P’unk Avenue
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- 1168 E. Passyunk Aveneue
- Philadelphia PA 19147
- Phone: 215 755 1330
- hello@punkave.com
Making time to polish and publish the pieces: new jQuery plugins from Apostrophe 2
We've been working hard on Apostrophe 2, our new content management system. In fact, it's already running in production on the Delaware River Waterfront website. (Yes, we'll share a proper case study of that project with you soon.) And…
@jsconf liveblog: Narciso Jaramillo, "space-age-miracle-tools.js"
I'm liveblogging Narciso Jaramillo's talk, "space-age-miracle-tools.js," at @jsconf. I'll be updating as the talk goes on, so just click refresh. OK, here comes NJ, aka @notwebsafe! NJ works at Adobe. His pride and joy is Brackets, an open source…
@jsconf liveblog: Domenic Denicola, Boom: Promises/A+ Was Born
I'm liveblogging Domenic Denicola's talk, "Boom: Promises/A+ Was Born," from @jsconf. Click refresh, I'm typing up a storm! First a quick aside from Tom:: just wanted to explain what promises are trying to do a little first. JavaScript programming…
@jsconf liveblog: Brendan Eich, The Web As Native Code Platform
@jsconf liveblog: Brendan Eich, The Web As Native Code Platform (Click refresh, I'm typing up a storm here) Brendan Eich is the inventor of JavaScript. Now working on extremely high performance JavaScript, specifically asm.js as a highly optimized target for…
@jsconf liveblog: Erich Gamma, massive.js or from 5% to 100% TypeScript
Erich Gamma is one of the original "gang of four" authors of "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software," an extremely influential work. He now works at Microsoft. Figured out he had to speak at @jsconf to get to…
@jsconf liveblog: Rebecca Murphey, Optimizing for Developer Delight
I'm liveblogging Rebecca Murphey's talk, "Optimizing for Developer Delight," from @jsconf. Just click refresh to update. Very modern right? Works at bazaar voice (bazaarvoice.com). @rmurphey, rmurphey.com Customers don't want to switch to the new version of your software until…
@jsconf liveblog: Why Does Offline Matter?
John Kleinschmidt works with Cure, an organization that treats hydrocephalus and other very serious conditions among third world children. Very moving before and after pictures. In the US we generally have good connectivity, but not always. Maybe you're in…
@jsconf liveblog: APIs And Making Humankind Better At Programming @carterrabasa
Carter Rabasa is a developer evangelist for Twilio. (Tom's note: we've used Twilio's SMS APIs a ton in conjunction with the Way to Health project.) Everybody text 972 445 7263! (No, really, Carter asked us to try it.) First…
@jsconf liveblog: The JavaScript Debug Robot, Olivier Crameri
Hi folks! I'm attending jsconf, a... make that THE... JavaScript conference, this year on Amelia Island, Florida. I'm going to liveblog Olivier Crameri's talk on "The JavaScript Debug Robot." Click refresh for updates. bugbuster is a new company in…
How I Got Here and What I Learned Along the Way - Month 4 in the P’unk Apprenticeship
On a trip this last weekend, I was reflecting with a friend about how we arrived at our current stations in life. Our lives are incredibly parallel at this moment: we both spent time in graduate school for something…
The Empty Air: An Interactive Sound Walk
The Empty Air is an interactive sound walk of Rittenhouse Square. "What the heck is a sound walk?" It's easiest to describe this way: Hit Apple's app store and install the app on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Head…
Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose in the Building of the Apprentice Page - Month 3 in the P’unk Apprenticeship
You may or may not have heard, but P’unk Ave published a new webpage this past month. It’s a page that fleshes out the specifics of our apprentice program. You can check it out at http://apprentice.punkave.com. Interestingly, the process…
P'unk Ave T-Shirt For Sale!
For last year's Philly Foursquare Games, Tim designed some P'unk Ave t-shirts so that we could look stylish and sporty. We got some extra printed and now you can look sporty, too! Grab your own shirt below or just…
PlanPhilly: connecting the people with their city
Engagement with Philadelphia is one of P'unk Avenue's core values. So when we got the nod to redesign and rebuild planphilly.com, we were excited. PlanPhilly "engages and educates citizens on the value of a well-designed city and encourages active…
Hiring: Join our team as a back-end developer!
P'unk Avenue is a digital agency that creates websites and mobile applications for purpose-driven organizations. It is our goal to work on projects that empower people, improve quality of life, support the creation of knowledge, and strengthen our cities.…
Apostrophe and the P’unk Learning Curve - Month 2 in the P’unk Apprenticeship
Learning with Apostrophe Apostrophe was born out of a complaint. Content management systems were (and one might argue, are) causing too much friction: not so much for the developers, who spent a majority of their time within a given CMS’s…
The P’unk Way: Empathy, Authenticity and Alanis Morissette
Not only am I one of the newest – and most female-est – additions to P’unk Avenue, but my position as a user experience designer & strategist is new to the team. While P’unk Avenue has always focused on…
Press Pause, Breathe
I'm writing this on the eve of a new year. For many people, this is the perfect time to recall what has happened in the last 364 days, and I can't really blame them. The truth is, the direction of…
What Apprenticing Is All About - Month 1 in the P’unk Apprenticeship
The Plot Thickens On a Monday morning about three weeks ago, I showed up to work at 1168 East Passyunk Avenue. We broke some ground that morning: P’unk Ave started an apprenticeship program with me as the guinea pig apprentice.…
Node and P'unk Avenue: Tools That Reflect The Artist
Node.js is a hot topic in many shops today. The combination of sweet performance with JavaScript, a programming language everyone already knows, is compelling. That's why, when companies talk about the technologies they have chosen, they most often compare…