David Speers gives a motivating speech on Philly’s future based on the motivation following BlogPhiladelpha.

 I was talking with toonerstan and I wondered whether we could take the discussion about Philly and the new technology in a slightly different direction.   One way to understand how and why Silicon Valley and Route 128 in Boston etc succeed is to examine the startup as a business model: what they are, how they succeed […]

I just read Geoff’s post and it inspired me to write a bit on the same topic, and introduce a few other groups, or sources of “seeds” if you will.
Over the last two years I have noticed a tremendous upswing in the amount of individuals interested in attending local user group meetings, professional groups and […]

It is all about things coming together at the right time.
I think that is happening. Can’t explain why… but I can tell you I am enjoying it.
For the longest time, I have followed the Philadelphia interactive/new media/web/social media scene, but was never excited about it. Of course, I was busy teaching at UArts, doing my […]

I saw this panorama by highstrungloner (anyone know his real name?) and I just had to share it.
In it you can see some of your favorite Philadelphia natives; Alex Hillman, Scott McNulty, Ruth Kalinka, Alex Gilbert, Geoff Dimasi, Rick Banister, John Bilotta, and me (Colin Devroe).
Update: There are some not too visible people in this […]