P’unk Avenue

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…

Journaling Shows Progress (and helps you find meaning)!

Earlier this year, Alex Gilbert and I took in the 99% Conference in NYC and had the opportunity to hear Teresa Amabile speak on the value of journaling. There were lots of great speakers over the course of the…

Please Welcome Ilyssa!

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We are very excited to announce that Ilyssa Kyu has joined Team P'unk Ave. Ilyssa brings a great perspective to the team and will be focussing on making our projects even better! And without further ado, role the bio:…

Hiring: Join our team as a front-end developer!

The Intro P'unk Avenue is a digital agency that creates websites and mobile applications primarily 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…

Hiring: Customer Support / Office Manager

The Intro P'unk Avenue is a digital agency that creates websites and mobile applications for mission-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…

Gabriel Farrell Works Here Now

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Gabriel is a full-stack developer with years of experience helping libraries and nonprofits engineer useful, informative websites. He also enjoys participating in local hackathons, where he has created award-winning apps such as sheltr.org and lgbtrights.me. In 2000 Gabriel was…

Philly Foursquare Games

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Tonight at 7:30pm, P'unk Ave will square off against its friends at Technically Philly, Indy Hall, Geekadelphia, and others in a friendly series of foursquare matches. Only one of us can be crowned the victor! Should be lots of…

Tim Quirino Joins the Team!

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We are very excited that Tim Quirino has joined the team as an Interactive Designer. (You may know him as the Co-Founder of Geekadelphia.) We are looking forward to the contributions he will make in the very near future.…

Apostrophe: Now it's for Everyone

Last Tuesday while most people on the east coast were heading home from work or enjoying a pleasant happy hour, we ordered Thai takeout and quietly launched hosted Apostrophe. We held our breath and waited for the sky to…

Art Safaris

I just love the idea of these art safaris in Philadelphia. Libby and Robert of the artblog gather a group, throw them in a van, and drive them around the city to show them cool art make by artists…

Creative Connector

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I have known for some time that I was named one of Philadelphia's 76 Creative Connectors. WHYY/NewsWorks and Leadership Philadelphia identified this group through an online citizen survey: Leadership Philadelphia has compiled a list of the top 76 Creative…

City to Shore Ride

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Last week, several P'unks participated in the MS City to Shore ride from Cherry Hill, NJ to Ocean City, NJ. They advertised it as a 75 mile ride, but it was actually 79. (I only mention that because the…

How much does it cost to run Ignite Philly or Barcamp?

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Since we have a lot of experience running events like Ignite Philly, the Junto and have helped figure out the logistics for events like Barcamp, we get lots of questions from people about how to handle money and sponsorships.…

Innovation's Best Friend: Routine

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In my estimation, the best way to make innovation happen is to make time for it by making many other things in your life routine. Put your keys in the same place when you get home each day. Charge…

Apostrophe Shirts!

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Like everyone, we love designing t-shirts (most of which never get printed) and we love wearing them. We decided to finally print some up to support Apostrophe, our open source CMS. We figured it would be a cool way…

U-Turns $1

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I walk through the Italian Market (or as the old-timers call it, 9th Street) on a very regular basis. It is a place where you can experience commerce in a very visceral way. Merchants call out prices for oranges…

Team Lunch at Le Viet

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This week we decided to do our team lunch out of the studio. Le Viet!

Bird Song

After watching this at TEDxMidAtlantic last year, I have been meaning to track down bird song to listen to while working. Today I finally followed through and I already feel the difference. Watch out world.

Thanksgiving

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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…

Nice Touch

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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…