P’unk Avenue
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- 1168 E. Passyunk Aveneue
- Philadelphia PA 19147
- Phone: 215 755 1330
- hello@punkave.com
del.icio.us is going away. Okay. *Why* is it going away?
Update: apparently del.icio.us is not going away, at least not yet. Yahoo apparently feels it is probably viable for some company, somewhere (although they don't feel strongly enough to keep the team that built it). I agree that it is…
Thanksgiving
This morning my daughter's Girl Scout troop joined a couple hundred people on a surprise mission to thank members of our Air Force, Army and Navy. The military folk were told that they were heading out on some type…
Symfony 2.x, Apostrophe 1.x and Concrete
Edit: Symfony 1.4 is officially supported until November 2012, which is quite a long time in software terms. It won't be going away any time soon. We're eager to start working with Symfony 2.0. But we haven't, not yet. That's…
P'unk Ave Lunch Chronicles vol. 4 & 5
I'm a little behind on our lunch adventures. Let me bring you up to speed. Two weeks ago, we were all so exhausted from a crazy week that we just decided to order some pizzas. We ordered from Slice…
Nice Touch
It rained all day yesterday in Philadelphia. Walking down the steps into the 10th & Locust Hi-Speed Line (PATCO), I noticed an embedded piece of diamond plate metal in the floor below the first step. I thought, "Wow, what…
Chalkboard Doppelganger?
This weekend, I was having breakfast while flipping through an old issue of This Old House magazine and came across the picture below of the chalkboard calendar. I thought it was cool how they did represented the different blocks of…
A Modest Proposal to Return the Delaware Waterfront to People
Last night at Ignite Philly 6, I talked about an idea that may seem radical at first glance, but I really do think is a very reasonable and dare-I-say modest proposal. I would like to remove I-95 from the…
P'unk Ave Lunch Chronicles vol. 3
The BLT In this week's most recent edition, the P'unk Ave crew took on the BLT. For the non bacon eaters, Matt cooked up some Smoky Tempeh and Smart Bacon. The real, or substitute, bacon of choice was accompanied by…
P'unk Ave Lunch Chronicles vol. 2
Last week's lunch adventures brought us to fancy grilled cheese and tomato soup! We offered some mix and match options: Bread: Multigrain or Sourdough Cheese: American, Cheddar, Smoked Gouda or Organic Goat Fillings: Tomato, Bacon, Green Apple, Spinach and…
Quick Symfony drinkup?
Who's up for a quick Symfony show and tell this Thursday at our offices? With beer? We've got a projector... The idea is to briefly show something interesting you're doing with Symfony, or just soak up what others have to…
Should I work on Columbus Day?
On the occasion of the 1920 Columbus Day celebration, Joseph P. Bartilucci stated: "We Italians have contributed to the glory of the United States. Our Mayflower came long before the Pilgrims' Mayflower. We have done our part and shall continue…
P'unk Culture
I like being on a team. I like solving problems that are bigger than one person's experience and intellect. I like having meals together. I like having enough people to play full court basketball around at all times. In…
P'unk Ave Book Club Starts Now!
This week we kick off our new book club here at P'unk Avenue. I picked the first selection: The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz. I have been reading this and found it to be…
P'unk Ave Lunch Chronicles
P'unk Avenue had a growth spurt this summer, and we head into the Fall with ten full time team members. This makes having lunch together a little difficult sometimes. Finding a place to eat at the spur of the…
What is the Story with that?
I realize that I ask the question "What is the story with that?" out loud or internally many times throughout the day. I like to know the backstory. Not with the goal of being nosey or assigning blame if…
Relax: The Pavement Reunion Lesson
Last night I got to catch Pavement on their reunion tour. It was a pretty magical night. The weather was perfect, the company was good, and my seats were "upgraded" during the evening so my view was great. What…
Open Source Business Models
Alas, open source by itself is not a business model. Very few people get rich just by coding for free all day. But I've spent a lot of time in the open source trenches over the years, and I'd like…