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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

GeekWire

Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. The advisory council currently has 14 members including Microsoft Tech for Social Impact CTO Erik Arnold ; Vulcan CEO Bill Hilf; and King County CIO Tanya Hannah.

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Shuffl helps create new social interactions on Slack to spark joy between coworkers

GeekWire

Lee, who is the CEO, is based in San Francisco while Watts, the CTO, is in Seattle, where the 2-person company is headquartered. In addition to Amazon, Watt previously held engineering roles at Expedia, as well as Simply Measured, a social analytics firm that was acquired by Chicago-based social media management platform Sprout Social.

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Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party

The Verge

The fashions at ETHDenver were sometimes self-referential. I was given a wristband and instructed not to take it off; at the door of every ETHDenver event space, there was security that asked to see the wristband. I’m interested to know how this is different from any mortgage-backed security,” Godfrey told me.