When it comes to median household income, tech powerhouses, especially in California, and suburbs of Washington, D.C., tend to dominate the top lists. Among cities with more than 65,000 population, Palo Alto ranked No. 1 in 2015 (latest data) at almost $148,000. Half of households in Palo Alto had higher income [continue reading . . . ]
Overview bullet points ahead of my economic-update presentations last week to the Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau (slides here), a trade association, and the Economic Development Association of Skagit County (slides), perhaps Washington’s most successful economic development association: Listen to the music of the global bond markets. The tune they [continue reading . . . ]
The difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8? Think Ford versus Ferrari. A twenty-something Microsoft technician, patient and unfailingly polite, and I were chatting. From Bangalore, he had taken over my Windows 7 computer, my main machine, to try to root out some unseen malady which had prevented all Office [continue reading . . . ]