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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.…

#slive2010 Liveblogging: Fabien Potencier: Symfony 2.0

I am liveblogging Fabien Potencier's Symfony 2.0 presentation. Bear with me and my editorial errors, simplifications and bare-faced libels. My own opinions are in parentheses. They are setting up now. "Symfony 2.0 Reloaded" Preview Release "I've decided to do the…

Slides from MAMPCamp: testing websites on your own Mac

I led a barcamp philly session today titled MAMPCamp: testing websites on your own Mac. You can find considerably expanded slides, notes and links here. I've also promised to deliver a complete writeup on how to use dnsmasq to let…

SXSW!

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This Friday, Tom and I will be heading to Austin, Texas for SXSW Interactive. As hard as it is to pull myself away from my family, this conference is time well spent. We have started to use it as…

BarCamp Philadelphia

This Saturday, BarCamp is coming to Philadelphia, and we are hosting the pre-party on Friday! BarCamp does not happen in a bar or even a tavern. In fact, we helped to bring it to UArts, a place that P'unk…

Video from the Pre-Blog Philadelphia party

My brother, Kerry, was hiding in the wings of the Pre-Blog Philadelphia party with his camera. He recently finished everything together into a great little piece. Good times had by all.

BlogPhiladelphia - heck yeah

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There has been a lot of fantastic coverage of the BlogPhiladelphia (un)conference that just went down last thursday and friday. It almost feels unnecessary to add another. But, here goes... We had a blast attending this conference. We met some…