May 11, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>GeekWire heads to Pittsburgh<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pittsburghers on Seattle, Amazon HQ2, Bezos vs. Gates\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WGVTnIKGvT0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by Amazon\u2019s search for its second headquarters, GeekWire decided to pack its bags to temporarily explore another emerging city. We put out our own \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GeekWire HQ2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d request for proposals and narrowed down to Cincinnati, Denver, Pittsburgh and Raleigh. GeekWire ultimately chose to set up shop in Pittsburgh in February, covering the city\u2019s transformation into an innovation powerhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Geek on the Street: What was first Nintendo game you ever played, and can you hum the theme?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The First Nintendo Game You Ever Played? | Geek on the Street | GeekWire Summit 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QuunSrZcrUc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geek on the Street<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we asked folks at Seattle Center to tell us about the first Nintendo games they ever played. They reminisced about games like Mario Brothers and Donkey Kong. One person even sang the theme song to Rad Racer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This Geek on the Street video was shown during the 2018 GeekWire Summit, which featured a&nbsp;fireside chat with Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America. Watch Fils-Aime\u2019s discussion with GeekWire\u2019s Todd Bishop here.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Geek Dog on the Street: GeekWire\u2019s most-viewed Instagram video in 2018<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Beba26cFBDg\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=987&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com&amp;rp=%2F2018%2Fvideo-favorite-geekwire-moments-2018%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1701.6750001348555%7D\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"683\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While reporting on the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon Spheres<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, GeekWire\u2019s Kurt Schlosser interviewed an Amazon dog, Chewy, for the first installment of Geek Dog on the Street. 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