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What's on your geek gift list?
Laptops and smartphones and digital cameras, oh my. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday around the corner, we've started to compile our own holiday gift lists. To get a better sense of what's hot this year in high-tech land, we asked a few Seattle geeks to tell us what's on the top of their wish lists. Feel free to offer you own suggestions in the comments below.
Mike Koss, angel investor and founder of StartPad.org.
"I want a Flip Ultra HD camcorder with a Flip Video AWC2T with an underwater case. Why? My friends know that my secret passion, outside of software development, is Wake Surfing. If you don't know what that is, you can check out this video."
Joe Heitzeberg, vice president of engineering and technology at Whitepages:
"The iMo Pivot Touch -- it's a 7-inch touchscreen display that I'd plug into my MacBook Pro to create a dedicated Twitter window. Finally, twitter without interruption."
Dave Schappell, founder and CEO, TeachStreet:
"Sonos (3 friends got the new system in the last two weeks). Wii or xBox 360 (this is my personal itch... have been thinking about which is best... not ready to purchase yet...) Kindle (I already have one... but I've heard lots of folks talking about it, in ways I didn't hear last year)."
Steve Murch, founder and CEO, BigOven:
"My 6-year old son really hopes Santa brings Mattel’s Mind Flex game. After seeing the video, I’m intrigued, and I have to say I’m also leaving an extra cookie for St. Nick on Christmas Eve."
Mark Britton, CEO of Avvo:
"I would like a WIRELESS, fully integrated HDMI (high definition multimedia interface) system. Wireless is still working out the kinks, and I am finding that I am watching more HQV (Hollywood Quality Video) from my computer. To have my cable, DVD and computer media sources integrated and thrown throughout my house would be a dream come true. On the more boring side, I would love a Kindle; but I have roughly 10 paper books next to my bed that I have yet to read. Every time the stack gets low, someone gives me another book to bring it back to 10ish. I had a friend suggest that I just cut the cord and read all of those books on the Kindle, but I’m too cheap."
Chris Pirillo, founder of Lockergnome:
"The one thing I've been recommending for everybody is the Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator. This thing is amazing."
Greg Gottesman, partner at Madrona Venture Group:
"Ping-pong playing robot. I need to practice up for Valeri Kim so I don't get lambasted again at (the TechFlash) tournament next year."
Todd Sawicki, chief revenue officer at Cheezburger Network:
"I Can Want Chumby - the one device that can automagically not only show pics of my kids but also my favorite LOLCats - coming soon LOLKids?"
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