AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 920 Windows 8 Phone in the hands of photographer Ashley Genevieve.

It was certainly a pleasure to get the call for testing out the new Nokia Lumia 920, Microsoft Windows 8’s phone by AT&T. With phone in hand, I grabbed my bestie and headed straight to the slopes of Stevens Pass with the help of my buddies at Seattle Ski providing my rentals for the day. Big Shout out to them for supplying our gear and good times.

The rock duo will put on a free show to honor U. Village’s newest resident.

In this tech-centric society of ours, the opening of the University Village Microsoft Store on Thursday, Oct. 20, is a decidedly important event. However, alternative rock fans in Seattle (we know there’s at least a few of you) will have reason to celebrate the following day, when the bluesy, eccentric pair of singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney – familiarly known as The Black Keys – are scheduledto perform at the store.

Trendsetting and trailblazing — these uber geeks keep us wired on all things tech.

With so many tech companies merging and purging and so many shifts in the industry, the 411 on the digital frontier is ever changing and can be difficult to keep up with.  Enter John Cook and Todd Bishop, co-founders of the locally-based technology news site GeekWire — the bible for tech industry fanatics.