There are at least five big things I’ve learned about reporting for a living over the past few years since graduating college and some stories to back it up. That amounted to my half hour talk and Q&A period with a classroom of students at my alma mater Temple University in the PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com capstone on [...]

The regional distinction that the Philadelphia technology and business community is trying to carve out for itself is integral to the continued improvement of attracting and retaining talent, and that has little to do with the fool’s errand of trying to recreate itself as a far smaller, broad-based Silicon Valley copy cat. That was among [...]

The annual State of Young Philly event series from Young Involved Philadelphia featured two economy-focused events at which I spoke. One was a series of lightning presentations last week and a second was a panel discussion Tuesday night that was followed by breakout groups. Some takeaways below. Number of Views:1052

I’m still on something of a speaking tour talking about the idea that Philadelphia has a real reason to be seen as a hub of social entrepreneurship. -Which means I need to update my slides. This post led to this chat, which informed this event, which followed speaking at a Junto on the matter, video [...]

Facial detection can be blocked by changing the contrast of and spatial relationship between key facial features. So, though growing a beard might throw a casual human glance off, the growing process of computerized recognition is rarely tricked, because it focuses primarily on the T made by your eyes and the bridge of your nose. [...]

Find the nearest free wireless internet hotspot in Philadelphia by using Connect Philly, a new mapping and text message tool we at Technically Philly released last week. The tool, which can also be reached by ph.ly/connect, The tool, which is meant to be a part of the digital access conversation, was unveiled formally with an [...]

Because it has the infrastructure of a major market with mission-orientated for-profit and nonprofit groups and because it has all the big problems that other cities face, Philadelphia should be the country’s hub of social entrepreneurship. Defined as ventures that put impact over profit, I again spoke about this cause, this time at an event [...]

When pitching your venture or product, send a business or technology reporter a three sentence email, explaining in super simple language (a) what your project is, (b) why it matters and (b) who you are. That was one of the better received recommendations I made while presenting for the Lean Startup seminar held at the [...]

All of the audio from the February Story Shuffle are now live here. Listen to mine below or find it here. I’ll also strongly suggest you listen to my friend Patrick McNeil’s story, which has to be among my favorites. Number of Views:696

Social entrepreneurship is an opportunity for Philadelphia to create a regional distinction for attracting and retaining startup talent, was the central theme of my Pecha Kucha presentation Saturday night. It was an extension of my writing on social entrepreneurship here. The lightning talk event, in which a dozen speakers use 20 seconds for each of [...]