As a respected gamer and musician, Chanel Sumers is today called a "soundscape artist." Having been at the forefront of technological advances for the last decade, Chanel believes we are at a tipping point in video game audio.

It's not surprising that the man behind one of the first digital shops recently published the world's first full-length interactive business book exclusively to the iPad.

Mark Long has a career you can't categorize -- from U.S. Army to the NY Times bestsellers list, video game creation to laboratory R&D -- he is a man who brings a brilliant imagination to science.

The man who gave a voice to smarty cats everywhere drove 11 hours away to escape Sandy in NY to Ohio where he then boarded a flight to Seattle to spea...

Rob Reid is happy to be a consumer of music, not an owner. As the founder of the Rhapsody music his perspective on the ongoing relationship between te...

Wayne Kramer is someone who's history you have to hear to believe. Having served time during what he calls "the drug wars" Wayne now works with jails in the U.S. and UK to rehabilitate prisoners through music with his organization Jail Guitar Doors.

It's not just gamers and day-dreamers who do it. Inserting oneself into a favorite story has always been a part of our active imaginations. But wha...

Stanley Hainsworth's name is often used synonymously with "creative" and "genius." Responsible for building three of the worlds best brands, Starbuck...

This one is hard to know where to start. Described as a modern day Timothy Leary, reminiscent of an excited teenager, and a self-titled futurist, Jaso...

I met Brian on Sunday and all he told me was that he used to spin 80s and 90s hip-hop. Beats seemed pretty odd for a Seattle guy, but it turns out Br...

David Bunnell is a legendary media entrepreneur and one of the pioneers of technology publishing. Following his talk at the Seattle Interactive Confe...

"You can never get bitten in the ass when you ride the wave of technology" -- Koci Richard is one of those professionals I admire. With over 163,000 ...

John Roderick & Friends (John Hodgman, Merlin Mann, Scott Simpson, Jonathan Coulton) What do you get when you have five comedians, musicians, writers...

While all eyes are on the East Coast, I'm hanging out with telenauts, musicians. artists, publishers,and engineers on the West Coast at the Seattle Interactive Conference.