What Recode cofounder spoke at TechfestNW
Kara Swisher Kara Swisher (born 1963) is an American technology journalist and co-founder of Recode. Previously she wrote for "The Wall Street Journal", serving as co-executive editor of All Things Digital.
ConnectiCon ConnectiCon is an annual massively multi-genre convention dedicated to "a celebration of pop culture - everything from anime, to science fiction, comic books and card games." Past guests of honor have included popular North American voice actors for anime and video games such as Carlos Ferro, Vic Mignogna, and Jon St. John; noted science fiction film and television actors such as Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips, Ellen Muth, Glenn Shadix, and Peter Mayhew; and prominent web comic personalities such as Brian Clevinger ("8-Bit Theater"), Scott Ramsoomair ("VG Cats"), Tim Buckley ("Ctrl+Alt+Del"), and Ananth Panagariya and Mohammad "Hawk" Haque ("Applegeeks"). The convention has been held in the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford since 2005, after having been held at the University of Hartford from its inception in 2003. The convention has grown in size every year since, with over 10,000 attendees as of 2012. Over 13,000 people are expected to attend the 2015 convention, being held from July 9 - 12. Panel guests include George Takei and Nichelle Nichols from "Star Trek" plus Ryan McPartlin and Sarah Lancaster from "Chuck".