Wade Roush

Hello and welcome to my author page. I'm Chief Correspondent at Xconomy. Since 2010 I've been editor of Xconomy San Francisco, and since April 2013 I've also been running Xperience, the consumer section of Xconomy. You can reach me by e-mail at wroush@xconomy.com, or by phone at (415) 796-3024.

In addition to my regular news stories, I write an opinion/review column every Friday called VOX: The Voice of Xperience (the column was formerly called World Wide Wade). An up-to-date list of all of my Xconomy stories follows below.

I'm a longtime science and technology writer focused on digital media and Internet culture. I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before joining TR, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia.

I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats.

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Recent posts

Do You Have A Story to Tell? Here Are the Digital Tools You’ll Need

Back in January I got an invitation out of the blue to give a 1-hour talk at the Palo Alto Research Center—the Xerox-owned lab better known as PARC. The invitation... Read more »
Nine Lessons for Innovators from a Nobel Prize-Winning Psychologist

I was pretty slow about getting around to reading Thinking, Fast and Slow. The career-capping book by Princeton psychologist Daniel Kahneman, one of the founders of behavioral economics, spent months... Read more »
Matterport Isn’t Playing Games with Kinect-Style 3D Camera

When Tel Aviv, Israel-based PrimeSense came out with its first depth-sensitive, near-infrared camera-on-a-chip in 2010, nobody could have predicted how many uses hardware makers would dream up for the technology within... Read more »
VC Meets AC/DC: Video from the NVCA Live Concert

For a minute I thought I was back in 2008, when Xconomy organized Boston’s first Battle of the Tech Bands. But no, this was 2013, and I was in San... Read more »
Life After PowerPoint: Prezi Zooms Ahead in Digital Storytelling

Not every speech is improved by visual aids. Abraham Lincoln made do without PowerPoint at Gettysburg (though wags have tried to reimagine that), and Franklin Roosevelt’s voice on the radio... Read more »
Cloud Seeding: Rackspace’s Soft Spot for Startups

There are at least three good reasons for a startup to apply to an accelerator or incubator program: the mentorship, the networking connections, and the money (around $100,000 if your company... Read more »
The VC Will See You Now at the “World’s Largest Office Hours”

The three laws of getting a meeting with a VC: 1) If you don’t know somebody who can provide a referral, don’t even try. 2) Start about four months in advance.... Read more »
Do You Need an Extended Warranty? Do the Math, Says SquareTrade

Consumer Reports, the nation’s most respected source of product reviews and buying advice, does not mince words about extended warranties. It calls them a bad idea and money down the... Read more »
DabKick Spices Up Mobile Chat with Video, Photos, and Now Music

Do mobile-device owners really want to share photos, videos, and other media with their friends in real time? Would you have more fun browsing your photo album or watching the latest... Read more »
Tech Meets the T-Shirt at Pistol Lake and Pickwick & Weller

It’s hard to think of a fashion item that’s been more commoditized than the T-shirt. Over the last century it’s evolved from a versatile work garment for miners, sailors, and farmers... Read more »
Siri Co-Creator Questions Texas A&M Texting-and-Driving Study

The co-inventor of Siri has a bone to pick with the media.

A rash of stories last week—reporting on a study released by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) in College... Read more »
Automatic’s App Puts Your Smartphone in Charge of Your Car

My car is probably the dumbest machine I own. It’s a 2000 Honda Accord, meaning it’s got none of the cool in-dash electronics found in today’s latest models, like the MyFord... Read more »
Chris Anderson, Rod Brooks, & More Stars of Robotics: The Video

If you missed Xconomy’s April 11 forum Robots Remake the Workplace—or if you were there and you want to see some of the talks again—we have a special treat for... Read more »
Industry Ventures Provides Little-Known Pressure Valve for LPs

In business lore, venture capitalists are revered as steely-eyed daredevils, directing millions of dollars to unproven, potentially brilliant ideas through sheer force of acumen.

But it’s a largely undeserved reputation. Few... Read more »
Pivotal Seeks Better Enterprise Cloud, with EMC Roots and GE Cash

Can you think of the last time you heard about a startup that had 1,250 employees and a valuation of over $1 billion on the day it launched? I can’t.

But... Read more »
Dropcam’s Beef with Brogramming, Late Nights, and Free Dinners

Dropcam, a four-year-old startup in San Francisco, has never lost an employee. I’ll say that again so that you won’t think it’s a typo: no one who has taken a... Read more »
Coupa Gains on Competitors in Expense Management

Three decades into the PC revolution and nearly two decades after most businesses joined the Internet, you’d think that software makers would already have identified every conceivable inefficiency in the way... Read more »
When iMovie Isn’t Enough, Amateur Video Producers Can Go Pro

When you hear people in the tech world talking about “consumerization,” they’re usually referring to complex business software that’s been overhauled to look and feel more like personal technology. But consumerization... Read more »
Venture Slowdown Squeezes Bay Area Startups

It turns out that Bay Area startups aren’t immune to the national slowdown in venture investing.

In the first quarter of the year, total venture investments going to San Francisco Bay... Read more »
Psilos Spells Out Hot Areas for Health Technology Investing

The water’s fine in the healthcare-and-technology market, and institutional investors should come on in. That’s the message from Psilos Group, a healthcare-focused venture firm based in New York City and... Read more »

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