Although Philly’s tech culture has a presence throughout the city, its knack for creating communities in certain spaces is evident. So whether it’s in a high-rise office building or amid a backdrop of historic military ships, these places are full of [continue reading…]
Sam Cusumano could barely contain his excitement as he watched two of his friends listen to a couple pairs of apples. That’s right, they were listening to apples. It was all a part of his [continue reading…]
Klint Kanopka still remembers the time when technology’s purpose in school could be boiled down to defeating your classmates on the Oregon Trail. “Even shop class used to carry a negative stigma,” Kanopka said, “and [continue reading…]
Hidden within 55-acres of green space, the Awbury Arboretum in East Germantown is now home to the Talking Stick Learning Center. The two building learning facility offers a variety of programs for home-school children ages [continue reading…]
Over the past two years, Philadelphia has witnessed a rise in the number of tech start-ups and co-working spaces. But without proper support, many entrepreneurs fail to see their ideas and businesses flourish. Sean Sullivan, [continue reading…]
Since he took up the position of the City of Philadelphia’s chief data officer in late 2012, Mark Headd has pushed for the city to release its data on GitHub, the popular software sharing and [continue reading…]
UST Global, a California-based information technology solutions company, chose Women’s History month to introduce its Step IT Up America campaign to Philadelphia. Step IT Up is a 12-week training program designed to teach minority women [continue reading…]
After a career in the Air Force as a computer-graphic assistant specialist and a tour of duty in Iraq with the Army National Guard, Sylvester Mobley came back to a city where kids were leaving [continue reading…]
A decision was made to perform renovations on the Lovett Memorial Library in Mount Airy, and the public responded positively to the idea. Joe Benford, the Chief of Extensions for the Free Library of Philadelphia [continue reading…]
Opera Philadelphia hosted the first-ever live global simulcast of an opera this past Sunday at the Franklin Institute. The Dallas Opera performed Tod Machover’s science-fiction opera “Death and the Powers” live in Dallas. Dallas streamed [continue reading…]
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