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Twitter is Seinfeld (An explanation for old...

Recently, I found a great way to explain twitter to older people. It’s Seinfeld. Seinfeld was so popular because they’d take something ordinary that you thought no one else thought about (like double dipping) and make you aware that, “Oh my god someone else thinks this!” That feeling that you get inside, when you realize you’re not alone in the world, and you know...

Feb 18th

betashop: Behind the Scenes: How Fab Raised $40... →

betashop: Let’s face it, fundraising can be a real pain in the ass for the entrepreneur. It takes up a ton of time that can be otherwise spent managing the business. Sure, it’s a necessary evil, but it’s also typically a big distraction. It’s also a lot like dating. You have to go on a lot of first dates…

Dec 15th

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Steve's Legacy via @Visually →

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Dec 1st

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Joining the RJMetrics Team

RJMetrics just picked me up as their Lead User Experience Designer. I’m really thrilled to be a part of a team I’ve heard great things about. Totally psyched! It’s gonna be fun.

Nov 20th

What You See Is What You Get[Your Developer To...

Let me start this off by saying that nothing in particular triggered this post. That’s how much I hate WYSIWYGs. I was literally eating pizza and enjoying Ancient Aliens when my disdain for text editors shot out of my brain like a microwave-beam-emitting pyramid. Where do I begin? By this point in your life you’ve probably had some experience with a What You See Is What You Get...

Nov 14th

The Next Chapter

After two years working with the Jarvus crew at Devnuts, I’ve made the extremely tough decision to part ways and move on to something new. There’s been some tough challenges and some great successes. It’s been a wild ride. More than anything, I’m proud to have shared each day with some most excellent people. We got to work with brands, big and small, and had a blast...

Nov 1st

BarCamp Philly 4, A New Age of Apprenticeship, and...

Barcamp Philly was Saturday and was aaaawesome. It was my first time, and I gotta say, I was really impressed with the people, the talks, and the amount of genuine participation from all of the attendees. A New Age of Apprenticeship I had the pleasure of helping out Brian Kirk from TechnicallyPhilly with a talk called “Re-imagining the public computer center.” We got a lively...

Oct 24th

When I was 5, I dreamt of owning a warehouse

You’d think at that age I would have aspired to be something more sensational: astronaut, president, movie star… Nope, I wanted to drive a forklift. I wanted to load semis with pallets of board games. But, it wasn’t just forklifts that got me going, it was the bigger picture. It was commerce. It was business. It was the movement of products and money, in and out, day after day. ...

Aug 31st

Build your first mobile touch website with Sencha... →

We’ve got Chris teaching a Sencha class on October 13th!

Aug 30th

Introducing CreditScout!

creditscout: Hey there everybody! This is Matt from CreditScout. We’re launching after some months of hard work and meticulous testing of each state’s credit calculation. If this is the first you’re hearing from us, CreditScout is the film industry’s first production incentive estimation software. If you’re a movie producer and use MovieMagic by Entertainment Partners, you’ll be able to...

Aug 9th

betashop: 13 Things You Must Do Every Week As A... →

betashop: Being the CEO of a startup is a hard and complex job. Here’s my quick list of the 13 things every startup CEO should make sure to do each week: Remember your One Thing. Your startup can only do one thing well at a time. Know Your One Thing. Write it on the wall. Repeat it every day. Put it…

Apr 5th

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Philadelphia Syndrome: In Search of a Cure

We live in a city that is loved, hated, and feared. Unfortunately, we also live in a city that’s suffering from a bit of a brain drain. This post is a reaction to TechnicallyPhilly.com’s Exit Interview series. If you’re not familiar, Exit Interview is: a weekly interview series with someone who has left Philadelphia, perhaps for another country or region or even just out of...

Mar 22nd

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Bear Mountain Gear Inventory - January 15th

Location: Bear Mountain State Park Trail Map We’re heading back to Bear Mountain. One year ago, almost to the day, we trekked up Bear Mountain in the snow and ice. In our last adventure, we almost didn’t find the lean-to at the peak, and would’ve had to have set up camp in 10° weather with almost no shelter from the wind. Luckily, we stumbled upon the camp site at the...

Jan 14th

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Omnigraffle Stencils and Templates I use daily

Omnigraffle is pretty awesome for getting your ideas down for a client. Here’s a bunch of templates and stencils I use almost every day to melt our clients faces at devnuts. Konigi OmniGraffle UX Template Konigi OmniGraffle Wireframe Stencils iPhone/iPad Apps ExtJS 3.0 I use this for basic panels to be coded with Sencha. UI/UX Resources Assorted UML Stencils From Graffletopia ...

Dec 8th