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Friday Links


Links: NuPathe goes public, more on Code for America

The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that biomedical startup NuPathe, whose CEO and founder Jane Hollingsworth we interviewed in September, has made its company public and plans to move on selling its migraine patch in 2012.

Urban Omnibus has a Q&A with Jennifer Pahlka, the founder of Code for America with whom we spoke in April about Philadelphia’s project.

The Philadelphia Business Journal also has a story on a legal battle between lawyer Arthur Alan Wolk and legal blog Overlawyered.com.

Every Friday morning, we make sure you didn t miss anything with Friday Tech Links.

Jul201030

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Events



Video Interview: Code for America City Program Director Alissa Black

In 2011, Code for America will select five developers to work in Philadelphia for a year to create applications that improve how city government connects with residents.

As we reported in our Q&A with Mayor Nutter, the grant comes as the city is getting serious about technology, elevating the CTO to a cabinet-level position while investing $120 million in the Division of Technology.

At today’s Supernova conference, we caught up with Code for America’s City Program Director Alissa Black to ask her about the program’s timeline, how she’s measuring success and why Philadelphia was selected as one of CFA’s inaugural cities.


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