Blogging, Internet, Media
Submitted by Karl on December 7, 2009 - 7:10am.
Albert Yee shares news that R. Bradley Maule has completed his move to Portland, OR. He managed the very significant phillyskyline for almost ten years. His knowledge and love of architecture, of place, of photography and Philadelphia inspired and informed thousands across the city.
From the phillyskyline about page:
Hello, I'm R. Bradley Maule, sometimes RBM, always B Love. This is my web site. It is made in honor of the city I live in and love, Philadelphia. It is to present an honest look—warts and all—at the city and its varied urban fabric.
I came here from Tyrone, Pennsylvania (Steelers Country) in 2000, and have spent all my 33 years at a PA address. I have no mission statement or goal with this site, but if I had one wish, it would be that Pennsylvanians could see past the nonsense and love one another, from Erie to Philly up to the Poconos back out to the Burgh and everywhere in between.
But here on Philly Skyline, my friends and I are just sharing our experiences right here in Philadelphia with our fellow humans.
Albert points to his Farewell, Philadelphia slideshow on Flickr. Make sure to subscribe to Maule of America to follow his work in the future (some great shots already there!).
He left an imprintis going to be greatly missed. His impact will live on.
Thank you Brad.
Submitted by Karl on September 29, 2009 - 5:59am.
The Philadelphia Daily News and WHYY have launched a new service - "The City Howl". Use it as a new resource to share or read opinions of Philadelphia city services.
Submitted by Karl on September 26, 2009 - 12:16pm.
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Submitted by D7ana on July 29, 2009 - 9:38am.
I haven't been able to access Phillyblog.com ... did ALL that site shut down? Thanks in advance for any information.
Sincerely,
Dana
Submitted by Karl on July 26, 2009 - 2:49pm.
Today was the first day in eons I spent cleaning up the news aggregator.
What that entails is visiting each blog on the blogroll, one by one and making a rather subjective determination if it stays in the aggregator or goes.
While I could (and do sometimes) use scripts to automate the process of verifing that blogs on the blogroll exist, and have recent posts, it takes a human invested in what this site is about to actually keep Philly Future working appropriately.
Along the way you end up discovering people who have migrated their blogs new locations, who themselves have moved away from Philly, who have given up blogging entirely, or have just mysteriously disappeared.
It probably sounds simple, sites like this should be removed from Philly Future right? But it isn't always that simple.
For example, Mark at the Long Cut. He was a Philly Future Featured Blog, Matt interviewed him way back 2005. He hasn't updated his blog since... well since January 2008. Should I remove his link? Some would say so. But his last post leaves me hope he will someday come back to blogging. So I hold out hope.
Speaking of Matt, a huge contributor to Philly Future in the past, one of the reasons it was the success it was for so long, his blog hasn't been updated since late last year, but like the Long Cut, it stays.
How about Mr. Dave Luna. A writer we've linked to here since, oh, the beginning of time, and someone who enriched the Philly blogosphere while he was blogging. Well he deleted his feed. That's easy.
Uncle Horn Head hasn't updated since October 2006. One of my favorite bloggers. But after two years, well it's pretty clear he's not coming back. Still miss him and Dave.
And what of Jim Capozzola and Star C. Foster (Sarcasmo). Both will never update their blogs again, yet there is no way I can remove those blogs from the blogroll. I feel honor bound to leave them linked, even though both have left this mortal coil, because they were so much a part of what made the Philly blogosphere - what made and continues to make Philly - so special to me.
A special shout out needs to go to Keystone Politics, Philadelphia Will Do, and Hallwatch.org for laying foundations in Philly for what's come later. Hallwatch was true citizen journalism at its finest, while Keystone Politics helped to provide a space for people to keep infromed about their state, and Dan McQuade shows just what is possible when a newspaper freely sponsors a blog.
All are missed.
To be sure there are a great, great many old timers still keeping at it and there are a ton of new voices who have joined the great online conversation. Where that leads Philly Future I am still figuring out and will post some thoughts shortly.
Thank you for keeping up with the journey so far.
Karl
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Submitted by douganderson on May 29, 2009 - 6:09pm.
Has anyone here seen these "She's coming home, Philly" advertisements that are floating around the Internet and Chicago? I have no idea who's coming, but it is definitely interesting. Something is coming up and it looks big. It's viral marketing at its finest. Here's what Philebrity.com had to say about it:
"This Moment In Viral Marketing: “She” Is Coming Back To Philly, Whoever The Hell “She” Is
If you’ve been on The Book of Faces or The Google or elsewhere on the web lately — and obviously, you have — you may have seen links for shescominghome.com, with the tagline, “Hey Philadelphia! She’s back… Can you guess who it is?” Go to the site, and it’s a woman’s silhouette against the Philly skyline with a countdown clock to the reveal of who “She” is. (As of this writing, 2 days, 19 hours.) Well, we’ve done a little snooping around, and we’ve got two theories on who “She” might be:
First, the real one: The shescominghome.com domain is registered to concert promoters AEG, so we can safely assume whoever “She” is, she is a musical performer of some kind. We called the AEG Philly office — full disclosure, they’re an advertiser on Philebs — and found that either they really did not know who “She” was, or were feigning ignorance. Fair enough. Without the “viral,” it’s just “marketing” and what fun is that? But upon further Internet snooping, we have developed a hunch, and we think that the “She” in question, could be, maybe, Celine Dion. The weird miniature Jennifer Aniston silhouette would seem to back that up, as would this link, which purports that Dion is “back” in 2010 with a series of concerts booked by - natch - AEG. So, yeah, Celine Dion. Who cares.
Second, the better one: That the “She” in question is the long-standing mysterious subject of every “That’s What She Said” joke, ever. Which would be AMAZING. For years, we have been amazed by both the candor with which the infamous “She” reportedly jokes about her sexual exploits, as well as the fact that, after all that nasty stuff, “She” is even actually still in possession of a working vagina. The identity of “She” has been a mystery through the ages, and the idea that she would be coming “back” to Philly opens up a, pardon the expression, Pandora’s box of other questions. It makes the mind wobble. And then reach for penicillin.
And, if perchance “She” would turn out to be Celine Dion and the woman Who Said That, well, that would work out pretty awesome, too."
Well, what do you guys think? Who do you think this mysterious girl coming home to Philly is???
Submitted by Julie on January 7, 2009 - 12:50pm.
For those who might be having problems accessing their favorite community blogs, there is a serious problem with SoapBlox this morning. For more information see this post on Kos. Some reports are saying that SoapBlox is permanently dead.
Submitted by Karl on January 2, 2009 - 11:24pm.
Blinq: Write This Blog:
So, if you had the opportunity to come up with a new blog that would be featured on Philly.com and in the Philadelphia Inquirer, what would it be about?
What issues would it mine, what neighborhoods would it mind?
What is missing?
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