Story Shuffle 10 happened this month and the theme of Parents offered a handful of interesting stories. See them all here or listen to mine below. Listen here. Number of Views:357

Near the close of the OpenDataRace, a popularity contest for data sets that affect nonprofit missions, I was asked onto NewsWorks Tonight, the daily, local drive-time news radio show from NPR affiliate WHYY. We recorded the segment last week and it aired Monday. Read more about the contest here, see the data sets and register [...]

How jealousy and other bad qualities can be shaped to help motivate you to reach your goals was the focus of the story I told at Story Shuffle 9, with a jealousy theme. Listen to my story below or find it here, along with the other stories. LISTEN HERE. Number of Views:294

A newly funded ‘apps and maps’ studio at Temple University could be another part of the ‘connective tissue’ between early stage ideas from novice entrepreneurs and sales worthy or impact-driven ideas, I told WHYY reporter Maiken Scott last week for her story on the news. I reported on the funding for Technically Philly. Read her [...]

Another Story Shuffle, this the 8th, the one year anniversary celebration and a theme of Anniversaries, was held in my Fishtown rowhome last week. I told the story of Voyager II, an un-manned spacecraft sent out 34 years earlier in order to go farther than we ever have before. Like other ships send to deep [...]

For Story Shuffle 7, held in a fine rowhome in the Newbold section of South Philadelphia inside a beautiful and eventually stormy night, I told the story of my first hitchhiking experience in South Dakota. My lesson: trusting in strangers is a great risk that often comes with great reward. Check out all the stories [...]

For years, I felt there was a shortage of good, long-form podcasts in and about Philadelphia. Last year, Talkadelphia came about and has helped, offering weekly conversations with mostly younger Philadelphians in the arts, though Kishwer and Gino have traveled a lot of ground in more than 30 episodes. The pair visited our Technically Media [...]

NewsWorks Tonight, the daily, local, drive-time news radio program on NPR-affiliate WHYY in Philadelphia, invited me on for a segment that aired Monday about the launch of OpenDataPhilly.org and other new data initiatives. Though I was sure to note during my interview that OpenDataPhilly was built by development shop Azavea, unfortunately that was cut in [...]

Story Shuffle 6, with a theme of  Rebirth, I remembered a lesson I learned from an old neighbor: If I don’t clean it up, someone might notice. Find all the stories here. Listen to mine here or below. Listen here. Number of Views:102

James Kennedy, Chris Wink and Shannon McDonald in the story blanket fort. Photo by Rachel Playe. All of the audio from Story Shuffle 5.0 is now up, featuring the theme of ‘I Love’ and hosted by Roxborough  farmer Rachel Playe. In her infinitely playful manner, Playe had us all tell our stories in a blanket [...]