Biography
Alex Hillman is a partner and cofounder of Independents Hall, a Old City Philadelphia coworking community that opened in 2007.
A former web developer, Hillman is a frequent speaker and consultant on coworking and the future of the workplace.
Technical.ly Coverage (80 posts)
- Linode and Indy Hall are launching a N3rd Street breakfast meetup
- Why Indy Hall needed a Code of Conduct
- What does a Philly success look like?
- Philly Dev Night has a new home at Indy Hall
- The year in stories about coworking
- Meet Indy Hall’s youngest members: Girl Scout Troop #9573
- 10 Philly-made gifts for the geeks, founders and gamers in your life
- These 14 Philly tech companies are giving time off for staffers to vote
- Saul Rosenbaum doesn’t care if you look at his fantastically quirky drawings
- The end of Indy Hall’s ‘weird year’
- Indy Hall came out strong at the Comcast franchise talks public forum
- Why Philly’s tech scene should get involved in the Comcast franchise talks
- These are some of the biggest moments in Philly tech history [Technical.ly Podcast]
- Listen to our first-ever live podcast recording [Technical.ly Podcast]
- Our first-ever live podcast recording is tomorrow. It’s going to be pretty cool
- Why BaconBizConf co-organizer Amy Hoy wrote a book in (almost) 24 hours
- 17 young tech leaders Philly should fight to keep
- Philly’s city wage tax just turned 75. Here’s its dubious legacy
- Listen to Alex Hillman’s podcast on coworking
- Students: figure out your next move at Start. Stay. Grow. [Events Roundup]
- What if libraries were more like coworking spaces?
- Penn neuroscientist named to MIT innovators list [Links Roundup]
- Why Indy Hall copied Neighborhood Watch for its security policy
- Pam Selle on ‘software as craft’ [Events Roundup]
- Here’s how to work with city government: Alex Hillman, Indy Hall
- Let’s create a worldwide N3rd Street movement: ideas from community meeting
- ‘N3rd Street’ official unveiling ceremony [photos]
- Coworking spaces die in threes: Transfer Station is latest
- After Indy Hall’s expansion, coworking space has 250+ members. What’s next?
- How PECO shut Indy Hall down for two days
- What tech recruiters get wrong: Philadelphia developer Ben Shive
- What I learned from launching 5 products in 9 months: Nathan Barry
- What a Sacramento delegation learned from its Philadelphia study mission
- Startup Grind with Alex Hillman // Web Strategy with GPTMC // 3D Innovations in GeoDesign [EVENTS]
- WeWorkInPhilly Hackathon: find companies that are hiring and more updates
- Coworking spaces are communities that should learn from each other [Event]
- Indy Hall to launch weekly N3rd Street Farmers Market
- Nearly 800 coworking spaces in the U.S.: NYTimes
- 11 ways to grow tech entrepreneurship in Philadelphia
- Ignite Philly 11: women and open data take center stage
- PANMA: Philly’s oldest surviving web meetup group spurred the meetup revolution
- WeWorkInPhilly: use this map to visualize the region’s broad tech community
- Participate in this University City Science Center survey on Quorum and you could win an iPad Mini [LINKS]
- Will Philly’s second tech startup community survive longer than the first? asks Mike Krupit
- Campus Philly annual meeting // civic hacking workshop // Creative Open House with SEER Interactive and Bluecadet [EVENTS]
- Video games can be good for your health, scientists say [LINKS]
- SEED 2.0: ‘Teachers Lead Philly’ wins $5k in crowdfunded edtech fundraiser
- DmgCtrl: software dev shop outgrows its Indy Hall space, seeks its replacement
- How to build community: Indy Hall co-founder Alex Hillman launches online ‘masterclass,’ offers 25% local discount
- Open Access Philly group sends Nutter letter urging administration to use existing open data resources
- Uber founder: Philadelphians just don’t realize ‘how awesome they are’ [LINKS]
- N3rd Street: tech business corridor from Old City to Northern Liberties
- RJ Metrics analysis of Google+ finds waning activity, engagement [LINKS]
- Indy Hall expansion update: photos of construction progress for Old City coworking staple
- Philly ETE: Mayor Michael Nutter makes surprise appearance [VIDEO]
- Desks for Startups: Infrastructure for entrepreneurs or budding startup bubble?
- Coworking Weekly: newsletter from Indy Hall’s Alex Hillman aims at leading conversation
- OpenAccessPhilly forum brings civic technology leaders together
- Ignite Philly 8: women take the stage, money goes to Hybrid X
- Alex Hillman: ‘I want Philadelphia to outlast other cities,’ [Q&A]
- Broadband for business: varied needs, many providers
- Jarvus Innovations: Northern Liberties web development firm grows up
- Indy Hall and Postgreen: ‘We’re building a house’
- Indy Hall Town Hall: an expansion of community crossover
- What is Chief Technology Officer Allan Frank’s City of Philadelphia legacy?
- Startup Roundup: Wharton restructures MBA program, news orgs get schooled by local
- Startup Roundup: Red Tettemer acquires a “+ Partner”, vcopious makes big first moves
- Independents Hall gets back to work, experiences growing pains
- Philly invades South by Southwest
- BarCamp indicates that Philly is ready for next step. But will it happen?
- Links: Alex Hillman and Kelly Lee spar, the Baltimore tech scene and More
- Community gathers for IndyHall anniversary and Two Guys’ 100th episode
- Ten Philadelphia tech organizations that should have Wikipedia entries but don’t
- IndyHall/Mashable event at Cavanaugh’s brings crowd
- Friday Q&A: Amy Hoy of Slash7 and Twistori
- Mashable suddenly realizes Philly is only an hour away
- IndyHall anticipates signing lease after membership drive
- Your guide to Philly at SXSWi
- Indy Hall to expand, add educational element
- IndyHall Labs gaining momentum and legal model
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