Mónica Guzmán
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Articles by Mónica Guzmán
Mónica Guzmán is a Seattle journalist and community strategist who consults for startups and media and can usually be found tweeting away at @moniguzman. Latest from Mónica Guzmán Ashamed of my selfie stick: Hating on a hot new trend by Mónica Guzmán on January 8, 2015 8 Comments When I showed my brother my new extendable Bluetooth-enabled smartphone camera pole thingy over the holidays, I hoped… → Read More
Know Who Else Hated Internet Cliches?
Hey, media: We really need a new way of describing the online experience, because these Internet clichés are killing original thought. → Read More
Why Meerkat and other live video apps are going to succeed
If you thought you'd seen the last of the social media app frenzies, this week proved you wrong. Meerkat, the app that lets you live stream on Twitter with → Read More
Why Meerkat and other live video apps are going to succeed
If you thought you'd seen the last of the social media app frenzies, this week proved you wrong. Meerkat, the app that lets you live stream on Twitter with → Read More
Everything is awesome — especially this Lego photography exhibit
The geekiest art opening of the year is coming to the Bryan Ohno Gallery in Seattle's International District Thursday night. "In Lego, We Connect" will fea → Read More
Parenting the YouTube generation: What kid-curated video apps won’t solve
If there's one thing I've learned about parenting, it's that no one has any idea what they're doing. That strikes me as the right frame of mind to bring to → Read More
Parenting the YouTube generation: What kid-curated video apps won’t solve
If there's one thing I've learned about parenting, it's that no one has any idea what they're doing. That strikes me as the right frame of mind to bring to → Read More
‘The Imitation Game’: Can This Big Fat Cliche Win Best Picture?
Instead of helping us with a role model, The Imitation Game hurts us with a hero. → Read More
Study: Here’s how to beat the stereotypes that keep women out of computer science
For computer science to grow, its most persistent stereotype has to fade. That's the takeaway from the work of a group of University of Washington research → Read More
Study: Here’s how to beat the stereotypes that keep women out of computer science
For computer science to grow, its most persistent stereotype has to fade. That's the takeaway from the work of a group of University of Washington research → Read More
In defense of boredom: Why your phone is killing your creativity
Last week I asked people on Facebook a question. “If you had to sit on a bench in a park alone for a half hour without your phone, or tablet, or book or any prop to distract you from that place and that moment, how would you do? “In other words: How good are you at being bored?” The conversation… → Read More
The Battle For the Internet Begins
This week, the FCC will reclassify the Internet as a utility. The cable companies will howl. And there are three reasons why they might win. → Read More
The one way social media is stressing you out — and why you should let it
Of all the ways we think using social media is stressing us out, only one is real, according to a new study by the Pew Internet Project. Not the fear of… → Read More
Ashamed of my selfie stick: Hating on a hot new trend
When I showed my brother my new extendable Bluetooth-enabled smartphone camera pole thingy over the holidays, I hoped he'd think it was cool. "Oh, you mean → Read More
Ashamed of my selfie stick: Hating on a hot new trend
When I showed my brother my new extendable Bluetooth-enabled smartphone camera pole thingy over the holidays, I hoped he'd think it was cool. "Oh, you mean → Read More
Virtual reality's growing up fast
A rocket passes on my left. Glass explodes to my right. Soldiers run for cover. Then I look up to watch a car flip over me in the air. Ahead, the monster charges its weapon and aims it right at me. Don’t look away, I tell myself. This isn’t real. A heartbeat later I shriek, buckle,... → Read More
Why I'm glad Satya Nadella gave that awful career advice to women
I sat stiff in my swivel chair, the new salary I wanted drumming in my head. When he started talking about the company’s budget, I thought of the compensation research I had done with my husband, the role playing I did with my business-savvy friend. I gave a number, we shook hands and when I left... → Read More
Don't spoil the smartwatch: A better direction for our most personal device
The watch my husband’s grandmother gave him has a blue face, a silver metal band, and very little time left. There’s a good chance, some people think, that Apple’s new “smartwatch” will help end the 500-year reign of the mechanical timepiece when it’s released next year, strapping to our wrists the 24/7 digital universe... → Read More
From geek to geek dad: How vlogger Chris Pirillo is bringing up ‘Jedi'
It’s dark, but you can make out Chris Pirillo’s face in the hospital room. He’s crying. “I’m a daddy,” he says to his video camera. And cut. Pirillo, one of the region’s earliest and best-known bloggers, has built a business out of sharing his geeky personality with hundreds of thousands of followers over dozens... → Read More
Commentary: Our culture of ‘like’ means there’s no time left to hate
Last week I got one of those studies in my inbox that tells you the obvious. A lot of people aren’t going to movie theaters. But one of the reasons made me… → Read More