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About Technically Philly

Covering the community of people who use technology in Philadelphia.

Technically Philly launched on Feb. 9, 2009 in response to the Philadelphia region’s maturing Web-based creative economies. We cover the trends, the news and the people that affect and the events that include this growing technology community.

The blog publishes daily with updates, profiles, reviews and listings. We will follow technology-involved social organizations, venues, venture capital companies, start-ups, design firms and media in the broad region.

Technically Philly relies on community and advertiser support. If you would like to advertise on Technically Philly, email advertising@technicallyphilly.com or download our media kit for more information.

Technically Philly was founded by Brian James Kirk, Sean Blanda and Christopher Wink. Contact us here.

Find all of our archives here. Read some coverage of Technically Philly here. Our staff is available for speaking engagements, some of which are highlighted here.

Our Mission

From the small group of programmers working on the next big Web application to large businesses that employ hundreds, the Philadelphia technology community is growing. Sometimes, it’s hard to keep track of all of the start-ups, organizations, venture capitalists and businesses that are working to make Philadelphia thrive.

Technically Philly will be there to help you stay on top of all of the news that affects our technology community with a Philadelphia-first mind set, and we will let you know when the next event is happening in your neighborhood. In fact, the three editors of Technically Philly have never even set foot in Silicon Valley.

Support Us

Technically Philly is a large part of our working lives and is not possible without the support of our community and our advertisers. In lieu of any sort of donation or contribution to Technically Philly, we humbly request that you utilize one of our many advertising options. Email advertising@technicallyphilly.com or download our media kit for more information.

Our Staff

Technically Philly is written and edited by a dedicated group of Philadelphia-based journalists. We are passionate about entrepreneurship and technology that benefits our lives.

Sean Blanda (Posts, sean[at]technicallyphilly[dot]com) is an editor at Vital Business Media and a freelance Web designer based out of the Port Richmond neighborhood in Philadelphia. Named by UWIRE as one of the top 100 young journalists in 2008, he is an Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker award-winner. He has served as Web Editor of several publications, including Philadelphia City Paper and The Temple News. He has also been published in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer and the Wilmington News Journal. [Portfolio]

Brian James Kirk (Posts, brian@technicallyphilly.com) is currently Web Editor of PlanPhilly, an independent online news resource covering planning and development issues in Philadelphia. He has written about Philadelphia’s burgeoning social technology scene in a weekly column for Philebrity.com and he has been published by Grid magazine, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia magazine, and two.one.five magazine, among others. He is a former freelance journalist and journalism professor. Kirk received a first place award for health reporting in 2009 by the Keystone Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. In charge of this site’s aesthetics, Kirk is also a designer of interactive and graphic works. He resides in the Fairmount neighborhood. [Portfolio]

Christopher Wink (Posts, chris@technicallyphilly.com) is the marketing director of homeless advocacy nonprofit Back on My Feet in Center City. A resident of the Fishtown neighborhood, he has reported for the Philadelphia Business Journal and blogged for BNET Industries. Wink, who is the Web editor and business manager of NEastPhilly.com, appears regularly in Metro Philadelphia, the free daily newspaper and in the Philadelphia Inquirer and has additionally been published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Allentown Morning Call, and the Harrisburg Patriot News. He has covered state government for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review and podcasted for NBC Digital Studios. With Blanda, Wink was named one of 2008′s 100 most promising young journalists in the country by UWire, the college news service. [Portfolio]

Our Company

Technically Philly is owned and operated by Technically Media, a partnership of Blanda Kirk & Wink.