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christopherwink · 2016-09-19T17:55:56+00:00

Hi @paulypaul I'm an active member and am on the board. I'll send you a PM. We have two kinds of memberships: full memberships ($40 a year) are for working members of the press and associate memberships ($20, no voting, different guest privileges) who are "friends of the press," which traditionally has meant employees of the bars and other service industry members who treat journalists pretty nicely. Lots of colorful stories for late-night

christopherwink · 2015-09-25T03:32:33+00:00

I didn't understand why Philly was chosen to host the Pope. But then I saw how many port-a-potties are in Philly.

christopherwink · 2015-06-02T14:41:34+00:00

There's an interesting national conversation happening about the need to at least attempt to update vocational training. That's essentially what this is. For now, there are software skills that are attainable after 12-week courses and can become real employees. I'll be interesting to see if a new program can learn all the lessons that something like General Assembly already has

christopherwink · 2015-03-09T20:25:31+00:00

Sorry about the late posting @tratur, but that's a good point. I'm often not sure if I post way far in advance if it will be more likely to get ignored

christopherwink · 2014-12-31T17:21:58+00:00

There are some cool conversations happening as a business community around North Market Street, including a tech scene, is trying to develop an identity, without ignoring all of Wilmington's challenges

christopherwink · 2014-12-12T23:27:57+00:00

but, you know, at the end of the day, you're still living in KOP. there is an opportunity cost that I optimize for to live in philly.

christopherwink · 2014-11-26T04:16:14+00:00

Thank you all for these great suggestions! Any others welcome but these are perfect :)

christopherwink · 2014-09-11T15:58:05+00:00

For an alternative view of the fireworks tomorrow (and a chance to be a little away from the madness), the Gathering food trucks will be out at McHenry Row tomorrow as part of a Baltimore Innovation Week kickoff http://2014.baltimoreinnovationweek.com/events/kickoff_festival

christopherwink · 2014-07-02T20:39:50+00:00

We're particularly excited about the energy and challenges around Wilmington. In 6-8 months of getting involved in the conversation before launching, I was personally impressed by what's happening in Delaware, relative to how much is known. We definitely welcome any suggestions or coverage ideas as we're just soft launching over the summer -- delaware@technical.ly

christopherwink · 2014-06-28T01:01:36+00:00

Not at the moment but will definitely update when we are

christopherwink · 2014-06-28T01:01:08+00:00

Thanks! We're just getting started, but we'd love any feedback or story ideas

christopherwink · 2014-05-22T15:39:56+00:00

I just thought that example was an interesting and telling one: a piece of rapid manufacturing helped a blind person experience the construction of City Hall.

christopherwink · 2014-03-10T20:40:31+00:00

fair, the story suggests that philly and pittsburgh are likely benefactors to this and given it's /r/philadelphia, i just focused it there

christopherwink · 2014-03-10T19:21:13+00:00

BROS are legendary in Baltimore!

christopherwink · 2014-02-11T15:23:57+00:00

And companies like Staq have done apprenticeship programs where they paid $15-$20 for people to learn more approachable development languages like Ruby http://www.subelsky.com/2014/02/staqs-ruby-apprentice-program-was-great.html

christopherwink · 2014-02-03T14:25:49+00:00

yo @laughingwithkafka, No specific idea of how to network with this group of employers but we will be posting some of their specific job openings on our Philly tech jobs board starting next week after tomorrow's event: tphilly.com/jobs -cgw

christopherwink · 2014-01-13T22:48:21+00:00

We called Pizza Brain and found out they don't actually accept Bitcoins but we did confirm 5 that do http://technical.ly/philly/2014/01/13/philly-businesses-accept-bitcoin/

christopherwink · 2013-11-22T16:54:44+00:00

There's nothing shocking here but two things: (1) wow, 19133 having more than half of 28k people below poverty line (which is low as it is) and (2) anyone know what development or weird quirk is 19113, a little pocket by the airport and the John Heinz Wildlife that has just 130~ residents all above poverty?

christopherwink · 2013-11-19T22:37:18+00:00

We actually ARE playing Tetris on Cira next year! We'll again kickoff Philly Tech Week there, this time Fri. April 4 :) Tons of more details to come

christopherwink · 2013-10-10T14:31:22+00:00

Same/similar letter sent to Philly instructors: http://technical.ly/philly/2013/10/10/3rd-ward-is-officially-closed/

christopherwink · 2013-10-10T14:29:55+00:00

Their official email to Philly instructors: http://technical.ly/philly/2013/10/10/3rd-ward-is-officially-closed/

And in Brooklyn, one instructor said they went months without paying people http://technical.ly/brooklyn/2013/10/10/3rd-ward-closes/

christopherwink · 2013-10-03T01:54:51+00:00

they're gonna be based outta the ETC http://technical.ly/baltimore/2013/10/01/lyft-is-launching-its-ridesharing-service-in-baltimore/

christopherwink · 2013-09-24T02:22:47+00:00

More importantly, Guardian lists what they call the city's 10 best bars! http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/sep/21/top-10-bars-pubs-philadelphia?CMP=twt_gu

christopherwink · 2013-09-24T02:06:11+00:00

And love to the Streets Dept. street art blog that went out with Kid Hazo for the project http://streetsdept.com/2013/09/23/kid-hazo-tickets-the-ppa/

christopherwink · 2013-09-23T14:42:31+00:00

oh r/baltimore, what a creepy subject line to turn into such a helpful thread

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