Twentysomething

Google in Bellevue ?

The lovely city of Bellevue is expanding a lot indeed. An eweek article this last week recently stated that the great Google is considering opening an office in a cool new complex here in downtown Bellevue. That would mean Google would have two offices bordering Redmond, one in Kirkland, which is already up and going, and one here.

What's more interesting about this is the fact that Microsoft is planning to center it's sales operations in the Lincoln Square office towers which are scheduled to be complete around the same time as the building Google would lease. This adds to the symbolism of Google being right around the corner of MS.

This is great news for this city and tech workers here. This city is really looking it will be the next Seattle.

Domain Real Estate

Searching for a domain name for a new venture became much more of a hassle than I could ever have imagined.

Things have changed a lot in the past couple years. Squatters seem to be everywhere and it seems as though any regular english word spelled correctly is taken. I'm wondering what sort of money these squatters make, but from what I can tell an average domain name is sold for around $1,500.

Bumbershoot 06

For those living in the Seattle area, this weekend is the annual Bumbershoot concert. This years lineup is small but amazing, some of the highlights include:

• Kanye West - this man needs no introduction
• AFI - the emo kings
• Atmosphere - Indie Rap artist from Minneapolis
• The New Pornographers - Indie Rockish group with lead vocalist Neko Case that's great.
• Lady Sovereign - 19 year old rapper from the UK. Very talented
• Zero 7 - Up and coming downtempo act

and the highlight for me

• A Tribe Called Quest - This is so cool. I've been a tribe fan for years and I can't imagine seeing them perform live.

It's an incredibly diverse lineup. I'm only catching Tribe and Atmosphere, as those are really the highlights for me. The Seattle Weekly's cover states Bumbershoot is shrinking, but I think the approach of smaller show, better talent is a great idea. Good job One Reel.