Today I realized that August marks more than a year since I quit my full-time gig to work on my own company. Since starting the technology news site Technically Philly we’ve since spun off Technically Media (the parent company and consulting arm) and created a week long festival among other projects. Along the way I’ve stumbled across a [...]

I had dinner with an old friend this weekend. And because we’re both big content nerds, we spent a lot of time discussing web metrics and the struggle to grow readership to a level that interests mainstream media and advertisers. By most news sites’ standards, Technically Philly doesn’t attract an impressive number of visits. But [...]

I don’t know if he remembers, but I once sat in a Washington D.C. cafe and argued the utility of topic pages with Matt Thompson for an entire hour. Matt’s unique perspect working on Project Argo makes me sit up and listen every time he has something to say about the industry, whether he’s talking [...]

When I first set off to organize a BarCamp I had no clue what I was doing. After three years, however, I’ve managed to nearly streamline the entire process. Here’s what I’ve learned. In 2008, journalism was set into a frenzy. The terrible economy mixed with changing distribution methods led to a state of catastrophe and an industry suddenly besieged [...]