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Philly gets an Apple Store

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The Line for a New Apple Store from John Gruber on Vimeo. I was there at the end of the line. It was fun to geek out for an evening. I definitely see a new iMac, iPhone 4 and maybe a iPad in my immediate future. Related articles by Zemanta Apple Ace John Gruber Hints [...]

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We are the Champions

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Philadelphians just let out a big breath. Finally the stars aligned. ’80 and ’08

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We interrupt this blog for hot news: Phillies win divison!

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What an exciting close to the penant race.

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Find what popular in your town with fwix

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Just found this site called fwix.com that has sections on major cities. It is a Web2.0 site that brings in feeds from Flickr, Newsvine, Yelp,Craiglist, twitter, Orbitz, Technorati and more. Check our Philly happening.

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iSepta has landed

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The cool developers at Umlatte have just released a SEPTA train schedule web app for the iPhone. The standard SEPTA site on left is nothing more than a reproduction of the paper schedule; no value added and hard to use from a mobile device. Jason Tremblay designed the fantastic improvement on the right. And it [...]

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Philly is a growing area for creative companies

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Ecomomic Impact of Region’s For-Profit Creative Industry photo credit: enfi Innovation Philadelphia’s new study, Creative Footprint, is now available. The report measures the size, scope and impact of the for-profit, creative industry. Creative industry employment within the Philadelphia Region generated a total economic impact of nearly $60 billion, ranking the for-profit, creative industry among one [...]

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Philly on the mend with Mayor-Elect Nutter

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Mayor-Elect Nutter spoke at the Great Expectation Convention on December 2. What an uplifting event. Nutter has already shifted the expectations of this city; to think highly of ourself and expect greatness. Democracy is a participatory process. You active engagement is needed. Listen to the video for more. He got much applauses and standing ovations. [...]

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Why is LinkedIn more important than ever?

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Last month I attended an event by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum of Greater Philadelphia held at Villanova University School of Business. The speaker was Adam Nash, Senior Director of Product at LinkedIn. As I always recommend clients set up a LinkedIn account and link to their new blog for the SEO benefits, I was eager to [...]

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Independents Hall opened

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Front page coverage in Inquirer Sunday business section today. Co-working concept is launched. Alex Hillman, above, at Independents Hall, an Old City site he helped set up. Members pay up to $275 a month to work in a group setting there, where facilities include a kitchen and a conference room. Way to go Alex. Putting [...]

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Convention Center to double, Sherwood Forest gets Pine Sol treatment

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Demolition started this week of old buildings in the path of the Pennsylvania Convention Center expansion. After years of wrangling the project to double the size got going and should be competed by 2010. In unrelated news but perhaps more symbolic of the new optimistic mood in Philadelphia is this article about “Sherwood Forest“ in [...]

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