Last night Seattle artisan software developers Jackson Fish Market launched their latest web application, Carbon Grove. Sponsored by Microsoft as a demonstration of Silverlight, the web app allows you to sign up to receive periodic tips on how to become more carbon neutral, and every time you respond to the reminders, you cause your virtual trees to grow on the Carbon Grove site. The only downside is that it only runs on IE, so firefox users will need to launch Internet Explorer to give it a try.
From my office in the Columbia Tower I have a great view of the startup community, both literally and in the work that I do. From Pioneer Square to Fremont and beyond, there are exciting things brewing in Seattle. The following is This Is Tech's list of Seattle Startups to Watch in 2008. These emerging companies are bootstrapping some interesting stuff:
How Green Was My Valley | Redfin Corporate Blog: “How Green Was My Valley
The New York Times reports Friday that alone among all the cities hoping to be the next Silicon Valley, Seattle ‘is actually doing it.’
But the Times didn’t talk to iLike President Hadi Partovi, or Zillow.com CEO Rich Barton, both entrepreneurs who, like [...]
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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