Making it cool to care in Philadelphia and other Links

DEFINITE READS

• Growing and Prosperous [Metropolis] — Tom Ferrick writes on how the neighborhoods around Center City have changed in the past 10 years.
• Corbett Promises Drastic Budget Cuts [My Fox Philly] — “Where Pennsylvania’s Budget Cuts Will Come From”
• Geotagging Visualization of Philadelphia [Geekadelphia] — You know you’re going to click on this, and you should.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• Philadelphia: Making it Cool to Care [Alex Hillman’s blog] — On the technology community’s activism.
• Antique ads show the genesis of social networking [NewsWorks]
• Mayor Nutter: Philadelphia is a City on its Way Back [Chamber blog] — On an event during which the Mayor spoke about the region’s future.
• You Will Probably Be Excited About This Homegown iPhone App [Philebrity] — Laris Kreslins at Lime Projects launches CoverPuppy, an app that takes your dog photos and puts them on spoof doggie magazine covers.
• Q&A: Company Buys Robot a Rocket Ride to the Moon [Wired] — Pittsburgh-basedAstrobotic President David Gump on plans for his private enterprise on the moon.
• Hello Philadelphia [Organics + Binary] Corey Leigh Latislaw, a mobile developer who moved into Philly in May, is loving her firsts.

GIVE A GLANCE

• Phila. firm creates ShootersTV division [Philadelphia Business Journal] — From Shooters Inc., whom we’ve covered
• Jobs important part of Phila. urban landscape [Philadelphia Business Journal] — That’s a a helluva compelling headline, but the story tracks a New York Times op-ed from Diane Lind on Kensington’s future
• College and Business Will Never Be the Same: Philadelphia University Integrates Design, Engineering and Commerce [Xconomy] H/T PTN