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Barcamp Philly 2010 sounded awesome

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Karl

Aaron Held’s Barcamp Summary and the terrific Twitter stream highlighted how much fun and illuminating it was.

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Pew: Rate of people moving into Philly increasing, rate of people leaving decreasing

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Karl

“Pew Study Finds an Increase in People Moving Into Philadelphia, Outpacing the Rise in Departures”. We still have a long way to go, but it is proof positive that Philadelphia’s long march towards being a great place to live and … Continue reading →

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I didn’t know who to go to for help – hunger in Philadelphia

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Karl

The Philadelphia Inquirer profiles the lives of families going hungry in Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District, home of a few of my old neighborhoods, Kensington, Fishtown, Frankford in Philadelphia: “A Portrait of Hunger”. There is no excuse for letting anyone go … Continue reading →

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Thank you Flyers

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Karl

Philly.com: “A Flyers Season of Thrills”

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Go Flyers!

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Karl

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated … Continue reading →

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The rain today will keep voters away

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Karl

That tends to permit the status quo to keep on being so. If you don’t want that, then you need to make sure you get out and vote.

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Awesome shot of a Philadelphia UFO?

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Karl

Phillybits: “Subterranean UFO”. I’ve walked by this a few times over the years. Always surprises.

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Charlie Lord, RIP

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Karl

“Charlie Lord, Mental Ward Photographer And Activist, Dies At Age 90″. Charlie Lord’s work, which exposed the horrors of Byberry State Hospital here in Philadelphia in the 1940s, was recently profiled by NPR: At Byberry, Lord sneaked a small Agfa … Continue reading →

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Think you have statistical chops? Help predict homicides in Philadelphia

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Karl

The Analytics X Prize is “to use statistical techniques and any data sets you can find to predict where crime, specifically homicides, will occur in the city”. Drew Conway at Zero Intelligence Agents has posted some of his progress so … Continue reading →

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Mike Newall in Metropolis covers the state of Frankford, NE Philadelphia

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Karl

We moved around Philadelphia a lot growing up but I ended up back in Frankford in my 20s which leads it to have a special place in my bones. Mike Newall, for the new online publication “Metropolis”, has written a … Continue reading →

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