Email Author Rachel Swan

2013 Stories by Rachel Swan

• The Big Day: Wedding Planners Get Ready for the Supreme Court's Decision

  published June 19, 2013

  In a city awash in all things gay, perhaps nobody is waiting for the Supreme Court's June ruling on Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex... More >>

• Dr. Twitter: The Masses Turn to Social Media for Healthcare Advice

  published June 5, 2013

  Perhaps social media — or rather, certain forms of social media — aren't overrun by crackpots and conspiracy theorists, after all.... More >>

• The Tall Guy: Ben Pack Takes the Short Path to Big Fame

  published May 1, 2013

  Virality is kind of a white whale in the Internet world. It's hard to engineer — though many have tried — and it often smiles on... More >>

• Pie in the Sky: UC Berkeley Works on Drones That Won't Spy on and/or Kill You

  published April 24, 2013

  Coye Cheshire doesn't mean to be impolitic, but he can't help mentioning the FBI's search for the Boston Marathon bombers — and how it... More >>

• The Tech Dream Factory: Networks and Incubators Promise "Insider Access," for a Price

  published April 24, 2013

  If there's one thing San Francisco's tech scene doesn't suffer from, it's a dearth of dreams. Crash one of the city's many geek meet-ups or... More >>

• Hacking the Law: Fights Over Cyber-Security and a Silicon Valley Divide

  published April 17, 2013

  To some, hacker Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer is a cause celebré. To others, he's a famous douchebag. To many, he's a polarizing figure in a... More >>

• Color Schemes: The Underground Taxi Market

  published April 3, 2013

  Shift changes at Yellow Cab Cooperative in the Bayview have an unvarying rhythm: Workers line up outside the cashier's booth, each clutching a... More >>

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  Chopped Livery: Start-Ups Revolutionize the Cab Industry

  published March 27, 2013

  Martin Kazinski felt like a traitor the day he joined Uber. He'd been driving taxis since 1989 for about $15 an hour, and the work didn't quite... More >>

• Haute Links: When Blogs Become Ads

  published March 27, 2013

  Blogging may be a labor of love, but it doesn't have to be a free labor, says Oliver Roup, founder of the San Francisco tech company VigLink.... More >>

• Mysterious Suitors: OkCupid's Latest Venture Might be a Ruse

  published March 20, 2013

  There's a joke making the rounds among privacy lawyers about the real romance behind most dating websites. Users aren't really courting each... More >>

• Flight of Issue: How E-40's Heir Veered From the Family Line

  published February 6, 2013

  Emari Stevens came from one of the few Bay Area families that could be called a hip-hop dynasty. His father, Earl Stevens, is better known as... More >>