Digital Age
Philly Fire Department May Unretire Popular #Notonfire Hashtag
When the Philly Fire Department launched a “playful” hashtag on Twitter earlier this year—#notonfire—the department benefitted, seeing the number of Twitter followers nearly double from […]
Study: For Some Time Now, People Have Been Getting Measurably Dumber
The other day, during one of my too-frequent tumbles down the rabbit hole of cyberspace, I came across an article discussing a paper published in […]
Facebook Introduces “Couples Pages” Because Gross
We’ve all know couples who refused to abide by Facebook’s rules and chose to share a single account right? And in the cases where we […]
Don’t Add Manufacturing Jobs, Give Them to Robots
Jeep might not be moving its construction centers over to China, and manufacturing numbers may be up for the second month straight, but the future […]
What I Learned From Live-Tweeting Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy kept me busy. Unlike responsible, intrepid reporters who got down and dirty with Sandy—including the admirable Jason Nark of the Daily News, who […]
Working From Home Could Make Us Crazy
With Hurricane Sandy battering the East Coast, hundreds of businesses across the region closed and told employees to ride out Monday and Tuesday testing flashlight […]
Clark Kent Quits the Daily Planet. Read: Superman Can’t Save Newspapers.
When the Man of Steel can’t save the newspaper business, is there any hope for the real Daily Planets of the galaxy? In the latest issue […]
Hurricane Sandy Should Make PECO Ashamed of its Twitter Account
With the ominous Hurricane Sandy set to make landfall in the Philadelphia area, Twitter users might be looking to the Twitter account of PECO (aka […]
You Can’t Terrorist-Proof the Internet, but the UN Wants to Try Anyway
If we have too free an Internet, the terrorists win—or at least according to a recent cyber-terrorism report put out by the United Nations. Dubbed […]
Nutter’s $3.5 Million Pledge for Tech Startups in Philly
Gov. Corbett Not Worried About Being Investigated. To those calling for an investigation of his handling of the Jerry Sandusky case while PA attorney general, […]
Bushkill Falls: When City Folk Meet Nature
Sunday was expected to be in the mid-60s, with clear skies, and fall leaves at their peak. We decided to go to Bushkill Falls for […]
The Beatings Will Be Televised
First, Philadelphia Police Lt. Jonathan Josey was captured on video, advancing on a slightly built Latina woman from behind and throwing a hard, sudden right […]
Apple’s Big Announcement: Itty Bitty iPad Mini
In 2008, Steve Jobs famously predicted, upon its launch, the rapid demise of the Kindle: “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, […]
Mark Headd Wants to Expose Philly’s Data
Forget taking on cigar-smoking political bosses. Philly’s reform movement of the moment is focused online, on letting residents click a link and see how every […]
From Mendte to Rome, Romney T-Shirt Girl Went Viral
On a train to New York, a week ago Monday, I read an email on my iPhone from a distraught father looking for help. I […]