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

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 »
Welcome to Xperience, The New Consumer Section of Xconomy

It’s been a busy spring here at Xconomy. Last month we added a seventh city to our national network—Xconomy Boulder/Denver. And today we’re excited to announce Xperience, a... Read more »
Testing Kickstarter’s Appetite for a Digital Fork and “Positive Punishment”

Do you find yourself wolfing down your food and paying for it later in the form of heartburn and other health problems? Do you wish you could learn to pace yourself... Read more »
At BoostCTR, Crowdsourcing Brings a Human Touch to Search Ads

Say you’re a human-resources manager inside a big company and you’re looking for a way to say thanks to an outstanding employee. You go to Google or Bing and you type... Read more »
Robots Remake the Workplace: The Photo Gallery

Apparently, these were the droids they were looking for.

A standing-room-only crowd convened at SRI International last Thursday to meet the robots and robot makers being highlighted at Xconomy’s second annual... Read more »
15 Appetizing Apps for People Who Love to Cook and Eat

Phones and food are a match cooked up in heaven. Sometimes it seems as if our mobile gadgets were specifically designed to mesh with our cooking and eating habits.

After all,... Read more »
Let Them Eat Code: Scenes from the Food Hackathon

On Monday we told you about the winners of last weekend’s first-ever Food Hackathon in San Francisco. Today we’ve got some photos of the event to share with you, courtesy of... Read more »
Last Chance to Sign Up for Silicon Valley’s Best Robotics Event

You love robots but you haven’t yet bought a ticket for Xconomy’s April 11 robotics event, Robots Remake the Workplace. Why the heck not?

Actually, we know why—you’re busy, you... Read more »
Food Hackers Cook Up a Storm of Startup Ideas in San Francisco

File this under “more evidence that food-tech is one of the hottest areas for Bay Area entrepeneurs.” A weekend Food Hackathon contest at SOMACentral’s new 450 Townsend Street space attracted some... Read more »
Eye on the Living Room: How Dropcam Makes Surveillance Feel Safe

Ten years ago this month, I edited a cover story for MIT’s Technology Review magazine called “Surveillance Nation.” Written by veteran science journalist Charles Mann and network security guru... Read more »
TV Apps Aim to Channel the Flood of Online Video

A telling moment for the future of 9×9.tv, a video discovery startup headquartered in Silicon Valley, came in January. That’s when chief operating officer Jack Chang bumped into a YouTube... Read more »
Harvard Common Press Has Something New Baking in San Francisco

Harvard Common Press, a Boston-based publisher of cookbooks and parenting guidebooks, said today that it has opened a second office in San Francisco.

Why should startup entrepreneurs and other Xconomy... Read more »
Bot & Dolly’s Robotic Cameramen Rewrite the Script in Hollywood

If we were running our April 11 robotics forum as an Oxford-style debate, the motion would be this: Over the next decade, robots are going to transform our workplaces just as... Read more »

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